Three Biblical-Historical Types of the End-Times Anti-Christ, [Part 1].


Three Biblical-Historical Types of the End-Times Anti-Christ, [Pt. 1]

Welcome to the September 2025 Blog everyone! The first part of this month’s blog post is taken from a study we posted in July of 2018 on The Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC and the Abomination Desolation. As the first study was focused more on Antiochus IV, the Greek General who rose after Alexander the Great, as a type of the End times Anti-Christ, this month’s study is more of a composite of these types of the final Anti-Christ, including Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Antiochus IV of Greece and Titus of Rome. In Part 2 of the September blog it’s made plain why these historical figures represent a composite of the final Anti-christ.

In end-time prophecy, Daniel 8 is a key Scripture. Scholars are agreed in Dan. 8:3-8 that the goat’s first (broken horn) is Alexander the Great, and the later rising four horns are 4 generals dividing his empire, when Antiochus IV arose. The symbols of the ram and he-goat, in Daniel 8 are kings of Persia & Greece.

Antiochus’ IV took the title “Epiphanes” (God Manifest) as he took the Seleucid throne in 175 BC. Antiochus’ IV labors to Hellenize his conquered kingdoms had an effect on other cultures besides Israel. Their various pagan idols were cut down by Antiochus IV to entrench Hellenized religious rites throughout his kingdom, [Dan. 8:10]. Although Apocryphal books of the Bible hold little Scriptural value in the Canon of God’s Word, the Maccabean Books are valuable relating the historical record of this time period.

These Maccabean records show the nature of the conflict Antiochus IV engaged with Israel, his unbridled ego and events surrounding the Temple at Jerusalem.

Figure 1. Bust of Antiochus IV at the Altes Museum in Berlin. #1

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1 Macc. 1:7-10  [175 BC. 137th Seleucid year; Antiochus IV begins his reign]

7 Alexander had reigned twelve years when he died. 8 Each of his officers established himself in his own region. 9 All assumed crowns after his death, they and their heirs after them for many years, brought greater evils on the world.
10 From these grew a wicked offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became king in the 107th year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

Daniel 8:1-22 reveals Daniel’s times, with a promise that God would bring an end to Israel’s oppression. Antiochus VI Epiphanes, took the Syrian Seleucid throne in 175 BC. A Jerusalem revolt In 167 BC, demanded troops to suppress, polluted the Temple halting daily sacrifices [Dan. 8:11] in 167-164 BC. His work to blot out Judaism led to a reaction, led by Judas Maccabee and his cohorts, who won a series of key military victories over the professional Greek Seleucid army to reclaim and purify the Temple three years later.

As a forerunner of the end-times Anti-Christ, Antiochus IV thrived in his secular agenda. Circumcision and Sabbath-observance were stifled and Greek paganism under him, worked to eliminate the true worship of Almighty God. But God chose Israel to bring up the Messiah to the world, and Jerusalem, for the location of His earthly Temple, as the place where the true Lamb of God would offer his life for all Mankind. The Israelites, their city and Temple, were elevated and set aside together for the glorious arrival of Jesus Christ.

To accomplish this, required the faithful of Israel to stand against Antiochus‘ IV’s political and military pressure. Among the resistance was Mattathias a priest, who fled Jerusalem to the mountains with his sons. Others joined them, and they began raids removing pagan altars. As Mattathias neared death, he appointed his son Judas Maccabeus as the rebel captain, whose power and influence grew in their battles against pagan enemies. Judas’ men fasted and believed God to defeat the armies Antiochus IV sent against them, and God aided their righteous efforts, so that in under 3 years the brave warriors of Israel prevailed.

Figure 2. The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus, Rubens #2.

Antiochus VI Epiphanes, plundered Jerusalem’s Temple and desecrated it in late 167 BC, demanding offerings made to Zeus on an altar built for him. When Judas and his men reached Jerusalem, seeing the desolation, and the profaned altar, the gates burned, made great lamentation, rending their clothes casting ashes on their heads. In only 3 days, 80,000+ massacred of young and old, with many meeting violent deaths, and a like number sold into slavery, [2 Macc. 5:11-14]. They proceeded to cleanse the entire area, built a new clean altar, made new holy vessels, and placed lampstand, table, and incense altar correctly.  On Kislev 25, 164 BC, with Temple rededicated they celebrated its cleansing and rededication anew to the living God, with great rejoicing, even today the Hanukkah Festival is held annually. Jon Nessle points out: “if we count back-wards 2300 days from 164 BC, we come to the month of Av on the Hebrew Calendar in 170 BC.”#3 Did Antiochus overrun the Temple for 2300 days? This is a feasible thesis, and was part of our initial study to investigate if the Biblical Astronomy supports it.

The eclipse activity we found during this period, especially from 168-166 BC, do support and enlighten it’s history, but our follow up study in this blog goes well beyond this, as we find in our new content below. Antiochus wished to conquer Egypt, but he had to stabilize his empire first, including Israel. In his return from the military campaign in Egypt via Jerusalem, Antiochus cut a wide swath of destruction- burning many houses, killing and enslaving tens of thousands of Jews, attacking the Jerusalem Temple- Israel’s center of life. His Syrian army robbed temple treasures and Antiochus on 15 Kislev, 167 BC, showing why he took the title “Epiphanes” (God Manifest), erected a statue of the Greek god Zeus etched with his own face in the holiest altar of Jerusalem’s Temple, (1 Macc. 1:54). Then on 25 Kislev, 167 BC he desecrated the Temple’s most holy place, while destroying the holy scrolls.

Figure 3. Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory). Antiochus IV’ name was later changed from ‘Ephipanes‘ (‘a manifestation of God’) to Epimanes (‘maniac’). #4

As Rev. Nessle states regarding the 2300 days: “In my analysis of the prophecies of Daniel, I showed this time span very well could be the entire time span the sanctuary was trodden under-foot by the army of Antiochus IV. We know from Maccabees that the end point of the desecration of the Temple was on Kislev 25, or Dec. 16th, in 164 BC.”#5  The actions taken by Macabean Jews of Judas to cleanse the Temple, initiated the Hanukkah festival as the Temple was rededicated, due to the desecration of the abomination by Antiochus IV, as a Type of the end-times Anti-Christ. The Dan. 8 prophecy states in 2 parts; “first covers the Persian Empire through the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes, whose Temple desecration was 1st mentioned in Daniel with the Abomination in the Temple.”#6

 “The main point here is the time span of 2300 days. This is 78 Lunar months. Matching the Book of Maccabees, timespan doesn’t fit the total time of Temple desecration. In (2 Macc. 1:54-59) Antiochus set up the abomination; Kislev 15 [Kislev 25-12/6/167 BC*]-a sacrifice date, matched in #1 Comparison Chart below. With the Temple cleansed in three years [2 Macc. 4: 52, Chisleu 25 or 12/16/164). But including the phrase “trodden underfoot,” history records the Temple rededication, Kislev 25 in 164 BC, to open Hanukkah Feast. Consulting Parker-Dubberstein’s Ancient Jewish calendar, tells us the years 170 and 167 had 13th months added (2nd Adar) to them. So counting back 78 months from Temple cleansing to the end the abomination desolation, brings us to end of the 5th month Av, in 170 BC. Antiochus IV fought the Egyptians in the Battle of Mt. Kasios in early November in 170 BC. Parker and Dubberstein tell us that was in the middle of the 8th month. The start of 2300 days was the 26th of Av, (Av is always 30 days long), 80 days before the battle. The [orbis.stanford.edu] website calculation, says Roman Legions take near 50 days to cover 300 miles, from Damascus to Pelusium’s Battle site via Jerusalem (at Ox Cart speed). So it’s very feasible and not implausible that the Sanctuary was “trodden under-foot” by advanced elements of the forces of Antiochus’ IV in the Summer of 170 BC.”#7

 Since Antiochus is a Type of the Anti-Christ, this qualifies as a “preliminary fulfillment” of the prophecy, yet to be completed by an end-times anti-Christ. Thus, we can see how Antiochus IV can fulfill the prophecies of Daniel 8;

Dan. 8:11-14
11 Yea, he magnified {himself} even to the prince of the host [To God Almighty/ or a Jewish High Priest] and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the Sanctuary was cast down. [Antiochus Epiphanes desecrated the Temple] 12 And an host was given {him} against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down truth to the ground; and it practiced [transacted business], and prospered.

13 Then I heard one saint (angel) speaking, and another saint (angel) said unto that certain {saint} which spake, How long {shall be} the vision {concerning} the daily {sacrifice}, and the transgression of desolation, [“Abomination of Desolation” reference] to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; [Exactly 78 Lunar Months*] then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. [Time span includes all the parts of verse 13] {insertions by Jon Nessle in red} #8

14 He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

*A numerical note on the 2300 days equaling 78 lunar months is that (78=6 x 13), as the number of man destitute of God times the number of rebellion or apostasy.#9 These traits fit an Antichrist and as Antiochus IV was a type of an End times Anti-Christ as he incited a version of an Abomination Desolation. The relation between 78 lunar months and the Blood Moon Tetrad mark key dates, as Temple & host were trodden underfoot during these 2300 days. Other key elements of a history of these events are found in the Book of Maccabees, and in our timeline that chronicles the 168-166 BC Blood Moon Tetrad below.

This explanation says that the entire Temple defilement lasted 2300 days, or six years plus 110 days, about 6 1/3 years from 170-164 BC, not a complete 7 solar year period as is many times assumed. But, the variance maybe explained  when we calculate this period as 7 eclipse years, as we have seen in the eclipses forming an “X” over America from 2017-2024 with, a gap of 1211 days between eclipses, [3.5 eclipse years] each for a total of 2422 days; [7 eclipse years]. #10

Table 1. Outline of the Book of Maccabees #11

1 Mac 1:10               175 BC. 137th Seleucid year; Antiochus IV begins reign

1 Mac 1:10-15        *171 BC. desolating covenant to worship Greek gods

26th of month Av, 170 BC– 78 Lunar months prior to the cleansing of the Temple in 164BC.

Antiochus fought the Egyptians in the Battle of Mt. Kasios early November/mid-8th month 170 BC. [Seleucid year 143]

1 Mac 1:20-28       169 BC; Antiochus plunders Jerusalem Temple 

1 Mac 1:54-59       15th of Kislev, 167 BC; set up abomination Kislev 25th-12/6/167*, then sacrificed abomination of desolation in the Seleucid year 145.

2 Mac 6:1, 2    “compel the Jews to forsake the laws of their fathers and cease to live by the laws of God. Also polluted the Jerusalem Temple calling it a “Temple of the Olympian Zeus.”

1 Mac 4:42-58       25th of Chisleu 12/16/164; sanctuary cleansed; Antiochus IV died in Seleucid year 148. #12

2 Mac 10:1-8         Sanctuary purified

1 Macc. 1:20-28
20 After his conquest of Egypt, in the year 143, Antiochus turned around and advanced on Israel and Jerusalem in massive strength. 21 Insolently breaking into the sanctuary, he removed the golden altar and the lampstand for the light with all its fittings.  22 Together with the table for the shewbread offering, the cups, the golden censers, the veil, the crowns, and the golden decoration on the front of the Temple, which he stripped of everything. 23 He made off with the silver and gold and precious vessels; he discovered the secret treasures and seized them. 24 and, removing all these, he returned to his own country, having shed much blood and spoke words of extreme arrogance. 28 The Earth quaked due to its inhabitants and the whole House of Jacob was clothed with shame.

Citing an earthquake in v. 28 above is verified via Archaeological evidence; “Archaeoseismic research at sites like Tell Ateret, located near the Jordan Gorge,  uncovered a rupture measuring about 2.5 meters. The rupture revealed a hoard of 45 coins, the latest which dates to 143/142 BC, (the earliest possible date) for the seismic event. This is supported by indicative pottery and historic texts in the  year 143/142. The quake’s epicenter is believed to have been located along the Dead Sea Fault, that runs through ancient Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon). The earthquake occurred around the same time that the Seleucid King Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Jerusalem.” #12a

1 Macc. 1:37-57 records the year 168 BC that witnessed the plundering of Jerusalem, and halting sanctuary services in the Temple, not to mention the abomination desolation under the decree of Antiochus IV.

1 Macc. 1:54-57  54 On the fifteenth day of Chislev in the year 145 the king built an appalling abomination on top of the altar of burnt offering; and altars were built in the surrounding towns of Judah. 56 Any books of the Law found were torn up and burned. 57 Whenever anyone was found possessing a copy of the covenant or practicing the Law, the king’s decree sentenced him to death.

1 Macc. 4:49-59

49 They made new sacred vessels, and brought the lamp-stand, the altar of incense, and the table into the Temple. 50 They burned incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and these shone inside the Temple. 51 They placed the loaves on the table and hung the curtains and completed all the tasks they had undertaken. 52 On the twenty-fifth of the ninth month, Chislev, in the year 148 they rose at dawn 53 And offered a lawful sacrifice on the new altar of burnt offering which they had made.

54 The altar was dedicated, to the sound of hymns, zithers, lyres and cymbals, at the same time of year and on the same day on which the Gentiles had originally profaned it.* 55 The whole people fell prostrate in adoration and then praised Heaven who had granted them success.

56 For eight days they celebrated the Dedication of the altar, joyfully offering burnt offerings, communion and thanksgiving sacrifices. 58 There was no end to the rejoicing among the people, since the disgrace inflicted by the Gentiles had been effaced. 59 Judas, with his brothers and the whole assembly of Israel, made it a law that the days of the Dedication of the altar should be celebrated yearly at the proper season, for eight days beginning on the twenty-fifth of the month of Chislev, with rejoicing and gladness; [164 BC]

This record of Antiochus plundering and defiling the Jerusalem Temple in the 2300 days from 170-164 BC, are highlighted in the general celestial markings of the Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC. We find added meaning comparing this Blood Moon Tetrad to the Solar and Lunar eclipses around the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. This contrast of events when Antiochus’ IV destroyed the Temple with the events of Prince Titus’ Temple destruction in 70 AD, both of which serve as Types & forerunner’s of the End times Anti-Christ. With the convergence of Repeating and Matching dates in the #1 Comparison Chart below with 2029 and 475 BC, we find evidence that these dates in red for the Greek Antiochus IV, and blue for Roman Titus mark two of the 3 figures  serving as forerunner’s of the End times Anti-Christ, with eclipse activity. 

1. Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2029 AD with 475 BC.

Eclipse Date AD Source Saros Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC Source Saros
1/14/2029  T-D/Nasa 151 Par. Solar 1/14/475   [i.] 4  
4/13/2029  Apophis 99942 Asteroid      [Rev. 8:10?]    
6/12/2029  T-D/Nasa 118 Par. Solar 6/12/475   6/11/166*  
6/25-/2029  T-D/Nasa 130 Tot. Lunar 6/26/475 [ii.5] LBAT
 51
7/11/2029  T-D/Nasa 156 Par. Solar 7/11/475   [iii.] 6  
12/6/2029  T-D/Nasa 123 Par. Solar 12/6/475   12/6/166*  
12/20/2029  T-D/Nasa 135 Tot. Lunar 12/20/475  LBAT#
[iv.] 7		 56

Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader know and understand),—Matthew 24:15  This fulfilled Dan. 8:14; “then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” This began the Feast of Hanukkah or “dedication,” celebrated in Israel in Jesus’ day (John 10:22-23) each December until today. (1 Macc. 1-6 and 2 Macc. 3-10.)

The Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC.

The Solar and Lunar eclipse activity during this period from 168 BC to 166 BC is noteworthy around the desolation and plundering of the Temple at Jerusalem by Antiochus IV.  Although with other celestial activities seen during this 3 year period, the focus of this section on the Blood Moon Tetrad [#2, 5, 8, & 10 below] and Solar eclipses starting in mid–168 BC, are key. This Tetrad of 4 Total Lunar Eclipses in 166-168 BC. notably the Blood Moon Lunar and Solar eclipses are paired in a series of Brackets starting in the first Total Lunar Eclipse of this Blood Moon Tetrad, framed between the #1 and #3 Solar Eclipses below. #13

 1. Total Solar Eclipse
On July 5th there was a Mercury–Regulus conjunction in Leo. On July 17th 168 BC, there was a Total Solar Eclipse that brackets a Winter Solstice Eclipse–Dec. 27th, 168 BC, [#2 below] with Sun and Moon in Cancer. Later in July of 168, the Jupiter–Mercury–Regulus planetary Alignment occurred in Leo. These opening signs in Leo resemble the opening signs of the 2016 Solar and Lunar eclipses mirroring the Prince Titus’ Temple destruction in 70 AD on Hebrew Feast and Holy Days.

