Matthew 24:29-30 “But immediately after the terrible trouble of those days, i.e., the next major event on God’s calendar, the sun will become dark, and therefore the moon will not be able to shed its reflected light. The stars will fall from the sky and the forces of the heavens will be shaken : - , it is possible that this is figurative language for great calamities happening on the earth Note: From the description of these same events in Luke.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁹ “But immediately after the terrible trouble of those days, [i.e., the next major event on God’s calendar], the sun will become dark, and [therefore] the moon will not [be able to] shed its [reflected] light. The stars will fall from the sky and the forces of the heavens will be shaken [Note: From the description of these same events in Luke 21:25-26, it is possible that this is figurative language for great calamities happening on the earth]. ³⁰ Then the sign [i.e., signifying the coming] of the Son of man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will be stricken with grief as they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the sky [See Acts 1:9-11] with power and great splendor.