“But thou, _Bethlehem_ Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel.” Micah 5:2. For fulfilment, see Matt. 2:1. 4. What prophet had foretold Christ’s ride into Jerusalem? “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; _lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass_.” Zech. 9:9. For fulfilment, see Matt. 21:4, 5. 5. What question did the disciples ask Christ concerning His _second_ coming? “And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and _what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?_” Matt. 24:3. 6. How, according to Luke, did Christ answer this question? “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; men’s hearts failing them for fear_, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” Luke 21:25, 26. 7. What, according to Matthew’s account, did Christ say were to be the signs in the sun, moon, and stars? “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_.” Matt. 24:29. 8. In what language had some of the Old Testament prophets already foretold these signs? “And _I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth_, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. _The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood_, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.” Joel 2:30, 31. “The _sun_ and the _moon_ shall be _darkened_, and the _stars_ shall _withdraw their shining_.” Joel 3:15. “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_.” Isa. 13:10. “I will cause the sun to _go down at noon_, and I will _darken the earth in a clear day_.” Amos 8:9. 9. When were the sun and moon darkened? May 19, 1780. NOTES.—“The nineteenth of May, 1780, was a remarkably dark day. Candles were lighted in many houses. The birds were silent, and disappeared. The fowls retired to roost. It was the general opinion that the day of judgment was at hand. The legislature of Connecticut was in session at Hartford, but being unable to transact business, adjourned.”—_President Dwight, in __“__Historical Collections.__”_