2. Total Lunar Eclipse  
A Total Lunar Eclipse, 1st of the Blood Moon Tetrad occurs Dec. 27th, 168 BC, 6 days after the Winter Solstice. We see the Blood Moon & Neptune in Scorpius as the Scorpion, signifies the war Antiochus IV brought to Israel. With the Sun in Capricorn, and Saturn in Libra, with Mars-the battling Archangel Michael unified with Leo the Lion, while Jupiter in Virgo showcased Celestial Sphinx signs. Venus the Bright and Morning Star was in Sagittarius, with the King’s arrows aimed at Antares– the heart of the Scorpion-enemy.

3. Partial Solar Eclipse
About 2 weeks after the first Blood Moon opened the New Year, on Jan. 10th, 167 BC, another Solar Eclipse framing a 12-27-168 BC Winter Solstice Eclipse in Capricorn, with the Sun & Venus near the Aquarius border. With Mercury– Gabriel in Sagittarius, & Mars-Micheal in Leo and Jupiter in Virgo, depicting the signs of the Celestial Sphinx, as found at Christ’s birth in 3 BC. This was the 1st of 4 luni-solar eclipse pairs in this Tetrad. [#1-#3]

 4. Partial Solar Eclipse
Opening the Summer season on June 7th of 167 BC, was another Solar Eclipse, two weeks before the Summer Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse. This June 7th date is key in Israel’s history as it marks the day that Jerusalem was re-captured in 1967’s six-day war. Thus, the Solar Eclipse on June 7th of 167 BC acts as a Celestial Prophecy that not only frames the June 21st, 167 BC Total Lunar Eclipse; [#5 below] but also foretells the date Jerusalem would come back under Israel’s control in 1967 AD, 2134 years in the future! The 2nd frame occurs as the Partial Solar Eclipse-July 7th, 167 BC, as the Sun in Gemini, was announced by Mercury-Gabriel. Jupiter was near Mars guarding Virgo. With Saturn in Libra, and Venus in Cancer, noting the next Partial Solar Eclipse-July 7th, 167 BC, a month later we find a 2nd Blood Moon [#5] of this Tetrad, framed tightly between these two [#4 & #6] Solar Eclipses. [i]

Image result for 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad images

5. Total Lunar Eclipse
A Total Lunar Eclipse, June 21st, 167 BC, the 2nd Blood Moon of the Tetrad- at Summer Solstice, sees the Sun in Gemini, with Saturn in Libra. Mercury-Gabriel announces Venus in Leo, with a Jupiter–Mars union in Virgo again focused on signs of the Celestial Sphinx. Mercury–Gabriel heralds the Bright and Morning Star in Leo the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King Planet Jupiter still unified with Mars–the Warrior Archangel stands against the evil forces of Antiochus IV.

6. Partial Solar Eclipse
The Partial Solar Eclipse-July 7th, 167 BC another Solar Eclipse, formed a pair of Solar Eclipses bracketing this June 21st Blood Moon. In July 167 BC, with the Sun in Cancer, & Saturn in Libra, Mercury-Gabriel heralded Venus the Bright and Morning Star in Leo, with Jupiter and Mars-Michael the Archangel of war in Virgo, protecting Israel again marking signs of the Celestial Sphinx.

7. Partial Solar Eclipse
On Dec. 1st there was another key Solar Eclipse, which gets our attention first because it occurred only 5 days after Antiochus set up the abomination on Nov. 26th, or the 15th of Kislev, sacrificed 10 days later on 25 Kislev or 12/6/167 BC.* This date finds Mars-Michael in Capricorn- the righteous sacrifice with Venus opposing the abomination of Antiochus IV. The Sun in Sagittarius‘ Bow with arrows trained on the heart of the Scorpion enemy. With Mercury closest to Neptune in Ophiuchus showing the ongoing Gen. 3:15 conflict between Messiah and Scorpion foe, with Saturn in Libra. Then only 10 days later the 3rd Total Lunar Eclipse of this Blood Moon Tetrad followed.

8. Total Lunar Eclipse.
167 BC closes with a Third pair of Eclipses in December. followed by the 3rd Blood Moon of the Tetrad, a Total Lunar Eclipse, Dec. 16th. On Dec. 14th, 167 BC, the Blood Moon and Jupiter were at Virgo’s Feet, moving to Scorpius. With Mars and Venus in Capricorn, Saturn in Libra, and the Sun in Sagittarius, this mid–Dec. 167 BC Eclipse with the Moon at Virgo’s Feet, recalls the Rev. 12 sign, at the birth of Christ. It’s notable that this Dec. 16th Blood Moon foreshadows the cleansing of the Temple and the opening of Hannukah, 3 years later, Dec. 16th, 164 BC, or the 25th of Chislev. This is verified in 1 Macc. 4: 54 above where “the altar was dedicated, the same time of year and the same day the Gentiles had originally profaned it.”

9. Annular Solar Eclipse
The year 166 BC also witnessed eclipse activity starting the 28th of May with a Partial Solar Eclipse. The Annular Solar Eclipse is unique as the only eclipse as the first Annular Solar eclipse serving the dual purpose of framing both the 3rd [#8] and 4th [#10] Total Lunar eclipses of the Tetrad. With Michael-Mars and Morning Star Venus-in Taurus, the Sun & Mercury in Gemini, and Saturn in Libra, Jupiter stays at Virgo’s feet. Here we find a 4th pair of Solar Eclipses both forming a ring of light around the dark lunar sphere, of the Moon in Annular Solar Eclipses framing Blood Moon #3 of the Tetrad.

10. Total Lunar Eclipse
This was followed the next month by the final Blood Moon of this Tetrad, in a 6/11/166 BC Total Lunar Eclipse, with the Moon in Aries less than 2 weeks from Summer Solstice. This Eclipse like the first 5 eclipses of this Tetrad are linked with the Winter and Summer Solstices at the Compass Cardinal Points. Comparison Chart #1 below for Repeating 2029 AD Eclipse Tetrads with 475 BC, also marks the first key date of 6/11-12/166 BC in red-Matching with 475 BC and 2029 AD, marking Antiochus IV as a key Type of the End-times Anti-christ, with a definitive link. The Sun stays in Gemini, with Mars and Venus in Taurus. Mercury has now moved into Cancer.

11. Annular Solar Eclipse
Later on Nov. 20th, 166 BC there was another Annular Solar Eclipse, framing the final Blood Moon of this Tetrad. The Sun, Moon & Neptune in Ophiuchus, reveal the ongoing Gen. 3:15 conflict between Messiah and Scorpius, with a Mercury-Gabriel warning of Saturn’s union in Scorpio. Jupiter is in Libra, and Venus in the Bow of Sagittarius, while Mars-Michael the Warrior arch-angel was found in Virgo protecting Israel.

12. Partial Lunar Eclipse
Lastly, on Dec. 6th a Partial Lunar Eclipse closed out 166 BC, as the Moon grazed Jupiter in Libra, at Scorpio’s border, joined Saturn in Scorpius, and Mercury near Neptune in Ophiuchus, establishing the ongoing Gen. 3:15 conflict. Sagittarius held the Sun & Venus on a 1 year anniversary, to   the day after Kislev 25′ Abomination Desolation on 12/6/167* BC, also marked in Comparison Chart #1 aligning a 2nd time in red with Repeating 2029 AD Eclipse Tetrads Matched with 475 BC.  #14

 After a 3-year siege, the Greek armies retreated as the Maccabees re-entered the Jerusalem Temple that the Greeks defiled, reconsecrating it to God, and began again the Temple service. The Hebrews wanted to relight the olive oil candlestick (Exodus 25), but only found a day’s supply of undefiled oil – that required 8 days to make and bring more oil. Miraculously, the candles stayed lit for 8 days (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), allowing ample time to prep new oil to be brought. The importance of the miracle revealed a presence of God’s Hand. So the meaning of Hanukkah shows the desire and priority to remain close to God; with the rejection of Hellenization. The priests instituted the festival of Hanukkah to honor the miracle. This became known as the Festival of lights, with a purpose to light the Hanukkah–Menorahs. This Hanukkah-Menorah, is a special version of the original seven-branched Menorah, commemorating the miracle of the oil lasting eight days, and the ninth to hold the central candle used to light the others. The military victory would not be celebrated if not for the miracle of the oil.

Israel’s key military victory over Antiochus IV and his professional Greek army serves as a historical precedent for another key military victory that aligns with the Abomination Desolation timeline in Chart #1 on 12/6/167* BC, and the defeat of the End times Anti-Christ who rises in the next Jubilee after Israel’s six-day War of 1967 started, and Jerusalem is retaken. Both dates of Israeli control in 1948 & 1967 fell on Pentecost, which was the anniversary when God gave Moses the OT Law on Mt. Sinai, along with the birth of the Church-the Spiritual body of Christ- 8 days after Jesus’ Ascension initiated the New Testament.

Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the nation of Israel left Egypt under Moses. (Exod 12:40-41) The Arab-Israeli war began May 15th, 1948 (as Israel became a nation and Gentile control ended). The war lasted 430 days! (“430” is counted according to the transfer of the week. The war began May 15th, and May 15 to the signing of the final treaty with Syria 7/20/1949 was 431 days, but the week was 430 days apart.) #15

And not only in 1948, but this sign repeats in 1967 when Jerusalem returned under Israel’s control after 1900+ years. The significance of Israel’s servitude of 430 years in Egypt has a direct bearing on the ministry of Ezekiel and his bearing the iniquity of the house of Israel, as seen in Ezek. 4:4-6; as God laid the years of Israel’s iniquity according to a number of [390] days (“430 days”, in the KJV reads in Ezekiel; “390+40=430”.)#16

Bullinger notes in Ezek. 4:4; as Ezekiel lay on his left side to bear Iniquity for Israel’s sin [Num. 14:34], 390 days was their punishment. With his leftside done, he was told to lay on his right side to bear iniquity for the house of Judah 40 days, each day for a year, totalling 430 days.#17 These 430 days as a symbolic siege of Jerusalem, match the 430 days of Israel’s 1948 Arab-Israeli war that
marked Israel’s rebirth as a nation! Beyond this Jerusalem’s symbolic siege 
embodied a literal siege that came 1260 days after the 390 days on Ezekiel’s left side. 


In Ezekiel’s account of the fall of Jerusalem, God’s Spirit departs the Temple, leaving Jerusalem in specific stages [Ezek. 10:18-19] (opening 592 BC), returning in stages 19 years later in 573 BC, (Ezek. 8, 40). likewise with, Israel’s current repair in stages — each level is predicted on Biblical timelines in God’s Word, according to our Creator’s Celestial Clockworks. The next stage in God’s plan for Jerusalem also took place exactly 19 years after Israel became a nation in 1948: with The 1967, Six-Day War.

With a next stage in Israel’s restoration– as the 6-day war, in the next 19 year Metonic cycle, to the day-June 5-10, 1967, we find another exact eclipse aligned in the Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC and Antiochus IV‘. The war, beheld the Temple at Jerusalem recaptured with east Jerusalem. June 5th, 1967, was also Pentecost on the Hebrew Calendar. In the same week as the June 7th Partial Solar Eclipse-the 4# eclipse in a Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC-Antiochus IV’s seige and destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 167 BC. The Partial Solar Eclipse presaged Summer season 2 weeks prior to the Summer Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse, where we find a 2nd Blood Moon of this Tetrad framed between these two Solar Eclipses.

This concludes Part 1 of this study as the September blog, to be followed by Part 2 next month in October 2025. Part 1 reviews and expands on my previous blog, that was focused on Antiochus IV, initiating Eclipse activity links with Prince Titus of Rome. Part 2 will include the sieges of Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon, to summarize the composite view of Matching and Repeating Eclipse tables from 475 BC to 2029 AD. This unique view of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream statue in [Dan. 7] will show how these ancient rulers form a composite image of the End-times Anti-Christ according to Bible history and Biblical Astronomy. As always, I welcome any questions and comments you may have and pray for your blessing and edification with God’s Protection for you and your loved ones!

Agape’

Rene’

 

Footnotes

1 Fig. 1 picture credit. “Bust of Antiochus IV” [https://everipedia.org/wiki/Altes_Museum/].
2. Fig. 2 Picture credit. The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens]
3. “Analysis of Prophecies in Daniel.” [ppg. 15-16.] Rev. Jon Nessle
4. Figure 3. Picture credit- The Coin of Antiochus IV: [https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes#]
5. The Abomination of Desolation and other Prophetic terms of Biblical Eschatology. Jon Nessle.
6. “Analysis of Prophecies in Daniel.” [p. 15-16] Nessle
7. IBID
8. Ibid p.14
9. Number in Scripture, E.W. Bullinger
10. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
11. 1 & 2 Books of Maccabees
12. *The sources of the dates above are a small representation which agree with Matthew Henry and Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown. The Scofield Reference Bible, (Congregational),  1909; The New Bible Commentary, (Presbyterian influence), Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1953; The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, Moody Press, 1962; The Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1986.
12a. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014TC003815
13. Dates for Solar and Total Lunar Eclipse data are From NASA [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0199–0100.html]
14. Planetary union & zodiac data in #1-12 from Starry Night Pro Software.
15. [360calender.com]
16. IBID
17. Companion Bible marginal nate on [Ezek. 4:4-6] E.W. Bullinger

 

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Repeating 2033 AD Eclipse Tetrads Matching with Tetrads in 471 BC and 70 AD Eclipses

Welcome to the July 2025 Blog Folks! The focus of this month’s blog is on 7 key points that impact our immediate and short term future going towards 2034. The July 2025 study recalls parts of the June 2025 Blog as it links the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad. These 7 key points are:

1. 19-Year Metonic cycle- Spring Equinox
2. 70-71 AD signs of Temple Destruction
3. Gentiles treading Jerusalem under foot
4. 1260 yrs. to 1260 weeks to 1260 days.
5. The Eclipse Menorah from [3/20/2015] to [8/2/2027]
6. 5 Lunar Eclipses in 2014-2016 led to 5 Lunar Eclipses in 2024.
7. 3 Purim Eclipses in a Row from 2024-2026.

A summary and impact of these points is found below.
The Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-15 opened with an April 15th, 2014 Passover Lunar Eclipse. Prior to the April 4th 2015 Passover Blood Moon, a unique Total Solar Eclipse happened on March 20th, @ Spring Equinox, marking a mid-point of the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad-see Fig. 1 below. This opened the Hebrew month of Nisan, to start an ecclesiastical year, at the midpoint of a Shemitah year in 2015. Any total solar eclipse reaching the North Pole’s rarefied air is unique, but as the path of this Total Solar Eclipse ended at the North Pole, it entered eclipse totality for about two minutes. A Spring Equinox Total Solar Eclipse at the North Pole occurs near once in a 1000 years, but it had never occurred on Nisan 1 in the history of Hebrew Time-keeping, especially when merged with a Super-moon, putting this Total Solar eclipse in a class by itself. A chart of the Blood Moon Tetrads over the last 2000+ years is available in our blog post @ Biblical Blood Moon Calendar.

This 2015 March 20th eclipse was indeed a special one. Comparing historical Eclipse data on the Spring Equinox; we found a solar eclipse (not @ the North Pole) on March 20, 71 AD, also on Nisan 1 in our Table. 1 Chart below. #1  A few months prior to these 71 AD eclipses, Jerusalem was attacked and the Hebrew’s Temple was destroyed. This Temple destruction took place the infamous 9th of Av in 70 AD, marking Jerusalem’s 20th siege, though Prince Titus ordered his Roman Legions that Jerusalem’s Temple was to be spared, it was “accidentally” set ablaze and consumed. Titus is among a historical group with Antiochus IV and Nebuchadnezzar, who conquered Jerusalem, as part of the Bible’s Anti-Christ Equation, that reveals a key link of prophecies related to the Gentiles treading Jerusalem under foot in history.

Luke 21:24 [Amp. Bible]

24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).

