“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood
before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.” Joel 2:31
“The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before
that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives. Acts 2;20
SO – How are the Blood Moons, Raptures and Rosh Hashanah so deeply entwined in the End Times prophecy for this generation?
The Blood Moon prophecy provides details with specificity to God’s protection of his people. There are several signs we should be looking for with regard to God’s prophetic warnings. First of all, we’re already 26 years into the 7th thousand-year period on earth. We know we have another 1,000 years on this earth with God as our King. We know from Day 7 prophecies the timing is close, if not spot-on. We know from Daniel’s prophecy below that these things will occur during the End Times “Time of the Kings.” How close are we?
God’s prophecy stands throughout the Bible with timing specifics. The 7 Feasts are foundational laws, but they also provide prophetic detail. Each feast provides specific reminders of God’s promises for a closer relationship to him. And each one also points to a specific timeline that correlates to the 7-day Creation prophecy.
Just as the 7 days of Creation foretells the 7 one-thousand-year time periods before eternity, so the 7 Feasts of God give us another layer of prophecy relative to the End Times, prior to the “Great and Terrible Day of the Lord”.
SEVEN FEASTS OF GOD
Leviticus 23
SPRING FEASTS – Jesus has already fulfilled these 3 Feasts
Jesus prophetically fulfilled the first 3 feasts. He became the spotless lamb sacrificed for our sins at Passover. He was the sinless, Unleavened Bread of Life, and was the First Fruit sacrifice of all who will rise, becoming first in everything.
- Passover
- Unleavened Bread
- First Fruits
PENTECOST – The Middle Feast between Spring and Fall.
God gave his people the physical law (10 Commandments) on the first Pentecost when God called Moses to meet with him on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19). This law was 10 basic life rules: the first 6 – how to build a strong relationship with God, and the last 4 – how to build a strong relationship with people.
Begin counting at Noah, about 1,000 years out from Creation, and this first Pentecost would have happened approximately halfway between Noah and Jesus, when God promised to send the Holy Spirit. Similarly, the Feast of Pentecost is about halfway between the Spring and Fall Feasts.
Be clear. God gave 10 rules to his people who had no rules. God gave Jesus to all people who had rules but hadn’t connected the power and importance of relationship with God, and with one another. Jesus came to clarify God’s law; the Holy Spirit continues this clarity in our lives. This middle Feast, these 2 Acts of God (Giving the Law and Giving the Holy Spirit), demonstrate and highlight God’s will for each one of us. Don’t be stuck in the middle.
FALL FEASTS – Prophetically the Fall Feasts direct our attention to the End Times.
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Sukkoth
The Fall Feasts, these last 3 feasts, direct God’s people to give thanks to God for the harvest of their crops and their benefits. These Feasts are a sign of what we call the End Times, now upon us like a heavy dew on a warm morning.
ROSH HASHANAH
“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no servile work therein, but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord” Leviticus 23:23-24.
Originally Rosh Hashanah celebrated the New Year for God’s people and served as a time of reflection, introspection and planning for the new year. But when God instructed his people to prepare Passover as they left Egypt, he said to them, “From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.” Exodus 12:2. Therefore, the first Passover moved the Jewish New Year from Fall to Spring.
The Fall Feast of Trumpets celebrated the harvest of crops in Biblical times, whereas in the End Times prophecy for this current generation, it will celebrate the harvest of souls, gathering them to a safe hiding place as the Lord comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins. God’s timing isn’t a finite day or hour or even year, but a sliding scale reflecting the moral decay of his people.
This year’s Feast of Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah, begins the evening of September 11 and ends the evening of September 13, 2026. It represents a time of reflection and serious introspection. It is a two-day Feast.
Yom Kippur and Sukkoth follow directly, and are closely connected to Rosh Hashanah. See: The 7 Feasts of God.
YOM KIPPUR
Yom Kippur, the Feast of Atonement, is also a prophetic type and refers to a distinction between two goats, representing (1) sinners without a savior, and (2) sinners whose God carried their penalty away from his people and nailed it on the cross. The Feast of Yom Kippur is a time of deep reflection, repentance and atonement. For a deeper dive, see: The Manger.
SUKKOTH
Sukkoth is the Feast of Tabernacles, or the Homecoming. The Feast of Tabernacles is also a prophetic type and refers to God not only protecting and providing for his people in the wilderness, but also bringing them to their promised home land. He has prepared another 1,000 years of rest for us; we call it the Millennium. But this time, HE WILL BE OUR KING. You will find in Day 4 that God warned Samuel about having a king like all the other nations, but the people insisted. God said, “They have not rejected you, they have rejected me.” 1 Samuel 8:7. In Day 7, God will finally be our King. ”And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one.” Zechariah 14:9
GOD’S ANGRY WARNING
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it to them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
“Thus said the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock. Neither shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore, for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.” Ezekiel 34:10-12
For more specific details, see: Why is God Angry? Because.
