I found this picture to be very interesting. Not only is the sun eclipsed (by the moon?) but it looks like Satan is hiding behind the clouds waiting to get at the church. Satan does some of his best work in churches and although I really hate the concept, its true. Satan is one very patient, clever, crafty adversary. Think for a minute how he tried to trick Jesus. Luke gives an interesting account of the episode.Luke 4:1-13 (WEB)
Luke 4
1) Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
2) for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
3) The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4) Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”
5) The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6) The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.
7) If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
8) Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”
9) He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
10) for it is written, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;’
11) and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.’”
12) Jesus answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
13) When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.
(Luke 4:1-13, WEB)
If you read the account by Matthew, you will notice the emboldened verse (13) is not there. Interesting. Luke's account does show a prominent aspect of Satan: He is patient. He waited for another time to tempt Jesus. Humm, if Satan worked so hard on Jesus and Jesus was obviously unassailable, then what does that say about us weaker spiritual beings. Exactly what the picture shows; Satan is waiting for an opening for us as well. Watch out, think spiritually and be prepared; you never know.....