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: 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.
Matthew 24:29-30
The Almighty has used the sun to speak to men throughout the ages. He speaks, in accordance to Psalm 19, through the sun and the heavens that He alone is the creator, savior, and source of life. One could make a good argument that the sun and the moon are types and shadows of God's relationship to Israel or Christ's relationship with the church. Whose brilliance causes the church to shine forth the glory of God anyways? It is certainly not from the church itself. It is also certain that those calamitous times in church history were of men and not of Jesus!
Do you realize how important the sun is to us all? Without sunlight, no photosynthesis--without photosynthesis, no food--without food,...enough said! How did you get to work today or the store last week? Probably, you used a car which ran on gasoline, a fossil fuel. The energy from that fuel was stored in antediluvian life forms buried during the flood. Those life forms also received that energy from the sun. In a round about way, you went to work or the store on stored sunlight energy found in gas or oil. As the sun is our primary source of energy, food, and light, so is Christ. However, Christ is not just primary--He is the one and only source. I wonder if that is why we have but one sun?
Do you realize how important the sun is to us all? Without sunlight, no photosynthesis--without photosynthesis, no food--without food,...enough said! How did you get to work today or the store last week? Probably, you used a car which ran on gasoline, a fossil fuel. The energy from that fuel was stored in antediluvian life forms buried during the flood. Those life forms also received that energy from the sun. In a round about way, you went to work or the store on stored sunlight energy found in gas or oil. As the sun is our primary source of energy, food, and light, so is Christ. However, Christ is not just primary--He is the one and only source. I wonder if that is why we have but one sun?
The LORD has also historically used the sun to signal His power. During the time when God spoke through Moses, He put the sun out for 3 days to show the sun worshiping Egyptians who really was the Omnipotent One. God later spoke to all humanity in the days of Joshua when He caused the sun to stay in place for nearly 24 hours. He assured a doubting King Hezekiah who was promised healing by the prophet Isaiah. The sun went backwards 10 degrees on the sun dial as a confirmation of the promise. When Jesus died upon the cross for our redemption, the Father spoke a clear message when darkness enveloped the world. Julius Africanus quoted the 1st century historian, Thallus, who recorded the event found in scripture when he wrote, "on the whole world there pressed a fearful darkness, and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down." However, it is what the sun will say during the Tribulation that is our concern today. God said that the sun shall be darkened, after exhibiting other anomalies, immediately prior to the return of Jesus. Could GOD be using the sun now to warn an unsuspecting world that dire days are ahead? Is He showing the attentive that the Day of Redemption is near?
During those last fateful 7 years before the return of Christ the sun will do unusual things. Revelation 6:12 says that it will become as black as sackcloth after a massive earthquake rends the planet. In chapter 8, the sun's light is diminished by 1/3 power. Later, it becomes so hot that John wrote, "And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory" (Revelation 16:8-9). Finally, the sun darkens again prior to the return of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ.
So how could God be speaking to us that these events might be near, even at the door? Could He be signalling that Jesus Christ is Soon2Come with a news item from NASA and others such as these few following? Of course, one might argue that solar pole reversals are rather normal, but the idea that the sun may be shutting down is far from normal (Again, scripture definitively says this will happen). Also the timing of this event given all that we are seeing is another curious thing to note. The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip - NASA Science *******
The Weakest Solar Cycle in 100 Years - News Blog - SkyandTelescope.com
Is the Sun About to Fizz Out? : Discovery News
Is the Sunspot Cycle About to Stop? - News Blog - SkyandTelescope.com
Keep your eyes to the sky and focused on the SON--He is Soon2Come!
Is the Sunspot Cycle About to Stop? - News Blog - SkyandTelescope.com
Keep your eyes to the sky and focused on the SON--He is Soon2Come!
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