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Four Blood Moons Movie - (Official Trailer 2015)
Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post — Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee's best-selling book, Four Blood Moons, is getting the "big-screen, live-action" treatment. A docu-drama based on the prophecy book, which suggests that certain lunar eclipses are tied to world events, is expected to be in theaters in March.
"Something is about to change," reads the ominous subtitle of Hagee's book, released in Oct. 8, 2013, a full year before a total lunar eclipse.
Now, the popular prophecy title, purported to perfectly tie together Scripture, science, and history, is scheduled for a one-night theatrical event beginning March 23, three days after a total solar eclipse is expected to occur and days before a total lunar eclipse.
Why the focus on eclipses? According to Hagee, founder of the organization Christians United for Israel, God has been using eclipses to communicate His intent to carry out Earth-shattering events affecting human history.
"The heavens are 'God's billboard.' He's been sending signals to Earth, and we haven't been picking them up," Hagee is quoted as saying in a press release on the new movie. "Two blood moons, in 2014 and 2015, point to dramatic events in the Middle East and, as a result, changes in the whole world."
Hagee, who believes Christians are obligated to support modern-day Israel, is counted among Evangelicals who believe that God gave Israel to the Jewish people. The Cornerstone Church pastor notes in Four Blood Moons that tetrads (four consecutive lunar eclipses) have previously fallen on Passover and Sukkot only three times in the last 500 years. Hagee believes that because these cosmological events fall on Jewish holy days, they were harbingers of significant historical events.
As promoters of the "Four Blood Moons" movie explain, their project explores "a rare lunar phenomenon that over the centuries has accompanied both tragedy and triumph for the Jewish people."
Scriptures tied to the celestial events are said to include passages in the Old Testament prophetic book of Joel (and quoted in the New Testament book of Acts) that presents God saying in verses 30-31: "I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." Similar passages appear in the books of Luke and Revelation.
The movie press release states:
Filmmakers promise viewers "a compelling and entertaining exploration" of how the biblical texts, celestial signs, and historical events all intersect.
Presumably, movie-goers "will leave the theater convinced that something is about to change that could affect us all."
The official website for "Four Blood Moons" indicates that theater listings for the docu-drama were forthcoming.
Hagee's book, Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change, has undergone 16 printings and sold more than 350,000 copies since its 2013 release, according to Worthy Publishing.
What is a blood moon?
As Hagee has explained, "A blood moon occurs at a lunar eclipse when the earth comes between the sun and the moon. As the sun shines through our atmosphere, it throws a shadow on the moon, making the moon look red."
The press release also notes:
» Nicola Menzie | Article Archive"Something is about to change," reads the ominous subtitle of Hagee's book, released in Oct. 8, 2013, a full year before a total lunar eclipse.
Now, the popular prophecy title, purported to perfectly tie together Scripture, science, and history, is scheduled for a one-night theatrical event beginning March 23, three days after a total solar eclipse is expected to occur and days before a total lunar eclipse.
Why the focus on eclipses? According to Hagee, founder of the organization Christians United for Israel, God has been using eclipses to communicate His intent to carry out Earth-shattering events affecting human history.
"The heavens are 'God's billboard.' He's been sending signals to Earth, and we haven't been picking them up," Hagee is quoted as saying in a press release on the new movie. "Two blood moons, in 2014 and 2015, point to dramatic events in the Middle East and, as a result, changes in the whole world."
Hagee, who believes Christians are obligated to support modern-day Israel, is counted among Evangelicals who believe that God gave Israel to the Jewish people. The Cornerstone Church pastor notes in Four Blood Moons that tetrads (four consecutive lunar eclipses) have previously fallen on Passover and Sukkot only three times in the last 500 years. Hagee believes that because these cosmological events fall on Jewish holy days, they were harbingers of significant historical events.
As promoters of the "Four Blood Moons" movie explain, their project explores "a rare lunar phenomenon that over the centuries has accompanied both tragedy and triumph for the Jewish people."
Scriptures tied to the celestial events are said to include passages in the Old Testament prophetic book of Joel (and quoted in the New Testament book of Acts) that presents God saying in verses 30-31: "I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." Similar passages appear in the books of Luke and Revelation.
The movie press release states:
"Four Blood Moons" combines scripture, science, history and big-screen live action spanning centuries, including previous similar lunar occurrences and the earth-shaking changes around them. It also examines our four blood-moon cycle-and its possible meaning for Israel, the Middle East and the world."Four Blood Moons" was produced by Rick Eldridge of ReelWorks Studios and directed by Academy Award-winner Keith Merrill ("The Great American Cowboy," "Amazon," "The 12 Dogs of Christmas"), and written by both men. The Goose Creek Production is presented by 4BM Productions and The WTA Group.
An array of historians, religious scholars and commentators appear in "Four Blood Moons" and offer their insight-filmmaker, speaker and author Dinesh D'Souza; radio host and author Dennis Prager; and noted author and historian David Barton to name just a few.
Filmmakers promise viewers "a compelling and entertaining exploration" of how the biblical texts, celestial signs, and historical events all intersect.
Presumably, movie-goers "will leave the theater convinced that something is about to change that could affect us all."
The official website for "Four Blood Moons" indicates that theater listings for the docu-drama were forthcoming.
Hagee's book, Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change, has undergone 16 printings and sold more than 350,000 copies since its 2013 release, according to Worthy Publishing.
What is a blood moon?
As Hagee has explained, "A blood moon occurs at a lunar eclipse when the earth comes between the sun and the moon. As the sun shines through our atmosphere, it throws a shadow on the moon, making the moon look red."
The press release also notes:
Only three times in the past 500 years have four blood moons (or tetrads) occurred back to back and on major Jewish holy days. The fourth tetrad began April 15, 2014, on Passover. In October last year, the second blood moon appeared on the Feast of Tabernacles (also known as Sukkot). Blood moons in 2015 land on the same holy days.We will know soon enough if 2015 will be a year of tremendous change and if another significant event regarding Israel is around the corner.
What happened in the past around such occurrences?
1493 — Spain's rulers had expelled all Jews and Columbus had discovered America, an eventual haven for the Jewish people.
1948-49 — The founding of Israel.
1967-68 — Following the Six-Day War, Jerusalem rejoins the state of Israel.
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