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    Darkness at noon

    Mar 21, 2024 4 minutes

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    The sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken … and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”

    American Fundamentalist Christians will be eagerly opening their Bibles at Matthew Chapter 24 as 8 April approaches. While NASA scientists are expecting an unusually long-lasting and spectacular solar eclipse visible right across the United States, millions of Americans are anticipating even more – an event of apocalyptic importance.

    Totality, the time when the Sun will be totally

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