Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sundc!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Landmarks of the End Times Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 09:21:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Several Bible texts indicate landmarks of the end times: Matthew 24:29 "But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Revelation 6:12,13 "And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth..." (Both these refer back to Joel 3:15). Note that the dark day of 1789 which was a visible phenomenon in most of the Eastern United states, and was not associated with an eclipse. That evening the moon appeared as blood. 1833 saw a dramatic meteor shower (Perseids, I believe) which was one of the brightest ever recorded. I submit that a good deal of the specific signs (in addition to the generic signs of Daniel 12) have already been fulfilled and we are in the last times. Steven Timm Physics Department Carnegie Mellon "Shame on you, and shame on you again for converting me into a bullet and shooting me into men's hearts." Richard Harris c 1972