Carl Worline (23 Feb 2025)
"The Revelation 12 Sign and the Number 8 in Rapture Timing (Part 2)"


The Revelation 12 Sign and the Number 8 (Part 2)

 

In Part 1 of The Revelation 12 Sign and the Number 8 in Rapture Timing, I said that I was enthusiastically optimistic and hopeful that the Rapture of the Church will take place on September 23, 2024, which is both the Feast of Trumpets and the eighth anniversary of the Revelation 12 Sign.  Now I would like to discuss why I believe that both the Feast of Trumpets and the Revelation 12 Sign are all about the Rapture of the Church.

 

 

Does God Want Us to Look at the Signs in the Heavens?

 

The answer to this question is a loud and resounding “Yes!!!”  God told us in the very first chapter of His book, the Bible, that He specifically put the sun, moon, and stars in the heavens to be signs for us.  He also told us that day after day these signs speak to all of the people on the earth.  In Luke, we are told that there will be signs for us in the sun, moon, and stars.  In Matthew, we are even told that there will be a sign in heaven when Jesus returns with His army to defeat the anti-Christ.  Furthermore, we are told that God does not do anything without first revealing it to His servants, the prophets and we are all commanded to watch.  Jesus told us in Revelation that if we do not watch, He will come to us as unexpectedly as a thief in the night, and as a result, we will not know the day or hour of His arrival.  Signs appear before an event happens and we are now seeing the signs that Jesus told us to look for.

 

And God said, let there be lights in the firmament in the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.  Genesis 1:14.  

 

 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.  There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.  Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.  Psalm 19:1-4.

 

There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.  Luke 21:25-26.

 

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  Matthew 24:30.

 

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings to search out a matter.  Proverbs 25:2.

 

Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets. Amos 3:7.

 

And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.  Mark 13:37.

 

If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come on you.  Rev 3:3.

 

 

The Sign of the Woman in Revelation 12

 

Revelation 12:1 tells us that a “Great Sign” appeared in heaven.  Therefore, we know that this sign would be something significant as well as something spectacular.  Revelation 12:3 says that the sign appeared.  It showed up.  It was not there before.  An entire chapter of the Book of Revelation is devoted to it.  The Book of Revelation was written circa 90 AD, which was long before mankind knew of the existence of planets or how to plot their motions through the heavens.

 

1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.  2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.  3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his head.  4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.  5 She bore a male child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.  And her child was caught up to God and His throne.  6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there 1260 days.  Rev 12:1-6.

 

Beginning on November 20, 2016, and culminating in Jerusalem at 8:30 PM on September 23, 2017, a series of alignments occurred in the constellation Virgo that has never happened before and is so unique that it will never happen again.  Ever.  This series of alignments was definitely a herald of End Time events, although exactly what it was heralding is still a bit of a mystery.

 

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and, therefore, represents God on the heavenly stage.  Jupiter is often known as the “King Planet.”  Normally Jupiter would sail through Virgo as it travels along the ecliptic.  However, this time around it changed direction twice due to a phenomenon known as retrograde motion and remained in the belly of Virgo for 294 days.  This is the approximate gestation period of a normal late-term pregnancy. 

 

Conception occurred on November 20, 2016, when Jupiter entered the belly of Virgo.  After seemingly reversing direction twice, Jupiter passed through the birth canal of Virgo when it crossed the line between the stars Spica and Heze on September 9, 2017.  Jupiter was in the belly of Virgo for 294 days, which is 42 weeks, or 9 months plus 21 days.  

 

Could it be just a coincidence that there were 42 generations from Abraham to Christ (Matt 1:17)?

 

The dragon in the Revelation 12 Sign is easily identified in this imagery as Satan.

 

The woman is the Nation of Israel.  Israel is described as a woman in travail in the Old Testament in at least 5 locations:

·      Isaiah 54:5

·      Isaiah 66:7

·      Jeremiah 3:6f

·      Micah 4:10

·      Micah 5:23 

 

Many would say that the child represents Jesus.  Perhaps.  However, there is no place in the Bible that would suggest that Jesus ever flees from Satan.  Jesus defeated Satan at the cross and ascended into heaven in victory.  Furthermore, Jesus did not immediately go to heaven after He was born.  He spent 33 years (plus or minus) on the earth.

