Posted on 04/02/2015 6:29:22 AM PDT by Phillyred
“God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.” (Genesis 1:17-19)
Christian leaders are hoping to channel the Passover 2015 Blood Moon fever into a time of fervent prayer for Israel.
Pastor Mark Biltz, who first popularized the Blood Moon tetrads, and Bob O’Dell of Root Source, who discovered unique insights connecting the recent solar and lunar eclipses with the modern State of Israel, are calling for Christians everywhere to pray for four minutes and forty four seconds during the upcoming Passover Blood Moon.
“Bob and I were influenced by the rarity of this coming Blood Moon – the shortest lunar eclipse ever recorded in human history on the night of Passover, and the fourth shortest of all eclipses in the last 4,000 years,” Biltz told Breaking Israel News.
The imminent total lunar eclipse, known as a Blood Moon, will take place on the fourth day of the fourth month, April 4th, and will last for exactly four minutes and forty four seconds.
“Iran’s impending nuclear threat in the region has Israel very concerned. So we believe it is both important and urgent that Christians everywhere pray for the peace of Jerusalem on 4/4 for just 4 minutes and 44 seconds,” explained Biltz.
The number four has Biblical significance, according to Root Source co-founder Gidon Ariel. “Not only does God’s name have four letters, but it was on the fourth day of creation that God created the sun and the moon, establishing them as signs to mark sacred times, such as the Festival of Passover. It is incredible to see Christians putting aside centuries of anti-Semitism and coming towards Israel in friendship and prayer this Passover.” image: http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/useful_banner_manager_banners/110-RootSource-BloodMoons101-600WIDE.jpg
Blood Moons 101: Get Your Free eBook Today The number four also holds special significance during the Passover seder as there are four cups of wine which correspond to the four expressions describing Israel’s redemption in the Book of Exodus (6:6).
“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.’”
Ariel explained to Breaking Israel News that the Jewish significance of the number four goes further. “The fourth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is ‘Dalet’ which also means door. It is the door post that has profound significance on Passover, as the Jews spread the blood of the Passover sacrifice on their doorposts causing God to pass over their homes during the Exodus from Egypt.”
Biltz and O’Dell have organized a special prayer event scheduled for 11:58 AM GMT and is a response to a similar call issued two weeks ago by Ariel. For the corresponding time in your area, click here.
Ariel, an Orthodox Jew, called on Jews and Christians to pray together on behalf of the entire world, during the two minute long shadow over the North Pole during the recent solar eclipse on March 20.
Ariel explained the reason for the two calls to prayer.
“In Jewish tradition, the nations of the world are likened to the sun, and the Jewish people are compared to the moon,” he told Breaking Israel News. “The prayer offered during the North Pole solar eclipse was for the benefit of the entire world. It is especially moving that two Christians are now calling for prayers for the peace of Jerusalem during the lunar eclipse.”
Ah... that explains it
Whatever. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, so I guess it’s not surprise that the holidays fall on new or full moons. And since a lunar eclipse can only take place during a full moon, well, after a couple of thousand years an event like this is unavoidable. And for what it’s worth, this eclipse won’t even be seen in Israel.
The lunar eclipse will not be visible in Israel
The number 4 is exceptionally bad in Chinese numerology...
we should always be praying for Israel...
...the 4th day of the 4th month...just so everyone knows, God does not run the universe based on our western pagan / Gregorian calendar.
This is the month of Aviv which is the FIRST month on the Hebrew calendar.
And most Jews in the land have forsaken the astronomical / agricultural calendar....the same one that God still uses today and forever.
Exodus 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Uh - ok. What’s that got to do with astronomy?
could you be more clear as to your question?
I never heard of this. My father-in-law was orthodox Jewish, never said anything like that. Must be a fairly obscure tradition.
Probably not.
why be such a jerk? try baiting someone else.
I’m not trying to be a jerk, I just don’t understand the relevance of your post.
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