{"id":13645,"date":"2026-04-02T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wakeupcall\/?p=13645"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:57:33","slug":"when-the-sphinx-sees-red-the-easter-2026-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wakeupcall\/2026\/04\/when-the-sphinx-sees-red-the-easter-2026-prophecy\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Sphinx Sees Red: The Easter 2026 Prophecy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_13654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13654\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/267\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ntxlvpntxlvpntxl.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13654\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/267\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_ntxlvpntxlvpntxl.png\" alt=\"Chris Bledsoe Easter 2026 prophecy\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A composite image of the Sphinx in Egypt with orbs rising out of the sea, created by Gemini.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>The \u201cUFO of God\u201d Guy and His Startling Iran War Prophecy for April 5, 2026.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>I wrote about Chris Bledsoe several months ago in a story titled <em>When God Sends a UFO<\/em>. I was scrolling the social media site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@georgie_bartholemew\/post\/DWhwY1MkyP5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Threads<\/em><\/a> a couple of nights ago when I saw his name mentioned\u2014and what I read startled me, to the point I had to read it twice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems that <strong>Bledsoe has made a prophecy that has to do with the war in Iran<\/strong>, a prediction that something strange and otherworldly will happen this Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. Before I reveal it, here\u2019s a little background on Bledsoe.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bledsoe had an encounter with a UFO\u2014and high strangeness followed.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bledsoe is the author of a book titled <em>UFO of God<\/em> in which he detailed the stranger-than-fiction tale of his encounter with a UFO and what happened afterward. What follows is an excerpt from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wakeupcall\/2025\/09\/when-god-sends-a-ufo\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">my original story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Bledsoe is from rural North Carolina, a small business owner and dedicated churchgoer. But his life goes topsy-turvy after he encounters a fiery UFO during a fishing trip on the Cape Fear River. The UFO seems to chase him, and the event is witnessed by several others including his teenage son. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>By far, the strangest part of Bledsoe\u2019s story isn\u2019t the UFO that he witnessed or the \u201cmissing time\u201d that was part of that encounter. It\u2019s the weird happenings that follow him home. One day in his backyard, a tree spontaneously bursts into flames. Brilliant \u201cwhite beyond white\u201d orbs begin appearing in and around his home. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>What\u2019s more, those around him, including friends and acquaintances who visit Bledsoe, begin to experience what he calls \u201cthe phenomena\u201d as well. Some begin seeing UFOs and orbs in the skies around their homes. As if just being in Bledsoe\u2019s proximity is enough to export the high strangeness. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bledsoe has a visit with a divine figure he calls \u201cthe Lady.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One night Bledsoe is lifted from his bed through the roof by \u201ca brilliant bluish-white light\u201d hovering above his house. He senses he is being transported to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wakeupcall\/2026\/03\/the-kingdom-next-door-is-heaven-closer-than-you-think\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">another dimension<\/a> and winds up in \u201ca canyon carved deep into the land.\u201d There, three entities lead him to a brilliant light where he meets \u201cthe Lady.\u201d\u00a0 He describes her like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Her dress was such a bright white I could hardly look at it. She was seated on a massive stone-carved throne in a recess in the canyon wall. As the beings led me to her, I watched her, unmoving, powerful, unspeakably beautiful.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He describes her as \u201cthe Mother Spirit\u201d and some speculate she represents the divine feminine consciousness. Bledsoe sees the Lady in white as representing <strong>the spirit of God<\/strong>. He sees \u201ca benevolent aura surrounding all my experiences,\u201d believing they are the handiwork of God. He has had several additional encounters with the Lady since.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>You might think this sounds crazy.<\/strong> But know that Bledsoe is friends with high-level officials in both NASA and the CIA\u2014who believe what he says. A former CIA Senior Intelligence Officer, Jim Semivan, investigated Bledsoe\u2019s case for over a decade, and was so convinced by Bledsoe\u2019s story, he wrote the foreword to his book <em>UFO of God<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bledsoe received a message from the Lady about the Iran War.