 

I would speculate that the child in Revelation 12 is the Raptured Church.  The word “caught up” in Revelation 4, verse 5, is the Greek word “harpazo.”  It is the same word found in 1 Thessalonians 4:17.  Harpazo means to seize, to carry off by force, to claim for oneself eagerly, to snatch out or away.  The rapture is a rescue.  When Jesus left in the ascension in Acts, Chapter 1, He did not leave in this manner.  Harpazo comes from the Latin word rapio (or rapiemur) from which the modern word “rapture” was derived (Greek/Hebrew Strong’s 726).

 

The Book of Revelation tells us that the child who is about to be born will rule the nations with a rod of iron.  Does the Bible give us any other clues as to who this child could be?  Is it Jesus or is it the Raptured Church?   We find the answer to this question in Christ’s message to the Church in Thyatira in Revelation 2: 25-29.

 

Nevertheless, what you have hold fast until I come.  And he who overcomes and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.  And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Rev 2:25-29.

 

Above the head of Virgo are the 9 stars of the constellation Leo, the Lion.  Practically speaking, these 9 stars can be considered to be in the crown on Virgo’s head.  On September 23, 2017, the planets Venus, Mercury, and Mars came into alignment above the head of Virgo as well, forming the garland of 12 stars mentioned in Revelation 12:1.  Many have suggested that the 12 stars in Virgo’s crown represent the 12 tribes of Israel.  At that time the crescent moon was at Virgo’s feet and Virgo was clothed with the sun.

 

This alignment, where Jupiter enters the womb of Virgo and remains for 42 (plus) months, has never occurred in all of history and it will never occur again in the future.  However, this alignment did come close to occurring on one occasion, which was on August 5, 3915 BC on the Gregorian calendar.  Jupiter did enter the womb of Virgo while Virgo was clothed with the sun, and it performed two reversals of direction due to retrograde motion at a time when the moon was at Virgo’s feet and there were 12 stars (9 stars of the Pleiades and 3 planets) in her crown.  However, the alignment was off slightly and Jupiter exited the womb of Virgo prematurely before completing its requisite course.  I suppose we could think of this as a type of astronomical miscarriage.  Many Biblical scholars believe this was around the time when Adam and Eve walked upon the earth.

 

The entire Revelation 12 Sign was visible in the western sky above Jerusalem on Saturday, September 23, 2017 - and how fitting that the sign that may be heralding the end of the Church Age will be seen right where the sun sets and the day ends.  

 

Conversely, the earlier manifestation of the Revelation Sign, the sign that never quite came together on August 5, 3915 BC, was visible in the eastern sky over Jerusalem where the sun rises at the beginning of the day.  Could it be that this imagery represents the sun rising and setting on the age of fallen humanity?

 

I wonder.  Could God have used this Great Sign to mark the beginning of mankind about 6,000 years ago and will He use it again to announce or mark the end of the Age of Grace for mankind?

 

The completion of the Great Sign of the Woman occurred on September 23, 2017, when the stars in the crown aligned.  It was certainly unique and it was truly spectacular.  However, God has done even more to increase the “wow factor” of this event.  A lot more.  For example:

 

·      On September 23, 2017, God placed a very special comet, with a very special name and designation, in conjunction with the crescent moon at the foot of Virgo, and at a very special distance from Earth, which was synchronized with the retrograde motion of Jupiter, and will be on a very special anniversary of a very special historical event for Israel.

·      The completion of the alignment of the Great Sign of the Woman intersected with the end of the 2-day period in which the Feast of Trumpets occurred.  The Feast of Trumpets started at sundown on September 21, 2017, and ended at sunset on September 23, 2017.  The Sign of the Woman occurred at sunset on September 23, 2017.  Therefore, these two events intersect at sunset on September 23, 2017.  The Feast of Trumpets is the feast that has traditionally been associated with the resurrection of the righteous dead and the Rapture of the Church. 

