A SOLAR ECLIPSE AND A
LUNAR ECLIPSE ARE THE
TWO WITNESSES ATTESTING TO THE END OF THE CHURCH AGE,
ACCORDING TO JOEL 2:31
AND ACTS 2:20. THERE
ARE TWO SUCH
ECLIPSES IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026.
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
WEDNESDAY,
8/12/26:TOTAL
THROUGHOUT MAINLAND
EUROPE, GREENLAND, ICELAND, NORTHERN SPAIN, SOME OF THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, AND
PARTIAL IN SOME PARTS OF EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, AND NORTH
AMERICA.THE
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PRECEDES THE JEWISH
MONTH OF ELUL, WHICH STARTS THE EVENING OF THURSDAY, 8/13/26
(ISRAELI TIME)
DEEP PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
THURSDAY/FRIDAY,
8/27-28/26, 93% TO 96% OF THE MOON’S FACE, WHICH WILL TURN A
DIRTY RED COPPER
GLOW, STARTS EST 9:23 PM 8/27/26, PEAKS 12:12 AM
ON 8/28/26 EST.
THE DEEP PARTIAL LUNAR
ECLIPSE, BY A WEEK,
PRECEDES SELICHOT, A TIME OF SPECIAL PENITENTIAL PRAYERS IN
JEWISH LITURGY,
WHICH OCCURS ON THE LAST WEEK OF ELUL, STARTING THE EVENING OF
FRIDAY, 9/4/26
IN ISRAEL (ISRAELI TIME).
THE EVENING OF FRIDAY,
9/11/26, IN ISRAEL
(ISRAELI TIME) STARTS ROSH HASHANAH, THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.
JEWISH LITURGY HOLDS THAT
THE DAY OF THE
LORD BEGINS ON SOME YEAR’S ROSH HASHANAH.
JOEL 2:31
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO
BLOOD, BEFORE THE
GREAT AND TERRIBLE (AWESOME) DAY OF THE LORD COME.
ACTS 2:20
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO
BLOOD, BEFORE THAT
GREAT AND NOTABLE (ILLUSTRIOUS) DAY OF THE LORD COME.