Immediately after the tribulation of those days i. e. the tribulation which shall precede the second advent of Christ.

shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light Such figurative language is frequent with the Hebrew prophets; it implies (1) the perplexity and confusion of a sudden revolution, a great change; the very sources of light become darkness. Cp. Isaiah 13:10, "For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine;" and (2) the darkness of distress as Ezekiel 32:7-8, "All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God."

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