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The Three Days of Darkness (Part Seven)

In his Book of Revelation, St John describes a series of disasters that will befall the earth shortly before the return of the Messiah or risen Christ. He divides these disasters into three different categories, each of which is set out in obscure and symbolical language. The first category consists of the seven seals. Then […]

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The Three Days of Darkness (Part Six)

In chapter six of his Book of Revelation, the apostle John described a time of devastation and destruction that would befall the earth shortly before the return of the Christ. He attributed these disasters to the agency of seven angels with seven trumpets. According to St John, when the second angel sounded his trumpet, a […]

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The Three Days of Darkness (Part Five)

We began this series of Blog posts with an account of a dramatic vision which occurred to the disciple John when he was in exile on the island of Patmos. In this vision, he saw a series of events that would occur on the earth shortly before the return of the Christ. In his description […]

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The Three Days of Darkness (Part Four)

One of the most striking features of the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament, is the repeated reference to the devastation that is predicted to occur at the end of the present age. The prophets referred to these times as the “Latter Days” or “End of Days” leading up to the return of the Messiah. […]

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The Three Days of Darkness (Part Three)

The darkness that descended upon Egypt at the time of Moses had several unusual qualities. It not only blotted out the sun and the moon and the stars for a period of three days and three nights, but it was also thick enough to be felt. But there was something else even more sinister. This […]

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The Three Days of Darkness (Part Two)

In the course of his research, Velikovsky uncovered written evidence to support a completely new interpretation of Biblical history, as it related to the events that occurred in Egypt at the time of the Exodus. He explained the various plagues that occurred at that time in the following way. If at the time of Moses, […]

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The Three Days of Darkness (Part One)

According to Biblical scholars, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian (81AD to 96AD), the apostle John was exiled on the Greek island of Patmos, located just off the west coast of modern Turkey. As he himself wrote in the first chapter of his book of Revelation: “I John, who also am your brother, […]

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