Once-in-a-hundred-year Total Solar Eclipse Passes God’s Warning of the Last Days!
On
August 21, 2017, the news of huge interest, the once-in-a-generation
total solar eclipse in the U.S., almost hit the headlines of every
main news media on computers and TVs.
The
eclipse began its sweep over Lincoln Beach, Oregon of Western United
Statas, at 9:05 a.m. local time on August 21., At 10:16 a.m., the
moon completely blocked out the sun, creating a total solar eclipse,
a rare astronomical phenomenon. Anywhere inside the 70 -mile of the
Path of Totality experienced 2 minutes and 40 seconds of darkness.
The whole sun gradually could be seen after 11:36 a.m. local time.
Next, the band passed through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and
other 10 states, and finally this spectacular total solar eclipse
ended near South Carolina, at about 3 p.m. EST.
The
once-in-a-hundred-year total solar eclipse drew many astronomers and
stargazers flocked to the site to witness it. Everyone has his own
mood and feeling toward this rare spectacle. Some people marveled at
it, some felt excited, some older people felt lucky to see the wonder
in their lifetime. However, as Christians, we thought of the almighty
God’s prophecies and warnings first while viewing the rare total
solar eclipse.
There
are many prophecies about the signs of the last days in the Bible,
some of which convey God’s warning to the people of the last days
through the appearance of astronomical signs, such as, “And
it shall come to pass in that day,
said the Lord GOD, that
I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth
in the clear day”
(Amos 8:9). “A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds
and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains”
(Joel 2:2). “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon
into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come”
(Joel 2:31). “…her sun is gone down while it was yet day”
(Jeremiah 15:9). “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the
moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with
perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” (Luke 21:25).
That
is to say, today, in the last days, when the sun was covered suddenly
at a sunny day and the earth plunged into darkness, it was the
fulfillment of the prophecies of God in the last days, which is to
say, God has begun to judge this world and send down great disasters.
Yes! The fulfillment of the prophecies of the last days has a direct
relationship with the catastrophe predicted in Revelation and also is
closely related to God’s warning.
There
are some comments on the Internet, saying that this total solar
eclipse corresponds to the news the prophet Jonah conveyed to the
Ninevites that God would destroy them. People who are familiar with
the Bible know that, before Jonah conveyed God’s will to the
Ninevites, the people of Nineveh, from their king to the common man,
were ensnared in sin and licentiousness, eating, drinking and having
fun, worshiping false gods and evil spirits to such a point that it
was unbearable for God to witness. So God raised up the prophet Jonah
to warn the Ninevites that He would destroy the whole city after
forty days. When they heard God’s warning, the Ninevites turned
away from their evil ways, thus winning God’s mercy and tolerance
through their sincere confession and repentance for their sins, which
was a special event that God’s punishment toward man transformed
into forgiveness through the historical record of the Bible. Almost
during the same period, the city of Sodom which was evil and corrupt
to the extreme as the Nineveh, were burned away thoroughly by the
brimstone and fire God sent from heaven. This is because, the people
of Sodom were not only corrupted by Satan and lived in sin, but
remained impenitent, greedily enjoyed the pleasures of sin, even
harmed the messengers of God. Ultimately, the only thing that awaited
them was certainly God’s wrath and righteous punishment!
Looking
back to the different end of Sodom and Nineveh, while reflecting on
ourselves, we have to admit that the extent of corruption of the
whole mankind in the last days has even gone beyond that of people of
Sodom and Nineveh. With the technological development and material
abundance, many people fall into sin of luxury and dissipation and
cannot free from it. In order to scramble for profit, there always
start wars among different countries and races for destroying and
killing. In order to satisfy desires, there are always human strife,
attack, plots and murder among even ordinary people. In order to
crave indulgence of the flesh, people eat, drink and play everywhere
with music and dancing night after night, living in an evil and
licentious life. Hence, when the prophesies of the last days are
fulfilled one by one, it is the time that God’s warning reaches
this mankind. If we still don’t repent and are stubbornly going our
own way like the men of Sodom, can we escape the great disasters
which are near to us?
The
terms that Jonah conveyed the news of God’s destroying the Nineveh
were 40 days, that is to say, from the moment that Jonah conveyed
God’s will to the Nineveh, there were only 40 days left for the
Ninevites to repent before God. Today, when you watched the total
solar eclipse with different moods, have you thought about how long
God will leave for us people in the last days to repent?
It
was expected that seven years later, in 2024, the total solar eclipse
will occur again. Many people know that in the Bible, seven is
regarded as completion and it usually represents God’s will is
fulfilled and completed. The Bible says, “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). Now is
the last days with a lot of misfortunes and mishaps. Before the
arrival of the catastrophic disaster prophesied in the Revelation,
within seven years before the next occurrence of total solar eclipse,
how will God treat these people who are not willing to turn away from
their evil ways and return to God like the men of Sodom? In recent
years, thinking about the people who died in earthquakes, tsunamis,
plagues, floods, droughts, typhoons, wars and terrorist attacks which
frequently take place, and thinking back the different end of the
Ninevites and the men of Sodom, the answer has been self-evident to
all.
Source from Rainbow Covenant
