"Immediately
after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will
not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
will be shaken." Matthew 24.29
Could there be a connection with angels and the stars (angels are
called stars or hosts of heaven), for certain angels will be cast out of heaven and to the Earth at a certain time?
We read of a connection between stars and idols: "Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it
is written in the book of the Prophets: Did you offer Me slaughtered animals
and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? You
also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Images
which you made to worship; And I will carry you away beyond.'" Acts 7.42-44
In Revelation, there is a reference to Satan, certain angels, and the stars "His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the
earth." Rev 12.4
"If there are any...transgressing His covenant, who has gone and served
other gods and worshiped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of
heaven, which I have not commanded." Deut 17
""Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His
throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His
left." 1 Kings 22
"All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be
rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down as the leaf falls from
the vine, and as fruit falling from a fig tree." Isa 34
"He] grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken,
and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven.
And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward
the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. And it grew up to the
host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the
ground, and trampled them." Daniel 8
"Where were you...When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons
of God shouted for joy?" Job 38
However, Joel speaks of the stars being diminished, which could be the idea behind the stars falling from heaven ;
"The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness." Joel 2:10 "For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness." Joel 3:14-15
And the stars will diminish their brightness." Joel 3:14-15
So maybe the stars falling from heaven preceding the Day of the Lord and the coming of Christ is with reference to the casting out of certain angels in conflict to the earth and not just some sort of meteor shower.
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