BLOOD, FIRE AND SMOKE

Acts 2:19-21 "And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor or smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

1. "I will shew" - Greek didomi meaning to give; See: Matthew 24:24 of false Christs and false prophets, "Shewing great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." and Mark 6:14 of John the Baptist, "And therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him(John the Baptist).
2. "wonders" - Greek teras meaning unusual and remarkable appearances, great and striking changes in the sky, sun and moon, to watch like a wonder in the sky; See: Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
3. "in heaven above" - Greek ouranos meaning sky, air, atmosphere surrounding the earth; See: Matthew 6:26 "birds of the air"; great and striking changes in the sky, the sun and moon; unusual and remarkable appearances.
4. "signs in the earth beneath" - Greek semeion meaning a sign, mark, signal; See: Matthew 12: 39, 16:4 and Mark 8:38 Jesus: "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign;" Matthew 24:24 of false Christs and false prophets, "Shewing great signs and wonders;", Mark 13:22 "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders," and John 4:48 "Then said Jesus unto him(certain nobleman), Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."
5. "blood" - Greek haima meaning blood, commonly used as bloodshed, an emblem of slaughter or of battle, as shed in war, seditions and murders; See: Revelation 8:7-8 "fire mingled with blood were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up...and a third part of the sea became blood;"; Revelation 11:6-8 "power over the waters to turn them to blood..."; Revelation 14:20 "and the wine press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."; Revelation 16:4 "rivers and fountains of waters became blood."
6. "fire" - Greek pur meaning fire as in conflagration, destruction, an image of war or the conflagration of towns and dwellings in time of war; See: II Peter 3:7 "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."
7. "vapor of smoke" - Greek atmos meaning an exhalation from the earth as ascending or rising columns or pillars of smoke as from burning and pillaging of war. See: Revelation 9:2 "and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke..."; Revelation 9:18 "A third part of men killed, by the fire and by the smoke..."
8. "sun shall be turned into darkness" - Greek helios meaning sun or solar light; Greek metas meaning to turn afterward or over; Greek skotos meaning darkness, eclipsed, image of calamity and war; See: Matthew 24:29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"
9. "moon into blood" - Greek selene meaning the moon. See: Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light..."; Luke 21:25-26 "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: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."
10. "before that great and notable day of the Lord" - Before is Greek prin meaning before that; great is Greek megas meaning great; notable is Greek epiphanes is notable and is of the same root as the Epiphany or appearing, in reference to the Second Coming of Christ. It means notable, very manifest. This is a quoted from Joel where he uses the word terrible, fearful, a word applicable to days of calamity, trial and judgment. Day is Greek hemera meaning day. Of the Lord is Greek kurios meaning Lord, Master. See: II Thessalonians 2:8 "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:"; I Timothy 6:14 "That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ."; II Timothy 4:1 "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom:"; Titus 2:13 "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ:"; I Thessalonians 5:2 "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."; I Corinthians 1:7-8 "So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."; Philippians 1:10 "That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;"
11. "it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Greek epikaleo meaning to call upon, to call upon by adoration; Greek onama meaning name, in acknowledgment or confession of; Greek kurios meaning Lord, Master; Greek sozo meaning to make or keep sound or safe, of spiritual and eternal salvation granted immediately by God to those who call upon the Lord; See: Romans 10:12-13 "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."