ani ruhama

Tonight is a full lunar eclipse. During such an event, the moon does not turn black, as one might think. To quote NASA, “the Moon’s disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray.” The partial eclipse begins at 8:43 pm EST tonight, with the full eclipse taking place from 10:01 - 10:51 pm EST.

On a second topic: Tonight the United States hopes to shoot down a rogue satellite over the Pacific Ocean. If weather permits, the missile launch will take place somewhere around 10:30 pm EST. Once hit, the satellite will break up into many small pieces which will then burn up in the atmosphere.

On a third topic: One day, according to Revelation 6, the following events will take place. “I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.”

I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I’m not an End-Times junkie. I have no particular opinion and absolutely nothing to prove. I try to avoid the realm of speculation on matters bigger than I. However, on the off chance the weather is good, and on the off chance that a satellite breaking into chunks and burning up in the sky is a modern-day equivalent of the stars falling to earth, and on the off chance the launch actually takes place during the window of the total eclipse…

We may have a blood-red moon tonight as the stars fall to the earth. No theories on the earthquake. I’ll leave that to my loyal readers.

And regardless of what comes to pass today, tomorrow, or any time during our lifetime, I still don’t mind these little tangible reminders that make the final words of Revelation ring so true:

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.