The sun darkened, the moon turned to blood and the stars falling
From Signs & Reasons · 34:20
Show by Gregory Sargent
When the stars fell over a camp of driven Saints in November of eighteen thirty-three, they came out of their tents and rejoiced, and the Savior's counsel for the day the sun goes dark is the same: look up, for your redemption draweth nigh. In this episode: • Where the sign comes from • Modern revelation and the night the stars fell • How prophets and other Christians read it • A sign not yet fulfilled Sources: • Old Testament: Joel 2 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/joel/2?lang=eng • Old Testament: Joel 3 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/joel/3?lang=eng • Old Testament: Isaiah 13 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/13?lang=eng • New Testament: Matthew 24 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/matt/24?lang=eng • New Testament: Luke 21 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/luke/21?lang=eng • New Testament: Acts 2 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/acts/2?lang=eng • New Testament: Revelation 6 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/rev/6?lang=eng • Joseph Smith Matthew: Joseph Smith Matthew 1 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-m/1?lang=eng • Joseph Smith Translation: JST Luke 21 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/jst/jst-luke/21?lang=eng • Pearl of Great Price: Joseph Smith History 1 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 29 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/29?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 34 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/34?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 45 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/45?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 88 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 130 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 133 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/133?lang=eng • Book of Mormon: Helaman 14 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/hel/14?lang=eng • Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 1 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/1?lang=eng • Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 8 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/8?lang=eng • Guide to the Scriptures: Signs of the Times https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/signs-of-the-times?lang=eng • Old Testament Student Manual: God Will Not Be Mocked https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-student-manual-kings-malachi/chapter-7?lang=eng • Old Testament Student Manual: A Voice of Warning to the Wicked https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-student-manual-kings-malachi/chapter-14?lang=eng • Old Testament Student Manual: Isaiah chapter fifteen commentary https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-student-manual-kings-malachi/chapter-15?lang=eng • Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual: Doctrine and Covenants 88:70-141 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual-2017/chapter-34-doctrine-and-covenants-88-70-141?lang=eng • Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, chapter 21 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-joseph-smith/chapter-21?lang=eng • General Conference: Oaks, Preparation for the Second Coming https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2004/04/preparation-for-the-second-coming?lang=eng • General Conference: Andersen, Thy Kingdom Come https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/04/thy-kingdom-come?lang=eng • General Conference: Renlund, Personal Preparation to Meet the Savior https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/25renlund?lang=eng • General Conference: Nelson, Overcome the World and Find Rest https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/47nelson?lang=eng • General Conference: Nelson, The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/10/57nelson?lang=eng • General Conference: Romney, The Light Shineth https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1971/10/the-light-shineth?lang=eng • Ensign: Ballard, When Shall These Things Be? https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1996/12/when-shall-these-things-be?lang=eng • Ensign: A Modern Prophet at Ninety-Five https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/07/a-modern-prophet-at-ninety-five?lang=eng • Saints: Though the Mob Kill Us https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/17-though-the-mob-kill-us?lang=eng • Saints: The Camp of Israel…
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