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    "figure_name": "Darkened Sun, Blood Moon, Falling Stars, and Day-of-the-LORD Sign Imagery",
    "technical_name": "Darkened sun, moon turned to blood, falling stars, cosmic blackout, heavenly signs, and Day-of-the-LORD judgment imagery",
    "alternate_names": "cosmic-sign imagery; darkened-sun imagery; blood-moon imagery; Day-of-the-Lord signs; apocalyptic luminary imagery",
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    "reader_category": "Day of the LORD, judgment, apocalyptic signs, political collapse, and final reckoning / Cosmic-sign imagery",
    "bullinger_class": "Supplemental biblical imagery form",
    "simple_definition": "Cosmic-sign imagery uses darkened sun, blood moon, falling stars, or heavenly portents to picture dreadful judgment, world-order collapse, or the Day of the LORD.",
    "technical_definition": "An apocalyptic-judgment motif in which darkened luminaries, bloodlike moon, falling stars, cosmic smoke, or heavenly signs signal the Day of the LORD, covenantal judgment, imperial downfall, eschatological distress, or final divine reckoning.",
    "source_hint": "Wave 43 draft-normalized Day-of-the-LORD cosmic-sign imagery review; distinguish prophetic idiom, historical judgment, apocalyptic symbolism, and final judgment contexts.",
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      "reference": "Isa. 13:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the sun shall be darkened",
      "explanation": "Darkened luminaries depict the Day of the LORD against Babylon as world-order collapse.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "draft_normalized_scripture_example",
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      "reference": "Isa. 24:23",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the moon shall be confounded",
      "explanation": "Luminary shame pictures the LORD’s superior reign in judgment and glory.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "draft_normalized_scripture_example",
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      "reference": "Ezek. 32:7-8",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "I will cover the sun with a cloud",
      "explanation": "Cosmic darkness portrays judgment on Pharaoh and Egypt in elevated prophetic imagery.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "source_section": "Wave 43 cosmic signs/sun-moon-stars/heaven-earth shaking/creation-order/new-creation imagery expansion",
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      "reference": "Joel 2:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the sun and the moon shall be dark",
      "explanation": "Cosmic dimming intensifies the dread of the approaching Day of the LORD.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "draft_normalized_scripture_example",
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      "reference": "Joel 2:30-31",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the moon into blood",
      "explanation": "Blood-moon and smoke imagery announce apocalyptic signs before the great day.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "draft_normalized_scripture_example",
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      "representative": "no",
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      "reference": "Joel 3:15",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the sun and the moon shall be darkened",
      "explanation": "The darkened lights accompany the LORD’s judgment of the nations.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "draft_normalized_scripture_example",
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      "reference": "Amos 8:9",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the sun to go down at noon",
      "explanation": "Midday darkness pictures sudden judgment and mourning over covenant sin.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "reference": "Matt. 24:29",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the sun shall be darkened",
      "explanation": "Jesus uses cosmic-sign language for eschatological distress and the coming of the Son of Man.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "reference": "Acts 2:20",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the moon into blood",
      "explanation": "Peter cites Joel’s cosmic signs in explaining the last-days significance of Pentecost.",
      "certainty": "certain",
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      "reference": "Rev. 8:12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the third part of the sun was smitten",
      "explanation": "Partial darkening of luminaries functions as trumpet-judgment imagery.",
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