The second Blood Moon and lunar eclipse of the year will dazzle stargazers next month on July 27. The July full moon will turn red during the eclipse due to scattered sunlight in the atmosphere but religious conspiracy theorists believe the event is much more significant. During the January 31 Super Blue Blood moon six months ago, Christians and conspiracy theorist alike were urged to brace for the end of the world. At the time, the biblical Book of Joel was brought up as proof the moon turning “into blood” is an apocalyptic sign.

Popular Christian conspiracy Pastor Paul Begley jumped the bandwagon and claimed the final days were upon us. He said: “The Devils' back has got to be breaking. It’s the birthing of the end times. "We are living in the final days. It's all about the super blue blood moon, it is a prophetic sign of the end times.” The idea Blood Moon somehow signals the end of the world is linked to loose interpretations of biblical scripture.

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According to space boffins Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd of EarthSky.org, the Blood Moon prophecy can be traced back to Christian pastors, Mark Blitz and John Hagee in 2013.

The Devils’s back has got to be breaking. It’s the birthing of the end times Paul Begley, Conspiracy theorist

The astronomers wrote: “From what we’ve been able to gather, two Christian pastors, Mark Blitz and John Hagee, used the term Blood Moon to apply to the full moons of the 2014-2015 tetrad. “John Hagee appears to have popularised the term in his 2013 book Four Blood Moons: Something is About to Change. “Mark Blitz and John Hagee spoke of the 2014-2015 lunar tetrad as representing a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy. “After all, the moon is supposed to turn blood red before the end times, isn’t it?

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“As described in Joel 2:31: ‘The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.’” Other conspiracists will however argue the Blood Moon was foretold by the Book of Revelations which talks about great earthquakes, the sun turning black and the moon “becoming as blood”. But there is no reason to support any of these end of the world concerns because the full moon will not actually turn red on July 27. The moon will only appear to change hue from Earth during the eclipse but out in space, the moon will remain grey.

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Blood Moon 2018: The June moon will turn red during the July 27 lunar eclipse