| The air seemed filled with bright descending messengers from the sky. It was about daybreak when I saw this sublime scene. It was not without suggestion that it might be the harbinger of the coming of the Son of Man...I had read that the stars shall fall from heaven and they were now falling.’ Frederick Douglas.
Q9 What did God say was first reason for the creation of the sun moon and stars?
And they shall be for signs. Genesis 1:14
Q10 Where else in the Bible is this same cluster of signs given?
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
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. Revelation 6:12-14
Q11 In Bible prophecy what is the sequence Jesus gave of these last events?
- Tribulation (See Matthew 24:21 29 Jesus located these events in prophetic time)
Immediately after the tribulation:
- Earthquake
- Signs in the sun and moon
- Falling stars
- Return of Jesus in glory
Q12 What is the final sign in the heavens just before Jesus returns?
The powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: Matthew 24:29,30.
NOTE: This is the only sign which remains unfulfilled. The sign of the Son of man in heaven is His coming in the clouds.
Q13 What signs did Jesus give concerning the nations?
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: Matthew24:6,7.
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; Luke 21:9
And upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity. Luke 21:25
And there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. Daniel 12:1 |