For example, we find that 3 kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream; Golden Babylon, Silver-Medo-Persia, and Bronze-Greece, all tread down Jerusalem for a total of 594 years as interpreted by Daniel. Jerusalem was trodden down by the Iron–Roman Empire-the 4th World Empire, 666 years, from the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, to the Saracen conquest in 636 AD.#2 There’s also a 666 year cycle of Jerusalem’s captivity to Babylon in 597 BC, when it was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. Thus we find at least two 666 year periods tied to Gentiles treading Jerusalem under-foot. These two captivity periods agree with Daniel’s Four beast kingdoms he interpreted in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. Bullinger also pointed out that;

The breakdown of 1260-year periods, pairs the number of the beast–a multiple of the 18 year eclipse [Saros] cycle; since 1260 years is 18, 70-yr. Eclipse cycles [6 + 6 + 6 such cycles] as seen below.

18 x 37 = 666 years, [37 Saros years] added to
18 x 33 = 594 years [18 complete Saros years]
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18 x 70 = 1260 years
totaling =  70 Saros cycles. [33+37=70 Saros]  #3

The Four Beast Kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

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Putting this into perspective, I think it fitting that we quote from the Witness of the Stars, by E.W Bullinger, in his discussion of the Saros: Bullinger shows the  periods of Jerusalem under the Gentiles in two 1260 yr. cycles, totaling 2520 years.#3a  He depicts the domain of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece as 594 years, and the Roman Empire’s dominion of Jerusalem at 666 years; totaling 1260 years. Both of these periods are calculated in eclipse cycles. The second 1260-year period consists of Mohammedan’s conquest of Jerusalem starting in 636-37 AD. #4

“Saros cycles breakdown into two cycles, one of 666 years and the other of 594 years totaling 1260 years. Since 1260 years is a soli-lunar cycle, so exact that its epact or remainder is only 6 hours, Bullinger stressed not only these aspects of the 1260 year period but also its double-2520 years. #5 He held these two–1260 year periods would foreshadow 2-1260 day periods in the end-times, when the final Abomination of Desolation is to be fulfilled, leading to Tribulation, to reveal the Anti-Christ. [2 Thess. 2:1-3].

It has been pointed out that the first of these two potential 1260-day End-time periods occurred, starting with the first Eclipse of the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad in the 4/15/2014 Passover Lunar Eclipse, ending in 2017’s signs on Rosh Hashanah; New Years Day in Israel, startng Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Critics dismissed this, as a span of days short of 1260; [1257]. But with only 3 days to account for, could there be another explanation? And does it tie to the 3 days found between the first Jupiter-Regulus Union in Leo in Table 1, on 10/15/69 AD, and the 1st Lunar Eclipse on Sukkot-10/18/69- 3 days later? Since the prophetic time periods related to these events involve years, weeks and days, the exact fit with the 10 days of Repentance is a 7-day week + 3 days!

 A period that’s been aligned in this context relates to the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015 in the period from the 4/15/2014 Passover Lunar Eclipse to Rosh Hashanah, New Years Day in Israel that started Wednesday, Sept. 20, opening the Days of Awe (sunset) to Friday, Sept. 22 (nightfall) to Shabbat Shuvah: Friday, Sept. 22 @ (sunset) to Sat. Sept. 23 (nightfall). This special Shabbat; “Sabbath of Returning“, occurred during 10 Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah -Yom Kippur, Fri. Sept. 29th (sunset) – Saturday, Sept. 30 (nightfall). The Day of Atonement to Yom Kippur- is the holiest day of the year in Judaism, observed a 24-hour period to fast & pray. For repentant souls, its the will of God, “that all men be saved and come unto knowledge of the truth.” And whosoever believes on His only Begotten Son, should not perish but have everlasting life. [John 3: 16]. Our loving God is reaching out to all humanity providing His access to holiness and Salvation through Christ, to all who will come.

Its revealing that Rosh Hashanah, New Year’s Day in Israel opened Wed. Sept. 20, 2017, to begin the “Days of Awe,” a special “Sabbath of Returning,” occurred during 10 Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah-Yom Kippur, Fri. Sept. 29th (sunset) – Sat, Sept. 30 (nightfall). The key link from Yom Kippur 2015 was 2,520 exact 7-day weeks from June 7, 1967 as Israel reclaimed control of their capital city Jerusalem for the 1st time in nearly 2000 years! This is  expressed also in a Jubilee friendly 49/360-day years. But, in this day-count, Yom Kippur 2015 is exactly 700 days before Elul 1, 2017-opened the Season of Repentance. 

The “Sabbath of Return” (or; Shabbat Teshuvah, “Sabbath of Repentance“), is the Sabbath that took place during these unique 10 Days of Repentance-the holiest of Judaism, devoted to introspection & spiritual self-improvement, focusing on the concept of Teshuvah, meaning “return” or “repentance“. The guiding principles of Shabbat Shuvah are rooted in this concept of return, both to God and to one’s true self, the Christ in Us, for Christians, as a time for:

1. Reflecting on actions and behaviors from the past year, specifically identifying missteps and shortcomings.
2. Taking concrete steps towards mending relationships with others, acknowledging that forgiveness from those wronged is a prerequisite for receiving forgiveness from God.
3. Engaging in a process of self-transformation and ethical growth, making a commitment to change and act in more positive and constructive ways in
the future.
4. Deepening one’s connection with God through prayer and focused study, drawing closer to the divine source of all goodness and striving to emulate God’s attributes of mercy and compassion.

In Judaism, The Torah portion read on Shabbat Shuvah often includes an emphasis on God’s enduring commitment to His people and desire for redemption. (Deut. 32:1-52) recounts Israel’s history of disobedience and rebellion, but also refers to God’s enduring Love and commitment to His people. Moses delivers the song as a final warning, reminding both Israel and Gentiles- actions have consequences, but our loving God is merciful to convey hope for repentance and redemption.

The Haftarah reading includes verses like Hosea 14:2–9, which starts with the call “Return, [H7725] O Israel, to the LORD your God!” This reinforces a central theme of return and repentance during this time. Ultimately, Shabbat Shuvah serves as a bridge between the beginning of the New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), providing a focused period for individuals to unify seeking closeness with God, Family, Church, Ministry, that are central to the High Holy Days. #6  

What took place in the sky during this time? Just the Rev. 12 Sign from 9-20-2017 to 9-23-2017, that happened to hold the Christ Angle alignment of the Great Pyramid’s Ascending Passage, aligned with the Conjunction of Venus and Regulus in Leo, the Lion of Judah, seen in Plate 1 below.

This is what is so wonderful about the orientation in our Fellowship with God as he warns us of the immanent Return of His only begotten Son-Jesus. God’s will is that every person comes into the knowledge and salvation of His Son Jesus Christ, to give the redeemed access to the fellowship @ the Heavenly Father’s throne-room. 

Plate 1. Sept. 20th, 2017 Venus–Regulus Conjunction in Leo aligned to the East in the Great Pyramid’s Ascending Passage, to Orion’s Belt through the Apex, and Chief Cornerstone of the Pyramid. #7

The 10-day Season of Repentance calls to repent before the Day of the Lord. Jewish custom says those written in the Book of Life (saved) are resurrected on the Trumpets Feast. The undecided and evil ones will then have time to repent during a time of judgment ending at the Day of Atonement. The time period between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement represents the years of the Tribulation. It is fitting then that the Great 2017-2024 American Eclipse crossing, marks a Repentance Season, as prelude to a 2nd Eclipse Crossing in the Middle East from 2027-2034. As we liken these signs telling of Christ’s Return, with the Alpha/Omega or Aleph-Tev; the 1st and last letters of the Hebrew Alphabet symbolic of the Great American Eclipse Crossing, so they mark boundaries of a Promised Land that God set aside for Abraham and Israel.

 On the day, August 5th, AD. 70, an awful scene of smoking ruins deluged with blood arose around the besieged Temple, where the daily sacrifice had ceased in Israel on July 13th, 70AD for lack of priests to offer it. Could this presage a future time with sacrifices of the coming Third Temple?  This was a notable history when Jerusalem’s Temple was burned by fire, like Nebuchadnezzer in the 10th siege, also burnt it, after which the city lay desolate 50 years, similar
to what followed after the 20th siege. #8 


Fig. 1 Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-15 with an Equinox Total Solar Eclipse on Nisan 1 Centered in this Tetrad. #9

red moon

The Total Solar Eclipse on March 20th, 2015, was not only unique because it took place at the North Pole, but also because it fell right in the middle of this Blood Moon Tetrad. Much has been written about the position and timing of this total solar eclipse, but taking place in the center of this Tetrad is a key, when we consider how the 2016 Purim Lunar Eclipse ties the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad to the Sept 23, 2017 Rev. 12 sign. A historic matching of solar & Lunar eclipses in 2016 with 70 AD, is noted since the solar and lunar eclipses are mirrored exactly as in Table 1 below in 70/2016, but a Rev. 12 sign is also reflected central to the 70 AD Solar and Lunar eclipses, on 8/27/70, 3.5 weeks after Titus destroyed and burned Jerusalem’s Temple on the 9th of Av.

As the Rev. 12 sign indicated, the Coming Christ, both at his birth in 3 BC, and in Christ’s prophecies of the Temple’s destruction and the Abomination that makes Desolate [Matt. 24:1-51], before his Second Coming, as the 70 AD Rev. 12 Sign mirrors the 1260 days after the 1st Blood Moon of the 2014-15 Tetrad. As we are mindful that 1,260 days is half–2520 days=7-year Tribulation period. So a 2nd 1260-day period after the Sept. 23-25, 2017 Rev. 12 sign, tells us the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-15 leading to the Rev. 12 sign on 9-23-17, not only warns of the Tribulation, but the inclusive count of 1,260 days ending during the 10 days of Repentance, is a key looking forward to its solution. Another major key is the expected appearance of a Third Temple in Jerusalem, replete in its associated ritual sacrifices, with events & actors that bring this to pass.  

Below is a Comparison Chart between the Repeating Eclipses of 2033AD and 471BC, which also match the dates of 70 AD Eclipses linked to the Jerusalem Temple’s Destruction. This links the eclipse timelines of Ancient Persia under Queen Esther and Mordecai defeating Haman, a forerunner of the End Days Anti-Christ in c. 470BC to other Anti-Christ forerunners like Nebuchadnezzar, Antiochus IV, and Titus, who destroyed the Temple at Jerusalem, as Gentile forces treading Jerusalem underfoot. 

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2033 AD with 471 BC Matching also with 70 AD Eclipses from Table 1 below. #10
Eclipse Date AD Saros Sun/Moon Eclipse Date
BC		 Sources       
3/30/2033 T&D/120 Solar Total 3/31/471
4/14/2033 132 Lunar Total 4/14/471 Nasa/lbat
9/23/2033 T&D/125 Solar Partial 9/23/471
10/8/2033 137 Lunar Total 10/8/471 Nasa/lbat

The final Super Blood Moon of the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad occurred after the Sept. 23rd, 2015, Day of Atonement opened in the Hebrew 50-year Jubilee, exactly 2 years prior to the Rev. 12 sign on 9/23/2017. This is noteworthy since the 9/28/15 Super Blood Moon was the 1st Blood Moon visible in Jerusalem, of the 2014-2015 Tetrad as the city of God was liberated by Israel for the 1st time in nearly 2000 years, in the preceding Jubilee year of 1967, also marked by the previous Blood Moon Tetrad of 1967-68.

Figure A. Lunar Triples bracketing the the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad in 2010-11 and 2018-19.  #11

Jesus On My Mind - Blood Moon Tetrads and Triples and Solar Eclipses

As the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad of the days of Av marked by Lunar Triples in 2010-11 and 2018-19, was centered between the saddest days on the Hebrew Calendar, the end days commemorated the destruction of the the Jerusalem Temple on key occasions in their history, one of which we have marked below, in the 69-71 AD luni-solar eclipses, when Titus‘ Destroyed the Jerusalem Temple. It is noteworthy that the triple union of Jupiter-Regulus in Leo, marking Christ’s birth in 3-2 BC, synchronizes here as this set of Jupiter-Regulus union’s in Leo are their next historical repeat in 69- 70 AD, opening to a Partial Lunar Eclipse on Sukkot of 10/18/69′. This mirrors Jupiter-Regulus’ 1st union’s in Leo marking Christ’s birth, on Sept. 11th, 3 BC in Leo, followed 3 days later by a 1st Jupiter-Regulus union in Leo. An added detail here is that this 1st Jupiter-Regulus union in Leo was preceded by a Jupiter–Venus union in Leo @ 5 AM on 8/12/3 BC. On Israel’s Calendar this date aligns with Elul 1, that opens the Season of Repentance with another Jupiter sign of His Star, related to the Jupiter–Venus union in Fig. B below.

Table 1. Parallel 69-71 AD Luni-Solar Eclipses with 2016 Luni-Solar Eclipses.#12

Solar & Lunar Eclipses from 69-71 AD.     2016 Solar & Lunar Eclipses omitting Adar 2:

Jupiter-Regulus  Union              10/15/69    #1 of triple union in Leo 69-70′

Partial Lunar      Sukkot            10/18/69    3 days after Jupiter-Regulus #1.

Jupiter-Regulus  Union              12/30/69    #2 of triple union in Leo 69-70′

Total Solar          Nisan 1             3/30/70     

Penum lunar      Passover          4/14/70     Penumbral Lunar Eclipse-Passover 3/23/2016/Nisan 14

Jupiter-Regulus Union                6/7/70       #3 of triple union in Leo 69-70′

Daily Temple Sacrifice halted  7/13/70 

Temple destroyed by Titus        8/5/70       9th of Av, 70AD  Age of Grace opened by Peter @ Pentecost 28′ citing [Joel 2, Acts 2:1ff]

Rev. 12 Sign in Virgo                   8/27/70    [1260 days from 1st Blood Moon in 4/4/2014] to 9/23/2017

Figure B. The Rev. 12 sign-August 27th, 70 AD: With a Jupiter–Venus union in Leo. #13

Annular Solar  Rosh Hash    9/21/70       Annular Solar Eclipse 9/3/2016/ Trumpet’s Feast

Penum lunar       Sukkot           10/08/70     Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 9/16/
Sukkot/9-16 to 9/23/2016

Partial Lunar      Purim             3/4/71

Hybrid Solar       Nisan 1           3/20/71 Spring Equinox Metonic Cycle

Hybrid Solar       Rosh Hash     9/12/71 AD

A key aspect of this study is rooted in the understanding of what I’ve called the Eclipse Menorah of 2015-2027. The Ends of an “Eclipse Menorah” appear in the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad extending to the 8/2/2027 Total Solar Eclipse, crossing the Middle east.

red moon

During the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, we find context for the North Polar Eclipse that brackets eclipse action between the North Pole 3-20-2015 @ Spring Equinox during 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad– 2259 days from a Center Point Blood Moon on May 26th, 2021. The 7th candle-end of this Eclipse Menorah is found in the 8/2/27 Total Solar Eclipse, crossing the Middle East with the Total Solar Equinox Eclipse on March 20th, 2034, also 2259 days from a Center Point Eclipse on May, 26th 2021, in Plate 2 below. These two eclipses on the ends of the 7-candle Menorah, however do not “take place in a vacuum” or apart from their context. It is the 8/2/2027 eclipse, falling half-way between the two- March 20th, Equinox Total Solar Eclipses, bisecting these 19-year Metonic Equinox Eclipses, wherein the Eclipse Menorah provides a 12-year historical context- for Israel, with added celestial insight into their current events.

Total Solar Eclipse at the North Pole: 3-20-2015 on Spring Equinox.  

The Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-15 opened with a Passover Lunar Eclipse on April 15th, 2014. Prior to the April 4th 2015 Passover Blood Moon, a matchless Total Solar Eclipse took place on March 20th, at the Spring Equinox, 19 years removed according to the Metonic pattern from the Spring Equinox March 20th, Eclipses in 2033-2034. This marked the start of Nisan, the Hebrew month that opens their ecclesiastical year, at midpoint of a Shemitah year in 2015. Any Total Solar Eclipse reaching the rarefied air of the North Pole is rare, with an Eclipse path ending at the North Pole, put it in eclipse totality near 2 minutes. A North Pole total solar eclipse @ Spring Equinox occurs about once every 100 centuries, but it had never happened on the 1st of Nisan in Hebrew Timekeeping, especially as a Super-moon, placing this Total Solar eclipse in a class by itself. A chart of the Blood Moon Tetrads over the last 2000+ years is available in our blog post @ Biblical Blood Moon Calendar.