·      The Great Sign of the Woman occurred at a very special time in history.  The year 2017 is believed to have been a jubilee year.  Jubilee years are very special to God.  Debts are forgiven, slaves are freed, and land returns to its original owner.  A jubilee is also symbolic of deliverance.  This happens every 50 years, but this jubilee was exceptional.  After careful research, many Jewish scholars believe this was the 120th jubilee.  If we multiply 120 jubilees by 50 years each, we come up with 6,000 years.  If God has a 7,000-year plan for mankind (and as Genesis 6:3 seems to suggest), and there is still a 1000-year-long millennium ahead of us, we could very well have arrived at the end of the Age of Grace and are about to enter the Great Tribulation that precedes the Millennium.

·      In Genesis 6:3 God says “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”  Could there be a double meaning here?  When God said “an hundred and twenty years,” could He have also been alluding to 120 jubilees?  The 120th jubilee will end on the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 as part of the events of the Great Sign of the Woman.

·      Even more significant is that the Great Sign of the Woman will occur on the very last day of the 120th jubilee, on the Feast of Trumpets, which is the Jewish New Year, as the Hebrew calendar moves from 5777 to the year 5778. 

·      September 23, 2017, just happened to fall on a Saturday – the Jewish Sabbath.  

 

The Great Sign of The Woman will be the culmination of a series of spectacular heavenly events.  Some of these astronomical events include:

·      The 2014-2015 tetrad of blood moons which occurred on the Jewish feast days of Passover and Tabernacles.

·      The truly unique solar eclipse that occurred in the middle of the 2014-2015 tetrads.  There was a total solar eclipse of the sun (sackcloth sun) for two minutes over the North Pole on Friday, March 20, 2015, the day of the Spring Equinox which coincides with the beginning of the Hebrew month of Nissan, the first month in the Biblical calendar year, a solar occurrence that has likely never happened before in human history. A total solar eclipse at the North Pole on the first day of spring occurs once every 100,000 years. For it to occur on the first day of the first month of the Biblical calendar year is, however, entirely unprecedented.

·      The Great American Eclipse that happened on August 21, 2017, swept around half of the earth but only brought darkness to one nation – the United States.  A lunar eclipse has always been considered to be a bad omen for Israel whereas a solar eclipse, like this one, has always been considered a bad omen for the Gentiles.

·      The Supermoon of November 14, 2016, in which the moon was the closest to the earth as it has been since Israel became a nation in 1948 and the End Times began.  It was 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than an average full moon.  The moon has always been considered symbolic of the Bride of Christ in the heavens because the moon gives off no light of its own, but rather reflects the light of the sun (Son).  Could the nearness of the moon, along with its timing, be a message to us that the rapture is near and the time to be prepared is now?

·      In 1992, on the 9th of Av on the Hebrew calendar, the comet Shoemaker Levi 9 broke into 21 pieces (7 + 7 + 7) and impacted the bottom (heel) of the planet Jupiter, between July 16-22.  The 9th of Av is an exceptionally important date for the nation and people of Israel.  For example, the First Temple was destroyed on the 9th of AV in 586 BC and the Second Temple was destroyed on the 9th of Av in 70 AD.  Jupiter is the God planet.  It also seems to follow a prophetic pattern, as set forth in Genesis 3:15-16, during which God was talking to Eve, Adam, and the serpent (Satan) in the Garden of Eden.  In the very next verse, God introduces the concept of pain involved with childbirth – birth pangs – in conjunction with the coming Messiah.  Birth pangs are also a central theme in the heralding of the Rapture.  Who could argue that the earth is not experiencing birth pangs at the present moment?

 

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."  To the woman, He said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth, In pain, you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.”  Genesis 3:15-16.

 

Comet 67p

 

As spectacular as The Great Sign of the Woman may be, God is doing even more to call our attention to what happened on the heavenly stage.  On September 23, 2017, Comet 67p was directly abeam (in conjunction with) the moon, passing by the foot of Virgo 50 years after Jerusalem was returned to the Jews in the 1967 Six Day War.  It was also synchronized with the retrograde motion of Jupiter.  On this date, Comet 67p just happened to be 777 million kilometers from the sun.

