My Lunar Eclipse - Blood moon pictures

Pictures taken Sunday September 27, 2015 by me

Blood Moon - Feast of Tabernacles - Sukkot

From Winnipeg Free Press
A lunar eclipse on a supermoon appears behind the Golden Boy at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg Sunday

The question of today is - Did you see the lunar eclipse, the blood moon last night? I was very blessed to first see the huge super moon as it rose, and then later the eclipse. It was spectacular - truly an amazing display of God's wonderful work! I took a picture on my mobile device, the picture is nice but not like the professional picture that I posted here. This was the 4th blood moon in the tetrad and it fell on the Jewish feast of Sukkot. This is worth taking note of. I read an article by Jonathan Cahn which I want to share here below. Please do read it. Sukkot is a time of celebration - more of God in my life! Praise the Lord!

The following is from Jonathan Cahn:

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015~ The Joy Of Autumn

Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, was the greatest feast in Biblical times. Sukkot took place not in the beginning, but at the end of the Hebrew year - not in spring, but in the autumn. In the world, the party of youth, beauty, health, ability and power is at the beginning of life. In the autumn of life there's less celebrating because all those things only go downhill. In God, it's the opposite. The biggest celebration comes at the end, in autumn. God saves the best for last. The things of the world always get worse and old and dry and fade away, but the things of God always get better. The peace of God as you move on, gets more peaceful. The life of God, the more you go on with it, becomes even more alive. The joy of God, becomes more joyful, the fullness of God, becomes more full. So throw away that worldly pursuit. Pursue God and keep going even when it's tough, because God always saves the best for last. In God, it only gets better, and with God, the party comes in autumn.
From Message #565 - The Last Joy

Today's Mission: Get into the joy of pursuing God with all your heart and mind, forget the temporary distractions this life.

Blood moon
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Blood Moon - September 27, 2015

Joel 2:30-31  And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

Just a reminder to everyone to look up in to the sky tonight to see the work of the Lord on display. Today is the 4th blood moon in the tetrad. It falls on the Jewish Holy day of Sukkot. The Holy Day Sukkot begins tonight September 27, 2015 and ends in the evening of  October 4, 2015. 

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Here is an article I found about the Holy Days of Sukkot. It is from the website International Business Times. You can link to the website here :  International Business Times

The article is as follows:

What Is Sukkot? 5 Quick Facts You Should Know About The 2015 Jewish Harvest Holiday

By Christopher Harress @Charress c.harress@ibtimes.com on September 26 2015 12:06 PM EDT

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children play inside a ritual booth, known as a sukkah, in the southern city of Ashdod, on Oct. 7, 2014. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

If you take a quick look at your Hebrew calendar, you’ll notice that it’s the year 5776 and time for the Jewish festival of Sukkot -- known in English as the Feast of the Booths or the Feast of the Ingathering -- which begins Sunday. The agricultural festival will start at sundown and run for seven days until the 21st day of Tishrei, which is the first month of the year in the Hebrew calendar.

The holiday is held in memory of the Book of Exodus tale describing how the Israelites traveled for 40 years through the Sinai Desert in Egypt before entering the Holy Land. To celebrate the occasion, Jews built a structure known as a sukkah, a replica of the huts that Israelites lived in during their voyage. Below are five quick facts to help you understand the history and tradition of the festival.  

1. What does Sukkot mean? The word derives from sukkah, or “booths” in Hebrew, and is a celebration that commemorates the temporary shelters that Hebrews lived in for 40 years while they crossed the Sinai desert after leaving Egypt. In accordance with instructions inside Leviticus 23:42-43,  Jews are instructed to “live in sukkah for seven days, so your descendants will remember that I [the Lord] had the Israelites live in wilderness shelters when I brought them out of Egypt.” The metaphorical meaning of the holiday represents human fragility and urges Jews to appreciate their homes and bodies, although most Jews do not sleep in the sukkahs overnight.

2. How is the sukkah built? The small wooden three-sided structure, which has branches as a roof, is usually built in yards, or on porches, courtyards, lawns, balconies and rooftops, and must be big enough to dwell inside it. The branches, known as sechach, need to be thin enough so that occupants can see the stars above, a reminder of the power of God as the creator. Most families opt to build their sukkahs from scratch, but some are prefabricated and easy to assemble. The insides are typically decorated with harvest vegetables such as corn and dried squash.

3. How is Sukkot celebrated? The festival is celebrated over a seven-day period and all meals are eaten inside the dwelling. During the festival, Jews are instructed to hold four plants: hadas (leaves from the myrtle tree), aravah (leaves from the willow tree), etrog (fruit of the citron tree) and lulav (palm frond). The practice is outlined in Leviticus 23:40: "On the first day you shall take the product of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days."

4. What’s on the menu? Typically dishes contain foods from the autumn harvest. In the U.S., most Sukkot recipes include pears, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes and other root vegetables.

5. Say What? “Chag Sameach"  (pronounced KHAHG sah-MEHY-ahkh). The saying literally means joyous festival. This is an appropriate greeting for just about any holiday, but it's especially appropriate for Sukkot,  Shavu'ot and Pesach (Passover).