ENGLISH RECORD 118
John Hagee’s Four Blood Moons
The book and sermons predate the eclipses, while eclipse timing itself came from ordinary astronomical calculation rather than revelation.2013 campaign · 2014–2015 eclipse tetradUnited States · Israel-related discourseEclipse · modern eschatology
01 · WHAT IT IS
Overview
John Hagee and Mark Biltz linked four total lunar eclipses coinciding with Jewish festival dates to a major change involving Israel and the world.
02 · ORIGINAL TEXT AND EARLIEST SOURCE
What can be traced?
03 · HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The world behind the text
An original editorial reconstruction created specifically for this archive record. It visualizes the subject and is not documentary evidence or an authenticated historical image.
SALGIL original illustration · record sources below ↗05 · DOCUMENT TIMELINE
When the record changed
- Earliest reviewable baselineNASA · eclipses anchors the first layer used on this page.
- Interpretation expandsAstronomical schedule · book campaign · festival-date interpretation · outcome review
- Claim meets outcomeThe eclipses occurred as calculated, but no single clear, agreed event fulfilled the broad historical claim during the tetrad.
- SALGIL editorial reviewOriginal, interpretation and outcome are retained as separate records.
06 · EDITION AND WITNESS COMPARISON
How the evidence for John Hagee’s Four Blood Moons changes
The date of a document and the date of an interpretation are recorded separately.| Witness or edition | Date | Editorial status | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA · eclipses | 2013–2015 | Baseline source | The book and sermons predate the eclipses, while eclipse timing itself came from ordinary astronomical calculation rather than revelation. |
| Scholarly or institutional interpretation | Later review | Context layer | Explains language, history and uncertainty without becoming the original text. |
| Viral quotation or modern event match | Recent circulation | Derivative layer | Most vulnerable to translation drift, omitted failures and hindsight; compare with NASA · eclipses. |
07 · MAJOR CLAIMS
Representative claims and their limits
Central claim
The four ‘blood moons’ mark a world-shaking event and a significant divine turning point connected with Israel.
Original-first test
The claim is checked against NASA · eclipses, not against a later summary.
Outcome test
The eclipses occurred as calculated, but no single clear, agreed event fulfilled the broad historical claim during the tetrad.
08 · WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
Comparison with events
The eclipses occurred as calculated, but no single clear, agreed event fulfilled the broad historical claim during the tetrad.09 · DISPUTES AND COUNTERARGUMENTS
Where interpretation changes
The main dispute concerns the distance between 2013–2015 and Astronomical schedule · book campaign · festival-date interpretation · outcome review. Translation, selective quotation, changed definitions and hindsight can make a broad record appear more exact than it was. Competing readings are therefore preserved rather than silently merged.10 · EVIDENCE SCORE & PROVISIONAL CONCLUSION
Pre-event claim exists · specificity low
John Hagee and Mark Biltz linked four total lunar eclipses coinciding with Jewish festival dates to a major change involving Israel and the world. SALGIL's provisional score reflects source traceability and testability, not religious worth or cultural importance.11 · SOURCES AND REVIEW