USA - Explosive ‘Devil Comet’ Returns
A rare and massive comet with a devilish nickname is set to pass by Earth for the first time in 71 years and may be visible during the highly anticipated April 8 total solar eclipse, according to NASA.
Officially named comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the cryovolcanic comet is known as the “devil comet” due to its formation of two “horns” made up of ice and gas and periodic explosions.
The devil comet is heading for its next perihelion passage, when it will reach its closest point to the sun and shine the brightest, on April 21, according to NASA. The agency says this astronomical event coincides with the April 8 total solar eclipse in North America, which will shadow parts of the United States from Texas to Maine when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth.
Continuing its route through the solar system, 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to Earth on June 2, offering another opportunity to see the devil comet, however, its distance from the sun will make it less visible than during the eclipse, experts previously told ABC News.
-abcnews.go.com, 18 March 2024
Arno's Commentary
We note that the name “devil” is used as a nickname because the comet has two tails that look like horns. Has this any Biblical significance? We think not. Nevertheless, it is a foreshadowing of things that will come to pass.
For example, in the end-time chapter Luke 21, the disciples asked Jesus, “Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?” (Luke 21:7). Jesus, ignoring the pleas of His disciples to identify a sign, instead states, “Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them” (v. 8). Thus, believers do not look for signs, but we are looking for Him. We are admonished, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2a).
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
