The Four Blood Moons
Martyn McGeown critically examines John Hagee's "Four Blood Moons" theory, which claims that lunar eclipses aligned with Jewish feast days serve as divine signs predicting significant events for Israel. McGeown's analysis demonstrates the selective and arbitrary nature of Hagee's interpretive method, showing how it mishandles biblical prophecy and employs faulty hermeneutical reasoning. This resource is valuable for understanding how to recognize and refute sensationalized eschatological claims that lack solid exegetical foundation.
Martyn McGeown When the moon passes directly behind the earth, and the sun, earth and moon are in direct alignment, there is a lunar eclipse. Because in a total lunar eclipse the moon has a reddish glow, it is sometimes called a “blood moon.” In recent years and months, John Hagee, pastor of Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, Texas, has been fuelling speculation of something significant happening on the date of these blood moons. His theory is as follows. First, God has given the sun, moon...