By Kolten Parker | April 10, 2014 | Updated: April 10, 2014 10:44am HOUSTON CHRONICLE
SAN
ANTONIO — Megachurch pastor John Hagee is warning his San Antonio
congregation and international following of a “world-shaking event
that will happen between April 2014 and October 2015.” And, no,
he's not talking about Fiesta.
Hagee,
founder of the Cornerstone
Church,
points to “four blood moons,” a rare astronomical event of four
consecutive and complete lunar eclipses, known as a tetrad, which
begins April 15. The San Antonio pastor asserts the dates of the
eclipses signify a major event that will change history in a book
released in October, a series of sermons and a TV special airing on
Tuesday, the first night of the tetrad.
“What
is the prophetic significance? Is this the end of the age?” Hagee,
73, asked his flock during a sermon near the time he released the
book.
The
televangelist, who declined to comment through spokesman Ari
Morgenstern,
gained international attention two years ago for a series of sermons
asking, “Could 2012 be the end of the world as we know it,” that
was broadcast to millions worldwide via his organization John
Hagee Ministries and
Global Evangelism Television.
Videos
with dramatic music featuring Hagee's new prophecy have been posted
to the organization's YouTube channel during the last few weeks,
claiming “something is about to change” and seemingly ginning up
excitement for the April 15 GETV special.
The
four “blood moons” are total lunar eclipses that occur in
intervals of about six months, an event known as a tetrad, according
to NASA. A total eclipse is a result of a perfect alignment of the
sun, the moon and the Earth and causes the moon to glow dark red.
Each
eclipse in the upcoming tetrad will occur on a significant religious
date, Hagee points out, citing NASA.
“The
first of the four blood moons will come on April 15 this year, during
Passover. The second will be on October 8, at the time of the Feast
of the Tabernacles,” Hagee said, according to the Daily
Express in
London. “On April 4, 2015, during Passover, we will have another
blood moon. Then finally, on September 28, during next year's Feast
of the Tabernacles, the fourth blood and final moon will dawn.”
Hagee
said to “have them fall on these exact dates is something that has
to be beyond coincidental,” according to the Daily Express.
The
Cornerstone Church, located near Stone Oak on the North Side, has
about 20,000 active members, according to its website.
During
last year's sermon, Hagee read Acts 2: 19-20 from the New Testament
to signify the importance of the “blood red moons.”
“And
I will show wonders in Heaven above and signs in the Earth beneath,
the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before
the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.”
Between
1600 and 1900 there were no tetrads, but since, there have been five,
according to NASA's millennium catalog of lunar eclipses.
The
red moons all will be visible from the United States, and Tuesday's
moon will be visible for approximately 78 minutes around 2 a.m., Fred
Espenak,
an eclipse expert for NASA, wrote on the agency's website.
“When
you see these signs, the Bible says, lift up your head and rejoice,
your redemption draweth nigh,” Hagee said in a sermon. “I believe
that the Heavens are God's billboard, that He has been sending
signals to Planet
Earthbut
we just have not been picking them up.”
kparker@express-news.net
My comments: We must remember that God Almighty is in control. He established "TIME." And when He determines "TIME" will END. At the return of Christ Jesus the kingdom of this world, Satan's kingdom, will be done away with and Christ Jesus will establish His Kingdom in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, for a thousand years. The rebellion against God, that we see today in every nation, will cease.
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