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Post by delo63 on Aug 17, 2017 12:18:49 GMT -6
Hey guys,
I can get this thought out of my head, I know it was discussed earlier. However, I would like to see if anyone else feels this way.
I can't help but be drawn to these passages when thinking about the eclipse.
Acts 2:20
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
Matthew 24:29-30
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Joel 2:1-2
Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
Isaiah 30:26
Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
Job 3:9
"Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;
Joel 2:10
Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness
Amos 8:9
"It will come about in that day," declares the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight.
Ezekiel 32:7
"And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.
Joel 2:31
"The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. Revelation 6:12-17
I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
I have a feeling that this eclipse signifies the 6th seal. Read Isaiah 30:26 twice and tell me what comes to mind.
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Post by yardstick on Aug 17, 2017 12:31:39 GMT -6
Isa 30:26 appears to possibly refer to the new heaven and the new earth, where the city of God shines 24/7 and there is no need for sun or moon as light sources? But it makes a little more sense for it to refer to the Millennial reign of Christ, particularly when read with the verse directly preceding it? Regarding the stars not shining, or reduced in their brightness... this would normally happen if the atmosphere of a planet is either non-existent or greatly thinned out, respectively: Rev 6:14, "The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up..." The word for heavens is ouranos, which is the same word used in 12:1-4 for celestial heavens. The word used as 'split', 'rolled up' (like a scroll) or 'receded' can alternately be defined in the lexicon (Strong's) #673 apochórizó ( biblehub.com/greek/673.htm ) as: 'swept aside' or 'separated from [the earth]', which could indicate the reduction/elimination of the atmosphere. If this is so, then it makes a lot of sense how men could then be scorched with the sun's heat and want to hide in caves and such: there is no protective ozone layer to shield from sunburn - and we're talking broil-you-in-place-like-a-steak, sunburn.
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Post by delo63 on Aug 17, 2017 12:37:23 GMT -6
I am not 100% sure, but when I read it the earthquake that will topple the hills and turn all mountains came to mind, which made me think of the 6th seal
In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.
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Post by yardstick on Aug 17, 2017 12:52:28 GMT -6
I am not 100% sure, but when I read it the earthquake that will topple the hills and turn all mountains came to mind, which made me think of the 6th seal In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted. By the way, the lack of atmosphere/changed atmosphere would certainly allow the sun to show brighter and the moon as well.
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Post by delo63 on Aug 17, 2017 13:54:19 GMT -6
maybe I was wrong about that specific verse, but I still think its quite possible to have the 6th seal happen during the eclipse
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Post by whatif on Aug 17, 2017 14:58:14 GMT -6
Wouldn't that be amazing and awesome and glorious, delo63? Whenever God's timing happens to be right, I'm all for it!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 6:10:48 GMT -6
maybe I was wrong about that specific verse, but I still think its quite possible to have the 6th seal happen during the eclipse Hm.... What about the 5 preceding seals? Yet fulfilled or to be fulfilled within the next days or not in chronological order? Just curious....
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Post by delo63 on Aug 18, 2017 6:25:59 GMT -6
Hi Stephan,
I don't believe in the traditional interpretation that the left behind books encompassed. I believe that the first 5 seals were opened following Jesus resurrection. In bookmarks there is a discussion about a alternate view of the revelation timeline.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 6:35:19 GMT -6
Hi Stephan, I don't believe in the traditional interpretation that the left behind books encompassed. I believe that the first 5 seals were opened following Jesus resurrection. In bookmarks there is a discussion about a alternate view of the revelation timeline. Ok. Never heard of that. But it sounds interesting. Can you provide a link or searching phrase? My forum search did not yield any useful results....
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Post by delo63 on Aug 18, 2017 6:40:00 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 7:05:00 GMT -6
Thank you! Already ploughing through.... Will add my comments and questions to the mentioned thread, if I still get the time......😉
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