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 great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea. Then, when the third angel sounded his trumpet, a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a lamp. As he went on to record, the name of the star is called Wormwood.

Ever since that time, Biblical scholars have penned countless lines speculating about what this “star” might happen to be, and what the “great mountain” was that was burning with fire and cast into the sea.

We know from the Bible that John was the son of a fisherman. He had no formal education, and despite his discipleship with Jesus and his subsequent travels throughout Asia Minor, he was ill-equipped to decipher the sorts of things that he later described in his visions on the island of Patmos.

So it is no surprise that John offered no explanation for the star that fell from heaven, other than to refer to it by the name of Wormwood. The reason he did so was because of its bitter nature, and the fact that it poisoned the waters and rivers where it fell.

Although John had no scientific education on which to base his description of this falling star, he did offer two clues which may help us to interpret his words. The first clue was his reference to the great mountain burning with fire that was cast into the sea.

Astronomers of today would have little difficulty in recognising John’s description as referring to an asteroid, which is an object that becomes incandescent when it enters the earth’s atmosphere, as a result of friction, and appears as a streak of light.

And if an asteroid were to enter the atmosphere and plunge into the ocean, the impact would not only vapourise the asteroid itself, it would penetrate the ocean floor causing vast amounts of superheated water, molten rock and other debris to rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This superheated material would then fall back down to earth in the form of blazing missiles that would set fire to buildings, forests and crops around the entire planet. To those people viewing all this from the ground, it would seem as if “the stars were falling from the sky”.

Furthermore, it is clear from the sequence of events described by St John, that “the great mountain burning with fire” associated with the second angel, is different from the “great star from heaven” associated with the third angel. In other words, these are two different events.

The fact that John refers the great star from heaven as “burning like a lamp”, suggests that it is something that glows in the sky before falling to the earth. And that is certainly indicative of a comet. And although none of the Biblical prophets use the term “comet”, other people have.

The Great Star from Heaven

In Part Two of this series, we quoted verse sixty-two from Nostradamus’ second book of prophecies, which reads as follows:

“Mabus will soon die, then will come a terrible destruction of people and animals: Sudden vengeance will be seen, A hundred hands, thirst, famine, when the comet will pass”.

And St. Hildegard of Bingen, who lived some four hundred years before Nostradamus, included the following passages in her work titled “Scivias”.

“Before the Comet comes, many nations, the good excepted, will be scoured with want and famine. The great nation in the ocean that is inhabited by people of different tribes and descent will be devastated by an earthquake, storm and tidal waves. It will be divided, and in great part submerged.”

“The Comet by its tremendous pressure, will force out much of the ocean and flood many countries, causing much want and many plagues. [After the] great Comet, the great nation will be devastated by earthquakes, storms, and great waves of water, causing much want and plagues”.

The fact that “the great star that fell from heaven” will most likely turn out to be a comet, does not in itself enlighten us as to the cause of the “terrible destruction of people and animals” described by Nostradamus. After all, comets have been around for thousands of years.

Literary historians have pointed out that during the reign of Julius Caesar, the skies were illuminated by dozens of comets. On any given night it would have been possible to see two or three at a time. So, to the disciples of Jesus, they would have been a familiar sight.

Over the centuries however, they have diminished in number to the point where every new comet that appears in the sky today is hailed as a significant event. Besides, they come and go sporadically, so scientists are unable to predict when a new comet will appear.

Given that science is unable to say when “the great star from heaven” will illuminate our skies, it raises the question as to whether there are any other sources we can turn to for greater understanding? The answer to this is yes, for the Hopi Indians of Arizona have a prophetic tradition of their own.

The Hopi Prophecies

Like the Maya, the Hopi believe that there have been previous world ages, each of which ended in a global catastrophe. But whereas the Maya believe that we are now living in the 5th world age, the Hopi consider the 5th age to be the one that is about to unfold on the planet.

The name “Hopi” is short for Hopituh Shi-nu-mu, meaning “Peaceful Ones”. This concept of “peace” is deeply rooted in their culture, morality and ethics.  To be Hopi is to strive towards reverence and respect for all living creatures, and to live in peace with all life according to the teachings of Maasaw, their Creator of the Earth.

According to Hopi tradition, Kachinas are the messengers of Maasaw. They are the spirit teachers of nature. The Hopi predict that the new world that is about to dawn upon the Earth will be heralded by the arrival of two of these Kachinas, one coloured blue and the other red.

This prophecy has been repeated by the late Robert Ghost Wolf, an accomplished artist and author who possessed many gifts that earned him recognition with many indigenous tribes in North and South America, both as a Spiritual Healer and Ceremonial Leader. He died on December 21, 2005.

