A Little Bit About Moons And Such

Well hello there!

--Forgive me in advanced for being slightly scatterbrained, it has been a long week!!--

Everything has been so busy lately! Since my school is on trimesters, I had finals before Thanksgiving Break and thankfully do not have them before Winter Break. However--teachers are piling on the work between the two breaks. I also took on an extra photography class this trimester that I am absolutely in love with. As y'all know, I am a photography enthusiast and cannot seem to get enough of it. This trimester, we are shooting solely film. The dark room instantly has become such a calming place, somewhere I can escape everything else--all the work, drama, and outside problems. The class period simply flies by and I find myself waiting all day for that one class.

Anyway, I could ramble on for hours about my photography class but I really want to talk about is the chapel talk given today. It was about the red moon, also known as the lunar eclipse. A few years ago, I had the chance to study Revelation and honestly, it is an unforgettable book. Revelation mentions red (blood) moons when addressing what the world will look like during the return of Christ.

"When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place." Revelation 6:12-14

This past October, we had a lunar eclipse, causing the moon to turn a deep red--hence the term blood moon. Now forgive me because I can not remember if the speaker said that this past one was the 6th, 7th, or the 8th moon in history, but I do remember the key point that 7 is considered the perfect and godly number in the Jewish faith. He also touched on the fact that there is supposed to be another lunar eclipse this next year. So as you connect the dots, you begin to see what I am getting at is that many people are talking about the fact that we may be nearing the coming of Christ quicker than we originally believed.

I can safely admit that I am not sure where I stand on this topic, but definitely plan on researching more. While looking into the subject for this blog post, I found that there are many articles, videos, and books all addressing this idea. I came across this video while searching.

At the end of the talk, the speaker posed this question: How would you spend your life if you knew you had six months to live it out? What relationships would you fix or even form? How would you act around others? 

More to come.

Best wishes,

Grace