(A MOST READ) Rare alignment of Mars, Earth and sun could signal the beginning of event associated with the end of days

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The good news is that the orange looking star you might have spotted in the Tuesday night sky was actually Mars. 
The bad news is that it marks exactly one week before an event that some Christians believe is the start of the end of days and the second coming of Jesus Christ.
For the first time in 778 days, Mars, Earth and the sun aligned on Tuesday night in a rare 'opposition of the planets.' 

The unusual alignment of the sun, Earth and Mars Tuesday night happened a week before the beginning of another astrological event that some believe is associated with the end of the world

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Next week begins a cycle known as the 'Tetrad,' which involves a series of four dark red 'blood moons.' At the end of the cycle in September 2015, some believe the end of the world will happen

The significance of the event is that it happens exactly a week before the first of four dark red 'blood moons,' which some Christians believe marks a cycle associated with the end of the world.
Also known as the 'Tetrad' since it involves four successive total 'blood-red' lunar eclipses each followed by six full moons, NASA has confirmed it started Tuesday night and will end on September 28, 2015.
In the 21st century tetrads are a frequent occurrence, with nine sets in total, but this has not always been the case.
From 1600 to 1900, for example, there were none at all.
The Book of Joel in the King James Bible makes a prophecy about the blood moons and the end of the world: 'The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.'