How the Coming 3 Days of Darkness is Found in the Holy Word of God?

 

What is the 3 days of darkness?

 

Darkness is first mentioned in Genesis 1 during creation. The 2nd time this word is mentioned is in Exodus when Father God in Heaven sent the 3 days of darkness through Moses’ obedience to His command. So what is it? Here is what the Holy Word of God reveals to us about it.

 

Exodus 10:21-27

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

 

****It’s a darkness sent from God for 3 days so thick that the Egyptians were not able to see anything. The darkness was so thick for 3 days they didn’t move and couldn't see anyone even if they were touching them. Psalms 91:5-6 says this about darkness and night.

Psalms 91:5-6

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

 

****These verses tell us there is terror that can be found in the night and pestilences in the darkness. From this it's easy to understand the Egyptians were afraid to move in the darkness and there could be a number of different reasons why. Because it is sent by God it is also considered a spiritual blindness and darkness upon the egyptians.

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***Colossians 1:13 and Luke 22:53 tells us there’s power in darkness. We can identify the power within from Ephesians 6:12 and Romans 8:38 which tells us we wrestle against powers, principalities and rulers of the darkness of this world. All these plus more in our spiritual walk of faith in Jesus Christ’s Name.

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We find in verse 23 that all the Children of Israel…God’s people had light during this time. This is important to know.

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Can it happen again? Or has it ever?

***Let’s check the Scripture and see what it says.

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Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Amos 4:1:10 (Verse 1 identifies who Amos is referring to in Amos 4:10)

1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 10:24

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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***Here we have 2 passages telling us God had sent the plagues/pestilences of Egypt again. So yes the 3 days of darkness can happen again being the 9th plague of 10 mentioned in the book of Exodus. Revelation 11:6 says the two witnesses will have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. All plagues written in the Holy Bible, the Word of God.

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***Deuteronomy 28 speaks of the blessings and curses that would be given to the children of Israel for their obedience or disobedience.

Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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*** This is their promise if they turned from God and disobeyed His commands.

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The curse of darkness

Deuteronomy 28:27-29

27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

 

***Here we read where God is warning of the curses. In verse 27 God has begun talking about the plagues sometimes called pestilence of Egypt beginning with the botch. This is another word for boils. Immediately after He is speaking of madness, blindness and groping at noonday as the blind in darkness. There are other references to groping in darkness, being blind, and coming at noon or noon time such as Amos 8.

Amos 8:8-9

8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

Isaiah 59:9-10

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Job 12:24-25

24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

 

***Here is why we know the 3 days of darkness can come again beside the passages that tell us God has sent the plagues of Egypt again after they were sent in Moses and Pharaoh's days. In addition to the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11.

 

Deuteronomy 28:58-61

58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord Thy God;

59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

 

(We know from Revelation 11:6 the 2 end time witnesses can smite the earth with all plagues. And Deuteronomy 28: 61 says Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

 

***Quite frankly the plagues come again including the 3 days of darkness because God says He will send them to the disobedient and unbelievers. Nothing is impossible with God according to Luke 1:37.

 

***We find in Revelation 16 there is another time of pronounced darkness coming but it doesn’t specify for how long. God doesn’t have to tell us all the specifics because He’s God and we are not!

Revelation 16:10-11

10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

How are these curses and blessings relevant to us nowadays?

 

***To answer the question how we need to understand the difference between the old covenant of the law and the New Covenant of Grace given to us through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice.

 

***For those who have accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts as Lord and Savior you are no longer under the old law, the old Covenant. But are now living under the Covenant of Grace. Because we are no longer under the old law if we violate the law of the New Covenant there is grace given to us. Grace as well as time to repent of any wrong doings. Violating the laws of the New Covenant is referring to being disobedient to what we are commanded to do by Jesus Christ including the moral laws written in the Old Testament. The ten commandments which Jesus Christ expounded on when he walked this Earth as both God and man. (Matthew 5:28)

 

***Jesus Christ said in John 14:15 if you love me, keep my commandments. In John 14:21 He said, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” So we see even in the Covenant of Grace it is a matter of being obedient as we're instructed to do. In addition in the New Covenant of Grace when we accept Jesus Christ into our heart we also inherit the blessings of Abraham which include everything written in Deuteronomy 28:1-14 which is a blessing.

