Blood Moon Will Look "Apocalyptic"

This headline/article made the front page of Google News today;

Blood Moon Eclipse Will Look Appropriately Apocalyptic

An upcoming total lunar eclipse has scientists and at least two doomsday prophets very excited.

One might have hoped that doomsday theories would settle down when 2012 passed without incident, but apparently some armchair prophets won't take "No" for an answer. At least they're settling on a impressive display that inspires apocalyptic thinking this time: A blood red lunar eclipse due early next week. The eclipse is the first of a tetrad - four total lunar eclipses that occur within a series - the last of which ended in 1968. During the eclipse our moon will appear to be bathed in a crimson light just as the planet Mars comes into view directly beside it. The visual should be very exciting for scientists and astronomers, but it also heralds the opening of the Blood Moon Prophecy, which predicts major events in Israel that culminate in the Second Coming.

The prophecy, popularized by pastors John Hagee and Mark Blitz, states that the tetrad coincides with two significant Jewish holidays: Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles. Hagee, author of Four Blood Moons, cites Joel 2:31 from the Hebrew Bible to make his point: "The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come." That said, coincidence really seems to be all this is based on. As noted by EarthSky.org's Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd, the Jewish calender is lunar-based, so of course eclipses will coincide with key holidays.

"The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar," McClure and Byrd write. "In any year, it's inevitable that a full moon should fall on or near the feasts of Passover (15 Nissan) and Tabernacles (15 Tishri) ... It is somewhat ironic that three of these four lunar eclipses are not visible - even in part - from Israel. The only eclipse that can be seen at all from Israel is the tail end of the September 28, 2015 eclipse, which may be observable for a short while before sunrise."

As for the blood red appearance of the moon, that happens during most lunar eclipses anyway, appearing differently "only in years where volcanic activity is pronounced". Tetrads also aren't that uncommon to begin with; with a total of eight scheduled for the 21st Century alone. Pending new information, we can probably put this theory inbetween the 2012 and February's Ragnarok prophecies in terms of likelihood.

Here;  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/133620-Blood-Moon-Eclipse-Will-Look-Appropriately-Apocalyptic

Let me say again...I HAVE NO IDEA if this is all just a coincidence or if God is intending it to mean something.  I just post the headlines as I see them...and the world seems to be using the word "Apocalypse" with some frequency in these last 10 years.

Clearly, the Bible does tell us that God wound up all the planets, stars and moons and set them in motion.  He NEVER says, "Wow!  I had no idea that moon would make that reddish color when it passes through earth's shadow!"

Also the Bible clearly tells us that the heavenly bodies will be used for signs.  Look at the start over Bethlehem...and look at the reference in Joel 2 to the moon being turned to blood.

So maybe this will amount to nothing...or maybe The Lord will return...or maybe America will collapse, because the moons will all be visible from America.  After all, it doesn't make much sense to have the tetrad as a warning sign for Israel if THEY CAN'T EVEN SEE THEM!!

I haven't read Hagee's book and I don't plan on it, but if any of you have, please feel free to respond in the comments so we can all see what you think about the case that Hagee has made.