During the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015; Israel as now, was mired in war with Hamas. To discern the pattern context of eclipses crossing in the USA, we find the US precedent for the paths of intersecting Middle East eclipses due to cross from 2027-2034.

We find rarity in a precursor of total solar eclipses, as the 2017 USA eclipse “X” precedes the amazing eclipse “X” over the Mideast. This symmetry of Judgment ‘X’ eclipses in the USA and Middle East are unique historically, as seen in the relationship between the Blood Moon Tetrads of 2014-2016 and The Purim Series of Eclipses that lead to complimentary Spring Equinox March 20th, Eclipses in 2033-2034.

The Pan-American eclipses, had a 1211 gap of days away [3.5 eclipse years] between eclipses, each for a total of 2422 days [7 eclipse years]. The Aug. 2nd, 2027 eclipse over east Saudi Arabia, the Nile river valley, projects into the rest of the 21st Century as the longest eclipse, forming an “X” over middle eastern boundaries, of the original Promised Land, that will be visible in Israel.

Figure 2. Eclipse Crossing over the Middle East 2027-2034. #14

Map from 1260d.com website. The epicenter of this Eclipse Cross is southeast of Luxor, home of the Pharoahs, on the Tropic of Cancer. The pattern, as in the USA eclipses is the cross, or the X—Tav in Hebrew, Christ in Greek.

These eclipses occur on the 19-year Metonic just as Spring Solar Equinox eclipses match calendar days of 3-20-2015 and 3-20-2034. A lunar tetrad occurred in 2023 and 2033, and a High Holy day Tetrad occurs in 2033 and 2034 (though the eclipses are not total in 2034). In each case, a key solar eclipse on the Spring Equinox takes place between lunar eclipses on High
& holy days of Judaism. #15

The 2014 attack by Hamas preceded the most recent and much more brutal Oct. 7th incursion by Hamas, @ a 50-year recall of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. With the Trump Administration’s recent actions vs. Iran, their proxies have largely been neutralized.

April 15th, 2014 Opening Blood Moon of the 2014-2015 Tetrad
Illustration of Mars in our night sky.

A key aspect of the opening the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad was the Mars–Spica triple conjunction in Virgo. This was based on a retrograde motion of Mars in Virgo’s womb, seen above during which Mars passed the star Spica three times in Virgo, foreshadowing the triple conjunction of Jupiter–Spica in Virgo’s womb in 2017. The Mars–Spica triple conjunction in Virgo occurred as
a result of the 3rd Mars Retrograde in Virgo, seen above in the 1st Blood Moon of the Tetrad starting on Apr 15, 2014. This put the 1st Blood Moon of the Tetrad between the 2nd and 3rd Mars–Spica union. The dates of this Mars–Spica triple union in Virgo are as follows:

Mars-Spica #1: Feb 1st, 2014 in Virgo
Mars-Spica #2: March 27th, 2014 in Virgo
Mars-Spica #3: June 13th, 2014 in Virgo

The opening Blood Moon of the 2014-2015 Tetrad took place April 15th, 2014 marking the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread. What is fascinating here is that Mars in retrograde not only marks the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrads, but also the previous two Blood Moon Tetrads in 1949-50 and 1967-68! With this, the triple planetary conjunctions linked with the Mars’ retrograde also mark all three sets of modern Blood Moon Tetrads according to the pattern of the Celestial Sphinx–with signs in both Virgo and Leo as follows, in a reverse timeline:

Mars-Spica #1: Jan. 20th, 1967 in Virgo
Mars-Spica #2: Apr. 20th, 1967 in Virgo
Mars-Spica #3: July 4th, 1967 in Virgo

The Second 1967 Mars–Spica union occurred 4 days before Passover. Here the Warrior Archangel; Mars-Michael stood strong opposed to Muslim terrorist enemies of Israel, not only in the 6-day war, but also in the previous war for Israel’s Independence, as seen in the triple union of Mars–Regulus in Leo in 1947-48′. [IDF]-Israeli defense forces retook Jerusalem and the Temple Mount on June 7th, 1967, 6+ weeks after the 2nd Mars–Spica union in Virgo.

The Star “Spica” in Virgo is Latin for spīca virginis “Virgo’s ear of grain” (usually wheat). Like Christ, this servant is the “ear of grain” that must be “marred” (Isa. 52:14) or planted in the ground (die) that life might abound. The four primary ministries of Christ in the Bible are indicated in “Spica,” in Hebrew–Al Zemach as seen [Zech. 9:9, Jer. 23:5-6, 33:15, 12x in OT] in the Four “Branches“ of the four Gospels. In Matthew he is the King of Righteousness where [Matt. 1:1-17] his Royal Genealogy appears. The term “Kingdom of Heaven“ is only found in Matt. In Mark he is Jehovah’s Servant, with no Genealogy. [Jesus as “Lord” seen 78x in other gospels, only 3x in Mark. In Luke he is the “Son of Man” [Zech. 6: 12] with his human Genealogy going back to Adam is given [Lk. 3:28-38] with his childhood, & dealings with women, publicans and other aspects of his humanity. In John he is the Son of God [Zech. 4:2] [“Father” used 121x, only 66x in the other Gospels. “My Father“-35x in John only 18x in other 3 Gospels. “Only Begotten” 4x, in John, none in other Gospels.

Image result for 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad images

The 1st modern Blood Moon Tetrad marks Israel’s Independence was highlighted by a Mars–Regulus Triple union in Leo as follows:

Mars–Regulus #1: Nov. 28th, 1947 in Leo
Mars–Regulus #2: Feb. 18th, 1948 in Leo
Mars–Regulus #3: May 19th, 1948 in Leo

Israel’s 70+ years as a State began in May, 1948. This was marked in the sky by  a Mars–Regulus Triple union in Leo, along with the first of the modern Blood Moon Tetrads in 1949-50. The Third Mars–Regulus union occurred 5 days after Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14th, 1948. These 3 dates are all linked with a Mars retrograde, depicting a prophetic Bible history. A retrograde of Mars started on March 10th, 1967 and moved into a visual sight alignment with the Star Spica in Virgo on Jan. 20th, April 20th and July 4th of 1967. In this period, Mars entered at the head of Virgo on Nov. 17th 1966, during its regular motion on a parallel ecliptic path, to open its retrograde near Virgo’s knee on March 20th, 1967. This reversal of motion, put Mars into its 1st alignment and union with Spica, Jan. 20th, 1967. With Mars returning in its retrograde loop, it aligned with Spica again on April 20th, 1967. Finally, Mars ended retro-motion, on May 28th, 1967 returning back to normal motion– Pentecost, June 5th, 1967- 2 days before Israel retook Jerusalem for the first time in over 2000 years!

Considering the dates of Israel’s statehood in 1948, and it’s related 1948 borders, when compared to the recapture of Jerusalem in 1967, Israel’s land gains were notable.

Israel’s Declaration of Independence.

The first Mars retrograde marked the Mars–Regulus triple conjunction in 1947-1948. The closest Super-Moon since Jan. 31st, 2016 Super-Blood Moon fell between the 1st and 2nd Mars–Regulus union in Leo, on Jan. 26th, 1948. In view of the link to the 1948/Eclipse Comet and the forming of Israel’s state, we find an emphasis on the 70-year period from 1948-2018. The last 7 years of this period were highlighted by the Super-Moon/soli-lunar eclipses, while marking the Hebrew Jubilee of 5777.

The Third Mars–Regulus union occurred 5 days after Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14th, 1948. The 1948 Eclipse Comet appeared ahead of the Blood Moon Tetrad of 1949-50 near the eclipsed sun, as if the Sun was holding a sword. The Comet’s passing through Hydra-the Serpent destroyed, with sword raised against Israel’s serpent-enemy, was a prelude to the 1949-50 Blood Moon Tetrad, the Eclipse Comet brought attention to the luni-solar Eclipse Tetrads occurring in 1967-68, marking Israel’s re-taking of Jerusalem.

The first Mars retrograde marked the first modern Blood Moon Tetrad in 1947-48 in Leo, with a Mars–Regulus triple conjunction. The following 2 Mars retrogrades marked the next 2 Blood Moon Tetrads in Virgo, in 1967 & 2014 with 2 sets of triple planetary conjunctions of Mars–Spica. Here we find an emphasis on the Alpha and Omega eclipses of the Hebrew Mazzaroth seen in the Celestial Sphinx signs leading to the replay of the Rev. 12 sign in Virgo.

The current hostilities were initiated by Hamas on Oct. 7th of 2023 on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a deliberately planned assault designed to coincide with Israel’s holy days, as this history observes. This violence aligns with some notable celestial activity on the front end of this Menorah of Solar and Lunar signs over 12–years from a Spring Equinox Eclipse at the North pole on 3/20 2015, 2259 days from the Center Point Super-Blood Moon Eclipse on May 26th, 2021, to a Total Solar Eclipse on August 2nd, 2027– also 2259 days after this Central May 26th, 2021 Eclipse, as seen below!

Plate 2. The 2015-2027 Eclipse Menorah

                                          5/26/2021
                             Center Point Eclipse
Plate 2.                                 img2
              694a Days  img2         .         img2   694b Days
    1904a Days img2      .           .          .       img2 1904b Days   

    2259a   img2     .                    .                    .      img2   2259b 
    Days      .                            .                           .     Days
menorah

                           Eclipse Days and Dates

694a   [7/12/2019]                                    694b  [4/20/23] 
1904a [3/9/2016]                                      1904b [8/12/2026]
2259a [3/20/2015]                                    2259b [8/2/2027]

As these outer Menorah Eclipses, both 2259 days from the 5/26/2021 Center Eclipse align with the crossing paths of a Spring Equinox Eclipse aligned with the 3/20/2015 Spring Equinox dates, that match a 19-year Metonic cycle with the Total eclipse on March 20th, 2034 in Fig. 2 above. “This 8/2/2027 sign crosses over the March 20th, 2034 Total eclipse, intersecting Egypt over Luxor, also aligns with the Nisan 1– 3/20/71 Hybrid Solar Eclipse linked to the 70 AD signs near the end of the Table 1 Chart above & Fig. 3 below. As the USA Total eclipses from 2017-2024 also both occur on a Monday, and are separated by the same 2422- days, with all four crossing lunar eclipse signs belonging to the same Hepton Eclipse family.” #16

Fig. 3 Matching Spring Equinox Eclipses from 469 BC, 70-71 AD & 2034 AD.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2034 AD with 469 BC  #17
Eclipse Date AD Source Saros Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC Source Saros
3/20/2034  Nasa 130 Tot. Solar 3/20/469  LBAT 51
4/03/2034 NASA 142 Pen. Lunar 4/03/469  NASA 63
9/12/2034  Nasa 135 Ann. Solar 9/12/469  LBAT 56
9/28/2034  NASA 147 Part. Lunar 9/28/469  NASA 68

These signs form celestial brackets structured like the Eclipse Menorah above around three matched eclipse sets in a stunning Menorah of Eclipses around a common Center Point of May 26, 2021, from 2015-2027. Even as the 3/20/15 Spring Equinox Eclipse @ the North Pole is part of the 2014-2016 Blood Moon Quintet, so also the August 2nd, Total Solar Eclipse frames a near Blood Moon Tetrad of 2025-2026.

The Near Lunar Tetrad of 2025-2026; #18

March 14th, 2025, Purim Total Lunar Eclipse
Sept. 7th, 2025, Total Lunar Eclipse
March 3rd, 2026, Purim Total Lunar Eclipse
August 12th, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse

This Blood Moon Lunar Tetrad consists of the first of 2 Total Lunar Eclipses in 2026, initially occurring on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026, after which the August 12th, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse occurs. As the 3rd eclipse in a near Tetrad, the March 3rd, 2026 Purim Eclipse is preceded by a March 14th, 2025, Purim Total Lunar Eclipse, followed by a Sept. 7th, 2025, Total Lunar Eclipse. As     the last Lunar Eclipse in a near Lunar Tetrad of 2025-2026, the 8-12-2026, partial Solar eclipse falls 1904 days after the Center Super Blood Moon on May 26, 2021. This links to the March 9th, 2016 Total Solar Eclipse that also fell 1904 days prior to the May 26, 2021–central super Blood Moon. This 2016 total solar eclipse on March 9th, was part of a Lunar Quintet of signs following the 2014-2016 Blood Moon Lunar eclipse series, that links the Purim Eclipse of  2016 to the three consecutive Purim Eclipses of 2024-2026.

With an integrated view of the 7 Key Points in this July Blog introduction, we can focus on the salient aspects of the End times celestial signs and eclipses, to get a clearer picture of current spiritual events. When we add these events surrounding the appearance of the Third Jerusalem Temple, we can tune out the End-Times static to know where we stand. I’m Blessed to bring the Celestial Signs of the Times to you, and hopefully it is accepted with the clarity intended. If not, then as always your Questions and comments are encouraged & Welcome!

God Bless!

Rene’

 

Footnotes

1. Table 1. Parallel 69-71 AD Luni-Solar Eclipses with 2016 Luni-Solar Eclipses. see also; Biblical Blood Moon Calendar.
2. Number in Scripture, ppg. 282-84, E.W. Bullinger
3. Witness of the Stars, p. 181, E.W. Bullinger
3a. IBID, ppg. 190-92
4. IBID, p. 189 FN
5. Number in Scripture, ppg. 238, E.W. Bullinger
6. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/haftarah-for-shabbat-shuvah/
The Near Lunar Tetrad of 2025-2026
7. Plate 1 Picture Credit. Stellarium 9/23/3017
8. Number in Scripture, ppg. 238, E.W. Bullinger
9. Figure 1 Picture Credit; Four Blood Moons. Hagee
10. Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2033 AD with 471 BC Matching also with 70 AD Eclipses.
10a. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
10b. LBAT-Late Babylonian Astronomical Tablets-Star Dairies of Ancient Babylon available via Sachs-Hunger (1988-1996) and Hunger (2001).
10c. T&D; [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/]
`11. Graph 8B Blood Moons and Lunar Triples
12. Table 1. Parallel 69-71 AD Luni-Solar Eclipses with 2016 Luni-Solar
13. Figure B. Picture credit. The Rev. 12 sign-August 27th, 70 AD: Stellarium Astronomy Software, with Jupiter-Venus Conjunction in Leo.
14. Picture Credit for Figure 2, [map from 1260d.com]
15. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
16. IBID
17a. LBAT-Late Babylonian Astronomical Tablets-Star Dairies of Ancient Babylon available via Sachs-Hunger (1988-1996) and Hunger (2001).
17b. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
18. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14

 


The 19-Year Metonic and the Convergence of Matching Luni-Solar Eclipse Tetrads

The 19-Year Metonic and the Convergence of Matching Luni-Solar Eclipse Tetrads.

Welcome to the June 2025 Blog Everyone! Happy Independence Day! In the special month of June, we recognize our 11-Year Anniversary of this Biblical Astronomy Research Blog. However, it’s even more special that we can rejoice in the God given Freedom to celebrate our upcoming National Anniversary, as we were able to enjoy the 250th year of the US Army, which was organized before we ever became a nation. We are a young nation compared to certain others but we have plenty to be thankful for with the freedoms we enjoy in our nation, though we must stay vigilant to continue enjoying our freedom, which is not free! There are always threats from those who would steal our freedoms, and we must stay faithful watchmen to keep our freedoms safe! This begins with each US Citizen, and as Christians we are first and foremost Citizens of Heaven, which is the true source of our freedom we have from the Heavenly Father, not the Government! As Scripture says; 

1 Peter 5:8, Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 

Our Spiritual Enemy is a personal adversary, meaning he is aware of our individual strengths and weakness and has designed his attack strategies against us accordingly. But God’s Promises are so much bigger, as He has promised to always make a way of escape from the snares of the devil, and as we stay vigilant we can avoid them and their consequences.

As I Cor. 10:13 says;
“13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

The enemy tempts us to try to entangle us in sin for evil, while God only proves us good and worthy of His calling. In the context of Biblical Astronomy a good way to apply the exhortation in I Cor. 13:14 to flee from idolatry is to avoid all forms of astrology, like countless ancient cultures worshipped the stars in the sky putting their pantheons of gods ahead of our heavenly Father-God, as He alone sits on His Throne. Nothing or nobody else sits with God on His Throne! Even Jesus sits at God’s right Hand on his own Throne, not on God’s Throne, since Jesus is not and never was the only Omniscient, Omnipotent, & Omnipresent God!

