It's only been a few weeks since the solar eclipse but considering all that's happened since August 21st it feels like it happened months ago. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the earthquake in Mexico, and North Korea pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war have all happened within the short time since the sun and moon aligned.
Now, I’m not promoting astrology, however, the scriptures make it clear that there is a connection between the events in heaven and earth. When the Savior was born a star appeared in the sky, after the crucifixion our sun disappeared over the new world for three days, and before the second coming the moon will turn to blood and the stars will fall from the sky. Countless other “heavenly” events have been recognized as divine acknowledgment such as the rainbow after the flood, the storms after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and the armies seen in the sky by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball on the night Joseph Smith received the plates.
Considering the link between heaven and earth should we attach any significance to a total solar eclipse occurring directly over Independence Missouri as it did on August 21st? Or the fact that the 2024 eclipse, following a different trajectory, will crisscross over Missouri in a sort of “x marks the spot” astronomical display?
Like two bookends these eclipses will be looking down on the home of the New Jerusalem over a seven year period, a time frame which is also significant. Echoing the seven years of famine prophesied by Joseph of Egypt, there will be seven years of tribulation prior to the second coming. Speaking on this same subject in the October 1980 General Conference President Benson gave a talk titled “Prepare for the Days of Tribulation” where he emphasized food storage, self-reliance, and the calamities of the last days.
Again, I'm no astrologist, but all that’s happened in the short time since the eclipse is rather interesting. And in terms of cosmological events, total solar eclipses take the cake, especially two crisscrossing in a seven-year span, an occurrence, in theory, that should take over 300 years to happen. If heaven were making a statement this may be one way to do it.
Now, I’m not promoting astrology, however, the scriptures make it clear that there is a connection between the events in heaven and earth. When the Savior was born a star appeared in the sky, after the crucifixion our sun disappeared over the new world for three days, and before the second coming the moon will turn to blood and the stars will fall from the sky. Countless other “heavenly” events have been recognized as divine acknowledgment such as the rainbow after the flood, the storms after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and the armies seen in the sky by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball on the night Joseph Smith received the plates.
Considering the link between heaven and earth should we attach any significance to a total solar eclipse occurring directly over Independence Missouri as it did on August 21st? Or the fact that the 2024 eclipse, following a different trajectory, will crisscross over Missouri in a sort of “x marks the spot” astronomical display?
Like two bookends these eclipses will be looking down on the home of the New Jerusalem over a seven year period, a time frame which is also significant. Echoing the seven years of famine prophesied by Joseph of Egypt, there will be seven years of tribulation prior to the second coming. Speaking on this same subject in the October 1980 General Conference President Benson gave a talk titled “Prepare for the Days of Tribulation” where he emphasized food storage, self-reliance, and the calamities of the last days.
Again, I'm no astrologist, but all that’s happened in the short time since the eclipse is rather interesting. And in terms of cosmological events, total solar eclipses take the cake, especially two crisscrossing in a seven-year span, an occurrence, in theory, that should take over 300 years to happen. If heaven were making a statement this may be one way to do it.
