This is a Hurricane watch! Just as in a Hurricane we have a watch and a warning. At this time I'd like to think of this as a watch. Yeshua told us to watch and pray. We have a three year window to watch events play out. I am pointing out some interesting parallels with the Jews, believers in Yeshua, and the seriousness of the coming three years. At this moment in time this is a "Watch" the warnings will come later if things continue to progress. In God's program this may be a "Warning", but for now, for us, we should watch closely the peace process and unfolding events in Jerusalem.

Continuing with the Blood Moons theme:

In Jewish culture there is a blessing for eveything that brings us a benefit. Therefore, if there is no blessing for a significant event, this indicates there is no benefit. There is no blessing or "bracha" for an eclipse. The Hebrew term for eclipse is "Likui" or defect. The Talmud says that a Likui of the Sun is an omenous sign for the world, a lunar Likui is an omenous sign for Israel. Therefore there is no blessing for these events.

In Jewish thought the moon is associated with the children of Israel. Like Israel, and like believers in Yeshua, we wax and wane in our walk. The moon reflects the light of the sun, so too is the Jewish nation (and believers in Yeshua), meant to reflect Yehovah's glory. We are to be a "light to the nations" a reflection of Yeshua.

So, just as the moon waxes and wanes, so we go through stages of difficulties and testings with the knowledge that we are to be overcomers. Isn't it interesting that in Hebrew thought the rabbis believe that for a certain time the Jewish people must endure the darkness of exile. The shining of the moon anew each month reassures them of the coming of the utlimate rebirth, the redemption. Isn't that amazing!

So we can say the moon = Israel ( remember we are grafted into the commonwealth of Israel). An eclipse of the moon during these end time feasts then could be a warning that Israel is not being a light to the Gentiles. (and the church is not being a witness in the proper way.)

The color red comes from the Hebrew word "adom" the original meaning "red arable ground". Red typifies war, murder, and blood-thirstiness. Many Dictators throughout history and today establish their power on murder and blood-thirstiness. Many of those under satan's power operate this way. Israel's enemies fit this discription.

The color red is often associted with sin and impurity. Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Yehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. In Jewish thought the color red in not to be worn, as it was the color that harlots wore.

Note: All the wars Israel has fought have not had lunar eclipses associated with them. There were none in 1973 before the Yom Kippur war or the U.S. Gulf War.

According to an article in the Israel Today magazine, by Ludwig Schneider, In AD 1217 rabbi Judah ben Samuel a scholarly and pious rabbi prophesied that the Ottoman Turks would rule over the holy city of Jerusalem for eight Jubilees. Now, keep in mind, he made this prediction 300 years before the Ottoman Turks seized control of Jerusalem in 1517. If indeed 1217 and 1517 were jubilee years as Judah Ben Samuel believed, then his prophecy was exactly right, because exactly 400 years after the Turks took control of Jerusalem they were driven out of the city and the holy land in 1917 by the Allied forces under the command of General George Allenby – on Hanukkah, by the way.

The rabbi also prophesied that during the ninth Jubilee Jerusalem would be a “no-man’s land.” This is exactly what happened from 1917 to 1967, due to the fact that the Holy Land was placed under British Mandate in 1917 by the League of Nations and literally “belonged” to no nation.

 

Even after Israel’s war of independence in 1948-49, Jerusalem was still divided by a strip of land running right through the heart of the city, with Jordan controlling the eastern part of the city and Israel controlling the western part of the city. That strip of land was considered and even called “no-man’s land” by both the Israelis and the Jordanians.

It was not until the Six Day War in 1967 when the entire West Bank of the Holy Land was conquered by the Israeli army that the whole city of Jerusalem passed back into the possession of Israel. So once again the prophecy made by the rabbi 750 years previously was fulfilled to the letter.

 

Judah Ben Samuel also prophesied that during the 10th Jubilee Jerusalem would be under the control of the Jews and the Messianic “end times” would begin. If he’s right, the 10th Jubilee began in 1967 and will be concluded in 2017. According to Rav Yehuda heHasid, 5727 (Six Day War in 1967) was a Yovel and the next Yovel is 5776 (Gregorian year: 2016-17).

 

Sources: Ludwig Schneider, Israel Today and Rabbi Hillel ben David

Next Topic: What is a Biblical Generation and how does it fit in with Rabbi ben Samuel's prophecy in 1217 AD.