Spir Dynamics 1151 10/1/97; Prophecy-Middle East 26, 2/15/91; Anti-Sem 29 12/20/89

DOCTRINE OF SUPERNATURAL DARKNESS

A. Supernatural darkness first occurred at the first Advent while our Lord was bearing the sins of the world.

1. Mt 27:45-46, “Now from the sixth hour [noon] darkness fell upon all the land [Israel] until the ninth hour [3 p.m.]. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, `My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’”

2. Lk 23:44-45; Mk 15:33.

3. No one ever saw the agony of our Lord Jesus Christ when He was being judged for every sin in human history. People did hear the scream at the end of the three hours.

B. On the day of the second Advent, there will be supernatural darkness for twenty-four hours over the entire face of the earth. No light will be able to penetrate this darkness. This darkness will immobilize the invading armies of the Armageddon campaign and frustrate the Satanic plan to destroy Israel.

1. Zech 14:6, “And it will come to pass in that day that there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. For it will be a unique day which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.”

2. Isa 5:30, “And He shall roar over it [Jerusalem] in that day [second Advent] like the roaring of the sea. If one looks toward the land [Israel], there is darkness, distress [among the invading armies], even the light is darkened by its clouds.” This darkness protects the Jewish army from annihilation.

3. Isa 13:9-10, “Behold, the day of the Lord is coming; cruel with fury and burning anger to make the land [Israel] a desolation. And He will exterminate its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not flash forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises; the moon will not reflect its light.” Before the second Advent there will be no starlight, sunlight, or moonlight.

4. Isa 60:2, “Behold, darkness will cover the earth and a deep darkness the peoples [Gentiles armies invading Israel], but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear to you [Israel].” The only light seen on that day is the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, Rev 1:7, “Behold, He is coming with clouds [the clouds that block out the light] and every eye shall see Him.” Jesus Christ is the light of the world, and He will be the only light seen by the entire world.

5. Joel 2:1-2, “Blow the trumpet of Zion and sound an alarm on My holy mountain; Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near; a day of darkness and gloom; a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains so there is a great and mighty people [the invading armies]; There has never been anything like it, nor will there be again after it to the years of many generations.” Joel 2:10-11. The royal family is behind Christ and accompanies Him through this supernatural darkness.

6. Zech 14:7, “For it will be a unique day which is known to the Lord [God the Father], not day, not night; but it will come to pass at the time of the evening there will be light.” There is supernatural darkness during the day and the light of the Second Advent will occur in the evening. Jewish believers will wait patiently, knowing that the Lord will return within a matter of hours and that they will not be overrun by the invading armies.

7. Isa 30:26, “Then the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun; And the light of the sun will be seven times brighter than the light of the seven days [of the earth’s restoration—Gen 1:2ff]. On that day, the Lord will bind up the fracture of His people and He will heal the bruise of His blow [the administration of the fifth cycle of discipline].”

8. Isa 60:19-20, “No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you reflected light. But you will have the Lord for an eternal light and your God for your glory. Your sun will set no more, neither will your moon wane; for you will have the Lord for an eternal light, and the days of your mourning will be finished.”

9. Ezek 32:7-8. Jesus Christ will cover the heavens with supernatural darkness.

10. Amos 5:18. The day of the Lord is darkness.

11. Mt 24:29. The sun will be darkened; the moon will not reflect its light; and the stars will fall from heaven.

12. Joel 3:15-16.

13. Rev 6:12.

14. Lk 21:25-27.

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