In this month’s blog, our focus on Luni-Solar Eclipse cycles, starts with a 346.62-day eclipse year, as Moon, Earth and Sun realign on the ecliptic, in the same Lunar node . This involves the coordination of three different kinds of years:

Solar Year: The Earth’s orbital cycle around the sun. 365.242 days
Lunar Year: The Moon’s cycle to fulfill 12 Earth orbits. 354.3 days
Draconic Year: when earth, moon & sun align @ Lunar node on the ecliptic. 346.6 days

We should not focus on any one of these types of years, but look at a coordination of all 3. The Metonic Cycle period is almost exactly 19 years after when lunar phases repeat at the same time in the solar year. 235 lunar months=1 hour, 27 minutes & 33 seconds longer than 19 tropical years. In ancient Athens of 5 B.C. Meton worked out this cycle to be a whole number of 6,940 days. Using these whole numbers allows a clear view of the Creator’s inherent heavenly order in the Luni-Solar Eclipse Calendar.

Solar Year= 365.24 days. 365.24 x 19 = 6,939.6 days (every 19 years)
Synodic (Lunar)= 29.53 days. 29.53058868 x 235 = 6,939.68 days (every 235 months) That’s a difference of about only 2 hours, every 19 years! Also 19 Draconic Years = 6585 days, 18 hours, 44+ minutes. While 255 Draconic months (lunar nodes) = 6,939.11 days. 20.02 eclipse years (40 eclipse seasons) #1

The Draconic (Eclipse) calendar results from the alignment of the Moon in a lunar node about every 346 days, a cycle completely independent of the solar and lunar cycles, less than half a day difference every 19 years with the lunar and solar calendars! Also, 223 Synodic Months = 6585 days, 7 hours, 43+ mins.

Not only does the Sun appear the same size as the Moon in the sky, but these 3 different calendars all line up allowing for perfection in man’s observation of time and eclipses.

When these 3 annual cycles align, it forms a pattern where eclipses can be predicted, most clearly in a 19-year [6940+/- day] Metonic cycle. Thus, eclipses generally repeat about the same day of the year, every 19 years. In the Saros cycle of 223 Lunar months, or 18 years & 11 days, Eclipses are easier to predict. As the Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth spun the Sun, Moon & Stars in their cycles according to His Perfect & Omniscient timing, we find insightful wisdom and understanding of His order of Creation, as the ancient Jews did setting their holy days via the luni-solar calendar as the Father of Lights ordered Moses, [Gen. 1:14-19, Ex. 12:2, Num. 10:10]. The cycle of Luni-Solar eclipses also warns of impending judgment, since the crossing points of these eclipses across the US Heartland held our attention like few other celestial signs in recent history.

The enemy’s desire to prevent the Lord Jesus Christ’s 1st Coming, by Haman’s genocidal plot, foiled by Mordecai and the bravery of Queen Esther, saved the Jews by the Hand of God Almighty in their day, so today it remains a goal of terrorist groups like Hamas #2 and other foes with our spiritual adversary to inflict a maximum pain and destruction on Israel and Christianity. God’s righteous judgment is complete as the evil are exposed and dealt with via the perfect justice of our Heavenly Father.

The specifics of the Luni-Solar Cycle related to the repeating eclipses involves the special case of three Solar Eclipses that recently trisected the Continental US, as they relate to the Blood Moon Tetrad/Quintet of 2014-2016.

USA-Three solar eclipses in 7 years starting in 2017 – See the A? #3

It’s hard to find any nation in history as geographically trisected by Solar Eclipses as the USA is in a 2422-day span on 8-21-2017, 10-14-2023 & 4-8-2024, eclipses. “A“ is for Alpha, (Hebrew) Alef. This “A” consists of 3 lines; 2 X’s. The 8-2-2017 and 4-8-2024 eclipse dates in a 2024 Comparison Chart of Repeating Eclipses below, shows when the Hepton Total Eclipses fell, both on Monday’s. The 3/25/2024 Purim Blood Moon was the first of 3 Purim Eclipses in a row from 2024-2026.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads in 2024 AD with 480 BC
Eclipse Date AD Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC
3/25/2024 AD Lunar 3/25/480 BC
4/08/2024 AD Solar 4/09/480 BC
9/18/2024 AD Lunar 9/18/480 BC
10/2/2024 AD Solar 10/2/480 BC

 

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads in 2033 AD and 471 BC
Eclipse Date AD Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC
3/30/2033 AD Lunar 3/31/471 BC
4/14/2033 AD Solar 4/14/471 BC
9/23/2033 AD Lunar 9/23/471 BC
10/8/2033 AD Solar 10/8/471 BC

As we consider the import of the Penumbral Lunar Eclipses in 2016, and the Purim Blood Moon, of March 2025, we uncover a relation to a 70 AD Blood Moon Tetrad marking the Roman’s destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. This shows a mark of God’s Judgment on Israel as seen in the history of the Sieges of Jerusalem, totaling 27 in number; [9×3] including 3-a number of divine completeness related to Judgment=9. This Siege of Jerusalem is the 20th such instance, in the history of Israel, this one carried out by forces under the Roman Titus in 70 AD, as the Temple was burnt in spite of Titus’ orders against it .#4

This summary from our Biblical Blood Moon Calendar post, shows the 70 AD Roman Temple Destruction as Jesus Prophesied, [Matt. 24:1-2]. I’ve added the 3 Consecutive Purim Eclipses, from 2024-2026, plus the 3/23/2016 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse that supplies the 5th Eclipse in a 2014-2016 Blood Moon Eclipse Quintet matching the Eclipse Quintet from 2024-2026! This is a most ancient example that I’ve found adhering to the pattern of an Eclipse Quintet, here including a 70 AD Blood Moon Tetrad followed by the 3/4/71 Purim Eclipse.

We find more evidence that a 70 AD Eclipse Quintet fits this pattern in 2033 AD/471 BC Matching Repeating Eclipses 2500+ years apart, to the month from 471 BC to 71 AD, When we add 4 sets of Repeating Matching Eclipse Charts above and below; 3/30/70 & 3/30/2033, 4/14/70 & 4/14/2033, 9/23/70 & 9/23/2033, 10/8/70 & 10/8/2033 bracketing a Rev. 12 sign, on 8/27/70, we find a relevant prophecy not only of this Rev. 12 sign at the birth of Christ on 9-11-3BC, but also with Virgo being crowned as Esther’s crown as Queen of Persia, put her in position to protect God’s people of Israel in Ancient Persia-as the wife of King Darius I, against the evil plots of Haman. 

Figure 4. Solar & Lunar Eclipses in 69-71 AD.    2016 Solar & Lunar Eclipses omitting Adar 2:

Partial Lunar       Sukkot            10/18/69

Total Solar            Nisan 1            3/30/70      Total Solar Eclipse 3/9/2016-Nisan 1

Penum Lunar       Passover        4/14/70      Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Passover  3/23/2016/               Nisan 14

Rev. 12 sign  [central sign]         8/27/70      and a Jupiter–Venus union!

Ann. Solar        Rosh Hash          9/23/70      Annular Solar Eclipse 9/3/2016/ Trumpets Feast 

Penum Lunar       Sukkot           10/08/70    Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 9/16/                                               Sukkot            9-16 to 9/23/16

Partial Lunar       Purim             3/4/71

Total Lunar          Purim             3/23/2016   Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Total Lunar          Purim             3/24-25/24  Total Lunar Eclipse

Total Lunar          Purim             3/14-15/25  Total Lunar Eclipse

Total Lunar          Purim             3/2-3/2026  Total Lunar Eclipse


This gives us 5 Lunar Eclipses on the key Hebrew Purim Feast. This is no small matter as it follows the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, giving us an initial modern Blood Moon Quintet of 2014-2016! Purim on Israel’s calendar also taking place prior to the Transit of Mercury, May 9th 2016, serving as a celestial bracket with the 2032 Mercury Transit, recalling Rev. 19:17–20:5 and the Angel Gabriel’s end-time mission. Added notes of interest for the Chart above refers to the Nisan 1-Total Solar Eclipse on 3/30/70, mirrored below in upcoming Blood Moon Eclipses also on 3/30/2033 reflected 2500+yrs before in Esther’s times, on 3/31/471 BC. Please see Comparison Charts for Repeating Eclipses from modern AD dates of 2024-2033 to 480-469 BC dates of Ancient Israel/Persia under King Darius I-Queen Esther.#5 A more inclusive set of Charts covering all dates along these lines is forth-coming soon.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads
Eclipse Date AD Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC
3/30/2033 AD Lunar 3/31/471 BC
4/14/2033 AD Solar 4/14/471 BC
9/23/2033 AD Lunar 9/23/471 BC
10/8/2033 AD Solar 10/8/471 BC

The 69-71 AD Blood Moon Tetrad marking the Roman’s destroying the Temple 542 years after the Repeating Matching Eclipses of Esther & Mordecai from 469-480 BC is reflected also in Solar and Lunar eclipses of 2014-2016, leading to a 2017 rewind of the Rev. 12:1-2 Great Wonder. Amazingly, another version  of this Rev. 12 Celestial Wonder took place on August 27th, in 70 AD, [Plate 1.] below, between a 4/14/70 Passover Lunar Eclipse, and a 9/23/70 Rosh Hashanah Solar Eclipse! The idea that this Rev. 12 sign shows amidst a 70 AD Blood Moon Tetrad followed by the 3/4/71 Purim Partial Lunar Eclipse, sets early precedent linking the Rev. 12 sign with a Jupiter-Venus union, in Leo’s hind paw, 72 yrs. after Christ’s 3 BC birth [seen in Plate 1. below] in context of Purim Lunar eclipses.

Plate 1. The Rev. 12 sign on August 27th, 70 AD: with a Jupiter–Venus union! #6

In our extended view of the Eclipse crossing over the USA- 3 Solar eclipses shape the first and last sky signs [Virgo & Leo] on the Ecliptic forming the Celestial Sphinx as the Alpha/Omega, or the Aleph/Tav characters over N. America, as seen above & below.

HEBREW IS READ RIGHT TO LEFT… ALEF AND THE TAV

Paleo-Hebrew was the script in which the Old Testament was written, not the modern script that is currently used (standardized c. 200 B.C.) On the left is a Tav–the last (22nd) Hebrew alphabet letter – essentially a cross or “X” in the graphic above. On the right is the Paleo-Hebrew Aleph–first letter of the alphabet. The Tav is written by the shadow of the Moon on both locations. The Aleph-(our Alpha- or letter A) is written by shadows of the 2017, 2023 and 2024 Luni-Solar Eclipses over the USA. #7

The Alpha and the Omega

Reading right to left, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Rev. 22:13… viewing the Aleph (A) over the USA, mapped in last section, it forms a Cross as we find in Eclipses over the Middle East in 2027 and 2034. This provides a pattern of the Paleo-Hebrew Aleph–the first letters of the OT alphabet aligned with the eclipse shadows over the middle east, where Queen Esther and Mordecai defeated the Evil genocidal plot of the Serpent’s Seed-Haman, aligned with today’s current sky signs, opening with three consecutive Purim Eclipses in 2024-2026. We also find the Creator’s Hand marking the lands He promised to Abraham, in a much larger plot of real estate than seen in modern maps, that the UN allotted for Israel based on The Balfour Declaration.

Total Solar Tav over America-2017 and 2024

 Like a cross, it’s also a Tav, the last [22nd] letter, in the original Hebrew Alphabet. It means truth. In the Greek alphabet, “X” is the symbol for the letter ‘chi. ‘Chi’ (or X) is the 1st letter in the Greek word for “Christ” that also embodies as the Word “Christ“, that explains both Christ’s title as “the Logos” [John 1], and also the holiday greeting “Happy Xmas.” In the early days of Christianity, believers used this letter X as a secret symbol to show their association in the Church to others. The above map illustrates the Total solar eclipses of 2017 and 2024 over America, both on Mondays, separated by a 2422-day span of (7-eclipse years).

The Mideast Eclipses of Aug. 2/2027 and Mar. 20/2034—see the “X” below.


[map from 1260d.com] #8

The key dates of this coming Middle-eastern Eclipse crossing-starting in about 2 years; on Aug. 2nd 2027 and March 20th, 2034, get our attention for a number of reasons. Not only are they a follow-up to the Eclipse Crossing over the US from 2017 to 2024, but as the author points out this eclipse crossing near the Giza Plateau, embodies the southern border of land promised to Abraham by God in Gen. 15:8, [see Ex. 6:1-8]. In our recent OT History class, Rev. Jon Nessle showed how the Jews have dwelt in this land of Israel starting with Abraham for over 1900+ years! This evident truth of Bible history will never be erased by holocaust denying terrorists. The Comparison Chart of matching Eclipses in 2027AD and 477BC below, depicts the matching Aug. 2nd eclipses in both 8/2/27 AD and 477 BC when Queen Esther & Mordecai turned Haman’s evil plot on himself in ancient Persia under King Darius I. This 27 AD Tetrad comes on the heels of the third consecutive Purim eclipse of 2024-2026.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2027 AD with 477 BC
Eclipse Date AD Source Saros Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC Source Saros
2/06/27  T&D 131 Ann. Solar 2/06/477  LBAT  
2/20/27  NASA 143 Pen. Lunar 2/21/477  NASA 64
8/02/27  T&D 136 Total Solar 8/02/477  LBAT  
8/17/27  NASA 148 Pen. Lunar 8/16/477  NASA 69

On Aug. 2nd, 2027 and March 20, 2034 Total Solar Eclipses will cross near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt…that will also be separated by a 2422-day span (7 Eclipse Years). Like the American Total Eclipses, both are Hepton Cycle eclipses occurring on Mondays. All four Eclipse Crossings are members of the same Hepton Cycle. This period of 27 AD to 34 AD contains all probable dates of the Historic Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As Central events of Spiritual significance in Human History, God marked them out in His foreknowledge as He spun the cycles of the Sun, Moon and Stars in perfect sequence & time in primary mission focus of His only begotten Son, the long-prophesied Messiah of All Scripture, fulfilled and completed via the Word and Will of our Heavenly Father, whose spoken and Written Words never fall to the ground, but always succeed in their purposes assigned to them by the Almighty.

AMERICAN OMEGA–THE TOTAL ECLIPSES 

Monday Aug 21 2017

The USA divided in half on Aug. 21, 2017. Seven months and 1 day after Trump’s first inauguration. First day of the month of Elul, Hebrew year 5777. In Jewish tradition, the month of Elul is a time of repentance to prepare for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. #9

Monday April 8 2024

2422 days later, the USA was divided South to North, along with Mexico and far eastern Canada. This occurs 8 days after Easter & 14 days before Passover. #7

The Middle-east eclipses occur on boundaries of this 2,000-year anniversary, but no solar eclipse can naturally occur on the exact day’s anniversary. Jesus was crucified at Passover (full moon). Solar Eclipses happen at New Moon. Total eclipses occur 7 eclipse years (draconic years -346.6 days) apart, both on Monday –Moon Day, in a span of 2422 days. They’re part of a unique series of eclipse groupings called a Hepton. 10#

In the Metonic Cycle [approx. 6940 days] there is an alignment of Solar, Lunar & Draconic Years. In this special alignment, Eclipses can repeat near the same day of the year every 19 years, although dates slightly vary as Saros cycles proceed. This is a key element of celestial timekeeping, seen in our Comparison Charts of Repeating Matching Eclipses. For example, we are currently in a time frame that began with a Total Solar Eclipse on March 20, 2015, ending with a Spring Equinox Total Solar Eclipse on March 20th 2034.

THE GREAT 10-14-23-AMERICAN RING OF FIRE


Ring of Fire 2023

The Hepton Cycle is a pattern of 7 eclipses occurring within an almost 20 solar year period (a 21 eclipse year period) –each eclipse occurs on the same day of the week (the current week-day is Monday). It coordinates 41 lunar months &  7 eclipse years. #11

Hepton eclipses are spaced at 1211 day intervals.

1211 days is 7 eclipse seasons or 3 and 1/2 eclipse years.

