Dear John -

There have been persistent rumors in the eschatological community about "three days of darkness" that will occur, maybe any day now.  Some think a near pass-by of Nibiru, some think it's during "the tribulation" and perhaps some just think it's the fifth vial (though scripture does not give a duration).

There are three days of darkness in Exodus 10:22 but there's no scriptural evidence that this plague will be repeated in these last days.  Similarly, there were three HOURS of darkness during the crucifixion (Luke 23:44), but this was neither the punitive darkness of Exodus, nor the painful darkness of Revelation (Rev. 16:10-11).  The only thing these three periods of darkness seem to have in common is that none of them led to repentance.

That being said, I generally consigned the idea of "three days of darkness" to the fertile imaginations of the un-studied, conceding that it's certainly possible that there could be a period of darkness, but there's no scriptural evidence for it.

Maybe.  Because lack of evidence does not mean lack of likelihood, and it now appears at least likely that there may be a three-day period of darkness in the very near future.  Once again, conjecture:  IF the rapture happens on September 20th, and IF the bad guys "pull the trigger" and launch global war on September 23rd, THEN the intervening time could be three days of spiritual darkness, confusion, fear and uncertainty.  And I think this is extremely likely.  I don't think it will be physical darkness; that is, the sun won't stop shining.  But when you think of what "darkness" is, the term will apply.  You can't see the landmarks and don't know if they're still there.  The "new normal" may include people suddenly disappearing.  Might you be taken next?  Not sure.

Your "minister" may say "the tares have been removed.  All the trouble-makers are being taken out."  Can you believe him?  The mainstream media may promote a great deception, that "benevolent beings from another galaxy have arrived to help us."  Can you trust them?  In short: those left behind will be "in darkness" because they won't know where they are, or where they are going, or what's going to happen next, or how soon.  Of course, these things are true of the vast majority of people today.  But it's not a concern.  Most people are too busy and too distracted to deal with these questions.

God is merciful.  We drown out His voice and His promptings with noise, distraction, activity:  TV, social media, gotta run here, gotta go there, gotta do this.  It's sometimes called the "tyranny of the urgent" and it's stuff in life that, in the great cosmic scheme of things, may not be that important at all.  But it's clamoring, it's persistent, and it's habitual.

Right now, we have LOTS of Christians world-wide who are being pressured by their jobs to become "experimental lab rats" for these so-called vaccines.  The fear is that if they take the jab, they die from the vaccine.  If they DON'T take it, they lose their job ... and then what?  Just one example; there are many.

What has this to do with three days of darkness?  I think that God, in His mercy, is going to turn off all the noise for three days.  For those "gleanings" who miss the rapture but will ultimately be saved (Rev. 12:17, 13:7, 15:2), they will need a few days to sort things out and decide whether they think dying for Jesus is worth it.  They will know something big, painful, ugly and unavoidable is coming, and they will need some down time.  They will need to think through WHY they missed the rapture.  They will need to rend their hearts and truly repent.

For us, WE need to take down time.  Maybe this is why God is using wicked men to nudge His children toward the exits.  Maybe we don't need jobs any more.  MAYBE our careers have become our idols and we need to repent.  MAYBE we see our "jobs" as our providers, instead of seeing that God simply USED our jobs as a means of His provision; that He can still provide for His children, even if "the company" fires us for not getting vax'd.  Maybe God is being merciful!!

If I'm correct, we truly have very little time left.

Best,

Steve