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  A Partial Solar Eclipse July 1, 2011  will only be visible on the coast of the Antarctica.

There were 6 eclipses scheduled for 2011.

1. Partial solar eclipse January 4
2. Partial solar eclipse June 1
3. Total lunar eclipse June 15
4. Partial solar eclipse July 1
5. Partial solar eclipse November 25
6. Total lunar eclipse December 10

Three of the Six were within 30 days!!

• The second eclipse of 2011 began on June 2 after midnight and ended before midnight June 1st- affecting 2 days. It was seen on the northern part of the world and was a ‘midnight solar eclipse’.  Very unusual!
• The third eclipse of 2011 began before midnight June 15 and ended after midnight June 16- affecting 2 days. It was seen over the middle east. It went from being a total deep red moon to being a total black moon!
• The fourth eclipse of 2011 will begin 8:38 UT, which will be about 3:38am CDT.

The only part of the moon phase when a solar eclipse is possible is when there is no moon, when the moon is completely black. The only part of the moon phase when a lunar eclipse is possible is when there is a full moon. This month we saw 2 solar eclipses and 1 lunar eclipse. So, it takes 14 days from a total black moon to a full moon.

Genesis 1:14 records that God will use the sun and moon for SIGNS and seasons.  Just as the Star of Bethlehem was a sign of Jesus’ birth, there will be signs in the heavens before Jesus’ Second Coming. Other verses regarding the sun and moon being part of the signs of the His Second Coming are:

• Isaiah 13:10, For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
• Joel 2:31, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
• Matthew 24:29, Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall 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:
• Mark 13:24, But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
• Luke 21:25, And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
• Acts 2:20, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that
  great and notable day of the Lord come:
• Also 4 times in John’s Revelation: 6:12; 8:12; 12:21; 23:23
• Revelation 6:12, I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.

One thing I like to do is connect what is happening in the world with the Hebrew calendar. July 1st fall on Sivan 29, 5771. On this date in 1312 BC, Moses sent 12 spies into the Promised Land. 40 days later they came back and 10 had an evil report, which the nation believed. This was Av 8, 1312. The next day was Av 9, which began a cycle of disastrous events for the nation. Two of the biggest disasters that happened on Av 9 (Tisha B’Av) were that both Solomon’s Temple ( 586 BC)  and Rebuilt Temple (70 AD) were destroyed on that very day.