 

I find it interesting that astronomers have designated Comet 67p as a “Jupiter family” comet.  I also find it interesting that the “67” in the name designating this comet seems to pair so conveniently with the year 1967, in which Israel gained control of Jerusalem.  God’s timing of End Time events, as outlined by the angel Gabriel in the Book of Daniel, seems to hinge around Jerusalem.  Even more coincidental is the timing of the comet, arriving precisely one jubilee (50 years) after Jerusalem’s liberation from the Muslims.

 

Comet 67p is also referred to as the Jubilee Comet.  Over the centuries the Jews lost track of the years in which Jubilee’s occurred.  Many biblical historians believe that 1967 must be a jubilee because that is when Israel regained Jerusalem in the Six-Day War.  One of the characteristics of a jubilee is that land must return to its original owner.  By checking back in 50-year increments scholars noted that other events significant to Israel also occurred in those years.  If this is the case, then 2017 is also a jubilee year. 

 

With all of the comets in space to choose from, the European Space Agency (ESA) chose Comet 67p as the destination for their Rosetta probe.  On March 2, 2004, the Philae lander from the probe landed on the surface of this comet. 

 

The conjunction of Comet 67p and the moon occurred at the very end of the Feast of Trumpets.  I see this as a very significant sign that the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is directly tied to the Rapture of the Church.

 

An Even More Significant Comet

 

Perhaps even more intriguing than Comet 67p is Comet Borisov C/2017/E1, which has been postulated to have traveled to our solar system from some point outside our Milky Way Galaxy and is the first inter-stellar comet ever discovered by mankind.  That would mean that it has been traveling for many millions of years to reach us.  As it came close to our sun it was captured by the sun’s gravity and its trajectory was substantially altered.  After receiving a “slingshot boost” from our sun’s gravity, it was flung off into space and ultimately exited from our solar system.

 

From the Earth, Comet C/2017 E1 appeared to originate in the constellation of Leo, which, of course, represents the House of Israel in the ancient Mazzaroth.  It then traveled through the reproductive parts of Leo and into Virgo where it entered the belly of Virgo and ultimately exited between the legs of Virgo on November 20, 2016.  This was the same day that Jupiter entered the belly of Virgo as a part of the Revelation 12 Sign.  For this reason, Borisov C/2017 E1 is known as the Conception Comet.

 

The timing and the imagery of this incredible sign in the heavens are supernaturally perfect.  The chances of such an event happening by chance are so infinitesimally small as to be non-existent.  This sign was created by the hand of God.

 

The Feast of Trumpets

 

Understanding the importance of the Feast of Trumpets, also known as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Teruah, is of key importance in understanding what the Bible tells of regarding the timing of the rapture.

 

Pentecost is known as the First Trumpet.  Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) is known as the Great Trumpet. The Feast of Trumpets is known as the Last Trumpet.    

 

During the 30-day period leading up to The Feast of Trumpets, the shofar is blown each day 100 times (3 distinct sounds blown in sets of 9 and repeated 11 times, for a total of 99).  The last note is a long blast, and is always referred to as “the Last Trumpet.”  The Last Trumpet is only blown on the Feast of Trumpets and the apostle Paul specifically mentions that the Rapture of the believers in Christ will take place at the Last Trumpet.  It was a “mystery” that was only revealed in the Bible much later when Paul said:

 

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.  1 Corinthians 15:51-52.

 

The Feast of Trumpets is also known as Yom Teruah.  The word Teruah means to shout.  In 1 Thessalonians, Paul tells us that the Lord will descend with a shout during the rapture:

 

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.  Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus shall always be with the Lord.  1 Thess 4:16-17.

 

The gates of heaven are opened on the Feast of Trumpets so that the righteous nation may enter (Isaiah 26:2, Psalm 118:19-20).  The Feast of Trumpets also marks the beginning of 10 days of intense spiritual preparation for the Day of Atonement.  All of those who have placed their faith in the WORD of God are deemed righteous on this day and will not be judged by God on the Day of Atonement.

