Blood
moons, solar eclipse, the Bethlehem Star – we have been watching the skies
lately, haven’t we? Four blood moons this year of the “Shemitah” (sabbatical or 7th
year – Lev. 25:4) have really gotten our attention, and for good reason. Yes, we should WATCH. Scripture is filled with omens in the
sky. On the fourth day of Creation, God created
the sun, moon, and stars, saying they were for “SIGNS and seasons” (Gen. 1:14). What is the sign of the black sun
(solar eclipse)? There will be a partial
solar eclipse on September 13th
this year, the last day of the Shemitah. (It will not be visible in our area,
however.) And what is the sign of the fourth
blood moon (lunar eclipse) on September 28th, the beginning of
the Feast of Tabernacles in Israel? This
is the only one of the four that Israelis can view.
As for the Bethlehem
Star, we know that the birth of
Jesus was signaled by a star that
the wise men from the East followed right to Bethlehem. Thousands of years before the birth of Jesus,
a prophet said, “I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; a Star shall come out of Jacob; a
Scepter shall rise out of Israel …” (Num. 24: 17). The second part of the prophecy, “a Scepter,” indicating a Ruler, will be fulfilled at His second coming. Maybe, just maybe, the sign of His second
coming will be another star! Jesus did
say there would be a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse, stars falling, the
heavens shaking, and “Then the SIGN of
the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth
will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory …” (Matt. 24: 29-31 – read all of it). The lightning
from one end of heaven to the other will truly be spectacular! (Luke 17:24).
Now let’s consider the
black suns and blood moons. “The ancient
Jewish sages taught that “when the sun
is in eclipse it is a bad omen for the world (those who worship idols) …
when there is an eclipse of the moon it
is a bad omen for Israel, since Israel reckons time by the moon and those
who worship idols by the sun” (the Babylonian Talmud Sukkah 29a).[1] There will be a partial solar
eclipse on September 13, 2015. It
will not be visible in our area, but could it be a bad omen for nations outside
Israel? On the Jewish calendar the date is Elul
29, which is the last day of the Shemitah, the seventh year Sabbath: “At
the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts. And this is the form of the release: Every
creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not
require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release” (Deut. 15:1-2). In Hebrew it is called the Lord’s “Shemitah.” This Shemitah year began on September 24, 2014,
and concludes on September 13, 2015.
I think America could possibly have a financial collapse on September 13th. Why do I think that? There are two good reasons in our recent
history. At the conclusion of the
Shemitah of 2001-2001, terrorists struck the twin towers of the World Trade
Center, and this led to the greatest
stock market point crash in the history of America! It wiped out debts and credits! This last day of “the Lord’s Shemitah” was a
JUDGMENT ON THE USA! On September 11, 2001, the New York Stock
Exchange was forced to close down. This
was on a Tuesday. When the NYSE opened
back up on Monday, September 17th, it so happened to be Elul 29, and Wall Street collapsed!
This scenario happened
again! It was on the seventh anniversary
of 9/11, on the last day of the next
Shemitah year, Elul 29, the “day of nullification” which was September 29, 2008. That morning the opening bell at the New York
Stock Exchange refused to ring! “Observers
took it as an omen. What followed the
omen would surpass even the crash of 2001. … It was the greatest stock market
point crash in American history. … The
greatest financial collapse in American and world history took place on the
very day given in the Bible to wipe away the financial accounts of a nation.
… It just happened to occur on the exact appointed day and down to the exact
appointed hours in which the cancellation of financial accounts had to be
accomplished.”[2]
Recently, I have been
re-reading Rabbi Jonathan Cahn’s two books, The
Harbinger[3]and
The Mystery of the Shemitah. I take my job as a “watchman” seriously! It is obvious that the United States of
America is going down, down, down, and I feel an urgency to warn people to
prepare for what may be coming. All
Christians must watch and pray. God has
specific things He wants each of us to do.
Yes, we can watch the
skies for signs from God, but, most of all, we need to watch in prayer. Remember, Jesus chided the disciples for not
watching even one hour when He was going through the greatest trial of His
earthly life in the Garden of Gethsemane.
He said, “Watch and pray,
lest you enter into temptation. The
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26: 38-41). He is saying to be vigilant, stay awake! Also, Jesus warned about the awful consequences of NOT watching in
the end times preceding His coming: “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his
garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame” (Rev. 16:15).
Tomorrow, Americans will
be celebrating the Fourth of July, Independence Day, but I am not excited about
it this year due to the recent Supreme Court ruling, legalizing same-sex
marriage. I plan to write a blog,
drawing from Jonathan Cahn’s book, The
Harbinger. He shows nine harbingers
or warnings of judgment from God revealed to him in the destruction of 9/11. I believe Cahn is a modern day prophet for
America. He shows how the nine
harbingers that appeared in ancient Israel are now manifesting in America. The book is full of American history, so
interesting. The watchword is
RETURN! There is still hope for America,
but we must REPENT and turn to God. If
you haven’t read this book, I urge you to get a copy immediately and read
it! It will blow your mind! Meanwhile, watch and pray!
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