Solar eclipse
Some pious American Christians proclaim the March 20 solar eclipse is another signal of the beginning of the End of the World.
WorldNetDaily (WND) said biblical experts believe the message -- or the March 20 eclipse -- "is a sign of judgment from God to those on Earth". This eclipse will begin 8:00 a.m. and end 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, March 20, and will be be seen mostly over northern Europe. It's also called a "supermoon eclipse".
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Most of the predictions about the March 20 eclipse as a sign of the end times comes from a Christian website named Root Source. The co-founder of Root Source, Bob O'Dell, told WND the message was a sign of judgment.
"In Jewish tradition, a total solar eclipse is a warning to the Gentiles and a sign of judgment on the nations," he said.
"When we look at where the darkness will be, it will be in northern European countries like England and Sweden where we see the rise of Islam and anti-Israel sentiment. Europeans especially should take heed."
Since the eclipse will mostly be seen in northern Europe, Europeans must heed the message more, said O'Dell, as reported by WND.
The link between the March 20 eclipse and the end of the world has been central to the "Blood Moon Prophecy".
This prophecy is a theory that claims an ongoing lunar "tetrad" is a sign of the end times as described in the Bible in Acts 2:20 and Revelation 6:12. It's supposed to have begun with the April 2014 lunar eclipse.
The lunar tetrad, also called the Blood Moon, is a series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses occurring on Jewish Holidays, with six full moons in between and no intervening partial lunar eclipses.
Believers in the Blood Moon cite the Book of Joel that says "the sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes".
They say the March 20 eclipse is connected is in the middle of the tetrad, and is seen as another celestial omen portending humankind's ultimate destruction.
The final blood moon, a "Super Blood Moon," will appear during the Festival of Tabernacles, which is also known as a period of judgment for all the nations. Biltz believes this is a sign that momentous events are in motion.
The Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot in Hebrew, is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It falls on September 28 to October 5 this year (2015).
"The last time there were four blood moons in a row, it was 1967 and Israel captured Jerusalem," Biltz said. "The time before that occurred just after the re-establishment of Israel. Christians need to be aware of these facts in order to understand what is happening in the world today".
