Shofar, Blood Moon, and Solar Eclipse

Last updated on June 24, 2025

The press release below arrived in my inbox this week and highlights some things God has shown me as I write the third book in my Seventh Dimension YA Series, The Castle. 

My research, focused on the Jewishness of the Bible, has revealed many interesting events and facts that I find hard to ignore. Since the fourth book in the series will focus on the future, I’ve had to consider important elements that will impact the plot.

Based on historical precedent, I would be surprised if the following events don’t happen in the next few years: War in the Middle East, a worldwide financial collapse similar to 2001 and 2007, and increasing persecution of Christians and Jews in the Middle East.

Many Christians are unaware of the significance of Jewish festivals, the Jewish calendar, and the signs in the heavens related to Jesus’ first and second appearances. I hope blog posts like this one will shed light on God’s timetable. While we don’t know the exact date of Jesus’ return, we do know the times. God has given us many prophecies and warnings so that we could know. I am one of those who long for Jesus’ return. Please keep reading to learn more.

Passover Blood Moon Preceded by Exceedingly Rare Solar Eclipse Prompts Global Call to Prayer    Contact: Tuly Weisz, 786-275-5904   JERUSALEM, Israel, March 12, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ — An exceedingly rare solar eclipse will take place next week over a most symbolic location on a day infused with both great natural significance and profound religious meaning, according to Root Source.   “There will be a total eclipse of the sun for two minutes over the North Pole on Friday, March 20, the day of the Spring Equinox which coincides with the beginning of the Hebrew month of Nissan, the first month in the Biblical calendar year, a solar occurrence that has likely never happened before in human history.   “The concurrence and rarity of this natural event, together with the times in which we live, indicates the finger of God,” said Gidon Ariel, an Israeli Jew and co-founder of Root Source, an online platform where Christians can learn Jewish concepts, ideas and thought, and more deeply understand the roots of their faith.   “A total solar eclipse at the North Pole on the first day of spring occurs once every 100,000 years. For it to occur on the first day of the first month of the Biblical calendar year is, however, entirely unprecedented since this is only the year 5775 according to Jewish tradition, meaning that there has never been such a solar occurrence in human history.   “Root Source founders Bob O’Dell, a devout Christian, and Gidon Ariel, an Orthodox Jew, are both calling all Christians and Jews to join them for two minutes of prayer as a response to the solar eclipse. O’Dell and Ariel chose a specific Bible verse for the global prayer.    “‘I will be praying Isaiah 11:9 for two minutes at the Western Wall in Jerusalem at 12:18 PM local time,’ Ariel said.   “‘I invite Jews and Christians worldwide to join me at that exact moment, and to speak that verse out loud as a prayer in your native language. May God hear and quickly answer the combined prayers of all of us around the world,’ said Ariel.   “‘God directed Gidon and me to pray Isaiah 11:9, as it describes a future where all land is a place of safety because the knowledge of the LORD is as omnipresent as all the earth’s oceans, signified by the path of an amazing eclipse that eventually reaches the top of all the world’s oceans,’ said Bob O’Dell.”   For more information, visit www.root-source.com. To learn more about Seventh Dimension – The Castle, click here.   II Cor 15:52 states, “It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed” (New Living Translation).