Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Bible References

Sun

Joel 2:10
Before them the earth quakes,
The heavens tremble,
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 3:1
For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the day of the Lord is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
Isaiah 34:4
And all the host of heaven will wear away,
And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
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.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
Mark 13:24
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,
Luke 21:25
“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
Revelation 6:12
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;

General references

Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.
Joel 3:15
The sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
Zechariah 14:1
Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you.
Mark 13:24
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,
Acts 2:19
And I will grant wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.