--And the moon shall turn to blood--: Velikovsky applied to prophecy

By Anthony E Larson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093918415X
• ISBN13: 9780939184156
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Crown Summit Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

I read this book when it first came out and enjoyed it thoroughly. I believe all the events that have happened to this world came about in a natural way and will continue to do so. Even biblical miracles were based on natural laws. This is a must read.

Book of Mormon and catastrophism

The Book of Mormon gives evidences too catastrophic events. "The Lord God surely shall visit all the House of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their righteousness, unto their joy and salvation, and others with thundering and the lightings of his power by temptest, by fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the opening of the earth, and by the mountains that shall be carried up" 1 Nephi 19:11 The Book of Mormon prophet Samuel the Lamanite prophesied that a great earthquake would transform the land, at the time of the Saviors death, "the earth shall shake and tremble". The events described by Samuel the Lamanite were catastrophic in nature, he tells the reader that the rocks both above and below the earth will break apart and that "darkness will cover the earth for three days". The proposal surmises that the earthquake will cause the plates to break and exponentially increase volcanic activity, the result of which will be "sufficient ash to blot out the sun for three days". The source of disruption is a large planet intercepting into earths orbit. The possibility exists that a large planet or comet passed dangerously close to the earth and the gravitational attraction caused a massive earthquake and volcanic activity. Interestingly, the catastrophic event begins with a great storm. This is significant because large planet bodies could ignite a strong Lightening storm as electrical discharges occurred between the earth and the "planet sized" object. The increased electrical activity would cause atmospheric disruption, thermal displacements and sudden pressure changes could cause "great and terrible tempests"; the large planet body would have gravitational attraction causing major disruptions into the earth crust breaking rocks below and above the earth, collapsing mountains, and causing a tremendous earthquake resulting in the wrenching of the lithosphere. The large body mass could have gradually stopped the earth rotation or even caused it to spin backwards. As the rotation of the earth change, this would cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and massive heating. Observations by individuals on earth during the rotational slowing would be described as "world earthquake" and "stars of heaven fall to the earth", rather than attempting to explain the phenomena as an increase in meteorite activity. As the two bodies approached, the poles of the earth would tip and make it seem like the stars were falling. The gravitational pull on the earth's crust will increase volcanic activity as described in this poetic phrase, "black as sack cloth hair". Electromagnetic interaction with the moon which lacks water for cooling would super heat the moons surface and make it appear red. Both Venus and Mars could have encountered the earth and repeat this encounter in the future. Mars remains in a new orbit and the celestial dance of the planets continues to unfold. Why? "Intruding bodies from space will be sent by the great