Bible Discussion Thread

This chapter talks about World War 3. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. "In his going forth" explains that the bombing from fighter jets will be so fierce that the smoke from fires IN the battle areas will block out the light of stars, sun and moon. The battles will go on night and day. "Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger." Heaven is a word used for both the atmosphere above the earth and also the distant place in the universe where God resides. The "heaven = sky, atmosphere" will be shaken with concussion waves from bombing. Concussion, from the Latin concutere ("to shake violently") or concussus ("action of striking together"). The earth/dirt will be removed/blown skyward when the bombs and missiles hit the ground.