An eclipse season is 173 days. An eclipse year is 346 days.

This Annular eclipse formed a Ring of Fire from Oregon to Texas moving on to S. America over a 2023 fall weekend, on October 14th, 2023, one of three Solar Eclipses trisecting the USA in Seven Years, [2017-2024].

The 3/20/2015 Spring Equinox Eclipse Metonic framed key Eclipses of the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad/Quintet linked to a 3/23 Purim Eclipse in 2016 that totaled 5 Eclipses on Hebrew Feast days from 2014-2016. This set the stage for a complimentary convergence in the 2034, 19-year Metonic with the 2014-2016 Eclipse Quintet, that led into the related 2024 Eclipse Quintet witnessed in the 5 Eclipses last year in 2024, that opened with 3 Purim Eclipses in a Row in 2024-2026.

5 Eclipses in 2024

3/24-25/2024 Purim Total Eclipse
4/8/2024 Total Solar Eclipse
9/17-18/24 Partial Lunar Eclipse
10/2/24 Annular Total Eclipse
10/17/24 Lunar Eclipse

A cycle of Solar Eclipses from March 18 in both 1969 and 1988, with a partial Solar Eclipse in 2007 on March 19th, all on 19-year Metonic anniversaries as these Equinox signs led to a Spring Equinox Metonic at the North Pole Eclipse on 3-20-2015…[my birthday] that continues 19-years later with a Middle-eastern Eclipse Crossing on 3-20-2034, also on the Spring Equinox.

Could this 19-year boundary provide the framework of an Eclipse Judgment as a mandate from heaven? This seems to be some of the strongest evidence I have ever seen, when we take into account the convergence of Matching Eclipse Tetrads from the period of 480BC-469BC, as Esther and Mordecai in Ancient Persia, foiled the genocidal plot of evil Haman as a forerunner of the End times Anti-Christ, was reversed when Haman and his ten Sons were hung on the same gallows he intended to hang Mordecai on. It is certainly no coincidence that these ancient Persian Eclipse Tetrad dates match our modern Tetrad dates from 2024-2034! Since the Heavenly Father initiated the cycles of the Sun, Moon and Stars, He is the Undisputed Author of this convergence of Luni-Solar signs, with their perfect timing inside the temporal boundaries formed by His Own Hand.

Let’s further inspect a key Pacific Northwestern Spring Equinox Total Solar Eclipse in recent US history.

Total Solar Eclipse on Feb 26, 1979

 

The Last Total Eclipse in USA for 38 years. Totality over Mount Saint Helen’s (1222.2 degrees longitude). 388 days before she awoke with an Earthquake on Spring Equinox of March 20 1980, shortly before her  northward explosion on May 18, 1980-the largest volcanic eruption in
modern N. American History, opening the tech era; a final era of the American Empire. Is this a precursor to another forecast eruption & judgment on one of the last world Empires? #12

American Judgment 4-8-2024

Hepton Cycle: Monday Total Solar Eclipse. Completing the first “X” of Eclipses over Texas, before finishing both Tavs and the Aleph over the USA (2nd Tav pictured above). 8 days past Easter, 2422 days from USA eclipse of 2017, 1211 days post Election Eclipse of 2020, 177 days after Ring of Fire eclipse of 10-14-2023. Do these eclipses embody Judgment on America?

A Metonic Cycle is a 19-solar year period of time bordered by the exact same solar date, lunar phase and ecliptic reality. Here, matched Spring Equinox Solar Eclipses on 3-20-2015 and, 19-years later on 3-20-2034. Both dates are bracketed by lunar eclipse tetrads @ high holy days of Judaism (Passover & Feast of Tabernacles). This Metonic series of eclipses appears to highlight empires of man, both along anniversary years and around them.#13

Lunar Eclipse Tetrads announce the Metonic

The North Pole Spring Equinox Total Solar Eclipse of  3-20-2015 is an official Solar beginning of the Metonic we are considering, but its bracketed by an extraordinary set of lunar eclipses, which created quite a stir in some circles. The so-called “Blood Moon ” Tetrad of 2014 and 2015 brought successive lunar eclipses on the high holy days of Judaism. Passover (April 15) and Feast of Tabernacles (October 8) in 2014 and again Passover (April 4) and Feast of Tabernacles (Sept 28) in 2015…nestled between them was a singular 3-20-2015 Solar Eclipse that ended directly at the North Pole. It is unclear whether any eclipse in history has ever done such a thing. #14

Tetrads also announce the end of Metonic

There is another perfect Lunar Tetrad (meaning total eclipses) in the years 2032 and 2033. Between the years 2033 and 2034 the lunar eclipses land again on the high holy days of Judaism.

2033–April 14 and October 8 [seen below]

2034–April 3rd and September 28…you will notice that these dates are essentially the same as the Lunar tetrads of 2014 and 2015. That is how this amazing 19-year Metonic cycle works.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads
Eclipse Date AD Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC
3/30/2033 AD Lunar 3/31/471 BC
4/14/2033 AD Solar 4/14/471 BC
9/23/2033 AD P. Lunar 9/23/471 BC
10/8/2033 AD Solar 10/8/471 BC

The Autumn Equinox Eclipse Metonic arrived in the Shanghai Ring of Fire Eclipse of September 23, 1987. It finishes on September 22nd 2033 Partial Lunar Eclipse. #15

 

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2034 AD with 469 BC
Eclipse Date AD Source Saros Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC Source Saros
3/20/34 AD Nasa 130 Tot. Solar 3/20/469  Nasa 51
4/03/34 AD Nasa 142 Pen. Lunar 4/03/469  LBAT 63
9/12/34 AD Nasa 135 Ann. Solar 9/12/469  Nasa 56
9/28/34 AD Nasa 147 Par. Lunar 9/28/469  LBAT 68

Eclipse dates below match eclipses during the reign of Darius 1/Queen Esther & Mordecai in Ancient Persia from 480-469 BC, with repeating Eclipses matching our current sky patterns in the period of 2024-2034 AD! Eclipse Type and Saros # info are correlated from NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates. #16 Following Eclipse dates are recorded in Star Dairies of Ancient Babylon many of which are now available through Sachs-Hunger (1988-1996) and Hunger (2001). #17 Ancient Babylon was only about 150 mi. from Persian Susa, so stellar observations were very similar for both these locations. Eclipse dates marked “T&D” from [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/] match dates in Charts of Matching Eclipses. #18
Late Babylonian Astronomical Tables [LBAT] #19
LBAT BC Dates subtract 1 year without Zero BC year
Eclipse Date BC Eclipse Type Saros #      
480 MAY04 Pen. Lunar 62      
480 Sept28 Pen. Lunar 29      
480 OCT28 Pen. Lunar 67      
479 MAR24/5 Part. Lunar 34      
479 SEP18 Part. Lunar 39      
478 MAR14 Tot. Lunar 44      
478 SEP07 Tot. Lunar 49      
477 Mar03 Part. Lunar 54      
477 Aug 27/ 28 Part. Lunar 59      
476 Jan 22 Pen. Lunar 26      
476 FEB21 Pen. Lunar 64      
476 JUL17 Pen. Lunar 31      
476 Aug15/ 16 Pen. Lunar 69      
475 JAN11 Part. Lunar 36      
475 JUL06 Part. Lunar 41      
475 DEC31 Tot. Lunar 46      
474 JUN26 Tot. Lunar 51      
474 DEC20 Part. Lunar 56      
473 JUN15/16 Part. Lunar 61      
473 DEC09 Pen. Lunar 66      
472 MAY06 Pen. Lunar 33      
472 JUN04 Pen. Lunar 71      
472 OCT29 Part. Lunar 38      
471 APR25 Tot. Lunar 43      
471 OCT18/ 19 Tot. Lunar 48      
470 Apr14 Part. Lunar 53      
470 OCT08

469Apr03

469SEP28		 Part. Lunar

Pen Lunar

Pen Lunar

 

 

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A 19-year Chapter to write the Final Story

19 solar years is exactly 235 lunar months, and exactly 21 eclipse years (eclipse years are 346.62 days). The Author in this time frame says are the Judgment Eclipses. Does the time frame start between the lunar or solar?
Is it the Blood Moon Tetrads that announce the beginning and the end of the cycle, or is it the tremendous Spring Equinox Eclipses of 2015 and 2034 that rest between them? #20

LUNAR ECLIPSE HOLY DAY TETRADS AND EQUINOX ECLIPSES

The Beginning of the Blood Moon Metonic

 

The only lunar eclipses considered in our survey involve the High Holy day Tetrads. They occur on the 19-year Metonic just as the Solar Eclipse Equinox Eclipses match calendar days of 3-20-2015 and 3-20-2034.

Lunar eclipses on the High Holy Days of Judaism in the years 2014 and 2015 sandwich a Total Eclipse of the Sun on the 3/20 Spring Equinox of 2015 (Jew &  Muslim New Year) which ended immediately at the North Pole. Only 7 such lunar eclipse tetrads have occurred since the coming of Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago. A Blood Moon Tetrad occurred between 1493 and 1494 shortly  following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and the discovery of the New World.

A Blood Moon Tetrad occurred between 1949 and 1950 on Passover, after the 1948 declaration of an independent Jewish state, which was followed by the War for Jewish independence.

A Blood Moon Tetrad occurred between 1967 and 1968, following the 1967 “Six Day War,” during which Israel liberated the entire city of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount where the First and Second Temples once stood. For the first time in 2,000 years, Jerusalem, in its completeness, was the capital of the Jewish state. A Lunar Tetrad occurs in 2023 and 2033 and a High Holy day Tetrad occurs in the years 2033 and 2034 (though the eclipses will not be total in year 2034) #21

The End of the Blood Moon Metonic

They occur on the 19-year Metonic just as the Equinox Solar Eclipses match calendar days of 3-20-2015 and 3-20-2034. A Lunar Tetrad occurs in 2023 and 2033 and a High Holy day Tetrad occurs in the years 2033 and 2034, (though the eclipses will not be total in year 2034). In each case, a key Solar Eclipse occurring on Spring Equinox is sandwiched by Lunar Eclipses occurring on the high holy days of Judaism. #22

The author of this article via his website [https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series] certainly presents some compelling celestial history here in a most convincing context. Our added observations with the Matching Repeating Eclipse Charts in their convergence with Metonic Eclipses adds a precise level of accuracy that nearly seems to make a denial unworkable. A celestial structure of these Luni-solar eclipse signs is not something one should ignore. If you chose to, you do so at the peril of yourself and your loved ones. These celestial signs surrounding the 2000th anniversary of Christ’s crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension are not a “coincidence,” being a direct by-product from the Hand of our Almighty Creator, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I don’t agree with all the author’s conclusions, but I trust with the addition of the Convergence of the Repeating Matching Eclipses from the times of Esther & Mordecai linked to Haman’s downfall, as a forerunner of the Anti-Christ, we will take these Celestial Warnings seriously and give them their due attention. We all know the time is short, but I’m confident the Believer’s will get blessed and be edified with our findings, and as always I welcome all Questions & Comments!

God Bless!

Agape,

Rene’


Footnotes

1. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
2. “Hamas” is a Hebrew word  [H2555-Chamac]. Strong’s Concordance, James Strong.
3. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
4. Number in Scripture– E.W. Bullinger, p. 238
5. Supernatural by Design Youtube video-“This Purim Eclipse Changes Everything. Pt. 1.”
6. Plate 1 picture credit; Stellarium Astronomical Software on Aug. 27th, 70 AD
7. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
8. map from 1260d.com
9. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
10. IBID
11. IBID
12. IBID
13. IBID
14. IBID
15. IBID
16. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
`17. Star Dairies of Ancient Babylon available via Sachs-Hunger (1988-1996) and Hunger (2001).
18. [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/]
19.  [https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/eclipse/downloads/huber_de_meis_2004.pdf]
20. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
21. IBID
22. IBID

 

Purim Eclipses of the Celestial Prelude and The Celestial Encore

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One of the tenets of the Celestial Prelude is that aspects of the Celestial Signs marking Christ’s birth and his 1st Advent, appear again in the End Times in the Celestial signs predicting the Lord’s Return. We have referred to the signs of the Return of Christ as the Celestial Encore.

 Our blog this month shows how the Celestial Signs of 7-4 BC, especially those of 5-4 BC are apparent again to open the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, including signs of 2016-2017 and 2024. Our inquiry into the Celestial Signs comparing the events near the Birth of Christ show key elements that resemble the signs of his Return. Thus, as we list Guide Stars forming the
Celestial Prelude of the Birth of Christ, we will identify signs leading also to his Return in the Celestial Encore.  

The May 2025 Blog continues our study of the Book of Esther in ancient Persia, as she’s crowned Queen of Persia, in signs of Virgo and Leo. The name “Esther-” is a Persian equal of Zend Avesta names “Stara,” and “Star,” linking to Babylon’s “Ishtar,” in myths of Planet Venus, #1 as in other pantheons. Resuming our view of Esther’s Book we find a Bible Etymology of her name in Strong’s [#635] on Est. 2:7- 2nd Targum #2 , as Persian for “Esther” is “star” or “sitareth” #3 The word, was used for “Venus“ by Syrians denoting the planet–bringing good fortune. This ties direct to Venus’ as one of 3 planets  aligned to Regulus in the 9 fixed stars of Leo, a bright and Morning Star in Virgo’s Crown, as Esther was crowned Persia’s Queen by her mate & King–Darius I echoing 2nd & 3rd level Celestial Crowns of Queen Virgo joined to King Leo in the Celestial Sphinx, of the Rev. 12 sign. In Fig. 1 below we find varied versions of the Rev. 12 Sign, to embody Celestial truths in the signs marking Christ’s birth, both in 3 BC and in 2017.

Figure 1. The Rev. 12 Sign in 2017.

Esther 2:16-18

16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to
the state of the king.

As the Persian for “Esther” is “sitareth” or “star,” it also derives from “Sathar;” to Hide,“#4 as Esther was hidden in her guardian’s house, and her Jewish stock hidden after Mordecai’s direction, a palace official-as her guardian, had deep affection for her, raising her as his daughter. He guided her to rise to the Queen’s throne of the greatest world empire at that time, [Est. 2:7, 10-11]. Mordecai’s wisdom and Esther’s courage & faith sustained Israel’s destiny. The serpent’s seed in the record of Esther [Gen. 3:  15] was evil Haman, diametrically opposed to the Jew’s and their cause; schemed the genocidal plot to destroy them, foiled by Esther and Mordecai. The two seeds of Gen. 3:15–in the first prophecy of Christ the Promised Seed of Israel, was opposed to the seed of the Amalekites that Saul failed to remove via God’s command [1 Sam. 15:3, 7-35]. Esther did not make this mistake! She was not being vindictive as some say, but obeyed God and Mordecai to the last detail, to wipe Haman and his son’s-the Serpent’s seed away.

As we identify the Stellar signs leading to the Lord’s Return in the Celestial Encore, our search takes us to the Celestial signs of 7-4 BC. As the 5-4 BC Eclipse patterns of an Eclipse Tetrad led to Christ’s first Advent, so we will find like signs leading to his Second Advent- a triumphant Return in his 2nd Coming. Below is a 5-4BC overview of the Lunar Eclipses on Hebrew Feasts that led to the Birth of Christ on Sept. 11, 3 BC.

Celestial Signs of 6-BC to 4 BC.

4/4/6 BC


4/15-20/6BC

3/23/5BCa

 
Lunar Eclipse 
Lunar occultation Series
Total Lunar Eclipse: [Unleavened Bread Feast]
 Virgo Total
Lunar EclipseCancer
3/23/5BCb

 

Comet in Capricorn

 Capricorn
9/1/5BC
Partial Solar Eclipse: [Feast of  Trumpets]
 Partial Solar Eclipse
9/15/5BC
Total Lunar Eclipse: [Tabernacles Feast Week]
 Pisces Total Eclipse
3/13/4BC  Purim Partial Lunar Eclipse:  Comet in
Aquila/Cap

March 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon) when compared with 5-4 BC Eclipses leading to Christ’s birth, form the Eclipse Tetrad seen above. The March 13-14 Purim Partial Lunar Eclipse has received false past notoriety as  the Eclipse marking the death of Herod. Much has been made of this March 13-14 Purim Lunar Eclipse in 4 BC, as many “experts“ have made this their favored candidate for the Eclipse marking the death of Herod. But as Dr. Ernest Martin has conclusively shown, the Jan. 10, 1 BC Eclipse is the only Lunar Eclipse of four credible Eclipses marking Herod’s death; the only real option, once all pomp of his lavish funeral and viewings are considered.#5 As we find answers to the question of the date of Herod’s death, we can accept astronomical studies of this period will be the most dependable and accurate way to resolve a chronology of Herod’s death. A study of Eclipses, is the most reliable means to verify the truth in historical records! As astronomers posited a 4 BC Lunar Eclipse of March 13-14, it became favored by many theologians as the eclipse visible over Israel, highlighted by Josephus, to mark Herod’s death.

