Mark 13:24
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The Coming of the Son of Man
24 “But in those days, after that suffering,
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light,(A)
Acts 2:19-20
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19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.(A)
Isaiah 13:10
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10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.(A)
Revelation 6:12-14
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12 When he broke the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,(A) 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.(B) 14 The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(C)
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2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)
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- 3.10 Other ancient authorities read will not be found or will be burned up
Matthew 24:29-31
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The Coming of the Son of Man
29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of heaven will be shaken.(A)
30 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’ with power and great glory.(B) 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.(C)
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Amos 5:20
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20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?(A)
Revelation 20:11
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The Dead Are Judged
11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his[a] presence, and no place was found for them.(A)
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2 Peter 3:12
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12 waiting for and hastening[a] the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and destroyed and the elements will melt with fire?
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- 3.12 Or earnestly desiring
Zephaniah 1:14-18
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The Great Day of the Lord
14 The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
the warrior cries aloud there.(A)
15 That day will be a day of wrath,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,(B)
16 a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
17 I will bring such distress upon people
that they shall walk like the blind;
because they have sinned against the Lord,
their blood shall be poured out like dust
and their flesh like dung.(C)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath;
in the fire of his passion
the whole earth shall be consumed,
for a full, a terrible end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.(D)
Joel 3:15
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15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Joel 2:30-31
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30 I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.(A) 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(B)
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Joel 2:10
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10 The earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.(A)
Daniel 12:1
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The Resurrection of the Dead
12 “At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.(A)
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Daniel 7:10
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10 A stream of fire issued
and flowed out from his presence.
A thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.
The court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.(A)
Ezekiel 32:7
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7 When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.(A)
Jeremiah 4:23-25
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23 I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos,
and to the heavens, and they had no light.(A)
24 I looked on the mountains, and they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.(B)
25 I looked, and there was no one at all,
and all the birds of the air had fled.(C)
Luke 21:25-27
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(A) 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’ with power and great glory.(B)
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Jeremiah 4:28
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28 Because of this the earth shall mourn
and the heavens above grow black,
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
I have not relented, nor will I turn back.(A)
Isaiah 24:20-23
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20 The earth staggers like a drunkard;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls and will not rise again.(A)
21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven in heaven
and on earth the kings of the earth.(B)
22 They will be gathered together
like prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.(C)
23 Then the moon will be abashed
and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of hosts will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before his elders he will be glorified.(D)
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