So as I was saying, even in the so-called "Christian" United
States of America, many people have become enveloped by this
veil of darkness, as a result of their desire to obtain this
strange new knowledge which supposedly comes from the stars.
What many modern thinkers claim to be "light", and "truth",
and the new acceptable way to think, is in fact the exact
opposite. It is devilish deception, and spiritual darkness;
and unless people forsake it, they'll bring upon themselves
the darkest age this world will ever know. God's Word warns
us:

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Isaiah 5:20, KJV

"The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on
the armour of light."
Romans 13:12, KJV

"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them."
Ephesians 5:11, KJV

One area of Christianity which has always been of interest to
me, and which ties in directly with the topics that we'll be
discussing in this series, is eschatology. Eschatology is the
field of theology which deals with the study of final events.
By its very definition, eschatology would include the study
of Biblical Endtime prophecies. Many people, particularly a
lot of Christians, are familiar with the more obvious signs
of the Endtime as they are described for us in the pages of
the Scriptures. The most notable Endtime signs include wars,
famines, earthquakes, false prophets and widespread disease.
I offer an in-depth discussion of the fulfillment of some of
these signs in my series "The Beginning Of Sorrows".

However, one particular sign which may be overlooked by some
people, is that we're also told in the Bible that there will
be great signs in the heavens. In the twenty-fourth chapter
of the Gospel of Matthew, which deals with some of the events
which will precede the Second Coming of the Lord, as well as
in Luke chapter twenty-one, Jesus stated the following when
He described some of the final signs of the Endtime to His
followers:

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the
sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken:"
Matthew 24:29, KJV

"And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and
famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs
shall there be from heaven."
Luke 21:11, KJV

In the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, on one particular
occasion, when the Apostles were challenged by their mocking
listeners, Peter and the other Apostles stood up, and quoted
the following lines from the writings of the Old Testament
Prophet, Joel:

"And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the
earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun
shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:"
Acts 2:19-20, (see also Joel 2:30-31), KJV

Finally, in the last Book of the Bible, the Apocalypse, or
the Book of Revelation, as many people also call it, we find
the following verses as well:

"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo,
there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the
stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty
wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together; and every mountain and island were moved out of
their places."
Revelation 6:12-14, KJV

"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star
from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third
part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the
waters, because they were made bitter. And the fourth angel
sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the
third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so
as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone
not for a third part of it, and the night likewise."
Revelation 8:10-12, KJV

"And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."
Revelation 12:3-4, KJV

So as you can see, there is considerable Scriptural evidence
which demonstrates that when the final curtain falls on the
world stage, and Jesus Christ is about to make His grandiose
Entrance, there will be a lot going on, in a physical sense,
both in the sky, as well as on the Earth. While we can only
speculate regarding what the previous Scriptures may really
mean, they appear to be describing solar and lunar eclipses,
as well as possibly meteor showers, comets and the like. It
is also evident that they are describing great earthquakes.

This notion of the Lord shaking the heavens and the Earth is
nothing new. We find a number of other verses in God's Word
which clearly describe this very same thing. In fact, if we
take them literally, some verses appear to be describing the
Earth being moved out of its orbit. Consider the following:

"Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall
remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts,
and in the day of his fierce anger."
Isaiah 13:13, KJV

"The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice
from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake:
but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the
strength of the children of Israel."
Joel 3:16, KJV

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the
sea, and the dry land;"
Haggai 2:6, KJV

"Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will
shake the heavens and the earth;"
Haggai 2:21, KJV

"See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they
escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more
shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh
from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he
hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth
only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more,
signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as
of things that are made, that those things which cannot be
shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God
acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a
consuming fire."
Hebrews 12:25-29, KJV

Please notice that in that final set of verses, the Apostle
Paul states "For our God is a consuming fire". While we know
that in certain places in their letters, both Peter and Paul
explain how God will sometimes test and purify our faith by
means of the fiery trials which we must endure, given the
context of the previous verses, it may be that the Apostle
Paul is describing something entirely different. In other
words, he may in fact be alluding to something which Peter
also wrote about in his Epistle, and that is this:

"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation
and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of
the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be
dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."
2 Peter 3:10-13, KJV


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