Bible Verses About Astronomy

All the shining lights in the sky I will darken above you; I will spread darkness over your land,' says Adonai ELOHIM.

In those days, after that trouble, the sun will grow dark, the moon will stop shining,

the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in heaven will be shaken.z

It was now about noon, and darkness covered the whole Land until three o’clock in the afternoon;

the sun did not shine. Also the parokhet in the Temple was split down the middle.

I will perform miracles in the sky above and signs on the earth below — blood, fire and thick smoke.

The sun will become dark and the moon blood before the great and fearful Day of Adonai comes.

Then I watched as he broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, the sun turned black as sackcloth worn in mourning, and the full moon became blood-red.

The stars fell from heaven to earth just as a fig tree drops its figs when shaken by a strong wind.

The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

The third angel sounded his shofar; and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky onto a third of the rivers and onto the springs of water.

The name of the star was “Bitterness,” and a third of the water became bitter, and many people died from the water that had been turned bitter.

The fourth angel sounded his shofar; and a third of the sun was struck, also a third of the moon and a third of the stars; so that a third of them were darkened, the day had a third less light, and the night likewise.

The fifth angel sounded his shofar; and I saw a star that had fallen out of heaven onto the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft leading down to the Abyss.

He opened the shaft of the Abyss, and there went up smoke from the shaft like the smoke of a huge furnace; the sun was darkened, and the sky too, by the smoke from the shaft.

Next I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was dressed in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, his legs like columns of fire;

and he had a little scroll lying open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,

Another sign was seen in heaven there was a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal crowns.

Its tail swept a third of the stars out of heaven and threw them down to the earth. It stood in front of the woman about to give birth, so that it might devour the child the moment it was born.

The fourth one poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to burn people with fire.

People were burned by the intense heat; yet they cursed the name of God, who had the authority over these plagues, instead of turning from their sins to give him glory.

Next I saw heaven opened, and there before me was a white horse. Sitting on it was the one called Faithful and True, and it is in righteousness that he passes judgment and goes to battle.

His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were many royal crowns. And he had a name written which no one knew but himself.

He was wearing a robe that had been soaked in blood, and the name by which he is called is, “THE WORD OF GOD.”

The armies of heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.