MATTHEW 24:29-31
Note the exact words of the astronomical happenings.
g159 “The sun shall be darkened.”
g159 “The moon shall not give her light.”
g159 “The stars shall fall from heaven.”
g159 “The powers of the heavens shall be shaken.”

Very practically, such astronomical happenings occur now. The earth is sometimes darkened by dust from earthly catas-
trophes such as volcanic eruptions, wind storms, and smoke from huge fires. Of course, whatever darkens the sun hides the
light of the moon from earth. Stars or meteorites of varying sizes fall throughout space often. “The powers of the heavens”
being shaken could be the heavenly bodies outside our solar system that are called by the Bible “the host of heaven”
(Dt.4:19).
Is this what Christ meant? There is no way to know for sure; however, it is likely that this is the meaning. But note: His
coming is going to trigger astronomical happenings worldwide and universally. The whole universe is going to be affected,
or to word it in a much more meaningful way: the whole universe is going to open up and receive Him, including the astro-
nomical bodies; and every man is going to know beyond any doubt that He is coming in all the power and the glory of God
Himself. Christ says He is coming “with power and great glory.” He is coming that “every knee should bow, of things in
heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father” (Ph.2:10-11).
He is coming, and “all the tribes of the earth shall [know it] and mourn [for] they shall see the Son of Man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” The words “power and great glory” convey the idea that He is coming to sub-
ject all men, to rule and reign over all the tribes or nations of the earth.
Scripture definitely reveals that astronomical happenings will precede and accompany the coming of the Lord.

“For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be
darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the
world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to
cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine
gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 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”
(Is.13:10-13).
“Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to
pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of
the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the
foundations of the earth do shake. The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise
again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that
are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as pris-
oners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison....” (Is.24:17-22).
“And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day
of the Lord come” (Joel 2:30-31).
“The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 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
3:15-16).
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give
her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken”
(Mk.13:24-25).
“But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and
destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (Lk.17:29-30).
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth dis-
tress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be
shaken” (Lk.21:25-26).
“And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and
capor 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).
“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. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the
dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us
from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of
his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (Rev.6:12-17). (See outline and notes—Rev.6:12-
17.)
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