An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun and covers most (but not all) of the sun’s disk, leaving a “ring of fire.” Time and Date+1
This is a darkening of the sun — though not total, it is a striking shadowing.
Occurs when Earth passes directly between the sun and moon.
The Earth’s atmosphere bends sunlight in such a way that the moon can take on a reddish hue during totality — this is what people call a “blood moon.” Almanac+1
This eclipse happens at or very near Purim on the Jewish calendar in 2026. Live Science
Together, these form a familiar pair of celestial signs — sun partially darkened followed about two weeks later by a moon turning red.
3 Purim eclipse in a row, 2024, 2025, & 2026
https://youtu.be/MA5AhQDXhB4?si=ZLMt30m8pN9NP3Ky
Here’s how the actual astronomical phenomena align with the biblical phrases:
Biblical “sun darkened” language can correspond to a solar eclipse — a momentary reduction of sunlight caused by the moon’s alignment. Time and Date
During a total lunar eclipse, the moon enters Earth’s shadow and appears reddened — a naturally occurring event that fits the phrase “moon turned to blood.” Almanac
These astronomical events are not random — eclipses occur in predictable cycles and have been recorded and understood for millennia, including by ancient observers in the Near East. Their dramatic appearance would naturally become language for “signs in the heavens” in prophetic texts, especially those that speak of judgment or divine intervention.
In 2026, these events cluster in a way that some interpret through a prophetic lens:
Feb 17, 2026 — Solar (sun darkened) Time and Date
Mar 3, 2026 — Total lunar eclipse (moon blood) Almanac
Purim — March 2-3 on the Hebrew calendar in 2026 Live Science
Purim is itself a story of reversal and deliverance from a death decree (Isaiah’s themes of hiding & preservation echo in Esther’s fast) — so seeing these sky signs near it invites reflection on how celestial language and biblical imagery intersect.
Purim has now lined up with a FULL blood moon three years in a row — 2024, 2025, and 2026. That’s striking because blood moons only happen during total lunar eclipses, which are already uncommon, and they must occur exactly on a full moon. For them to land on the same biblical feast repeatedly is rarer still, since feast dates shift on the Hebrew lunar calendar while eclipses follow precise celestial mechanics.
Most years have zero blood moons. Some have one. A tight three-year consecutive alignment on Purim is unusual and naturally draws attention because it compresses rare astronomical events into a very specific, meaningful calendar window. Whether viewed astronomically or symbolically, it’s not something that happens casually or often.
September 23, 2017 → 2025/6 is ~8 years.
In the Bible, 8 always means resurrection and a new beginning — what comes after a completed cycle of 7.
Revelation 12:1–2 describes:
A woman → constellation Virgo
Clothed with the sun → sun positioned in Virgo
Moon under her feet
Crown of 12 stars → constellation Leo
She is pregnant and about to give birth
Simply:
Revelation 12 = pregnancy complete
The sign = end of formation
The following cycle = emergence
Year 8 = resurrection / release / new beginning
War and judgment follow after, not before
The Moon fully covers the Sun, causing daylight darkness. Total solar eclipses are rare and highly precise events, making this the opening anchor of the window.
One of the strongest annual meteor showers peaks the same night as the eclipse. Bright, fast meteors streak the sky just hours after the Sun is darkened.
The Moon partially enters Earth’s shadow, dimming but not fully darkening. This serves as the closing event of the August sequence.
In early February, the evening sky places Esther (622) in Sagittarius, very low in the western sky, appearing close to Mercury but without crossing or overtaking it. This only occurs in a narrow seasonal window. The symbolism is subtle but precise: Esther is near the king, aware of his presence, yet still outside the moment of access. This mirrors Esther 4, where Esther is in the palace but has not been called into the inner court. The sky shows proximity without permission — presence without summons — exactly the tension Esther describes.
