Two of the total lunar eclipses that qualify as “blood moons,” will arrive this year. The first will be visible across the United States on March 13-14, 2025, while the second will be visible in early September in the Western part of the country.

These eclipses are of no astronomical consequence, but they can appear dramatic and forboding as they are lit by “earthlight” that appears reddish as it’s filtered through our atmosphere. Blood moons are considered to be prophetic “signs in the heavens” as part of the chilling cascade of signs and punishments leading up to the Endtimes Tribulation. In the Book of Joel, “the sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.” (2:31). And in Revelation 6:12, it is written: “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.”

In 20014-15, there were a series of “blood moons” linked to important Jewish dates. Prophecy teachers such as John Hagee published “Blood Moon” books and stirred considerable interest.

Ten years later, when a person who was paying attention to the signs, we are starting another series of blood moons. As I said, prophecies definitely point to “blood moons” as signs–but only certain ones, and we’ll have to put them in context.

I’m more interested in heavenly bodies crashing into the Earth. This is also something the prophecies warn about. And it’s a lot more dangerous that seeing the moon painted in a rusty red. We’re talking about “Armageddon” or “Deep Impact” (the movies) the Book of Revelation says that at least one of these meteors is going to hit Earth, killing a third of sea life and poisoning fresh water. One of these space bodies is named “Wormwood.” (Interesting, the Greek word translated as “Wormwood,” is the same word that gives us the name for the powerful liquor and psychoactive drink Absinthe, also called the “Green Fairy.” Interestingly, this drink was legally banned during the Victorian era and most of the 20th century, because it was so bitter and powerful that many of its users died, went blind or had other deadly consequences. It’s legal in the United States now, but it’s a much tamer drink than in the old days.

Obviously, we’ve learned to our distress, it is very possible that a huge meteor could smash into us at any time, with no warning. We are working on our early warning system, but in fact, we only monitor a tiny piece of the sky.

However, it should be noted that we have a large meteor, the size of Statue of Liberty Island, headed straight for us. We’ve been watching this one for a bit, and this week, it’s chances of directly hitting us took a dramatic turn upward. The chances it it actually hitting us are slim–but all the rocket scientists say we’ll likely get a dramatic show as it streaks across the sky. They don’t think it will hit us (although its chances of doing so doubled just this week), but it’s definitely going to be a “Sign in the Heavens.”

It will be here April 13, 2029. And if you needed any other noodge to watch the fly-by…or the crash…here’s another apocalyptic nugget. That’s Good Friday. (Cue Rod Serling and the theme song to “The Twilight Zone.”)

Apophis has only a 1 in 48 chance of actually hitting Earth. However, before the last readings this week, if had a 1 in 83 chance. Science guys are getting really excited to watch the show. Hope they don’t get more than they bargained for. Or maybe we’ll just all make popcorn.