BE78.简要分析：在圣经的先知书部分，与马太福音24：9关于日头、月亮和众星的类似表达。例如：在耶和华的日子临到、天上的众星群宿都不发光、日头一出就变黑暗、月亮也不放光（以赛亚书13:9，10）；我将你扑灭的时候、要把天遮蔽、使众星昏暗、以密云遮掩太阳、月亮也不放光、我必使使你的地上黑暗（以西结书32:7，8）；耶和华的日子……是黑暗、幽冥、密云、乌黑的日子、日月昏暗、星宿无光（约珥书2:1，2，10）；日头要变为黑暗、月亮要变为血、这都在耶和华大而可畏的日子未到以前（约珥书2:31）；因为耶和华的日子临近断定谷、日月昏暗、星宿无光（约珥书3:14，15）。在启示录：第四位天使吹号、日头的三分之一、月亮的三分之一、星辰的三分之一都被击打、白昼的三分之一没有光（启示录8:12）；日头变黑像毛布、满月变红像血（启示录6:12）。先知书以上章节所论的是犹太教会的末期，主在那时降临世间。马太福音和启示录中所说的意义相同，不过它们论及基督徒教会的末期，主在那时再次降临——他在圣经中显现，圣经就是他自己，他在圣经之中。因此，紧接着马太福音24：29的那些话之后，就说：那时、人子的兆头要显在天上、驾着天上的云降临（马太福音24:30）。上面所说的“日头”象征爱；“月亮”象征信；“众星”象征善与理的知识。“天势”（或“天上的权势”）象征这三要素是天使所在之诸天和人所在之教会的支撑和根基。因此，综上所述，归结一个观点：当基督徒教会走向终结而处于末期阶段时，不再有爱，也不再有信，善与理的知识荡然无存。至于“日头”象征爱，请参阅《揭开启示》（AR53，54，413，796，831，961）；“月亮”象征信（AR53，332，413，423，533）；“众星”象征善与理的知识（AR51，74，333，408，419，954）。
78. BRIEF ANALYSIS
In the prophetic parts of the Word, statements similar to the one in Matthew 24:29, occur concerning the sun, moon and stars. Thus it is written in Isaiah:
Behold the cruel day of Jehovah cometh . . . the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened at his rising and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. Isaiah 13:9-10.
In Ezekiel:
When I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens and darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light; and I will set darkness upon thy land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.
In Joel:
The day of Jehovah cometh, ... a day of darkness, the sun and moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. Joel 2:1-2, 10.
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and the terrible day of Jehovah cometh. Joel 2:31.
The day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision, the sun and moon shall be darkened. Joel 3:14-15.
In the Revelation:
The fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, . . . and the day shone not for a third part of it. Revelation 8:12.
The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. Revelation 6:12.
All these passages treat of the last time of the Jewish Church, when the Lord came into the world. The meaning here is similar in Matthew and the Revelation, but they refer to the last time of the Christian Church, when the Lord would come again in the Word which is Himself, and in which He is. Wherefore, immediately after those words in Matthew 24:29, it is said:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man coming in the clouds of the heavens. Matthew 24:30.
By the sun in the above passages is meant love, by the moon faith, and by the stars the cognitions of good and truth. By the powers of the heavens are meant those three essentials as the supports and foundations of the heavens where the angels are, and of the Churches where men are. Therefore, by the foregoing passages collected into one idea is meant that neither love nor faith, nor any cognitions of good and truth remain in the Christian Church, in the last time thereof when it draws to its end. That the sun signifies love has been shown in THE APOCALYPSE REVEALED 53-54, 413, 796, 831, 961; that the moon signifies faith, THE APOCALYPSE REVEALED 53, 332, 413, 423, 533; and that stars signify cognitions of good and truth, THE APOCALYPSE REVEALED 51, 74, 333, 408, 419, 954.
78. BRIEF ANALYSIS.
In the prophetic Word, the like things are said of the "sun," "moon," and "stars," as here (Matthew 24:29). Thus in Isaiah:
Behold, the cruel day of Jehovah cometh; the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not shine with their light, the sun shall be darkened at his rising, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine (Isaiah 13:9-10).
In Ezekiel:
When I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine, and I will give darkness upon thy land (Ezekiel 32:7, 8).
