Scripture: Revelation 6:12-13
When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there came a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.
Thought for the Day: I am thankful for science! You probably already know that tonight we will have a blood moon. The Earth will slide between the sun and the moon which will cause a rusty red shadow to appear. And this time, it will be what is called a supermoon which means the moon is in the part of its elliptical orbit when it is closest to the earth… thus it appears bigger. My point is two fold — 1. Don’t miss it! 2. You can understand how people in a different time with very different scientific skills could conclude how such a thing was a sign of some great calamity. But was that really what Revelation was attempting to communicate in the first place? In a time where people’s faith was being challenged and slipping away was a genuine concern, the author offers a cautionary note that even the stars from the sky will fall (a reference to how even the angels could fall from heaven) and overripe fruit will drop from the tree (the lazy folks and spiritually puffed-up will fall from the tree of faithfulness). I don’t believe there is some direct correlation between the blood moon and the faithful falling away, but tonight as you glance at the beauty of the eclipse, be challenged by the cautionary words of Revelation — that we should not take faith and commitment lightly.
Prayer: Continue to challenge me, O God of the Universe, as it is easy to fall into poor habits that lead away from you. Amen.
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