Revelation 6:12 meaning and explanation

And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

Revelation 6:12, Berean Standard Bible

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John, exiled on Patmos, watches the Lamb open the sixth seal, and the cosmos itself reacts. The images come from the prophets, where darkened sun and moon signal the day of the Lord (Joel 2:31; Isaiah 13:10).

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