Thoughts about the upcoming Lunar Eclipse
I was doing my usual reading of the nerd-news and was excited to hear about an upcoming Lunar eclipse (this Wed.) which will be viewable in our view of the night sky. The thing that caught my attention was the newswritters excitement about the colors of moon that will be witnessed this time around. From the article, " ... Observers of several recent lunar eclipses have reported a flash of turquoise bracketing the red of totality ... " -- that sounds pretty cool eh?. But it was that part of the article, the part about the "red of totality" that triggered thoughts about certain unresolved bible scriptures. As it turns out, the varying views of Preterism and Dispensationalism (sp?) are heavy on my mind these days. and I couldn't help but think now about how the two camps might interpret the following bible scriptures: " The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. " --- Joel 2:31 ...