Blood Moons

There is a lot of attention in the media being given to Blood Moons and we have received several emails asking whether William Branham said anything about this.

What is a Blood Moon?

A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is between the sun and the moon and the shadow of the earth causes the moon to grow dark. The moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse.

The term "Blood Moon" has no astronomical meaning but is a name used by an American evangelists to bring attention to himself and sell the book he has written on the subject.

Did William Branham refer to Blood Moons?

In 1956, William Branham correctly identified that Acts 2:15–21 clearly states that Joel 2:30-32 was fulfilled when Jesus died on Golgotha.

Then in 1964, he states that Revelation 6:12-14 is fulfilled by prophets after the Rapture takes place.

Slightly later, he refers to Matthew 24:29 and Mark 13:24–25 and indicates that they were being fulfilled in 1964 (see quotes below).

As with most issues relating to prophecy, William Branham was completely confused on this issue and had no comprehensive theology on the phenomenon. He thought that the world was about to end and, therefore, his last references to the subject have him pointing to the end of the world taking place. He believed that this would happen by 1977.

He was wrong.

Wise counsel be to not pay any attention to people that set dates or point to Blood Moons in the heavens as being prophetic.

As Christians, we are called to proclaim the Gospel, help the poor, and give assistance to those less fortunate than ourselves.

If you are working in the vineyard when the master returns, you will be rewarded. Those that are running around concerned about the when and not focused on the message of the Kingdom may not fair as well as those that have made themselves ready.

Scripture

When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord GOD.

“And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,

and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

and your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams;

even on my male servants3 and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

And I will show wonders in the heavens above

and signs on the earth below,

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

the sun shall be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

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.

The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

William Branham Quotes

What happened? Signs and wonders took place. What happened? The moon begin to cry. The sun closed its eyes and begin to weep. And it went in such distress, till it had convulsions and turned like dripping blood. Sure it did. When it seen the Creator of heavens and earth refused by the earth, and so much sin He couldn't get into heaven and dying as a Mediator between God and man, stand between heavens and earth. The sun couldn't stand it, said, "I will not shine no more...?..." The stars, "I can't look at this."

The earth said, "I can't stand it." And it had a nervous prostration and belched forth rocks out of the earth. Then miraculous took place...?... It was the end of the road. Sin had reigned until the cross, but sin was paid for there. Oh, my. The earth shook so hard till it throwed rocks out of its ground, a hung into the hills. Even shook so hard till the dead rose out of the grave. Talk about a nervous prostration... And the sun begin to have convulsions and went out. Miraculous took place (Hallelujah.), always does at the junction.

Do you get it now? There's your Seal. Who does it? It's the prophets the other side of the rapture. With the power of God, the Word of God, they just condemn nature. They can send earthquakes, turn the moon into blood, the sun can go down or anything at their command. Amen.

I believe that we're at the hour of the Coming of the Lord. I believe that these earthquakes and things that we're having, this moon that they're... Up here at the observatory and things, they're watching this moon. It's squirting bloody-looking eruption from the inside of it. Jesus said that the moon would be turned into blood, and there'd be earthquakes all over the earth, in them--in them days before His Coming. He claimed that the day would be setting just exactly the way it is.

Anyone knows that the world, positionally, everything is sitting in order for His Coming. "Earthquakes in divers places; the moon is spurting out red blood, or red volcanic all over, covering it," as Jesus said watch for that sign in the last days; "sea a roaring, men's hearts failing for fear, and perplexed of time, distress between the nations."