The moon "covers up" the sun! That's literally what an eclipse is.
Anyone who thinks this eclipse has anything to do with eschatology, is being sucked in by a combo of astrology, numerology and the Kabbalah.
it is a simple, normal, recurring astronomical phenomena that happens at various times and places all over the earth, depending upon the relative placements of the sun, earth and moon in relationship to each other. We had a lovely one a few year ago up in Canada on a clear autumn night that was huge, because of the distortion created by being low in the horizon.