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4. Corruptions of doctrine and worship in the church are themselves great judgments and the usual cause and token of other judgments
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coming on a people.
We will take a look at the scripture that describes the fourth angel and what effect it has in the heavens. The two
planets were considered to be “wandering stars” in the ancient days in which John describes this prophetic
judgment in Revelation.

Revelation 8:12 “The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of
the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third
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of it, and the night in the same way.”

The statement in scripture reads “and the day would not shine for a third of it.” For this event to be correct, the
daytime must be darkened for one-third of a normal day. As the sun approaches the southeast, after sunrise, the
sun turns the skies a golden amber color and lights up the daytime. How can this happen? Notice the planets of
Saturn and Uranus from sunrise to sunset change positions in the sky around the sun and the moon.

Saturn
Virgo
Uranus

October 2394 after sunrise: the earth receives radiant light from the heavens in a golden amber color

The radiant light from the sun reflects off one-third of the planets as well as the moon to provide enough light to
bring an amber glow to the sky above the earth during the daytime. This event appears in the daytime skies in the
Constellation of Virgo. Virgo is a reminder that Christ was born of a virgin.

At sunrise and sunset, the light is shining into the Constellation of Leo that also represents Christ as well. We see
there is a third of the sun and a third of the moon that was struck. Likewise, to be Biblically correct it must turn
dark upon the earth prior to sunset, which it definitely does. The next image is prior to sunset in the west.

69 Henry, M. (1996). Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible: Complete and unabridged in one volume (Re 8:7–13). Peabody:
Hendrickson.

70 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 8:12). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.