“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:”
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. — the cosmic darkening (skotia, darkness) and the moon's redness (blood) are standard apocalyptic imagery (cf. Isaiah 13:10, Ezekiel 32:7) signaling the day of the Lord (hemera kyriou) when God judges and redeems. These signs are not merely future; they are inaugurated in the Spirit's outpouring and realized finally at Christ's parousia.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:20
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. Acts 2:20 This results from the (διαθέσεως) internal affection of the sufferers. It is said, indeed, that many such phenomena actually did occur in the sky, as Josephus attests. At the same time the Apostle strikes fear into them, by reminding them of the darkness which had lately occurred, and leading them to expect things to come. Before that great and notable day of the Lord come. For be not confident, he…
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