Can't invoke Method

I'm running the following and getting this error bellow. it seams to be a problem with invoke but I don't see anything that can cause it appreciate the help.

        Class<?> eventClass;
        long delayTime = restart.timeList.get(i);
        try {
            eventClass = Class.forName(restart.eventList.get(i));
            Method runMethod = eventClass.getMethod("run");
            //Method runMethod = eventClass.getDeclaredMethod("run");
            //Object runEvent = runMethod.getParameterTypes();
            System.out.println(runMethod.getName());
            System.out.println(runMethod.getDeclaringClass());
            runMethod.invoke(eventClass);
        }

        catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

Output:

[com.COMP308.TME4.ThermostatNight, com.COMP308.TME4.LightOn, com.COMP308.TME4.WaterOff, com.COMP308.TME4.ThermostatDay, com.COMP308.TME4.Bell, com.COMP308.TME4.WaterOn, com.COMP308.TME4.LightOff, com.COMP308.TME4.Terminate, com.COMP308.TME4.FansOn, com.COMP308.TME4.FansOff]
run
class com.COMP308.TME4.ThermostatNight
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
    at com.COMP308.TME4.EventReflextion.main(EventReflextion.java:33)