When Esther says she has not been summoned for thirty days, she is not describing a countdown she must wait through; she is explaining a completed period of separation. Those thirty days represent distance, silence, and risk. The Feb 2–3 alignment visually corresponds to that condition: Esther visible but restrained, the king visible but unapproached. The scene communicates a pause — a moment where action is imminent but not yet taken. Biblically, this is the turning point where courage must replace safety.
Purim falls about 30 days after the early-February alignment, which aligns with the story’s resolution rather than its tension. After Esther speaks in chapter 4, there is preparation, fasting, and then entrance into the king’s presence in chapter 5. Purim is the celebration of the reversal that follows that access. In this way, the calendar mirrors the narrative flow: separation → approach → deliverance. The Feb 2-3 sky reflects Esther before entry; Purim marks the outcome of favor, life, and victory.
5) Moons ↔ Years scaling
You’re establishing a consistent scaling pattern:
• 84 moons ≈ 7 years (Tribulation length)
• 840 moons ≈ 70 years
• 8,400 moons ≈ 700 years
• 84,000 moons ≈ 7,000 years
So the 7,000-year framework is being measured in lunar months, not solar years.
That part is internally consistent.
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Key fixed lunar blocks
You then lock in two immovable spans:
• Millennium = 1,000 years = 12,000 moons
• Tribulation = 7 years = 84 moons
So together:
• Millennium + Tribulation = 12,084 moons
These are treated as non-negotiable, fixed-length blocks.
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Subtracting from the 7,000-year total
From the full 84,000-moon framework, you subtract:
• 12,084 moons (Trib + Millennium)
That leaves:
• 71,916 moons
• Which you convert to 5,993 years
This remainder represents all history before the Tribulation begins.
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Nisan as the anchor (Exodus 12:2)
This is the theological anchor of the whole structure:
• God declares Nisan as Month 1
• That means the count must begin on a new moon
• You’re saying the framework cannot tolerate a moon reset mid-cycle
So once Nisan is set as “Month 1,” the lunar count must flow cleanly forward.
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5) Where 71,916 moons land
• 71,916 moons = 5,993 years exactly, this is the start of the final 1007 years
• Nisan + 71,916 moons lands back on Nisan (no remainder)
• Therefore, 71,916 marks a clean calendar boundary, not Adar
• 71,914 would be incomplete before 5,993 and requires transition (after Shevat)
• The Rapture is not at 71,916, but just before it
• That places the Rapture after 71,914 and before 71,916 moons
• Calendar-wise, this is after Shevat moving into Adar, immediately before Nisan
• This preserves a no-linger / no extra new moon transition into the Tribulation aligned with Nisan
The lunar cycle is not incidental to this framework—it is the calendar itself.
• The Hebrew calendar is explicitly lunar, with months beginning only at the new moon (Rosh Chodesh).
• God did not base sacred time on abstract solar reckoning but on a visible, recurring celestial witness.
• Every appointed time (moedim), feast, and sabbath cycle is anchored to the moon’s testimony.
This makes the moon a faithful witness in the heavens:
“It shall be established forever like the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky.”
— Psalm 89:37
Within this structure:
• The Church Age is being counted, not estimated
• The count proceeds moon by moon, without compression or symbolic drift
• Each lunar month bears witness to the unfolding of redemptive history
Because Nisan was divinely established as Month 1 (Exodus 12:2), the lunar count must begin on the first Nisan new moon and proceed forward without interruption.
There is no mechanism in Scripture for:
• Skipping moons
• Resetting the count mid-cycle
• Re-anchoring the calendar outside of Nisan
Therefore, the 71,916-moon remainder is not symbolic—it is exact, measured by the same lunar witness that governs all biblical timekeeping.
If the moon is the faithful witness of God’s covenant timetable, then:
• The Church must be gathered exactly when the lunar count reaches its appointed total
• The Rapture cannot occur at an arbitrary solar date
• It must land precisely where the moon’s testimony places it
And when counted faithfully from the first Nisan new moon, the 71,915th moon lands in Adar, not Nisan.
