Let's look.
When considering the information presented in this post it is good to remember a few things from scripture.
1. Genesis 1:14 says that the sun and moon are for "signs, and for seasons and for days and years." The word 'signs' in that verse could also be translated as omen or warning.
2. Amos 3:7 NLT Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything until He reveals His plans to His servants the prophets.
3. In scripture, the name of a person or place had great significance. The names were given for a reason.
The link below is to a blog that references 7 cities named Salem that are in this eclipse's path of totality. The name Salem means peace. The number 7 is the number of spiritual perfection - also something that is complete. Seven American cities named Salem were darkened by this event.
http://blog.chrisify.com/2017/08/the-seven-salems-of-eclipse-coincidence.html?m=1%C2%A0
I did a search to confirm the reference to a city of Salem in Wyoming. This is what I found. Salem, WY. That Salem is no longer a city. The picture shows a cemetery with the name Salem and an American flag on either side.
A friend of mine used Google Maps and found a street named Salem in Carbondale, located just south of the Southern Illinois University. The University has a page on its website that says "Southern Illinois - the Eclipse Crossroads of America." http://eclipse.siu.edu/ That is because the two solar eclipses, the one this year and the one to come in 2024, intersect over the city of Carbondale. See the picture below.
The region around Southern Illinois is also known as Little Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois
The darkness over the region of "Little Egypt" speaks of a judgment to fall on the world and the things that are contrary to God. Because it is centered in America, it would seem that judgment is starting here.
The book of Revelation has this warning to God's people in reference to Babylon (which is also symbolized as Egypt):
Revelation 18:4 KJV And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
It is not saying that we have to physically leave America, but that we need to separate ourselves from the apostasy that has taken over our country. We need to repent personally of our own sins and pray for a spirit of repentance for the nation. (2 Tim 2:25,26) Those two things are necessary for us to receive God's mercy during this time.
The Israelites lived in Egypt when the darkness fell on that nation. But the Israelites were protected by the hand of God.
Exodus 10:21-23 KJV And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. (22) And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: (23) They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