God has warned us time after time and has provided details for these future events.
BLOOD MOONS, RAPTURE, ROSH HASHANAH
How are Blood Moons connected to both Raptures and Rosh Hashanah?
1st RAPTURE
Isaiah 26:20-21 speaks directly to the rapture: “Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors about you. Hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation passes over. For behold, the Lord comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.”
God has prepared a chamber for hiding his children during the last 7 years of severe tribulation here on earth prior to and during the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord. “In my Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there may you be also.” John 14:1-3.
In prophecy, the Feast of Trumpets points us to the Rapture, which is God’s temporary provision and permanent protection for his people, not only in the wilderness and in the Temple, but also in the last days. It is, therefore most likely that the first Rapture would occur just prior to, or during Rosh Hashanah.
As the Tribulation battle begins, God will rescue his children and hide them in an amazing place he has prepared. God’s people will be plucked up apparently, perhaps into God’s house. There are strong indications from 2 Corinthians 12:2 that God’s home is in the third heaven. We are given another snippet of information in Ezekiel from his conversation with Lucifer before he was “let go.” “I ordained and anointed you as the mighty angelic guardian. You had access to the holy mountain of God and walked among the stones of fire.” Ezekiel 28:14.
Blood Moon
Note there are two specific references to “The Great Day of the Lord.” Two separate times: a dreadful day and a glorious day. Two separate events.
The first referenced rescue appears to be the first Rapture during Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets, “The sun will be turned to darkness (solar eclipse) and the moon to blood (Blood Moon) before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.” Joel 2:31. This verse differs from Acts 2:20 in that this one refers to the “Dreadful” Day of the Lord, beginning the terrifying period of Tribulation, while the second rapture reference, Acts 2:20 refers to the “Glorious” Day of the Lord, signifying the final victory over evil at the end of the Tribulation.
The most recent Blood Moon was on March 3, 2026. The next total solar eclipse is scheduled for August 12, 2026. There is not another Blood Moon scheduled until December 31, 2028.
SECOND RAPTURE – Isaiah 11:11
Blood Moon
- The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. Acts 2:20.
For the second time, God will rescue his people.
“In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.” Isaiah 11:11.
“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
God’s people who are alive at the 1st Rapture will live in a safe (awesome) place in God’s house during the 7 years’ tribulation, and then return to earth with Christ at the second Rapture for the final 1,000 years on earth, the Millennium. Those who accept Christ during the Tribulation will be raptured at the end of the Tribulation and will be caught up to join us in the 2nd Rapture as we return with Christ to God’s promised land during the 1,000-year Millennium.
CHEMTRAILS
Are chemtrails mentioned in the Bible?
It would appear some very dark-spirited people have been dispersing poisonous chemicals in the skies overhead for several years. While they appear harmless, our hospitals and doctors’ offices are filled with organ-related illnesses and deaths. Could these nefarious actions be the ones spoken of in Ezekiel, chapter 12?
“Say unto the people of the land, ‘Thus said the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel (Jews and Christians), They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with consternation, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” Ezekiel 12:19-20
“Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.‘ Therefore say unto them, ‘Thus said the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, said the Lord God.’” Ezekiel 12:27-28
“The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord has spoken this word. The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.” Isaiah 24:3-6
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM
“And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the [end times] kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.” Daniel 2:42-45
CONCLUSION
So does the mystery remain? According to God’s word, a blood moon and most likely a solar eclipse would need to occur before the dreadful day of the Lord, the first Rapture, in order for Christ to fulfill the Feast of Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah. In 2026 Rosh Hashanah will occur September 11-13.
In addition, a blood moon would need to occur before the great and glorious day of the Lord, seven years later, at the end of Tribulation.
When the Rapture occurs, the 5th Feast of God will have been fulfilled. Tribulation is the final opportunity for unbelievers to come to atonement (Atone = At-One with God) which will fulfill the 6th Feast of God, a period of deep and severe reflection, restoring relationships with God. God’s people coming home to reign with Jesus for 1,000 years will fulfill the 7th Feast of God, the Feast of Tabernacles. The 7 Feasts of God complete God’s Plan from Genesis to Revelation.
“Gather together—yes, gather together, you shameless nation. Gather before judgment begins, before your time to repent is blown away like chaff. Act now, before the fierce fury of the Lord falls and the terrible day of the Lord’s anger begins. Seek the Lord, all who are humble, and follow his commands. Seek to do what is right and to live humbly. Perhaps even yet the Lord will protect you—protect you from his anger on that day of destruction.” Zephaniah 2:1-3. “Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth quickly and with finality.” Romans 9:28