Minority Christian groups made predictions for the end of the world later this month, based on a Biblical passage. According to them a "Blood Moon" will coincide with an apocalyptic meteor strike.
However, according to astronomers, it is true that a 'blood moon' will occur on September 28, but there is nothing to fear about. It is just a natural astronomic phenomenon that it happens when a lunar eclipse takes place during which the moon passes into the shadow of the earth cast by the Sun and appears reddish and dim.
Some religious leaders believe that this is not just a regular "blood moon" because this it is part of a "tetrad", being the fourth consecutive lunar eclipse since April 2014. According to them, such an occurrence foretells the end of time by a meteorite destroying the earth.
Experts at NASA have come to take part in the debate by stating that their organization monitors the heavens constantly for asteroids and according to their data no celestial body is on course to collide with Earth for at least the next several hundred years. However, their statement seems to not be enough to alleviate the fears, which are now widely spread. The fears are serious enough for the American Space Agency to have issued an official statement on the topic.
The roots of the Blood Moon End of The World theory are in a passage in the Bible, more exactly in Joel 2:31. The passage states that the heavens will strike the earth, with blood and fire when the son will turn into darkness and the moon into blood.
The first to popularize the idea of a "tetrad" of lunar eclipses coinciding with an asteroid hitting earth were U.S. pastors John Hagee and Mark Biltz. They each suggest that previous tetrads had coincided with tragic events in Jewish history.
Last year in March, a book on the topic called Four Blood Moons by Mr Hagee's was the ninth best-selling paperback in the U.S.
Biblical scholars have been worried that between Sept 22 to 28 2015, the world might end. This created enough speculation on social media for NASA to issue their statement refuting any possibility of a comet or asteroid collision with Earth during that period.
