Acts 2:20

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Summary

Acts 2:20

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Sun

General references

Zechariah 14:1

Mark 13:24

Bible References

Sun

Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from it.

Then the moon will be embarrassed and the sun ashamed, for the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and in the presence of its elders there will be glory."

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.

It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

"But after the suffering of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.

Now by that same word, the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire and are being kept for the day when ungodly people will be judged and destroyed.

Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.

The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, which then was allowed to burn people with fire,

General references

"Look! A day is coming for the LORD, when your plunder will be divided among you.

"But after the suffering of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,