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Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Galatians 3: 13-15

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

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***Why is this important? What does it have to do with the world today or the 3 days of darkness coming again?

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***It's important because when you understand if you're not under the Grace Covenant then you're still living under the curse and living under the old covenant. There are those who think that believing in Christ Jesus is not enough and add in addition an obligation of keeping the laws too. They have caused themselves to fall from grace and be under the Old law once again. This also includes those who try to work their way into Heaven because salvation's gift is freely given. You don't earn it, you receive it in faith believing in Jesus Christ and what He's done. (Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 2:11-12; Romans 5:15-18;10:9)

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***Those trying to get to Heaven through Jesus Christ but also works are those who have opened themselves up to the curse of the law that Christ had redeemed them from because they have chosen themselves to have a merit-based relationship with Father God and Jesus Christ instead of that unmerited favor that comes in the New Covenant with Jesus Christ as our Lord. You choose either his grace all the way or the curse under the law. There is not a mix and match alternative.

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***Paul calls in Galatians 3:10 those who introduce the law of the old Covenant into their walk with God, with Jesus Christ foolish. All who rely on the law or their own works meaning their ability to keep the law are under a curse. The curse of sin. They can't escape it because if they break one law they’ve broken them all which keeps them or places them under the curse. In addition those who have never accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts as Lord and have never repented are still under the curse. You only receive the New Covenant of Grace by receiving His gift of Salvation. (Galatians 3:10-15; Romans 10:13; John 3:16)

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***There are many children of God, men, women, even children who have been given dreams, warnings, and visions of three days of darkness coming again. We see now through the Holy Word of God it has happened again after occurring during the days of Moses and Pharaoh and with all the warnings coming forth will happen again. We are told in Amos 3:7 surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealed his secrets into his servants of prophets.

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***We read in Exodus 10 with the children of Israel they had lights while the Egyptians were in the horrifying darkness. During the return of the three days of darkness those who've accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts shall have some form of light because they're under the Covenant of Grace just as God’s people the children of Israel did. This is also why those who are living a clean and holy life or bride ready as I call it will have supernatural lighting of some type. These are those that are walking obediently in holiness in their lives as they are commanded to do by the Word of God with Jesus Christ and sweet Holy Spirit's help.

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***This is also why those Christians who are straddling the fence between the world and serving Jesus Christ who have sin in their lives shall have light during the three days of darkness but it will be candlelight. This is also determined by the spiritual head of the house and whether they are bride ready or found with sin in their lives. The only way light of any kind is possible during the 3 days of darkness is by Father God. Given to us through His mercy and grace for His children. Those who are living under the Covenant of Grace and have been redeemed and justified by our acceptance of Jesus Christ into our hearts. If not for this Covenant of Grace then we would be in complete darkness also with the rest of the world. The old Covenant and the new both are the same in one aspect. Obedience.

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How do we know the curses are for everyone and not just Israelites?

***Many nations are now non-existent from God’s judgment of sin for disobeying His commands and serving false gods.

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Edom: Jeremiah 49:17-22

The Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Caananites, Hivites, Jebusites: Exodus 23:23

Assyria: Zephaniah 2:13-15

Sodom and Gomorrah: Genesis 19:24-29

Moabites: Zephaniah 2:8-10

Philistines: Zephaniah 2:5

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***We now can see the 3 days of darkness have appeared in our world more than once and are going to happen again one way or another. There are many other verses that speak of the darkness. Some directly while others indirectly. Here are a few verses.

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A few direct verses not previously mentioned. These verses stand alone from the darkness verses of the Great Day of the Lord.

Ezekiel 32:7-8

7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Jeremiah 23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 13:10-11

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.

11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Lamentations 3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

Acts 2:20-21

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Isaiah 8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Joel 3:14-15

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

Romans 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

Micah 3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

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A few indirect verses not previously mentioned. Some are symbolic.

1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Isaiah 9:19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Job 3:4-7; 9

4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Job 15:21-23

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 22:10-11

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came dark-ness.

Proverbs 4:18-19

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Psalms 107:10-11

10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Isaiah 60:1-2

1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Isaiah 8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44-45

44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 1:17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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A few verses about light in darkness

2 Samuel 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

Psalms 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Job 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Psalms 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalms 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.