In his book Last Cry, Native American Prophecies, Tales of the End Times, Robert Ghost Wolf writes:

In the final day we will look up in the heavens
and we will witness the return of the two brothers
who helped to create this world in the birthing time.

This end time prophecy refers to a celestial event when the “two brothers” will be seen “in the heavens”. It also mentions that these two brothers will be the same as those that assisted in the “birthing” of the current world age, which was also a time of great turmoil across the face of the earth.

When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance

in the heavens the 5th world will emerge.

This will be the day of purification.

The return of the Blue Kachina will be the forewarning

that tells us there will soon be a new day,

a new way of life and a new world coming.

Not far behind will come the Purifier,

the Red Kachina who will bring the day of purification.

When the Purifier comes, we will see him first as a small red star

which will come very close and sit in our heavens watching us.

Watching to see how well we have remembered

the sacred teachings.

Then one morning we will awaken to a Red Dawn.

The sky will be the colour of blood and many things will begin

to happen that right now we are not sure of their exact nature,

for much of reality will not be as it is now.

The full Hopi prophecy of the two Kachinas can be seen below. 

From the above video, it is clear that this Hopi prophecy revolves around the appearance in the skies above earth of two large comets. One will come as a warning to humanity to change their ways, while the second will come as the “Purifier”, to cleanse the earth and make it new.

The Red Dawn

The reference to the morning when we will awaken to a Red Dawn, where the sky will be the colour of blood, bears an uncanny resemblance to the words of Immanuel Velikovsky when he described how a large comet crossed the orbit of the earth at the time of the Biblical Exodus:

“The comet was on its way from its perihelion and touched earth first with its gaseous tail…One of the first signs of this encounter was the reddening of the earth’s surface by a fine dust of rusty pigment. In sea, lake and river this pigment gave a bloody coloring to the water.” (Worlds in Collision)

It is also interesting to note that many people who say they have had dreams and visions about the three days of darkness, also report seeing a blood-red sky. However, none of them are able to say when this will occur. So the tantalising question remains. When will the “Purifier” come?

There are those who believe it is impossible to know in advance when the three days of darkness will begin. They base this view on the words of Jesus, when he said: “Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only”. (Matthew 24:36)

But while we may not know the day or the hour, we can certainly recognise the season, for Jesus also said:

“Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand”. (Luke 21: 29-31)

While researching this Blog post, I was reminded of an event that happened to me over thirty-five years ago. Thinking back on it now, it raises the question as to whether I might have unwittingly stumbled upon the date on which the Great Tribulation will begin.

My Hallowe’en Surprise

In 1983, shortly after arriving in Vancouver, I was invited to a Hallowe’en party. At this party I was approached by a vivacious young lady whom I had never seen before, who said that she had an unusual story to tell me.

The story that she told related to an incident that had occurred to her on the night of Monday, October 23, 1978. At that time, she was living on the thirteenth floor of an apartment building in a gated community overlooking the Capilano River in West Vancouver.

The incident began shortly after 11:30 pm. The lady, whom I shall refer to as Elise in order to protect her identity, was in the habit of watching the “Johnny Carson Show”. On this particular night, she found that there was nothing that particularly interested her, so she switched off the TV and walked across to the window.

As she gazed out of the dining room window facing toward the East, the sky suddenly appeared to light up, and the stars seemed to shine with unusual brightness. Astonished at this unexpected sight, she phoned a friend and asked her to look out at the night sky.

Her friend was not interested, however, as she had just retired to bed. She told Elise to forget about the sky and go to bed herself. But returning to the dining room window, Elise was struck by the fact that she could see the texture of the plaster on the outside of the building with incredible clarity.

Then, as she looked out towards the horizon, she saw a series of small clouds begin to drift across the sky, coming from the West. As she continued watching, these clouds began to take shape into recognisable objects. And as she recognised them, so they dissolved and moved off to the East.

The first cloud formed the object of a dove, closely followed by a serpent. Then came an upturned hand, followed by a racing car. Elise said she noticed that the driver’s hair was flowing in the wind. Finally, there came the image of a lamb followed by two little lambs.

As Elise was trying to make sense of it all, she became aware of a voice within herself. The voice spoke in clear English, saying: “You are protected by the hand of God, and driven by the lamb”.

The voice then told Elise to look at the sky and memorise the positions of the stars. When she found it difficult to remember the positions of them all, the voice told her to write them down. So she got a pen and paper and marked down the positions of the visible stars in the northern sky.

Vancouver in Turmoil

The voice then told her to look towards the downtown area of Vancouver. As she did so, a warm, red, misty glow settled over the city. The voice then directed her to look closely at a series of “markers” which now appeared. Elise was told that these “markers” outlined “safety zones”.

Without warning, Elise found herself floating high above the entire Lower Mainland area of Vancouver. As she looked out towards the sea, she became aware of two enormous masses of rock beneath the ocean that were pushing against one another with unbelievable pressure.

