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Jesus presented signs by which we were to know that His approach was near. He said, "The stars shall fall from heaven." Matthew 24:29. On the 13th of November 1833, there was a great meteoric shower which answered to this prophecy. Ellen White quoting Devens' American Progress; or, The Great Events of the Greatest Century says, "Never did rain fall much thicker than the meteors fell toward the earth; east, west, north, and south, it was the same." The same author quoting from Reed's Christian Advocate and Journal about that spectacular event says, "It seemed as if the whole starry heavens had congregated at one point near the zenith, and were simultaneously shooting forth, with the velocity of lightning, to every part of the horizon; and yet they were not exhausted--thousands swiftly followed in the tracks of thousands, as if created for the occasion." As a note, John in the Revelation saw the same event and spoke of it in this wise: "The stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind." Revelation 6:13.