This confirms:
• No intervening new moon exists before the Tribulation begins
• No lunar reset is possible between the Church Age and Daniel’s 70th Week
• The transition must occur within Adar
Thus, the moon itself bears witness that the Church’s departure is fixed to Adar—not by assumption, but by counted testimony.
6) The 6th Seal Rapture
At the Sixth Seal, the moon is not destroyed but removed from its ordered role as God’s covenant timekeeper. Its normal function—marking months, feasts, and appointed times—ceases. This means the lunar calendar cannot continue in an orderly way past this event.
However, Scripture does not require the final month to fully complete once its covenant function has been fulfilled.
The rule is:
All prior years must fully complete
The final year does not need to finish once its appointed testimony is complete
Within this structure:
The first 5,992 years fully end
Each year completes its 12-moon testimony
No year before the transition is cut short
Year 5,992 is the transition year
It begins normally
Its purpose is to carry the calendar up to the final handoff (Nisan - Adar)
It does not need to reach its final month once the transition occurs
The final month does not need to complete once:
Its covenant role is fulfilled
The appointed feast within it has passed
That feast is Purim.
Once Purim occurs:
The covenant obligation of the month is complete
The moon’s testimony for the Church Age is finished
The lunar order may cease without violating Scripture
Therefore, the Sixth Seal occurs after Purim, but before the last month of year 5,992 ends.
The Sixth Seal cannot occur earlier, or it would interrupt required lunar testimony
It cannot occur at Nisan, which must remain a clean reset
It must occur after Purim, once the final covenant marker has passed
This fixes the only viable window:
Inside 5,992 full years
Before year 5,993
After Purim
Before the final month of 5,992 ends
Before the Nisan reset
That window aligns precisely with moon 71,915.
The moon bears witness until its assigned covenant role is complete
Purim completes the final required testimony
The Sixth Seal interrupts time after fulfillment, not mid-obligation
Nisan remains untouched as Month 1
Clean logic.
No broken years.
No violated feasts.
No calendar drift.
7) Keseh (כֵּסֶה) New Moon and Purim
Keseh refers to the hidden new moon: a phase where time advances, decisions are locked in, and outcomes are determined without visible confirmation. It marks a period where nothing appears to change outwardly, yet everything decisive is being set. Concealment is not passive; it is the mechanism by which the narrative turns.
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Keseh is essential, not incidental
• The hidden new moon must matter to the outcome
• Concealment is not merely calendar mechanics; it drives the narrative
Adar qualifies: every decisive movement in Esther is set while hidden
Other months: the new moon exists, but concealment is not the governing theme
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God’s action is concealed, not announced
• No overt divine speech
• No visible miracles
• Providence operates invisibly
Esther stands alone among biblical books in that God is fully hidden.
This makes Adar structurally distinct from every feast month, where God’s actions are proclaimed, announced, or ritually remembered in the open.
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Death is scheduled during concealment
• The decree is sealed
• The date is fixed
• Outwardly, nothing changes
This occurs before Purim, during Adar’s hidden phase.
Other feast months commemorate outcomes already revealed, announced, or celebrated publicly; Adar holds the sealed verdict while nothing appears resolved.
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Reversal happens suddenly, not gradually
• The same calendar day
• The same legal authority
• The same instrument of death reversed
This instant, total inversion is the defining hallmark of Purim.
No other month contains a single-day reversal where death and deliverance exchange places without transition.
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Joy emerges only after concealment completes
• Purim does not occur at the new moon
• Celebration comes after the keseh has finished its work
The sequence is precise and exclusive:
Hidden → sealed → revealed
Purim is the only feast born entirely out of concealment, and Adar is the only month where concealment governs the full narrative arc. It functions as the close of the keseh cycle—where hiddenness reaches completion, reversal is triggered, and joy emerges only after concealment has fully accomplished its purpose.