Here is just another tiny example of how easily deceived we can be.
I have always been troubled that the following verses...
Mar 13:24b-25 KJV the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, (25) And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
... are taken to be a reference to the sequence of solar and lunar eclipses in recent years. Again, this is a case of taking verses out of context, as so many are happy to do if it fits in with their preconceptions. Better to change the meaning of scripture than to admit to making an error, right? I have a few choice words I would like to use to describe such self-deceived, deluded deceivers but, for the sake of the Lord's name, I will refrain from commenting further on such witless wonders. Perchance some may wake up, smell the coffee and do an about-face.
Let us look at more of those scriptures in order to gain a better sense of the context of the quoted verses to see how, if at all, it fits with the claims being made.
Mar 13:24-26 KJV But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, (25) And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. (26) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mat 24:29-30 KJV 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: (30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Well, waddaya know! AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS, the sun shall be darkened and the moon will not give her light... AFTER the tribulation! One final reminder, one final time to drive home the volley... AFTER the tribulation.
Has the great tribulation yet occurred? You know the one... the time that will be worse than any other time in history and never to be repeated? Weren't WW1 and WW2 MUCH worse than anything we are currently experiencing or have recently experienced since the times of those wars? I can hear the crys of foul, foul ball!! Those that claim that the great tribulation was one or both of the world wars and all of that commie nastiness. The problem with that is, well, kind of obvious. WE ARE STILL HERE and Christ Yeshua is not! Did one third of the human population die? Was all the green grass burned up along with one third of all the trees? Have we seen the son of perdition, yet, make the claim to being God? "Pope!", did I hear somebody say? I do not recall even this demonic Pope demanding that I worship him nor seating himself in the new temple which, oh, that's right, it has not yet been built and, worse still, he came AFTER all those world wars and all the communist and NAZI atrocities of the twentieth century, LONG after! Of course, the Pope could turn out to be the son of perdition BUT he has not done so just yet. What of the wormwood-laden falling star, the mega-volcano that falls into the sea, the ocean turning to "blood", and so forth. What about the 200,000,000 troop invasion of the middle east? I could go on.... and on... and on. Naturally, many will claim that all of the relevant scriptures regarding the tribulation are metaphorical and, perhaps we could read them as parabolic but does that mean that the tribulation is also a metaphor? Tell that to the beheaded souls who suffered at the hands of the wicked ones we call ISIS, another Saudi Family and international banksters co-operative effort.
Are we to assume that the following scripture from the book of Joel refers to different events?
Joe 2:31 KJV The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Let us look at more of that scripture...
Joe 2:30-31 KJV And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (31) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Seems there first have to be wonders in the heavens and blood, fire and pillars of smoke on the earth. Wonders in the heavens? There have been some interesting events but I rreally would not classify any of them up until now as "wonders". As for the fire and blood and pillars of smoke, that sounds a lot like global volcanism gone mad, doesn't it? We can see it all on the increase; more serious volcanic and seismic events are occuring right now, so there are some "pillars of smoke" but no blood rain yet (will probably be due to iron oxides dissolved in atmospheric moisture after expulsion from massive volcanic eruptions), and closer encounters with large asteroids, strange solar behaviour, and so forth are also on a dramatic rise... but what I read there in the scripture really does not yet seem to have come to pass. So, in my view (and I emphasize, it is my view and you can take it or leave it, of course) the darkened sun and blood red moon described in the scripture of the book of Joel is the same as that referred to by the Lord. Of course, He already knew all of those scriptures quite thoroughly. God was, after all, their originator.
Just out of interest, have you ever seen the sun and moon through the darkness of the thick smoke of a major bushfire? I have, several times, and it really does fit the description. Can you imagine the same thing on a global scale when almost every volcano on earth loses its nut? We do not need eclipses to fulfil this scripture, just lots and lots of thick smoke. The dense clouds of massive eruptions generate their own weather so we can expect increasingly intense thunderstorms to accompany them along with lots of hail. Of course, there could be eclipses involved and I am generally of the view that the recent series of lunar and solar eclipses, especially with the lunar eclipses falling on Jewish holy days in rapid succession, are likely to be a marker of some kind, as has happened in times past, but I am hard pressed to shoe-horn those events into the above scriptures. It contradicts the scripture recorded of the Lord's very own mouth. The great tribulation has not yet come and gone. There will be other associated scriptures that we can discuss in relation to all of this but methinks this be quite enough for now.
It always pays to go back to basics, back to the scripture, read it whole, without prejudice, without preconception as much as one can manage, with eyes, ears and heart wide open and mouth tightly shut. Read it, pay attention to each and every word no matter how insignificant it may seem, read it one word after another, line after line, no skipping, no shortcuts, no preconceived ideas, just the writ, the whole writ and nothing but the writ, so help you God (and I really do mean that).
Are we to assume that the following scripture from the book of Joel refers to different events?
Joe 2:31 KJV The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Let us look at more of that scripture...
Joe 2:30-31 KJV And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (31) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Seems there first have to be wonders in the heavens and blood, fire and pillars of smoke on the earth. Wonders in the heavens? There have been some interesting events but I rreally would not classify any of them up until now as "wonders". As for the fire and blood and pillars of smoke, that sounds a lot like global volcanism gone mad, doesn't it? We can see it all on the increase; more serious volcanic and seismic events are occuring right now, so there are some "pillars of smoke" but no blood rain yet (will probably be due to iron oxides dissolved in atmospheric moisture after expulsion from massive volcanic eruptions), and closer encounters with large asteroids, strange solar behaviour, and so forth are also on a dramatic rise... but what I read there in the scripture really does not yet seem to have come to pass. So, in my view (and I emphasize, it is my view and you can take it or leave it, of course) the darkened sun and blood red moon described in the scripture of the book of Joel is the same as that referred to by the Lord. Of course, He already knew all of those scriptures quite thoroughly. God was, after all, their originator.
Just out of interest, have you ever seen the sun and moon through the darkness of the thick smoke of a major bushfire? I have, several times, and it really does fit the description. Can you imagine the same thing on a global scale when almost every volcano on earth loses its nut? We do not need eclipses to fulfil this scripture, just lots and lots of thick smoke. The dense clouds of massive eruptions generate their own weather so we can expect increasingly intense thunderstorms to accompany them along with lots of hail. Of course, there could be eclipses involved and I am generally of the view that the recent series of lunar and solar eclipses, especially with the lunar eclipses falling on Jewish holy days in rapid succession, are likely to be a marker of some kind, as has happened in times past, but I am hard pressed to shoe-horn those events into the above scriptures. It contradicts the scripture recorded of the Lord's very own mouth. The great tribulation has not yet come and gone. There will be other associated scriptures that we can discuss in relation to all of this but methinks this be quite enough for now.
It always pays to go back to basics, back to the scripture, read it whole, without prejudice, without preconception as much as one can manage, with eyes, ears and heart wide open and mouth tightly shut. Read it, pay attention to each and every word no matter how insignificant it may seem, read it one word after another, line after line, no skipping, no shortcuts, no preconceived ideas, just the writ, the whole writ and nothing but the writ, so help you God (and I really do mean that).
Have a great day!
