Evangelist: Solar Eclipse May Signal God���s Judgment Is at Hand

Unless you���ve been living under a rock for some time, you know that a solar eclipse, known as the Great American Eclipse, is just a relative handful of days away.

August 21 is the date, and it will mark the first time since 1918 that a total solar eclipse has been visible throughout the nation. The eclipse will begin in Oregon and move across the country in a southeast direction, finishing in South Carolina.

There is no shortage of activity in advance of the obviously-rare occurrence, with countless communities throughout the U.S. making all kinds of plans for viewing parties and the like. Indeed, the coming eclipse is being greeted with great fanfare by much of the country.

But not by all of it.

According to The Christian Post, evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the Reverend Billy Graham, is wondering out loud if what we���re about to see is, in fact, a sign that God���s judgment may be upon us. She engages in the speculation through an article at her blog titled ���Is God���s Judgment Coming on America?���

���The celebratory nature regarding the eclipse brings to my mind the Babylonian King Belshazzar who threw a drunken feast the night the Medes and Persians crept under the city gate,��� writes Lotz. ���Belshazzar wound up dead the next day, and the Babylonian empire was destroyed.���

���Jewish rabbis have historically viewed solar eclipses as warnings from God to Gentile nations,��� Lotz continues in her piece. ���Therefore, my perspective on the upcoming phenomenon is not celebratory. While no one can know for sure if judgment is coming on America, it does seem that God is signaling us about something.���

by Robert G. Yetman, Jr.