 

The Feast of Trumpets is considered to be the day to rest in the finished work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our lives.  It is unique because there is no explicit reason given in the Torah for its observance, other than to “rest” and to sacrifice. It is the day when all of our earthly struggles are over.  The Feast of Trumpets is also the one Jewish feast day that warns of God’s prophetic judgment.   

 

Blow the shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm in My Holy Mountain.  Joel 2:1.

 

The Feast of Trumpets is known as the birthday of the world since the world was created on this day (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 11a).  The first words of the Book of Genesis (Bereishit), “in the beginning,” when changed around read, Aleph b’ Tishrei, or “on the first of Tishrei.”  Therefore, the Feast of Trumpets is known as the birthday of the world.  Jewish tradition holds that Adam and Eve were created on Tishrei 1.

 

The Feast of Trumpets marks the Jewish New Year and occurs at the beginning of the Hebrew month of Tishri (September-October).  There are 4 new years in the Jewish calendar.  Tishrei 1 is the new year of years.  Because the Feast of Trumpets takes place at the time of the new moon rather than a full moon, it is very difficult to know in advance what the actual day will be.  With anything less than an absolutely clear sky it is impossible to tell when the waxing moon is at its smallest and it takes at least 2 visual sightings to confirm it.  The new moon was sanctified when two witnesses saw the first sliver of the new moon and attested to it before the Sanhedrin in the Temple.  This sanctification could happen during either of two days, depending on when the witnesses came to the Temple.  Therefore, the Feat of Trumpets is observed for 2 days, Tishrei 1 and 2, due to uncertainty about celebrating it on the correct day.  The two days are regarded as yoma arikhta, one long day.  The Feast of Trumpets is the only Jewish feast where the moon is hidden.  The moon is an allusion and represents the Bride of Christ.  It is the only feast where the blowing of trumpets is a central theme.

 

For this reason, the Feat of Trumpets came to be known as the “feast where no one knows the day or the hour.”  If you were to mention “turkey day” to any good American, he would know that you were talking about Thanksgiving.  If you were to mention “the day of which no man knows the day or hour” to any good Jew, he would know that you were talking about the Feast of Trumpets.  Some people look for the Rapture to occur on the Feast of Trumpets because Jesus told us 4 times that “no man knows the day or the hours” of His return, during His Olivet Discourse. These 4 Biblical locations are:

·      Matthew 24:36

·      Matthew 24:42-44

·      Matthew 24:50

·      Matthew 25:13-15

 

The three main Jewish themes of the Feast of Trumpets are:

·      The resurrection of the righteous.

·      The Kingship of the Lord.

·      The marriage of the King.H

 

The Feast of Trumpets is referred to by many names.  These include:

·      Yom Teruah.

·      The Feast Where Nobody Knows the Day or the Hour.

·      The Day of the Great Shout.

·      The Day of Awe.

·      The Day of the Blowing of Trumpets, or The Day of Trumpets.

·      The Hidden Day, The Day of Concealment, or The Day of Hiding (as in hiding the Bride from the Tribulation).

·      The Time of Jacob’s Trouble.

·      The Day of the Awakening Blast.

·      The Day of Judgment.

·      The Day of the Opening of Books.

·      The Day of Remembrance.

·      The Jewish New Year.

·      The Day of the New Moon.

·      The Day of the Opening of Gates (the Gates of Heaven).

·      Ha Kiddushin/Nesuin (The Wedding of the Messiah).

·      Ha Melech (Coronation, or Crowning, of the Messiah).

·      The Birthday of the Messiah.

 

The Great Pyramid of Giza – The Oracle in Stone

 

The Great Pyramid is a megalithic structure that has been in existence for thousands of years.  Somebody built it.  It is only fair to assume that they had a reason.  It is also fair to assume that it was not built by the local inhabitants, who had barely progressed beyond being simple cavemen.  Even today, we do not have the technology to cut, move, and stack such huge blocks of solid stone.  Could it be possible that the Great Pyramid in Giza, along with the Sphinx and other huge pyramids, were built millennia ago to mark a future date in history?