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in 2013, Bledsoe received a message that <strong>thousands of orbs would rise from the world\u2019s oceans<\/strong> <strong>in 2026\u2014when Iran and Israel started bombing each other<\/strong>. He says the orbs will appear specifically to stop the conflict and wake humanity up before it destroys itself. A sort of divine intervention that would usher in a new beginning for humanity, letting us know we are being watched and protected.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>What are the orbs?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re usually described as glowing balls of light, ranging from the size of a basketball to much larger. They often pulsate or change colors\u2014most frequently appearing as white, gold, or a deep \u201cburnt\u201d orange. Bledsoe views them as \u201cguardians.\u201d The Divine Feminine returning to Earth to guide us, and our leaders, to a new level of consciousness.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>What about the timing?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appearing on the\u00a0<em>Danny Jones Podcast<\/em> in December 2023, Bledsoe said that the \u201cnew knowledge\u201d was given to him during a series of new encounters he had with the Lady. She told him the orbs would appear when \u201cRegulus turning red at the Sphinx\u2019s gaze,\u201d which at the time, made no sense to Bledsoe. So how does that relate to this Easter, April 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>When Bledsoe first revealed his revelation, he didn\u2019t mention a specific date<\/strong>, but he believed the event would around the September equinox, Fall 2026. But when several astrologers heard the news, they explained what his message meant: Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo (the Lion). In ancient Egyptian symbolism, the Sphinx is often linked to Leo.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cgaze\u201d refers to the moment Regulus rises above the eastern horizon, appearing directly in the line of sight of the Sphinx.<\/li>\n<li>As Regulus rises, its light must pass through a much thicker layer of Earth\u2019s atmosphere than when it is overhead.<\/li>\n<li>The atmosphere scatters away the blue and violet light, leaving only the red and orange wavelengths to reach our eyes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>On Easter Sunday, will thousands of orbs rise from the oceans<\/strong>?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The timing points to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wakeupcall\/2024\/03\/the-untold-stories-of-the-resurrection-of-jesus\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Easter<\/a>, April 5th as the date when thousands of orbs will simultaneously rise from the oceans, specifically the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, though they may also be seen in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Bledsoe himself believes it could happen on Sunday, or later this year as he originally projected. He points out that the Lady never game him a calendar date, only astrological symbols.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Isn\u2019t history full of prophecies that never come true?<\/strong> Yes, but let\u2019s give Bledsoe some credit. In 2013, he did predict a war between Iran and Isreal in 2026, though even 13 years ago the idea may not have been so far-fetched. But foreseeing thousands or orbs rising from the ocean, takes the prediction (or what he prefers to calls a \u201cmessage\u201d) to a whole other level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/y_2DpU0HCpA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video of Chris Bledsoe<\/a>, and you\u2019ll see he is a humble man who is retelling a story that has been told him. He sincerely believes it and I don\u2019t doubt that he has experienced some strange things. As for me, my brain doubts anything so mind-boggling will happen this Easter\u2014though my heart knows that humanity could sorely use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wakeupcall\/2025\/02\/awakening-the-soul-a-path-through-troubled-times\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">wake-up call<\/a>. We\u2019ll see on Sunday!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>UPDATE: Monday, April 6, 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Easter Sunday, April 5th, there were <strong>no verified reports<\/strong>\u00a0of luminous orbs rising from the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean, or the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. However, several researchers and astrologers believe the \u201creal\u201d alignment of Regulus\u00a0at the Sphinx\u2019s gaze will actually occur on\u00a0<strong>October 7, 2026<\/strong>. (As mentioned in the original post, Bledsoe never committed to a precise date.) These astronomers point out that while Regulus rises in the east, its precise \u201cmeeting\u201d with the Sphinx\u2019s gaze, where it appears directly in front of the paws at dawn, is several months away.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cUFO of God\u201d Guy and His Startling Iran War Prophecy for April 5, 2026. \u00a0I wrote about Chris Bledsoe several months ago in a story titled When God Sends a UFO. 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