Not a pastor, but this is what a certain used car-company salesman is spouting:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/elon-musk-rogan-interview-empathy-doge/index.html

I didn’t know that, neat!

Yes! But the joke seems to be that he’s describing literal darkness, and then pivots to disturbing darkness.

s/lunar eclipse/new moon/

Lunar eclipses turn the moon a ruddy red color. New moon (opposite of a full moon) is darker.