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This post is in support of Olivet P6: The Great Tribulation (GT). The reader is suggested to read the said topic first to understand the time of occurrence of the great tribulation.
As was said in the topic mentioned above, the verse above is the darkening of heavenly hosts that comes immediately after the days of GT (4th Seal) in which WW2 is the last event. It is highly probable that what it is portraying are events that are related to the aftermath of the Great Tribulation.
Great Earthquake
This could be referring to:
Here first is the definition of the Aramaic word for “black:”
)wkm A01
ˀwkm (ˀukkām) adj. black
1 black JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.
2 pupil (of the eye; see also s.v. ˀwkmt ˁynˀ) Syr, JBA.
3 various black (or very dark) objects Syr, JBA. –(a) pl. garments, textiles (as a sign of sadness, mourning) Syr. –(b) pl. spots Syr, JBA. (b.1) algae, moss, or mildew spots JBA. (b.2) diacritical points Syr.
Look at the 3rd meaning of the word. Sackcloth is a garment and a textile, so, most likely, “sadness” and/or “mourning” is what “black” is denoting. Note that the 3rd meaning has to be plural. The word “black” is in the singular and so as the “sun” but the “sun” symbolizes a people and not just an individual.
Most of us know what the Jews had gone through during the Holocaust in which, approximately, six million Jews were slaughtered according to history. Although a few individuals outside of Nazi occupied territories already knew of what was happening to the Jews even at the early stages of the war, it was not until the closing of WW2 that the mass killings of Jews were “discovered.” Camp after camp with gas chambers, abandoned by Nazi soldiers, fell into the hands of Allied soldiers. It was only then that the extent of the mass killings was realized. Then the world came to know about this genocide and the servants of God of Israel and of the Messiah all over the world were SADDENED and they MOURNED.
The Moon became as Blood
A part of the servants of God of Israel and of the Messiah not only lamented but also felt guilt. Some of them felt that they had not done the things they believed they should have done to prevent a Jew or Jews from being exterminated. Many church people were said to have this guilt feeling.
Some of them felt guilt maybe because a member of their families or relatives had been involved in the persecution or worst the extermination of the Jews. This kind of “guilt” is what they call the “German Collective Guilt.”
Leaders of powerful Christian nations and their officials and even their citizens might also had had this feeling of guilt because their respective nations hadn’t acted or had acted too late to save the Jews especially those who had prior knowledge about the killings.
Now, look at the meaning of “blood” in the phrase “the moon became as blood:”
The writer doesn’t know if “blood guilt” is to be understood as believers’ own feelings or as an “accusation” from God or both. Here’s a quote from Encyclopedia Judaica:
The Stars Fell to the Earth…
Immediately after WW2, believers in the God of Israel and the Messiah were saddened and they mourned because of the Holocaust. Some people including church people felt guilt. There was another group of people that arose from WW2 – those who lost their faith toward God and the Lord. These were those who questioned the existence of God and asked why God could have allowed such thing to happen. Wasn’t this group of people the stars of heaven that fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind?
What is “untimely” fig? A quote from The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges:
The untimely figs are the fruits that drop off easily.
The Heavens were Sundered as…
Here is the link to the Aramaic Analysis Page of Rev 6:14:
Analysis of Peshitta verse 'Revelation 6:14'
The “heavens” which are in their plural forms are likened to scrolls (also plural). Scrolls at the time of John looked like:
Look at the verb ID 2:17284 in the linked Aramaic Analysis Page above. What is the correct rendering of it in the particular verse? We can know the answer by consulting the pages of history.
Three years after the Holocaust, the UN established a national home in Palestine for the Jews. The modern day nation of Israel was born in May 14, 1948 AD. A part of the 12 Tribes of Israel had returned to their homeland which was given by God to their ancestors.
If one will look at the map in the Internet, it will be seen that their national home is almost surrounded by Muslim countries. The only side of their country that is not abutted by a Muslim country is on the side of the Mediterranean Sea. Their home was separated from the homes of the other tribes of Israel in Europe where most of them came from. Now, isn’t the place where the symbolic sun, moon, and stars reside called “heaven?”
