The Coming Three Days and Three Nights

Of  Darkness

 

Okay, NO, I am not trying to jump on the band wagon of the 3 Days and nights of darkness.  If you are on YT much at all, you have seen multiple videos about it.  There are a lot of people who claim to have heard from God about this and they have a variety of things to say.  I have no doubt that there are some real, legitimate people who have heard from God and are passing on messages from Him. 

I am not here to tell you who to listen to and who not.  But while reading a post about this on another site I came across something that surprised me.

Whenever something like this is  prophesied by people – especially by a lot of people – it is prudent to see where this is found in scripture.  Here are the three places I knew of, and after them I will add the fourth – which was the surprise.

Exodus 10:21 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt." 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

 

Jonah 1:14 Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, "We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You." 15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly and offered a sacrifice to the LORD and took vows. 17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

 

Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." 39 But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

 Each one of these is an interesting passage of scripture to read.  Not just the few verses, but the context around them.  For purposes of this discussion, they at least show that there is scriptural backing for this 3 Days and 3 Nights of darkness. 

Now for the surprise (for me anyway).  I should have known this, but somehow forgot about it.

Acts 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

 You might be thinking, “so what?” I understand that.  But it shows me that this same kind of “event” occurred once in the Torah, once in the prophets, once in the Gospels and then once in the book of Acts.

The only thing missing for me would have been if it appeared in the Book of the Revelation.

Revelation 16:10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.  11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores and did not repent of their deeds.

I realize it does not say 3 days and 3 nights, or even just 3 days, but it is darkness.

I am NOT saying that this is the only thing that the prophecies could be talking about because it is shown to be in the future. 

I am not making any judgment about the prophecies one way or the other.  We each have to go to Yehovah in prayer to see if they are real – if we are even interested in them.

 If you are like me, wondering if this stuff is even in the Bible, you can see that it is. When and how this might come to pass remains to be seen…

 

Compiled by G.E. Walker                                                                                                  April 2019