 As this seemed like the main eclipse candidate for the death of Herod before the nearest Spring Passover in this period, nearly a month before Passover, many theologians saw reason to fit all the events of Herod’s death, funeral and mourning into a very tight space of only 29 days, between this 4 BC Eclipse and the next Spring Passover. In reality, cramming these events into this inadequate space, makes No Sense with less than 1/2 the time needed to fit these events that demand a bare minimum of 70+ days! Thus its not hard to see why many find cause to search for good reasons to reconsider this date of Herod’s death. The date is based on Josephus’s work in Antiquities 17.6.4 #6 as he commented on a lunar eclipse just before Herod died. This was linked customarily to the 3/13/4BC eclipse before the Spring Passover. With no lunar eclipses visible in Judea thereafter, and only 3 other potential entrants, 2 of which occurred in the year 1 BC, the choice of 4 BC date for the Eclipse was made. But, theologians were obviously 3 years too early in their count, as they seemingly cast consensus to the wind with witnesses of a majority the Early Church Fathers & prominent historians, who set the birth of Christ between 3-1 BC.#7

The biblical and astronomically derived birth dates of Sept. 11th, 3 BC, or 17 June 2 BC are in general agreement with all these historical records as the Star of Bethlehem- Rev. 12, 3 BC sign/Venus union date of 17 June 2 BC fell in the same 3/2 BC birth year held by Tertullian, Epiphanius, Clement, Orosius, Africanus, and others, seen in Table 1: Historical Accounts of the Birth of Christ. Epiphanius cited a birthday of 7 January 2 BC, near 5 mo. earlier. In some cases, authors cited exact dates for Jesus’ birth as our 9-11-3 BC date for the Rev. 12:1-2 sign. In other case–references, Clement provided a birth on 18 November 3 BC, near 7 months earlier. Clement quoted others who said Christ was born on 20 May 2 BC, less than a month’s difference from an astronomical derived date of 17 June 2 BC. It’s evident astronomical dates are more accurate than historical accounts, as we may expect, since God was the Record Keeper. All 3/2 BC dates were followed by the Magi’s trek to Bethlehem around 25 December 2 BC, when “the star stood over where the young child was.” Matthew 2:9. #8

  

Historical Accounts of the Birth of Christ-Table 1#9
# Reference Source Birth Year
1 Alogi 4 BC
2 Cassiodorus Senator 3 BC
3 Irenaeus 3/2 BC
4 Clement of Alexandria 3/2 BC
5 Tertullian 3/2 BC
6 Africanus 3/2 BC
7 Hippolytus of Rome 3/2 BC
8 Hippolytus of Thebes 3/2 BC
9 Origen 3/2 BC
10 Eusebius 3/2 BC
11 Epiphanius 3/2 BC
12 Orosius 2 BC
13 Dionysius Exiguus 1 BC
 In summary, our findings show an incredible correlation: the historical accounts place Christ’s birth in the year 3/2 BC, leading to conclude the Star of Bethlehem was a real, celestial occurrence as Scripture, aligns to the science of this astronomical record, shows an accurate, history of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.#10


Only four lunar eclipses occurred in this time frame: September 15, 5BC. March 12–13, 4 BC., January 10, 1 BC, and December 29, 1 BC. The first eclipse is Total but likely too early to fit Yom Kippur that’s evident several hours after sundown. A favored 4 BC eclipse seems too far from Yom Kippur and far too close to Passover to allow all the events of Herod’s funeral, mourning and procession.

 Thus it hardly seems a candidate to be remembered or noted by Josephus. A logical way to order these events to begin with the day of the Lunar Eclipse, documenting the timeline of Herod’s Death, adding all logistics and events included in his funeral and burial, until the Passover.

The morning after the Eclipse, Herod’s sickness worsened, for which his doctors treated him about a week, to no avail. At doctor’s advice, Herod left Jericho for mineral baths @ Callirrhoe 25 mi. away on the Dead Sea, with round trip back to Jericho taking another week. To maximize the effect of his death and funeral-mourning, Herod planned to assemble all prominent Jewish elders from his Judean kingdom to attend his funeral @ Jericho. To send couriers on a round trip to notify them took another week, putting us 3 weeks away from the eclipse of March 13, 4BC. Next, Josephus tells us letters from Augustus in Rome came, to give Herod permission to execute His son Antipater, and so he did. This was followed by Herod’s death 5 days later, putting us 4 weeks out from the Eclipse.#11

Since Herod planned his own funeral, his monstrous ego would allow no less than the “Grandest funeral ever bestowed on a King.” These plans were not begun in preparation for the official procession till after Herod’s Death. Several more days were needed to prep for a royal procession from Jericho to Jerusalem, and the final resting place of the Herodian-8 mi. South of Jerusalem. All royal regalia, and Crown Jewels ordered under Palace Guard, were ordered with spices to embalm Herod’s body [Lk. 23: 56, 24:1], that needed 500 domestics to carry. The Funeral procession with much pomp and their whole Army with the Commanders were summoned to Jericho, not to mention relatives, dignitaries of all kinds, from Judea and bands from bordering nations. This adds minimum one week. On top of this, Royal Jewish funerals allowed 30 day mourning period with another week for Herod’s Family.

Once a 25 mile Jericho trip to Jerusalem was made by bare-foot Pallbearers covering about 1 mile a day, to the 25 days were added one more week for the body to lie in state in Jerusalem, with more time in the Herodian. This allowed a bare minimum time, for these events to take 8 weeks from the March 13-14, 4 BC Eclipse. Once we add time from Herod’s Death and Burial, Archelaus with his immediate family had a private 7-day mourning, with a funeral feast followed for the Jerusalem public. This takes us 9 weeks out from the 4 BC Lunar Eclipse.#12

This was followed by other official activities prior to the Spring Passover. The new King Archelaus had duties to open his new administration. He liberated prisoners from Herod’s rule, heard legal decisions, gave the people audience, making changes and promotions in the military, to mention a few. With the Passover, and official duties to deal with, an added week is needed, bringing us to a bare minimum of 10 weeks away from the Eclipse.#13 Thus we can conclude that in no way the March 13-14, 4 BC Eclipse could have been Josephus’ Eclipse, as it simply doesn’t allow enough time for events of Herod’s death and funeral procession to occur. The temporal interval from a March 13-14, 4 BC Eclipse to the next Spring Passover was only 29 days! The impossibility to squeeze historical & procedural rituals of Herod’s Death in between this Eclipse and next Spring Passover, eliminates a 4 BC Eclipse on March 13-14 from reasonable or potential consideration.

According to NASA, a total lunar eclipse occurred over the Middle East on March 23rd, 5 BC. Based on data collected from the Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer by Fred Espenak and Chris O’Byrne, #14 The eclipse over Jerusalem began the penumbral phase (lunar phase as Moon rise is slightly dimmer) at 17:29 (5:29 PM) and the penumbral eclipse phase ended @23:12 (11:12 PM). The Total eclipse phase began @19:30, (7:30 PM) ending at 21:12 (9:12 PM). The start of the eclipse wasn’t visible till after an hour being below horizon. NOAA’s online solar calculator computed the Jerusalem sunset was 17:52 (5:52). #14a

The same day as March 23rd, 5 BC Total Lunar Eclipse on the Unleavened Bread Feast, a pre-dawn Comet sighting was made in the Sign Capricorn. The 3/23/5 BC Comet first appeared a tailed Comet visible for 70+ days, from
Mar. 9– April 6. This 5 BC Comet, was noted in China by Chhien, or Han Shu in (History of the Former Han Dynasty) written by Pan Ku (c. 100 ad).6/15  But, the reference is from a history, not an astronomy text. Pan Ku would not have seen the comet, and according to Chinese records of this event, may have made a scribal error.

The path of the 5 BC Comet left the Sun at roughly a 4.5-degree angle to the ecliptic with a destination star Algedi (Alpha Capricorni). The Hebrew name of this sign is Gedi-the kid, or “cut off” the same in Arabic–Al Gedi, the Alpha star. The Latin is Capricornus, as the Goat. #16 Deneb Al Gedi-is the Beta star, meaning “the sacrifice comes.” Bullinger tells us this matches the witness of Scripture of two goats. One of the sin offering-making atonement for us before the Lord, [Levi. 10:16-17] while the other was not slain, but released
in the wilderness, [Levi. 16:22]. These two goats embody the Lord’s death and resurrection, with the Sun in Capricorn, among these very goat-stars; Al Gedi and Deneb Al Gedi. #16a This hypothesis proposes the Comet’s first position was lost, leaving it’s only recorded location as the Comet’s last spot before losing visibility. The 1st position is based on Scriptural typology & the Comet’s heliacal rise with the Sun. This change reconciles Scriptural Data w/2nd-hand secular reports.8/17
Algedi-a double star, as its location in Capricorn exposed it as a target for the

Comet. We can only determine the last location of the Comet in a 10-degree circle.13/18 The center of the circle is –19 degrees declination, and Algedi is near -16.5 degrees. Chinese logs, note two comets appearing in the period when Jesus was born, one in 5 BC and a 2nd in 4 BC. The 5 BC Comet was first noted in Capricornus in March or April, and was visible for 70+ days. To scholars it was a “sweeping star” or “broom star,” presumably with a long tail. The Comet of 4 BC, was seen April 24th in the sign of Aquila. It was called a “po,” comet meaning “tailless.” But for the Magi (& other Mediterranean, Near East cultures), Comets were universally believed to be “dis-aster” omens.  It is hard verging on impossible to see how the Magi may  have interpreted a Comet as a good omen. In Fig. 2 below the Magi are falsely depicted in a di Bondone image at the Birth of Christ, when in truth they did not appear until some 15 months later, to see a toddler, in a house not a newborn child in a manger.

Figure 2. Adoration of the Magi by Giotto di Bondone. (1267–1337)#19

Image of Giotto's Adoration_of_the_Magi

Giotto based his Star of Bethlehem on Halley’s Comet (Image credit: Adoration of the Magi by Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337))

 

According to the texts of Flavius Josephus: Herod died after a day the Jews observe as a fast that occurred just before an eclipse of the moon (…); after Herod reigned for 34 years from the time when he had put Antigonus to death, and for 37 years from the time he was appointed king by the Romans (…); before the Passover. #20 There was a key fast that occurred exactly a month before Passover: the Fast of Esther! The day before Purim was a fast day commemorating Queen Esther’s command for all Jews to fast before she approached the king. Purim fell on March 12–13, 4 BC. As we already know the 4 BC Eclipse is not relevant to Herod’s Death, we must look to consider its true context related to Purim. With an eclipse and a fast on March 12–13, 4 BC, a month before Passover. What is the key to Purim bracketed between Esther’s Fast and Passover? Esther’s Fast (Taa’nit Ester, Hebrew: תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר) was a Jewish fast from dawn till dusk on Purim eve, that commemorated the three-day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim. If the date of Esther’s Fast falls on Shabbat (Saturday), the fast is instead observed the prior Thursday. Like other minor fasts, Ta’anit Esther begins at dawn/first light and ends at nightfall; (full dark). #21

The record of [Est. 4:3-16] shows aspects Evil Haman used to plan and execute his foul plot to exterminate all the Jews living in Persia, [Esth. 3:1-6]. This plot was initially triggered by Mordecai’s refusal to bow to Haman or give him reverence, but in Haman’s rage he expanded his genocidal plot to murder the entire nation of Jews in Persia, [Esth. 3: 4-9]. Haman also held a bribe to contribute to the King’s profit to clear the way for his plan to go into effect with royal approval.

We must recall Esther 2:16-18 marked the Crowning of Esther over Vashti, as the Queen, by King Darius I. We noted how this symbolic act also embodied Crowning of Virgo as seen in the Celestial Sphinx. This act invoked by the Hand of God to bless and protect His people in Israel and all the land of Persia, that enemies of Israel tried to destroy via this seed of the serpent-Haman.

Esther 2:16-18

16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

The Jewish document-the Megillath Taanith (Scroll of Fasting), though it records festival days too) refers to two semi-festival days where no mourning was permitted. One is Kislev 7. The month Kislev answers in most years with our December. The other day was Schebat 2. This month aligns to our late January/early February. No one knows why the two days of feasting are commemorated yet they must have been days of joy ordained before the 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem. What did they honor?#22

…M. Moise Schwab, whose extensive studies of this scroll, favored the 2nd of these days, Schebat 2 (January 28th) as  the actual day commemorating Herod’s death. This latter date interestingly, fits remarkably well with the January 10th Eclipse of Josephus. Herod’s death on this very day would have occurred 18 days after the eclipse. Josephus reports this could have been the time when two rabbis (later executed) provoked the young men to tear down the golden eagle from the eastern portal of the temple. Such an occasion may have inspired some commemorative date, especially in light of a war which it triggered, [more on this below].#23

The Megillath Taanith records an unknown fast day for commemoration. It was Tebeth 9 (January 6th in 1 BC).#24 This could not only have been the very day Esther was taken to the King in Est. 2:14 above, which also was in the month Tebeth, it may too have been the day the rabbis were tried and sentenced under Herod. And three days later on Friday, Jan. 9th, when the rabbis were burnt alive related to the lunar eclipse predicted for that night. A delay of their execution to the eve of the eclipse (since there were no biblical festival days involved as with the March 13, 4 BC. eclipse) would allow Herod to tell the superstitious crowd that even God was frowning on sacrilegious deeds of the two rabbis and God would express His displeasure that night with an eclipse.

Recognizing the January 10, 1 BC. eclipse as the one mentioned by Josephus has much historical value in another way. Scholars wondered for years why Josephus referred only to this one eclipse out of the hundreds that occurred over the generations that he covered in his histories. Why single out this one?

Other than the historical importance of Herod’s death itself, it should be remembered that it was also the very day following the martyrdom of the two illustrious rabbis whom the whole nation admired & esteemed. This was an important event for commemoration to the Jewish people. But there was a national event even more severe than that. The occasion of the rabbi’s deaths led directly to the massacre of 3000 Jewish worshippers at the next Passover in temple precincts. Archelaus (Herod’s Heir) ordered this slaughter, resulting in the very unusual cancellation of all Passover services, a requirement stated in Numbers 9:6–14.#25

This was a most extraordinary event. Such a repeal of Passover services because of 3000 dead bodies being within the temple precincts was a most unique incident  in the history of temple services. Nothing like it had ever happened before. The suspension of this most important Jewish festival in the calendar of the Jews was long remembered by the generality of the Jewish people. Yet, there was another event linked with the cancellation of Passover that would equally have brought that year to special remembrance by the Jews.

This slaughter of the 3000 Jewish worshippers in the temple led directly to a major war between the Jews & the Romans that occupied the whole of the following summer and autumn. Josephus said that this war was the most serious conflict to occur in Palestine from the time of Pompey in 63 BC. to the Roman/ Jewish War of 66 to 73AD. To subdue the Jewish rebellion, the Romans had to muster their three legions in Syria, plus auxiliary forces (about 20,000 armed men in all), to put down the rebellion that erupted. This war’s end saw, 2,000 Jews crucified and 30,000 sold in slavery. This was a very serious war
in Palestine. And what started it? Nothing other than 2 deaths of the rabbis associated with the eclipse of the Moon near Herod’s death. This is one of the major reasons that that eclipse was long remembered by the Jews.#26

The eclipse of January 10, 1 BC, the true Eclipse marking the death of Herod was Total, well visible and longer lasting than the one of March 13, 4 BC, which likely was not noticed. In the 1st century, lunar eclipses were often interpreted as death omens for a sovereign, as recalled (near 50 AD) by the Roman historian Quintus Curtius: But, the day before, the eclipsing moon began by hiding the brightness of its disk when a kind of veil of blood came staining its light. #27

A goal of our study was to judge historical, archaeological and chronological evidence to evaluate what supports the eclipse that can properly conform to the evidence provided in the records. Astronomy is the universal key and in the case of Josephus’ eclipse, the considerable historical and archaeological documentation allows historians to pinpoint the precise lunar eclipse to which Josephus had reference. He reported a few days before the eclipse-2 rabbis provoked Jerusalem youths to remove a golden eagle that Herod placed over the Temple’s east gate. These rabbis had deemed this eagle’s presence as being contrary to Laws of Moses. And in broad daylight a group of young boys began to cut down the eagle.