Only a small part of the 12 Tribes of Israel returned to their homeland after WW2, so verb ID 2:17284 could not mean “departed” because only one “heaven” has departed. The word “heavens” in the verse is in the plural form. “Separated” or “sundered” is the appropriate rendering; the two “heavens” were separated or sundered. These could be referring to the descendants of the people of the “Northern Kingdom” and “Southern Kingdom” which came from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
What about Isaiah 34:4?
The verse above belongs to the Day of the Lord’s Vengeance (v8); see the other verses before and after it. If it will be compared to Rev 6:13-14 word for word, it will be seen that Isa 34:4 is clearly figuring other events.
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This post is in support of Olivet P6: The Great Tribulation (GT). The reader is suggested to read the said topic first to understand the time of occurrence of the great tribulation.
(Rev 6:12 KJV) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
As was said in the topic mentioned above, the verse above is the darkening of heavenly hosts that comes immediately after the days of GT (4th Seal) in which WW2 is the last event. It is highly probable that what it is portraying are events that are related to the aftermath of the Great Tribulation.
Great Earthquake
This could be referring to:
- The redrawing of territorial boundary lines of nations partly conquered and
- The restoration of territories which were totally conquered and occupied by the Axis Powers and of the sovereign rights and control to their rightful owners who were displaced by the war.
Here first is the definition of the Aramaic word for “black:”
)wkm A01
ˀwkm (ˀukkām) adj. black
1 black JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.
2 pupil (of the eye; see also s.v. ˀwkmt ˁynˀ) Syr, JBA.
3 various black (or very dark) objects Syr, JBA. –(a) pl. garments, textiles (as a sign of sadness, mourning) Syr. –(b) pl. spots Syr, JBA. (b.1) algae, moss, or mildew spots JBA. (b.2) diacritical points Syr.
Look at the 3rd meaning of the word. Sackcloth is a garment and a textile, so, most likely, “sadness” and/or “mourning” is what “black” is denoting. Note that the 3rd meaning has to be plural. The word “black” is in the singular and so as the “sun” but the “sun” symbolizes a people and not just an individual.
Most of us know what the Jews had gone through during the Holocaust in which, approximately, six million Jews were slaughtered according to history. Although a few individuals outside of Nazi occupied territories already knew of what was happening to the Jews even at the early stages of the war, it was not until the closing of WW2 that the mass killings of Jews were “discovered.” Camp after camp with gas chambers, abandoned by Nazi soldiers, fell into the hands of Allied soldiers. It was only then that the extent of the mass killings was realized. Then the world came to know about this genocide and the servants of God of Israel and of the Messiah all over the world were SADDENED and they MOURNED.
The Moon became as Blood
A part of the servants of God of Israel and of the Messiah not only lamented but also felt guilt. Some of them felt that they had not done the things they believed they should have done to prevent a Jew or Jews from being exterminated. Many church people were said to have this guilt feeling.
Some of them felt guilt maybe because a member of their families or relatives had been involved in the persecution or worst the extermination of the Jews. This kind of “guilt” is what they call the “German Collective Guilt.”
Leaders of powerful Christian nations and their officials and even their citizens might also had had this feeling of guilt because their respective nations hadn’t acted or had acted too late to save the Jews especially those who had prior knowledge about the killings.
Now, look at the meaning of “blood” in the phrase “the moon became as blood:”
dm noun sg. Emphatic
dm, dmˀ (dem/dam, dmā; ˀḏem, ˀeḏmā) n.m. blood
1 blood Com. –(a) ܕܡܐ ܢܫܝܐ : menstruation Syr. –(b) mortal bloodshed Syr. (b.1) ܥܕܵܡܵܐ ܠܲܕܡܵܐ even unto death Syr. (b.2) blood guilt Sam.
