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How Biblical is the Blood Moon & US Shemitah?
As you may have heard, along with a number of current events coming up in September, evangelical pastors in the US are warning that there will also be a “Blood moon” and a “Shemitah”.
Social media and news sites have jumped onto the evangelical bandwagon and responded with a great deal of alarmist material warning emphatically that a cataclysmic financial crisis will hit in September.
Conspiracy videos such as this are being shared on social media:
Jeff Berwick, founder of the Dollar Vigilante produced this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=14&v=rkELgi6EkNo
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, the writer of “The Mystery of the Shemitah” is interviewed here on the Jim Bakker show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjkNyD0jCQ
This post does not assume or suggest that there will or wont be a global crisis of some sort this September, but rather that there is very little scriptural basis for these evangelical theories and in some cases they actually contradict our understanding of scripture.
For example. It has been traditionally accepted by Christadelphians that:
- Revelation is symbolic not literal. However, the blood moon theory is based on a literal understanding of Revelation.
- The moon that turned blood red in Revelation 6:12 is referring to political upheaval as shown by Bro. Thomas, not a literal blood red moon.
We must not look to the natural, but to the political universe for the interpretation of its ‘signs’
~ Eureka, John Thomas.
Below are three articles worth reading
The Testimony magazine recently published an article on the topic of the blood moons showing that the blood moon theory conveniently cherry picks data:
When you review the data it becomes apparent that there isn’t a pattern to base predictions on.
Mike Moore is the General Secretary of Christian Witness to Israel and he points out that none of the upcoming “blood moons” will even appear over Israel ;
The only eclipse of the tetrad visible in Israel will be the last in the series. It will take place at the Feast of Tabernacles on 28 September 2015 but when it is visible it will have almost set on the horizon and will be over in a matter of minutes. If you’re in Israel and you blink, you’ll miss it!
BiblicalIntegrity.org published a pertinent review of the best seller “Is the Shemitah Real?” by Jonathan Cahn:
That God expects or will impose a Shemitah upon any nation other than Israel has no scriptural basis. Neither do the Scriptures provide any indication that the Shemitah is some sort of universal principle that operates throughout or even at various times in history.
Summary
The most fundamental principle of the Christadelphian movement is to have a strong biblical basis for a scriptural belief before accepting it. The Blood moon and Shemitah (US) theories are based on data and observations largely constructed outside of scripture.
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them”
~ Isa 8:20
“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.”
~ 2 Peter 1:20
Furthermore, if we believe or propagate the blood moon theory we imply that Revelation should be read literally. It is for this reason and others that these theories should not be entertained as part of our preaching efforts.
“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.”
~ Gal 1:8
The Elohim have just cast a lure for the King of the North.
Your weekly update:
- Egypt has just discovered something that Russia badly wants! The Elohim have cast a Southern lure for the King of the North.
- Russia is deploying its Air force & Ground forces to Damascus as it progressively steps into its role of the King of the North.
- ISIS are 5km from the centre of Damascus.
- A financial crisis has now become an increasing topic of discussion within MAINSTREAM media (Bloomberg, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal), not just the conspiracy theorist sites. Isaiah speaks of a time when there will be a financial crisis during or after the return of Christ.
- Putin is facing arguably the toughest time in his 15 year reign. Political analysts say that he MUST act soon to do something to distract the attention away from Russias internal economic problems or he will be in trouble. There have been reports of Russia preparing for full scale war over the past few months.
- The Pope is speaking at the UN next month to discuss “a new world order”
- The next 12 months are set to bring the most unprecedented weather ever recorded.
Click here to see a current events timeline for September.
“When the Russians have captured Crimea, know that the Messiah is near”
BreakingIsraelNews.com Reports:
Amazing how this Rabbi’s comment fits in so well with our Bro. John Thomas’s understanding of Daniel 11:
“When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, you should know that the times of the Messiah have started, that his steps are being heard.”
“And when you hear that the Russians have reached the city of Constantinople [today’s Istanbul], you should put on your Sabbath clothes and don’t take them off, because it means that the Messiah is about to come any minute.”
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Summary of reports over the past week
So many things happening in the world right now!
- A financial crisis has now become an increasing topic of discussion within MAINSTREAM media (Bloomberg, Telegraph, WSJ), not just the conspiracy theorist sites.
- Putin is facing arguably the toughest time in his 15 year reign. Political analysts say that he MUST act soon to do something to distract the attention away from Russias internal economic problems or he will be in trouble. There have been reports of Russia preparing for full scale war over the past few months.
- The Pope is speaking at the UN next month to discuss “a new world order”
- Australia is set to vote on, or pass “gay marriage” in the next 12 months after “gay marriage” successfully passed in an Ireland vote and a US court ruling.
- The next 12 months are set to bring the most unprecedented weather ever recorded.
- The Eurozone crisis has been given a lease of life. The Greece crisis has been “resolved” by Eurozone members when in actual fact the IMF (the lenders) haven’t actually agreed to a deal yet.
- For the first time in my knowledge at least, Putin blew his top at the Turkish President. This is a major development given that we expect to see Russia take Istanbul on his way down south. Georgia was annexed, Crimea has been taken, the only thing left South is Turkeys Istanbul before Dan 11 suddenly becomes a stark reality.
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