“Is it true that the three days of darkness mentioned in Revelations will be so that it will feel like it’s taken on a life of its own?”
Everyone has
an eschatology (opinion of the end of days). That could vary from believing
you’ll be taking a dirt nap, which is being buried and there is no afterlife,
or believing in reincarnation. Many Christian Churches shun reading the Book of
Revelation because it’s so difficult to understand. While others believe they
will be Raptured before any of Revelation’s Plagues are meted out on humanity.
About 90% of the Christian world is A-millennial, which means we’re in the
golden age, the glorious one thousand years referenced here:
Next I saw
an angel coming down from heaven, who had the key to the Abyss and a great
chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil
and Satan [the Adversary], and chained him up for a thousand years. He threw
him into the Abyss, locked it and sealed it over him; so that he could not
deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that, he
has to be set free for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and those seated on
them received authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been
beheaded for testifying about Yeshua and proclaiming the Word of God, also
those who had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received the
mark on their foreheads and on their hands. They came to life and ruled with
the Messiah for a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life
until the thousand years were over.) This is the first resurrection. Revelation
20:1–6 (CJB)
It’s
peculiar to have reviewed world history and come to the conclusion that all the
events of Revelation, known as the end of days, have occurred and we’re in the
Millennium, but it is a stubborn belief that’s been around for over one
thousand years.
Most Roman
Catholics and Lutherans are A-millennialists. Luther, a former Catholic Monk,
strongly dissuaded believers from reading Revelation. Many other reformers
believed the pope was the Antichrist.
There have
been good and bad popes, but none have or ever will be the Antichrist.
Within Roman
Catholicism, there are some that cite the end of days will resemble the Plagues
of Egypt, where during the Ninth Plague:
ADONAI said
to Moshe, "Reach out your hand toward the sky, and there will be darkness
over the land of Egypt, darkness so thick it can be felt!" Moshe reached
out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in the entire land
of Egypt for three days. People couldn't see each other, and no one went
anywhere for three days. But all the people of Isra'el had light in their
homes. Exodus 10:21–23 (CJB)
Most of
those arguing for three days of darkness cite many age-old mystics from up to
one thousand five hundred years ago. There is no way to verify these old
prophecies.
Within
Protestant Christianity there is a belief in the three days of darkness too.
Are these Protestants referencing Catholic Mystics or sharing a personal
prophecy? We’ll never know.
In my
opinion, the Seven Seals are the Birth Pangs preceding the final seven years of
tribulations. The Seven Trumpets blow during the first three and a half years
and the Seven Bowls are poured out during the final three and a half years.
In the fifth
of seven bowl judgements, darkness covers the land. Is it three days of darkness?
We don’t know.
The fifth
one poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom grew dark.
People gnawed on their tongues from the pain, yet they cursed the God of heaven
because of their pains and sores, and did not turn from their sinful deeds.
Revelation 16:10-11 (CJB)
I think it’s
best to say there will be darkness during the end of days and not limit it to
exactly three days. I choose not to cite any of the ancient Roman Catholic
Mystics because their testimonies are vague.
My problem
with the prophecy is that the Protestants are constantly predicting three days
of darkness for every year since 2017. It is tiresome to refute the claim every
year.
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