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What would cause the Moon to turn red and at the same time turn the Sun black?

I know that the Moon turns red during a lunar eclipse and that the Sun turns black during a solar eclipse but what earthly or celestial event could cause both at the same time?

Ref: Rev 6:12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.

I know that the Moon turns red during a lunar eclipse and that the Sun turns black during a solar eclipse but what earthly or celestial event could cause both at the same time?

Please hear me out before making any assumptions.

In all of the following English translations the word used is "criminal" not "thief"

amplified, ceb, cjb, cev, darby, erv, esv, exb, gw, gnt, hcsb, leb, nasb, ncv, net, nirv, nkjv, nlt, nrsv, rsv,

and a couple of others use the word "malefactor" but not specifically "thief"

So where did this come from and WHY?

The difference between a "thief" and a "criminal" in the context that it appears in the bible is this.

A "thief" would definetly be a sinner but a criminal (to the Romans) could have simply been a zealot or rebel against Roman rule and not necessarily a sinner under Jewish law.

Could it be that the word which according STRONG's concordance and Thayer's Defenition (see below) simply means a criminal, wrong-doer, or malefactor and not necessarily a thief, is substituted by some with the word "thief" to make that man on the cross next to Jesus to be a sinner so they can justify some false doctrine based on the assumption that he was a thief/sinner?

G2557

κακοῦργος

kakourgos

kak-oor'-gos

From G2556 and the base of G2041; a wrong doer, that is, criminal:

G2557

κακοῦργος

kakourgos

Thayer Definition:

1) a malefactor

Part of Speech: adjective

Gen 3:22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--"

Gen 3:23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Gen 3:24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Why was it so important to God that man should not become immortal?

there was only one version of the Bible?

It seems that even the smallest changes in translation can cause a different interpretation of what a verse means and that whole doctrines have been birthed based on these interpretations.

So would all the numerous denominations have been birthed if everyone had used the same version of the Bible?

δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα ἐφύλαξε

how is it that in various English translations of the bible Peter refers to him as the 8th person?

see the following:

2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; (KJV)

2Pe 2:5 And He did not spare the old world, but saved Noah the eighth one, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. (MKJV)

2Pe 2:5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, when He brought a flood upon the ungodly world; (EMTV)

2Pe 2:5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah the eighth, a herald of righteousness, bringing a flood on a world of ungodly ones; (LITV)

2Pe 2:5 and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought, (YLT)

and many others.

What if the world ended tomorrow or your life suddenly came to an end? Would you be pleased with the way you've lived your life?

What have you labored for? What have you accomplished?

that the answers with the most thumbdowns might be the most accurate?

specifics please.

Chap & verse please.

In other words how did life begin? Was there some inanimate matter that suddenly became alive and then started to evolve? How is this possible? Is there a scientific law to explain it? I just can't get my head around it. Someone please explain the beginning to me.

If it all began in a big bang then what is it that went bang? And where did it come from? So what is the source of all life?

I'm listening.

Let Trinity be defined as God being three "persons" in one God.

If you believe this to be essential to salvation please back it up with scripture.

Some say "Once saved always saved" and some that "we cannot know we are saved until the judgment".

And likewise there are scriptures which can appear to support both views, but what is the truth? We know that there are no contradictions in the Bible but only misunderstood, mistranslated or "out of context" applications of the scriptures.

So if you can shed on light on this debate, please do. Please share what you believe and the reason why, with supporting scriptures.

Thank you.

It seems to be an ongoing debate with good

is it what we think or what we do that defines us?

1) at one time you repeated a prayer asking Jesus into your heart?

2) you realized you had sinned against God and sought His forgiveness?

3) you truly wanted to know God and the truth and asked Him in all sincerity and with a pure heart to reveal Himself?

4) you simply called out to God.

5) you were born into Christianity?

6) of a combination of any of the above (which?)

7) of something other than any of the above (please share)