What does Tribe teach about solar eclipse?

At Tribe, the teaching on signs like the solar eclipse starts with a refusal to land too hard in either direction. Brian preached a message called 'Filtering the Future' the week of the April 2024 eclipse, and his opening move was to name both ditches: rolling your eyes at the idea that an eclipse could mean anything, and convincing yourself the sky is literally falling. The wiser place, he said, is a practiced 'maybe,' a posture that takes the moment seriously without racing to conclusions. He pointed to 1 Chronicles 12:32 and the tribe of Issachar, people who understood the signs of the times and knew the best course to take, as the biblical model. That kind of attentiveness, Brian argued, is not a personality quirk for prophecy enthusiasts. As he put it, 'You don't just get to put your head in the sand and be ignorant and oblivious to the world around you and still get to lead yourself, your family, your coworkers, and the world around you.'

The framework Brian offered for reading any significant event runs through three filters that only work together: God's word, the voice of the Holy Spirit, and a sound mind. Scripture alone, he said, can be bent to say almost anything without the Spirit's living guidance alongside it. A personal sense from the Spirit should not automatically be pressed onto everyone else. And the sound mind means looking at history, seeking wise counsel, and asking honest questions rather than grabbing the nearest dramatic interpretation. He drew from Genesis 1, noting that God placed lights in the sky to mark signs and seasons, and from Luke 23, where darkness fell during the crucifixion, to show that atmospheric events have a biblical track record of coinciding with significant spiritual moments. The conclusion was not that every eclipse is a trumpet blast, but that these things are worth noticing with open eyes.

Brian also leaned on Daniel 12:3, 'Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky,' as the target for what Christian attentiveness looks like. The goal is not anxiety and not dismissal but wisdom, the kind that knows when a situation calls for solving and when it calls for holding tension without forcing a resolution. That distinction, illustrated through a story from his time as a children's pastor in Tulsa, ran underneath the whole message as a practical guide for how to sit with uncertainty about world events without losing either your footing or your peace.

Taught from 1 Chronicles 12:32 · Daniel 12:1-4 · Genesis 1 · Luke 23 · Matthew 24:32-36