These Jewish youths were caught in the act and near 40 of them were ordered to go before Herod and the Sanhedrin (Israel’s Supreme Court) to answer for this outrage. The two rabbis who executed the plan were singled out for judgment. The rabbis and the young men were finally convicted of high criminal actions (sacrilege and sedition). As most of the youths got milder sentences, but the two rabbis were ordered to be burnt alive.

What has this information to do with the significance of our eclipse, if it was on March 13, 4 BC.? The truth is, it is devastating to it. It means that those rabbis would have been burnt alive on the Jewish day of Adar 14, the first day of the two high days of Purim. No court, unless its completely illegal, would have had criminals executed and certainly not rabbis on the special day commanded in the Bible when the Jews “rested … a day of feasting and gladness” (Esther 9:17–18). This would have put Israel in an uproar over such actions.#28

The eclipse of Josephus must have been on January 10, 1 BC. All the events logged by Josephus fit quite well with this eclipse, and only with this eclipse as there were 3 months from this eclipse to the next Passover. The messengers sent by Herod to Rome at the end of Antipater’s trial in the previous autumn would have arrived back in Palestine (to Herod in Jericho) in 2-2 ½ months, a very realistic period. 

When we include the March 13, 4BC Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse on Purim, with the 5BC eclipses of the previous year, we find a Tetrad of luni-solar eclipses on Hebrew Feast days leading to the birth of Christ. To my knowledge there has not been an Eclipse Tetrad tied to the birth of Christ previously, though a Blood Moon Tetrad was ostensibly linked to Christ’s Crucifixion in 32-33 AD. But, this crucifixion date puts Jesus in his 36th year, not entering his 30th year to open his ministry, as Scripture teaches. [Luke 3:23]

As we adhere to Jan. 9-10, 1 BC as the eclipse marking Herod’s death, an April, 28th 28AD crucifixion date fits Christ exactly opening his ministry over a year earlier in 27 AD. This links to the “acceptable year [singular] of the Lord” as Jesus prophesied, [Lk. 4:19-22], opposed to a ministry of 3 years long held in religious tradition. The Purim Lunar Eclipse was also a potential factor in the Eclipse Tetrad of 2014-15.

The 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad has garnered amazing media attention and hype from many quarters, but few noticed a 5th Lunar Eclipse in 2016 that fell on the heels of this 2014-15 Quartet. A Lunar Quintet in 2014-2016, provides the 5th Lunar Eclipse on the key Hebrew Feast Day of Purim. This is not an item we should ignore, as most have, since it followed the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, supplying us a Blood Moon Quintet of 2014-2016! In fact, we should take special notice of the Lunar Quintet for at least 3 key reasons; first as we examine vital Celestial signs that occurred in 2017, it helps to note what precedes the cluster of eye-opening signs in 2017, in context.

Second, as we find below the 5 Lunar Eclipses starting in 2024, open 3 consecutive years of Purim Eclipses from 2024-2026, [+10 years– 2014-16!]. These 3 Purim Eclipses in a row occurring 10 years after the 2014-16 Blood Moon Tetrad/Quintet providentially set the stage for 10 years of repeating Matched Eclipse cycles from 2024 to 2033. These are unique in that they begin with the 3 consecutive Purim Lunar Eclipses opening in 2024 through 2026. We are supplying the two bracket Charts of 2024 & 2033 Eclipses for reference and illustration here, to cover the details of the remaining 7 years in Future blogs.   

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2024 AD with 480 BC
Eclipse Date AD Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC
3/25/2024 AD Lunar 3/25/480 BC
4/08/2024 AD Solar 4/09/480 BC
9/18/2024 AD Lunar 9/18/480 BC
10/2/2024 AD Solar 10/2/480 BC
Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads
Eclipse Date AD Sun/Moon Eclipse Date BC
3/30/2033 AD Lunar 3/31/471 BC
4/14/2033 AD Solar 4/14/471 BC
9/23/2033 AD Lunar 9/23/471 BC
10/8/2033 AD Solar 10/8/471 BC

Between these 10-year Bracket Charts we find Repeating Eclipses that match our modern skies with those of Esther & Mordecai. The 10-year period goes from 480 to 471 BC in Ancient Persia, related to our Modern era of 2024-2033. These Charts appear to reflect how Esther and Mordecai defeated evil Haman as a forerunner of the Anti-Christ, and as Repeating Eclipses starting in 480 BC in Ancient Persia marked the rise of Haman in opposition to Esther and Mordecai, so today we are warned by the timing of God’s Hand in Celestial Signs along with the records in Esther and the balance of Scripture, how to navigate the End Times against the Adversary.

Here are Eclipses including 3 consecutive Purim Lunar Eclipses starting last year;

5 Eclipses in 2024 matching the Eclipse Quintet of 2014-2016:

3/24-25/2024 Purim Total Eclipse
4/8/2024 Total Solar Eclipse [Crossing over US]
9/17-18/24 Partial Lunar Eclipse
10/2/24 Annular Total Eclipse
10/17/24 Lunar Eclipse

4 Eclipses in 2025

4 Eclipses in 2026

As the 2025 Purim Lunar eclipse was in process between Leo and Virgo, it was located exactly where the Head of Virgo is crowned near the Tail of Leo, as the Moon passed from the constellation Leo, the coming Lion King-Jesus, to Virgo, the virgin, or bride. This can also be viewed to embody the union of Queen Esther and King Darius I in marriage, as Esther was crowned by her King.

 Purim began Wednesday eve on the Hebrew Calendar, Mar. 23, 2016 and continued through Thursday night, March 24th, which was also the first full Moon after the Spring Equinox. We have pointed out in previous blogs how this 2016 Eclipse Tetrad & Purim Eclipse matched exactly with a luni-solar Eclipse Tetrad when the Roman’s destroyed Jerusalem’s Temple in 70 AD, as prophesied by Christ in Matt. 24:1-2.

 The record of the history and origin of the Purim Feast in the Book of Esther, is significant today for a number reasons, not the least of which is Esther’s stand against Haman’s Evil genocide plot against all of Israel in Persia. Considering the central role Marriage plays in redeeming Esther and Ruth, we may recall the sacred bond of Adam and Eve. What was this ideal unity of husband and wife initiated by God making them “one flesh?” A 1st exemplar union of man and woman was based on woman as ‘Help-meet“ or counterpart from Adam’s rib, showing as an inseparable unity. Gen. 2:25 says they were both “naked” [arum] and were not afraid. They had no secrets they kept from each other and thus had no fear. With no secrets between them, there were no limits to the intimacy they shared. This kind of intimacy-knew only good, as they shared all their hearts in an ultimate and pure loving trust, leaving no room for fear except reverence for God in their perfect union.

This was the marriage of the first Adam with his bride Eve, sharing all mysteries between them, foreshadowing the Great Mysteries of Christ with his Bride. But with Adam and Eve– “naked” and knowing only good, they were not ashamed before God, or each other. The word for “naked” in Gen. 2:25 is the same spelling as Hebrew word ‘subtil‘ in Gen. 3:1, a homonym in the next verse referring to the serpent’s wisdom. The serpent was more wise [arum] than any beast of the field, and knowing evil, was not ashamed to question the truth of God’s Word, exposing the serpent’s utter & shameless depravity. As our arms protect our human bodies, so the husband protects his wife and cares for her as a covering. The Mystery of Marriage between husband and wife also embodies the sacred Mystery of the Bride of Christ who is indebted for the Lamb’s sacrifice wounded in his side, on the Cross, [John 19:34-37]. Jer. 31:1-21, 31- Jeremiah tells us our God & Father of all families in Israel & His people, how He is building Israel’s Virgin and saving His People, a remnant of Israel to keep them as a Shepherd keeps His Flocks, in the the New Covenant.

As Christ is Head of his spiritual body consisting of both Jews and Gentiles, so we find a foreshadowing of this in the Comparison Chart of the Gentile Ruth and the Jewess Esther. Ruth became a Jew via Naomi, by marrying her kinsman-redeemer, the Jew-Boaz as Jewish Queen Esther married a Gentile King Ahasuerus/ Darius 1, under the tutelage of her Israelite guardian Mordecai.

Boaz/Jew    with Ruth/Gentile  with  Naomi as Israel

Darius I/Gentile   Esther/Jew             Mordecai/Israel

Ps. 47:7-9              Gal. 3:28                      Ez. 37 & 39
Dan. 7:14              Jn. 10:16
Zech. 14:9            Col. 3:11

With the story of Ruth’s redemption in mind, it is fascinating to consider an upcoming astronomical alignment. On June 8, this week in 2025-the Day of Pentecost, an asteroid named “Ruth” will pass between the feet of the Redeemer figure in the sign Gemini, just as Ruth found herself at Boaz’ Feet in her story of Redemption, [Ruth 3:4]. This is a good reason why the book of Ruth is read during the feast of Pentecost.

2 Feasts have their origin in Esther. [2:18, 9:17-18] Purim is Adar-12th Month w/Feast days of Adar 14-15, on the Hebrew Calendar Lunar cycle linked to Adar 14th-15th always falls on the Full Moon where Lunar eclipses can only occur. The Est. 2:18 “holiday“ as a 7-day Feast prior to revealing of Haman and his evil plot to exterminate the Jews, shared by the future Antichrist. Haman’s plot was not revealed till Esther 3. The rise of Haman serves as forerunner for End- times Antichrist still future, as we find in the Comparison Chart below.

Comparison Chart for Esther with Revelation
 Tribulation Opens Esther Revelation
Authority Esth. 3:1, 10 Rev. 13:5
Worship Esth. 3:2-5 Rev. 13:6
Jews Esth. 3:6-8 Rev. 11:7
Astrology/witchcraft Esth. 3:7, 9:24 Rev. 17:1-6
Genocide Esth. 3:9,13  [Bribe] Rev. 13:7
King’s Vizier Esth. 3:10-12  
10 Sons/Kings Esth. 9:13, 25 Rev. 17:12-13
End Tribulation
Lion King’s Victory Esth. 9:14, 25 Rev. 17:14
Judgment
Reverse Genocide Esth. 9:1 Rev. 13:6-8
Mordecai Esth. 9:3, 10:3 Rev. 14:9-11
Jews Esth. 9:2

In the Mar 13–14, 2025  Penumbral Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse on the Feast of Purim, occurring during a Hebrew Jubilee Year, with 3 Purim Eclipses in a row, gets our attention for these reasons. First, as seen earlier, in light of the Celestial Prelude we find how the Purim Eclipse Tetrad of 5-4 BC foreshadows both a 2014-2016 Lunar Quintet, that precedes a Lunar Quintet 10 years later of 2024-2026, and a Celestial Encore! This can embody the Celestial Signs of the Birth of Christ and his first Advent, preceding the Celestial Signs of the Glorious Return of Christ in his Second Advent, and victory over his enemies.

One can not help, but be struck by the unique and rare occurrence of the Tetrad of four Blood Moons during the Shemitah of Shemitah’s, and how the Jubilee comes with yet another Lunar eclipse on Purim, forming a Quintet of Blood Moons on Hebrew Holidays from 2014-2016. According to our Biblical Blood Moon Calendar, back on March 4th of 71 AD, soon after Rome destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem, prophesied by Jesus Christ, [Mt. 24] a Partial Lunar Eclipse occurred. This marked a removal of God from His Temple in stages, with the dispersion of the Jews among the Gentile Nations. With a current 5th Blood Moon on Purim, we may be witnessing an indicator of God’s gradual return in stages to a New Temple on the Mount, a natural result to reform the State of Israel, in the Restoration of Jerusalem to Israel’s control, both marked by Blood Moon Tetrads in 1949-50 and 1967-68.

Purim began Wednesday evening on Hebrew’s Calendar, March 23, 2016 continuing through Thursday night, March 24th. It was too the 1st full Moon after the Spring Equinox. We have noted in past blogs how an Eclipse Tetrad with 2016 Purim Eclipse matched exactly with the tetrad of Luni-solar eclipses marking Rome’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD.

This is the second of 3 consecutive Purim Lunar Eclipses that started last year 3/24-25/2024 with two more Purim Total Lunar Eclipses going into 2025-26. These 3 Purim Eclipses in a row from 2024-2026 mirror a Tetrad of Lunar Eclipses in 5-4 BC, capped off by a Purim Lunar Eclipse in 4 BC, leading to the Birth of Christ on 9/11/3 BC.

This 2024 Total Lunar Eclipse coincided with the first day of Purim, lasting 65 min. The 2025 Purim lunar eclipse was visible over North and South America, as a follow-up to the March 2024 Purim Eclipse, before a 4/8/2024 Pan American Eclipse crossing over the USA. This Jubilee Eclipse, on March 13th a blood moon occurred in a 70th counted Jubilee–year of “liberty” foreshadowing the Return of Christ FOR his Saints to Gather Together his Church. This is key in light of Est. 2:16 above when Esther was taken to the King’s royal house in the 10th month of Tebeth, in the 7th Year of the King’s reign.

One reason 2025 is thought a Jubilee is it marks 70 Jubilee periods since the Jews entered the Promised Land to begin counting the cycle: 1406 BC + 70 Jubilees (3,430 years-minus 70 years captivity) = 2025.#30

 This Blog provides an overview of the astronomy leading to the Birth of Christ in his first Advent and the Return of Christ in his 2nd Advent. The History of Purim Eclipses as related to Israel provide excellent context within which to consider this material. The Sacred Mystery of Marriage is the beautiful covenant designed by God for His Son to redeem Mankind back into loving relationship with the Heavenly Father. As we remain thankful and humble to God first in Christ, we’re equipped to present our spouses without spot or blemish at the Great Day of the Lord’s Return.


God’s Abundant Blessings to you All!

Rene’


Footnotes

1. Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the OT, on #635.
2. Strong’s Concordance [#H635], James Strong.
3. IBID
4. Companion Bible marginal note on Esther 2:7, p. 656, E.W. Bullinger.
5. The Star that Astonished the World, ppg. 74-75, Ernest L. Martin.
6. Josephus’s work in Antiquities 17.6.4
7. The Star that Astonished the World, ppg. 74-75, Ernest L. Martin.
8. Astronomical & Historical Evidence for the Birth of Christ in 2 BC. Timothy L. Norris
9. IBID
10. IBID
11. The Star that Astonished the World, ppg. 76-77, Ernest L. Martin.
12. IBID, ppg. 80-82, Ernest L. Martin.
13. IBID, ppg. 86-87, Ernest L. Martin.
14. Data from the Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer by Fred Espenak and Chris O’Byrne.
14a. NOAA’s online solar calculator computed the Jerusalem sunset.
15. [Journal.interpreterfoundation.org/a-comet-christs-birth-and-Josephuss-lunar-eclipse]
16. Witness of the Stars, ppg. 75-76, 78. E.W. Bullinger
16a. IBID, 78. E.W. Bullinger
17. [Journal.interpreterfoundation.org/a-comet-christs-birth-and-Josephuss-lunar-eclipse]
18. IBID
19. https://armaghplanet.com/6-theories-about-the-star-of-bethlehem.html
20. (Jewish Antiquities XVII:166-167, 191, 213)
21. https://www.askelm.com/star/star011.htm. The Star of Bethlehem, Chapt. 9, The Lunar Eclipse of Josephus.
22. The Star that Astonished the World, p. 102, Ernest L. Martin.
23. IBID
24. IBID, p. 104, Ernest L. Martin.
25. IBID, p. 105, Ernest L. Martin.
26. IBID
27. IBID
28. IBID
29. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14
30. https://nicetiming.com/2024/06/03/the-jubilee-count-to-the-end-and-october-2024/

The Jubilee Count to the End, and 2028