 

Perhaps the Bible might give us some scriptural references that would provide clues:

 

You have set signs and wonders in the Land of Egypt, to this day.  Jeremiah 32:20a

 

In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the Land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.  And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of Hosts in the Land of Egypt.  Isaiah 19:19.

 

For they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.  Isaiah 19:20.

 

The word “Giza” means border.  The Great Pyramid at Giza is in the middle of Egypt and lies directly on the border between Upper and Lower Egypt.

 

The three pyramids in the complex at Giza represent Orion’s belt.  The Great Pyramid represents the left belt star, Al-Nitak (The Wounded One).  The middle pyramid, Giza Necropolis, represents the center belt star, Al-Nilam.  The Pyramid of Menkaure represents the right belt star, Mintaka.

 

There are two main passageways in the Great Pyramid.  The ascending passage rises at an angle of 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 9.7 seconds.  The descending passage descends at an angle of 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 9.7 seconds.  This is known as the Christ Angle.  A line drawn precisely 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 9.7 seconds north of due east from the center of the Great Pyramid will pass through the place of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem.

 

At sunrise on September 20, 2017, the heavens and the Great Pyramid were aligned in a manner that has never occurred before and will never occur again in the future.

 

The Great Pyramid star of Al-Nitak was at its zenith (precisely overhead of the Great Pyramid) as the concealed moon and sun broke on the eastern horizon.  Additionally, the other two stars of Orion’s belt were at zenith over the other two pyramids of the Giza complex.  This is an incredibly rare event.

 

The constellation Leo, represented by the ancient Sphinx, was in the east.  Leo’s king star, Regulus, was precisely at the Christ Angle of 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 9.7 seconds above the eastern horizon as seen from the Great Pyramid. 

 

Venus, the morning star, was at this time in conjunction with Regulus, the King Star from the constellation Leo.  It was also at the Christ Angle of 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 9.7 seconds at this particular moment.  The planet Jupiter represents God (the Father) in the ancient Mazzaroth and Venus represents Jesus.  In Rev 22:16 Jesus told us that He is the “bright morning star.”

 

The following day was the observed day of the (2-day) Feast of Trumpets.  Jupiter was then at the Christ Angle of 26 degrees, 18 minutes, and 9.7 seconds below the horizon in Virgo, as seen from the Great Pyramid.

 

Two days later was the culmination of the remaining celestial alignments in the Sign of the Woman in Revelation 12.

 

 

Conclusion

 

God told us in Genesis 1:14 that He put the sun, moon, stars, planets, and other astronomical wonders in the heavens to be for signs to us.  God also told us in Psalm 19:1-4 that He speaks to mankind using this universal language.

 

I believe that Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation describes a celestial alignment that will only occur one time in all of history and that it was an eight-year warning to mankind to get ready for the Rapture of the Church, which is now about to take place.  It was an End Times milepost from which to measure forward to the Rapture of the Church.  It was also one last warning to mankind to repent before the closing of the dispensation and the end of the Age of Grace.

 

The Revelation 12 Sign occurred on September 23, 2017, which was the Feast of Trumpets for that year.  The Feast of Trumpets is the traditional time for the Rapture to occur.  Eight is God’s number for new beginnings, resurrection from the dead, fresh starts, renewal, regeneration, and the day of harvest.  All of these terms are associated with the Rapture of the Church.  The Feast of Trumpets will take place again from September 22 through September 24, 2025.

 

We have been warned to watch and be ready.  God has written His warning of judgment in both His book and in the stars.  He has also given us a 24/7 hotline to the throne room of the universe where He is anxious to hear from us.  Despite all of this, very few pastors will preach about the End Times because they have not studied them, or because they do not want to preach about a controversial topic.  Jesus is about to return and the average pastor could not care less. 

 

Darkness continues to spread across the entire planet. The lengthening shadows of the End Times can no longer be ignored.

 

 

Carl Worline

Paladin3168@gmail.com

February 23, 2025