There have been a lot of red moons like the one tonight. That doesn't mean it isn't possibly the blood moon referred to in the Bible. Others? One came in 1503 and Columbus, perhaps knowing of it from his almanac, predicted it to the natives of Jamaica to get him out of a pinch.
Is tonight's moon what was referred to in the Bible when it spoke of the moon turning to blood? Who knows. It is red. That's about all we know, as we consider whether it is the blood moon of the Bible.
President Gordon B. Hinckley, prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which church I am of, once said the Bible passage that includes the blood moon prophecy has been fulfilled. Was he referring to other things in that passage, and not the blood moon? If he was referring to the blood moon, these red moons are one of the things he possibly could have been referring to, since they were around before he said the verses were fulfilled.
Either way, though, whether these are the blood moons referred to in the Bible, the scriptures also speak of wonders in the heavens in the last days. Seems to me, this moon at least fits into that category.
I looked at it at 1 in the morning. It had a red tinge on one side, a yellow hue next to it, and a blue tinge on the far side. I looked again at 4 a.m., and at first found no moon at all, and wondered if the eclipse has it hid. Then, it poked its head out of the clouds -- but was not red at all, but rather just a normal whitish moon.
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