2 juice Syr.
dm, dmˀ (dem/dam, dmā; ˀḏem, ˀeḏmā) n.m. blood
1 blood Com. –(a) ܕܡܐ ܢܫܝܐ : menstruation Syr. –(b) mortal bloodshed Syr. (b.1) ܥܕܵܡܵܐ ܠܲܕܡܵܐ even unto death Syr. (b.2) blood guilt Sam.
2 juice Syr.
The writer doesn’t know if “blood guilt” is to be understood as believers’ own feelings or as an “accusation” from God or both. Here’s a quote from Encyclopedia Judaica:
“BLOODGUILT, liability for punishment for shedding blood. The biblical concept of bloodguilt derives from the belief that deeds generate consequences and that sin, in particular, is a danger to the sinner. The most vivid examples of this belief appear in connection with unlawful homicide, where innocent blood (dam naki (naqi); Jonah 1:14) cries out for vengeance (Gen. 4:10), is rejected by the earth (Isa. 26:21; Ezek. 24:7), and pollutes it (Num. 35:33–34). Bloodguilt attaches to the slayer and his family (II Sam. 3:28ff.) for generations (II Kings 9:26), and even to his city (Jer. 26:5), nation (Deut. 21:8), and land (Deut. 24:4). The technical term for bearing bloodguilt damo bo, or damo bero’sho, meant originally “his blood [remains] in him/in his head” (Josh. 2:19; Ezek. 33:5), and the legal formula mot yumat damav bo (Lev. 20:9–16) means that in the case of lawful execution, the blood of the guilty victim remains on his own person and does not attach itself to his executioners."
The Stars Fell to the Earth…
(Rev 6:13 KJV) And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Immediately after WW2, believers in the God of Israel and the Messiah were saddened and they mourned because of the Holocaust. Some people including church people felt guilt. There was another group of people that arose from WW2 – those who lost their faith toward God and the Lord. These were those who questioned the existence of God and asked why God could have allowed such thing to happen. Wasn’t this group of people the stars of heaven that fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind?
What is “untimely” fig? A quote from The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges:
“The “untimely fig” is the fig which, having formed too late to ripen in the autumn, hangs through the winter, but almost always drops off before the sap begins to rise in spring, so as not to come to maturity. See Comm. on Mat_21:19 and parallels.”
The untimely figs are the fruits that drop off easily.
The Heavens were Sundered as…
(Rev 6:14 KJV) And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Here is the link to the Aramaic Analysis Page of Rev 6:14:
Analysis of Peshitta verse 'Revelation 6:14'
The “heavens” which are in their plural forms are likened to scrolls (also plural). Scrolls at the time of John looked like:
Look at the verb ID 2:17284 in the linked Aramaic Analysis Page above. What is the correct rendering of it in the particular verse? We can know the answer by consulting the pages of history.
Three years after the Holocaust, the UN established a national home in Palestine for the Jews. The modern day nation of Israel was born in May 14, 1948 AD. A part of the 12 Tribes of Israel had returned to their homeland which was given by God to their ancestors.
If one will look at the map in the Internet, it will be seen that their national home is almost surrounded by Muslim countries. The only side of their country that is not abutted by a Muslim country is on the side of the Mediterranean Sea. Their home was separated from the homes of the other tribes of Israel in Europe where most of them came from. Now, isn’t the place where the symbolic sun, moon, and stars reside called “heaven?”
Only a small part of the 12 Tribes of Israel returned to their homeland after WW2, so verb ID 2:17284 could not mean “departed” because only one “heaven” has departed. The word “heavens” in the verse is in the plural form. “Separated” or “sundered” is the appropriate rendering; the two “heavens” were separated or sundered. These could be referring to the descendants of the people of the “Northern Kingdom” and “Southern Kingdom” which came from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
What about Isaiah 34:4?
(Isa 34:4 KJV) And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
The verse above belongs to the Day of the Lord’s Vengeance (v8); see the other verses before and after it. If it will be compared to Rev 6:13-14 word for word, it will be seen that Isa 34:4 is clearly figuring other events.
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