Validation
Do the eclipses validate the Urantia Book’s story of Jesus?
According to The Urantia Revelation, August 21st , the date of the 2017 eclipse, was the day Jesus was born on Urantia.
IT’S RARE – Before 2017, the last total solar eclipse to occur on August 21st was in 1914. The next total solar eclipse on August 21st will be in 2734. Neither occurs in the US.
The Beginning of Jesus’ Human Experience
August 21st , the date of the 2017 eclipse, was the day Jesus was born on Urantia. IT’S RARE – Before 2017, the last total solar eclipse to occur on August 21st was in 1914. The next total solar eclipse on August 21st will be in 2734. Neither occurs in the US.
The End of Jesus’ Human Experience
April 8th, the date of the 2024 eclipse, is the day Jesus spent a full day in the tomb.
These two total solar eclipses occur within 7 years of each other, a spiritually significant number and cross over each other at a spiritually
significant time and place.
It’s interesting to note that Earth is the only planet in our solar system and perhaps any planet that can have a total solar eclipse because of the “coincidence“ of size and distance between the earth, the moon, and sun. The sun’s diameter is approximately 400 times larger than that of the moon. It also lies roughly 400 times farther away. This means both disks appear to be the same size which is why a total soar eclipse is even possible.
(astronomy.com)
Why 7 Years?
“…there is no denying the fact that a total solar eclipse is a relatively rare event for any given place. So, for an area to get not one, but two total solar eclipses in just seven years is a truly remarkable occurrence.“ (NationalEclipse.com)
“The number seven is basic to the central universe and the spiritual system of inherent transmissions of character…..”
The Urantia Revelation (479.7) 42:9.2
“… Such a fact of the physical world unmistakably points to the sevenfold constitution of ancestral energy and is indicative of the fundamental reality of the sevenfold diversity of the creations of time and space. Man should also note that there are seven colors in the natural spectrum. (480.1) 42:9.2
They cross each other in southern Illinois the state where the Urantia Book was received. A crossing of total solar eclipses occurs only once every 375 years and that can happen anywhere on the planet.
They cross each other within 8 minutes of each other over an ancient Indian burial ground. (And very near a site called the Bald Knob Cross of Peace.) Both eclipses happen at almost the same time of day, with the sun in almost the same spot in the sky. (Southern Illinois University)
The longest ground duration of the 2017 totality was 2 minutes 41.6 seconds and occurred at the exact point where the 2024 eclipse will cross the path of the 2017 eclipse. (Wikipedia)
The 2017 eclipse began at 11:52 am at the point of intersection of the two eclipses which is about the time given in the Urantia Book of Jesus’ birth. “…and at noon, August 21, 7 B.C…..Mary was delivered of a male child. (122:8.1) 1351.5
The 2024 eclipse ends at the point of intersection at 3:18 pm on the 8th when Jesus had been in the tomb 24 hours since his death. Three is a significant number in that “….at just before three o’clock when Jesus with a loud voice, cried out, ‘It is finished! Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. ‘ And when he had thus spoken, he bowed his head and gave up the life struggle’” (187:5.5) 2011.1 Jesus arose at 3:00 Sunday morning. (188:0.1) 2012.1.
The fact that April 7th, 30 CE is now recognized by scholars, two to one* as the most likely date of Jesus’ death gives even more credence to The Urantia Book’s date and even more amazement that the day after his death is the perfect symbolic time for a total solar eclipse in which the world is plunged into darkness awaiting his resurrection and the return of his light.
* https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/dating-the-death-of-jesus-christ
Validation of The Date
The fact that April 7th, 30 CE is now recognized by scholars, two to one* as the most likely date of Jesus’ death gives even more credence to The Uranita Book’s date and even more amazement that the day after his death is the perfect symbolic time for a total solar eclipse in which the world is plunged into darkness awaiting his resurrection and the return of his light.* https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/dating-the-death-of-jesus-christ
Where The Eclipses Cross – Is That Significant?
They cross each other in southern Illinois the state where the Urantia Book was received. A crossing of total solar eclipses occurs only once every 375 years and that can happen anywhere on the planet.
They cross each other within 8 minutes of each other over an ancient Indian burial ground. (And very near a site called the Bald Knob Cross of Peace.)