LAST Tuesday night the world experienced a lunar eclipse known as a blood moon.
This occurs when Earth moves between the moon and the sun obstructing sunlight reflected by the lunar surface.
During the eclipse, the moon entered the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow, turning it a reddish colour.
Eclipses and blood moons have been occurring since the beginning of time.
The Inca’s believed lunar eclipses were caused by an animal or serpent attacking Mama Quilla or Mother Moon. It was thought an animal attacked the moon turning it blood red. People tried to scare eclipses away by making as much noise as possible.
In ancient Mesopotamia a lunar eclipse was considered a direct assault on the king. The Mesopotamians were smart and given their
ability to predict an eclipse with reasonable accuracy, they would appoint a proxy king for the duration.
There are beliefs that remain today when it comes to this lunar event. In India the spiritual are warned against eating or drinking certain things.
They believe the moon’s cycles impact the body psychologically as well as its energy chakras. Many Indians eat only certain meals during an eclipse cycle to avoid the digestion or health problems their scriptures warn the lunar event poses.
Some Christian organisations believe eclipses are warnings, citing statements in the Acts of the Apostles 2:20: “The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the day of the Lord comes, that great and terrible Day.”
The Blood Moon is also featured in The Revelation to John in passage 6:12, which states: “when he opened the sixth seal, there was a violent earthquake and the sun went black as sackcloth; the moon turned red as blood all over.”
No matter your beliefs or traditions, the blood moon was an impressive sight and the last we’ll witness until 2025.