Acts 2:20

The sun will darken and the moon turn to blood before the great day of the Lord. It warns of coming judgment alongside the offer of salvation.

Cross-references · 21

• 2 Pet 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
• Amos 8:9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
• Matt 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
• 1 Th 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• Mal 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
• Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
• Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
• 2 Pet 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
• Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
• Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
• Isa 2:12–21For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
• Rev 6:12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
• Rev 16:8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
• Matt 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
• Jer 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
• Isa 13:9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
• Isa 13:15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
• Isa 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
• Zeph 2:2–3before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
• Isa 34:8For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
• 1 Cor 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

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