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<\/a><\/p>\nA total solar eclipse will cross the continental United States this summer, an event that hasn\u2019t happened in roughly a century.<\/p>\n
Everyone will experience on Aug. 21 at least 60 percent of the sun being covered and the resulting semidarkness.\u00a0Those within\u00a0about a\u00a060-mile wide diagonal line from the Pacific Northwest through South Carolina will see the sky go dark and feel the temperature drop.<\/p>\n
In some areas of the country, the darkness will last more than two minutes and 30 seconds.<\/p>\n
Such wonders of nature largely were feared in older civilizations, and even while the mechanics of orbits crossing can be observed and predicted, they still make many people think of God today.<\/a><\/p>\n Pastor Mark Biltz, the man who discovered the \u201cBlood Moons\u201d phenomenon and a Christian who urges careful attention to heavenly signs, suggests\u00a0there may be something more to the eclipse.<\/p>\n Such as a direct warning to the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom a biblical point of view, a solar eclipse is meant as a sign from God,\u201d Biltz told WND. \u201cIn Genesis 1:14, God declared this to be so. It is a sign that is beyond man\u2019s control, something he can\u2019t manipulate. Solar eclipses become biblically and prophetically significant and relevant when man understands their timing according to the biblical calendar and where they happen. Then we look for the patterns.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the sun is larger than the moon, the sun represents the nations of the world and the moon represents the nation of Israel, as their calendar months are based on the cycle of the moon while the nations of the world follow the sun for their calendar. When there is a total solar eclipse, it is a warning to a specific nation or nations depending on its path.\u201d<\/p>\n Biltz, author of the new book \u201cGod\u2019s Day Timer,\u201d<\/a> suggests God often uses celestial signs to send direct messages to the nations.<\/p>\n He\u00a0will discuss his studies and discoveries this fall on the WND Cruise to Alaska Sept. 8-15.<\/a> He\u00a0also will talk about his other\u00a0areas of expertise, including the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith.<\/p>\n Biltz said: \u201cJust look at the biblical pattern. Many know the story of Jonah and Nineveh from the Bible, but not the historical background events as to what had already transpired, and why they repented. In 765 B.C., a plague broke out in Nineveh where even the king was not able to go out to war, as was custom. This was followed by a civil war and then another plague!<\/p>\n \u201cAn archaeological find of cuneiform tablets was found in the 19th century describing events in Nineveh. A famous eclipse mentioned in the tablets was known as the Bur-Sagale eclipse, which is verified by NASA as occurring on June 15, 763 BC. The path of totality was right over Nineveh. God had declared the sun and the moon were for signs, and now the Ninevites saw the wrath of God coming even before Jonah arrived a couple months later. When Jonah arrived, they were ripe for repentance.\u201d<\/p>\n Biltz argued signs of this kind also occurred during the modern era just before cataclysmic events.<\/p>\n \u201cNow fast-forward to another solar eclipse on August 21, but this time in 1914,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the first day of the month of Elul, which begins the month of repentance in \u2018God\u2019s Day Timer.\u2019<\/a> The first of Elul is when Jonah began prophesying for 40 days. Just before the eclipse, we see on June 28th, 1914, through the month of August, the events of World War 1 begin! The path of totality of the eclipse was over Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire or Middle East, including Nineveh again. This was foretelling the destruction of the Ottoman Empire in World War I.\u201d<\/p>\n Biltz suggests such cataclysms may be in store for the United States, especially given the timing of the event.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, this Aug 21, 2017, we have a total solar eclipse going over the United States,\u201d he noted. \u201cThis is again at the beginning the month of repentance on the first of Elul! Could God be giving us a warning that we need to repent or judgment will be coming to the United States? The timing couldn\u2019t be clearer!<\/p>\n \u201cWe also find seven years later there will be another total solar eclipse running from south to the northeast across the United States on April 8, 2024, with St. Louis in the crosshairs between the two eclipses. April 8 is significant because it is the anniversary of the dedication of Moses tabernacle, when God reasserted Himself into the affairs of men with His glory coming to earth. It just so happens it was also the day Aaron\u2019s two sons, Nadab and Abihu died.\u201d<\/p>\n Biltz says such celestial signs should always be viewed as part of a larger pattern. He has identified another astronomical pattern that\u00a0will emerge just after the solar eclipse this year.<\/p>\n \u201cAnother very significant sign in the heavens is happening right after this year\u2019s total solar eclipse on the first of Elul, beginning the month of repentance,\u201d he noted. \u201cA month later, we find during the Days of Awe from Rosh Hashanah on Tishri 1 and Yom Kippur on Tishri 10, there will be a confirmation of celestial events as described in the Book of Revelation. Revelation 12: 1-2 reads: \u2018A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThe woman clothed with the sun is the constellation Virgo and represents the nation of Israel. The 12\u00a0stars represent the 12\u00a0tribes of Israel. Interestingly, the constellation Leo, the Lion, which is above Virgo, is made up of nine stars. The Lion represents specifically the tribe of Judah. It just so happens this year during the Days of Awe, three planets will join the constellation Leo making up 12\u00a0stars. Virgo will be clothed with the sun, and the moon will be under her feet, fulfilling this sign to precise detail!\u201d<\/p>\n Biltz believes these are signs God is reinserting Himself into human history as prophecy becomes fulfilled as never before. Therefore, Biltz says, it is especially important for Christians to \u201clearn from history\u201d and lead a movement for repentance.<\/p>\n \u201cI recommend believers unite in fasting and praying for our nation,\u201d he said. \u201cThis eclipse is just before the month of Elul, which is known as the month of repentance before the Fall Feasts. We find this begins at the same time Jesus, Yeshua, went into the wilderness for 40 days after being immersed by John, coming out just before Yom Kippur.<\/p>\n \u201cThis begins the same time Moses went back up the mount to make atonement for the sin of the golden calf, coming down on Yom Kippur.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the same time frame Jonah went to Nineveh telling them to repent before judgment would fall on Yom Kippur! So according to \u2018God\u2019s Day Timer,\u2019<\/a> the United States has 40 days to repent by Yom Kippur, as judgment will be meted out over the following year either for bad or good.\u201d<\/p>\n