Suddenly these two masses of rock split, and she saw a crack in the ocean floor that seemed to curve towards the city of Vancouver. It was then that she saw the entire region being convulsed by a gigantic earthquake. Violent winds sprang up that tore the roofs off buildings.

Elise could see the Lions Gate Bridge shaking and then collapsing completely. In the downtown area, she could see tall buildings begin to crumble under the forces unleashed by the earthquake. She could also hear the cries of people caught up in the mayhem.

It was then that the voice inside her said: “You have twenty minutes to escape to safety”. And as she looked towards the West, she could see a series of gigantic Tsunami waves pounding the cliffs of the University of British Columbia at Point Grey.

These waves then swept around the cliffs, engulfing the low-lying suburbs that flanked the city. In particular, Elise noticed automobiles being swept along the rooftops of houses in Kitsilano, extending down to False Creek and surrounding areas.

She could also see rocks tumbling down the North Shore mountains, as landslides demolished those house that had been built higher up on the mountain slopes.

And everywhere, the damage caused by the waves was compounded by the battering ram effect of all the automobiles, boats and other debris that were being swept along by this horrifying tide of destruction.

Follow up

Elise later told me that she had never previously discussed the events of that night with anyone until she met me at the Hallowe’en party. Yet as soon as she saw me, she said that for some inexplicable reason she felt that she could talk to me about this, and that I would understand.

From my own point of view, no sooner had Elise finished telling me her story, when I realised the significance of the pattern of stars that she had been told to write down, and why they might possibly be a vital clue in predicting when these events might occur.

While there have been numerous people throughout history who have had visionary experiences of future disasters, the problem has always been that these visions never come with a date, so that those who might be affected by these events could be warned in advance.

This case, however, was different, because Elise got to write down the star pattern. I also knew that I might possibly be the only person in Vancouver who could solve the riddle of the stars, because I had recently joined the staff of the Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association.

The Planetarium

Several weeks later, with the kind help of Jim, the Assistant Director, I was able to arrange for Elise to visit the Planetarium to see if she could recognise the stars that she had seen from her apartment window on the night of her experience. Elise, Jim and I were the only people present.

What made this test so realistic for her was that the skyline projected by the Vancouver Planetarium is an exact replica of what can actually be seen around the city, and includes all of the North Shore mountains. So Elise could easily orientate herself towards the North.

At first, she had difficulty picking out the different constellations, as so many stars were visible on the dome of the Planetarium. But after Jim reduced the luminosity, she was easily able to pick out the major constellations as they appeared in the Northern sky.

I then asked Jim if he would rotate the projector and display the stars as they would appear on a night by night basis. I also asked Elise to tell us to stop the projector as soon as she felt there was an exact match with what she remembered seeing on the night of her experience.

There was hardly a sound for the next ten minutes or so as the stars on the dome continued to rotate. Then Elise suddenly shouted “Stop!”. When I asked her if she was sure, she said she was positive.

The key indicator for her were the positions of the Big Dipper and the constellation of Orion, together with a bright star that was located slightly above a “C-shaped” moon, as she called it.

We were then able to establish that the “C-shaped” moon she was referring to was a waning crescent moon, and that the bright star that caught her attention was actually the planet Jupiter. I then asked Jim if he could tell when this particular alignment had occurred.

I had expected that the star pattern that Elise had been asked to write down referred to some date in the future, in case this was a forewarning when the earthquake and Tsunamis would occur. Instead, it turned out to the exact day on which Elise had her strange experience, in October 1978.

I then asked Jim if he could tell when this same star pattern would come around again. His response was that since it takes the planet Jupiter about twelve years to travel around the sun, this particular alignment would not happen again until October 1990.

Needless to say, as that date approached, I was extremely apprehensive, as Seismologists have been warning for years that the entire Pacific Northwest is in danger of calamitous destruction when the next mega-thrust earthquake occurs. And this could happen at any time.

As it turned out I need not have worried, as nothing threatening happened in October 1990. Nor did anything alarming occur when the next anniversary came around twelve years later in in October 2002, or again on October 17, 2014. But what gives me growing concern is that the next anniversary date falls on

 October 15, 2026.

Could it be that the devastation that was witnessed by Elise in her vision is destined to occur on that date? Given the present chaotic state of the world and its downward spiral into crime, corruption, drugs and depravity, this would certainly seem to be a likely possibility.

It is also perhaps worth mentioning, that since her initial vision in 1978, Elise has had a vision of a large comet in the sky above Vancouver on three subsequent occasions. So the key question remains. What will happen in October 2026?

Could this be the date that the Purifier, the red Kachina of the Hopi people, makes his long-awaited appearance in the heavens, removes his mask, and dances in the village square?

Concluded in Part Seven

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