In Joel:
The day of Jehovah cometh, a day of darkness, the sun and moon shall not cause their light to shine, and the stars shall withdraw their shining (Joel 2:1-2, 10).
In the same:
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great day of Jehovah cometh (Joel 3:4).
The day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision; the sun and moon are darkened (Joel 3:14-15).
In Revelation:
The fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the stars, and the day shone not for a third part of it (Revelation 8:12).
And in another place:
The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood (Revelation 6:12).
In all these passages it treats of the last time of the Jewish Church, which was when the Lord came into the world; in like manner here in Matthew and in Revelation, only in reference to the last time of the Christian Church, when the Lord is to come again, but in the Word, which is Himself, and in which He is; wherefore, immediately after those words (Matthew 24:29), it follows:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man coming in the clouds of the heavens (Matthew 24:30).
By "the sun" in the above passages is meant love; by "the moon" faith; and by "the stars" the knowledges of good and truth; and by "the powers of the heavens" those three as the supports and firmaments of the heavens where the angels are, and of the churches where men are; by the above, therefore, collected into one sense, is meant, that there would be no love, nor faith, nor knowledges of good and truth, remaining in the Christian Church, in the last time thereof, when it draws to its end.
That "the sun" signifies love, has been shown in The Apocalypse Revealed 53-54, 413, 796, 831, 961.
That "the moon" signifies faith: The Apocalypse Revealed 53, 332, 413, 423, 533.
That "the stars" signify the knowledges of good and truth (The Apocalypse Revealed 51, 74, 333, 408, 419, 954).
78. BREVIS ANALYSIS.
In Verbo Prophetico similia de Sole, Luna et Stellis dicuntur, quae hic apud Matthaeum 24:29 Cap.. Prout apud Esajam, "Ecce dies Jehovae venit saevus, STELLAE caelorum et SIDERA illorum non lucebunt luce sua, SOL obtenebrabitur in ortu suo, et LUNA non splendere faciet lumen suum, [13:9-10.] 24:21, 23. Apud Ezechielem "Obtegam, cum exstinxero te, Caelos, et atrabo STELLAS eorum; SOLEM nube obtegam, et LUNA non lucere faciet lumen suum," et dabo tenebras super terra tua" 32:7-8. Apud Joelem "Venit dies Jehovae, dies tenebrarum, SOL et LUNA non lucere facient lucem suam, et STELLAE contraxerunt splendorem suum," 2:[1-2.] 10. Apud Eundem "SOL vertetur in tenebras, et LUNA in sanguinem, antequam venit dies Jehovae magnus, 3:4. Propinquus est dies Jehovae in valle decisa; SOL et LUNA, atrati sunt," IV:[14.] 15 [NCBSP: 3:14-15]. In Apocalypsi "Quartus Angelus clanxit, et percussa est tertia pars SOLIS, tertia pars STELLARUM, et dies non lucebat tertia sui parte, 8:12. et alibi, SOL factus est niger sicut saccus cilicinus, et LUNA facta est sicut sanguis," 6:12. In omnibus his locis agitur de Ultimo tempore Ecclesiae Judaicae, quod erat cum Dominus in Mundum venit; similiter hic apud Matthaeum et in Apocalypsi, sed de ultimo tempore Ecclesiae Christianae, quando Dominus iterum venturus est sed in Verbo, quod est Ipse, et in quo Ipse est, quare immediate post illa verba Matthaeus 24:29. sequitur hoc "Et tunc apparebit signum Filii hominis venientis in nubibus caelorum," Vers. 30. Per Solem in illis locis intelligitur Amor, per Lunam Fides, et per Stellas cognitiones boni et veri, et per Virtutes Caelorum illa tria ut stabilimenta et firmamenta caelorum ubi sunt Angeli, et Ecclesiarum ubi homines; per illa itaque in unum sensum collecta intelligitur, quod non Amor, nec Fides, neque cognitiones boni et veri, in Ecclesia Christiana, tempore ultimo, quando finis ejus instat, superstitia sint. Quod Sol significet amorem, in Apocalypsis Revelata 53, 54, 413, 796, 831, 961, ostensum est; quod Luna fidem, n. 53, 332, 413, 423, 533. quod Stellae cognitiones boni et veri, n. 51, 74, 333, 408, 419, 954, ibi.