Acts 2:20

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The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 24:29 : 29 The Arrival of the Son of Man“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.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.
  • Joel 2:1 : 1 The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!
  • Joel 3:14 : 14 Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision!
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 The Arrival of the Son of Man“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.
  • Mark 13:24 : 24 The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
  • Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s raging anger overtakes you– before the day of the LORD’s angry judgment overtakes you! 3 Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment.
  • Isa 2:12-21 : 12 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated; 13 for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan; 14 for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills, 15 for every high tower, for every fortified wall, 16 for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships. 17 Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 18 The worthless idols will be completely eliminated. 19 They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth. 20 At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live, 21 so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.
  • Isa 13:9 : 9 Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 For the LORD has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 “I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;
  • Rev 16:8 : 8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

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  • Joel 2:30-32
    3 verses
    94%

    30I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth– blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

    31The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes– that great and terrible day!

    32It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the LORD has promised; the remnant will be those whom the LORD will call.

  • Acts 2:19
    85%

    19And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

  • Joel 3:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision!

    15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.

  • Mark 13:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

    25the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

    26Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • Joel 2:10
    81%

    10The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.

    10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

  • Matt 24:29-30
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    77%

    29The Arrival of the Son of Man“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.

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Rev 6:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

    13and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!

    2It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army– there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

  • Amos 8:9
    74%

    9In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

  • Luke 21:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25The Arrival of the Son of Man“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

    26People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

    27Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    73%

    14The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.

    15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

  • Amos 5:20
    73%

    20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

  • Acts 2:16-17
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    72%

    16But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

    17‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says,‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

  • Isa 24:23
    72%

    23The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

    7It will happen in one day(a day known to the LORD); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.

  • Acts 2:21
    71%

    21And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

  • Isa 5:30
    71%

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Isa 30:26
    71%

    26The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    71%

    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

  • Luke 17:30
    70%

    30It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Isa 8:22
    70%

    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

    3when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

  • Jer 13:16
    70%

    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Joel 1:15
    69%

    15How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

    8I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Isa 60:2
    69%

    2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

  • Mic 3:6
    69%

    6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

  • Rev 8:12
    69%

    12Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise.

  • Luke 17:24
    69%

    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Zeph 2:2
    68%

    2before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s raging anger overtakes you– before the day of the LORD’s angry judgment overtakes you!

  • Isa 60:20
    68%

    20Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the LORD will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.

  • Amos 5:18
    68%

    18The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

  • Luke 23:45
    68%

    45because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.