Joel 2:31
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31 (A)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
(B)Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
Revelation 6:12-13
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Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, (A)and [a]behold, there was a great earthquake; and (B)the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the [b]moon became like blood. 13 (C)And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.
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- Revelation 6:12 NU, M omit behold
- Revelation 6:12 NU, M whole moon
Matthew 24:29
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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days (C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Malachi 4:5
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5 Behold, I will send you (A)Elijah the prophet
(B)Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of God
4 “For behold, (A)the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all (B)the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be (C)stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will (D)leave them neither root nor branch.
Joel 3:15
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15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
Mark 13:24-25
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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
24 (B)“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be (C)shaken.
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Zephaniah 1:14-16
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14 (A)The great day of the Lord is near;
It is near and hastens quickly.
The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter;
There the mighty men shall cry out.
15 (B)That day is a day of wrath,
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of devastation and desolation,
A day of darkness and gloominess,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of (C)trumpet and alarm
Against the fortified cities
And against the high towers.
Joel 2:10
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10 (A)The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
(B)The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.
Isaiah 13:9-10
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9 Behold, (A)the day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy (B)its sinners from it.
10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be (C)darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Luke 21:25
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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
25 (B)“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
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Joel 3:1
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God Judges the Nations
3 “For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
Matthew 27:45
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Jesus Dies on the Cross(A)
45 (B)Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
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Isaiah 34:4-5
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4 (A)All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
(B)All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as (C)fruit falling from a fig tree.
5 “For (D)My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it (E)shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
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