Now that the tetrad of 2014-15 has passed, can we see what if anything God was highlighting? The Bible states in Genesis that God uses the sun, moon, and stars for signs and seasons. The word ‘seasons’ is also translated as ‘festivals’ elsewhere in scripture so that equates to the Jewish Feasts which are marked in the Jewish calendar. This calendar is based around moon cycles unlike our Gregorian calendar which is based on the sun. The Passover for example, is always marked by a Full Moon and a lunar eclipse coincides with a Full Moon by definition. So what is a tetrad? It refers to four things in a group, so in the case of a full moon, the word is used to describe four successive total lunar eclipses, with no partial lunar eclipses in between. Since the first century, there have been 62 tetrads with only eight coinciding with both Jewish feasts making them significant in a biblical sense. So why is this significant? Well as already mentioned, God gave the moon as a sign to mark festivals and when we look at the last four tetrads, what we find are periods of time that were very significant in Jewish history. Here are the last four tetrads. Take a look at the dates. Some might not mean anything to you immediately. Let’s take a look at each of these years to see what happened in Jewish history on these dates. What you will find are the most significant events in modern Jewish history. Here are the years of the last four tetrads: Tetrad of 1493-1494 Tetrad of 1949-1950 Tetrad of 1967-1968 Tetrad of 2014 – 2015 So were these years significant for Israel, the Jews, or Bible prophecy in general? At first glance the year 1967 certainly stands out to most students of prophecy, but what happened in and around all the last four significant tetrads? 1493- 1494 The Spanish Inquisition was a significant event for the Jews that took place in 1492 just one year prior. That year, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain gave the Jewish population a mere four months to convert to Catholicism or leave the country. It is estimated that between 165,000 and 400,000 Jews fled the country at this time. As many as 50,000 decided to stay, converting to Roman Catholicism. Many historians now believe that Christopher Columbus was Jewish and they believe his voyage to the west in 1492 was his way of escaping the Spanish Inquisition of that year which of course resulted in his discovery of America. Some studies of Columbus show he was a deeply religious man whose purpose was to sail to Asia to obtain gold in order to finance a crusade to take back Jerusalem and rebuild the Jews’ holy temple. Whether true or not, his voyage was not as is commonly believed, funded by Queen Isabella, but rather by two Jews who converted to Catholicism to avoid death. Louis de Santangel and Gabriel Sanchez … Continue reading What did the Tetrad of 2015 point to?