NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew 24:29

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“But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

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Verse 29. The sun shall be darkened, and so forth These seem to be the dreadful signs that shall forerun the day of judgment.—The stars shall fall, not literally, but shall give no light. Witham.—According to Saint Augustine, by the sun is meant Jesus Christ; by the moon, the Church, which will appear as involved in darkness.

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