Long before The Great Sign of the Sun-Clothed Woman (The Rev.12 Sign) appeared on Sept. 23, 2017, there were quite a few prophecy students proposing a potential 2017-2024 timeline for the final seven years of this age prior to Christ’s Return to the Earth. As the highly anticipated date of Sept. 23, 2017 approached, the excitement and euphoria nearly became tangible. It certainly appeared to be an extremely promising date for the Rapture – the catching away of the followers of Christ off this planet. However, when Sept. 24th rolled around, and everyone was still here, there were many who mistakenly dismissed the legitimacy of the sign.
Posted by Rapture Bound September 21, 2019 February 20, 2020 Leave a comment on Re-Thinking the 2017-2024 Tribulation Timeline – (Part 2) There’s no doubt about it, the 2017-2024 Tribulation timeline theory simply doesn’t line up with the traditional, widely held, Pretribulationalism, Dispensationalism, or Premillennialism.
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- All the qualifiers are there from September 23-25, 2017 for this sign, which comes 1,260 days after the first tetrad of April 15, 2014. However, the woman must give birth and Jupiter remains in the womb a few more weeks when it will then emerge. On November 13, 2017, Jupiter emerges and is joined in conjunction with Venus.
- The 2017 Virgo sign might well involve a Rapture, but many End-Time students of Biblical prophecy speculate that there are at least 3 Raptures occurring as it relates to the Tribulation Period. This is why there is much confusion as to a pre, mid or post-Tribulation Rapture.
Tribulation Began September 23 2017
It’s my firm conviction that all attempts to refute the claim of the Sept. 23, 2017 heavenly alignment matching and fulfilling the description given in Rev.12:1,2 have failed miserably.
Although there were those who entirely wrote-off the reality of the Rev.12 Sign appearing on Sept. 23, 2017, there were others, while embracing it’s authenticity, abandoned the 2017-2014 Tribulation timeline due to the Rapture event not taking place. Make no mistake about it, The Rev.12 Sign, also referred to as the “Mega Sign” due to it’s translation from the Greek – mega semeion in Rev.12:1, was not a “non-event”. There was indeed an epic event that occurred on Sept. 23, 2017 … the manifestation of God’s most important sign to His creation since the Star of Bethlehem!
It was somewhere around the beginning of 2019 that I first came across an article that awoken me to the possibility of a 2017-2024 Tribulation timeline.
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At the very beginning of the above article it reads,”but of course it (referring to the timeline) becomes a moot point if the Tribulation doesn’t begin this fall (of 2017)”. Ironically, it was that very statement which would eventually lead me to ask myself a riveting and unexpected question, “Could it be that the 2017-2024 Tribulation timeline is “still alive and well?” After careful examination of the signs both preceding and following the Rev.12 Sign, I came away believing that it very well may be the case.
September 23 2017 Tribulation
The”two witnesses”, or two epic signs of the Great Pyramid and the Rev.12 Sign, began the wheels turning in my head. It just seemed way to coincidental that these signs just happened to perfectly “bookend” the Feast of Trumpets in 2017. Many were aware of the Rev.12 Sign, but many were unaware of the great significance of the Sign of the Great Pyramid, it pointed directly to Sept. 20, 2017, with the two day observance (Sept.21/22) of the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) wedged in between the Rev.12 Sign on Sept. 23rd…”bookends” with surgical precision…the hand of God if you ask me. The heavenly sign of the Great Pyramid’s “Christ Angle” occurred on Sept. 20/21, 2017. The Christ angle is 26.3 degrees, and the 263rd day of 2017 just so happened to land on Sept. 20th ..what are the odds?!
It appears to me that God was trying to draw our attention to the Feast of Trumpets in 2017, Jewish year 5778. With the help of a few other signs (such as The Great American Solar Eclipse and The 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad) I was left with the belief that the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 was, in all likelihood, marking the starting point to the final seven years of this age.
Before I present the 2017-2024 timeline, I find it important to note a few things. The timeline is merely speculative, I myself see other viable possibilities. It’s certainly not a “thus saith the Lord” declaration. It’s not “bullet-proof”, in fact I myself could shoot many holes in it, there are many questions associated with it that I cannot answer at this point. However, I don’t believe I should allow these facts to hinder me from sharing what I have observed concerning this ominous and exciting timeline. This website was simply born out of a desire to share the information that I’ve gleaned with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Your insights are greatly valued, even if they don’t line up with my viewpoint, no one has all the answers, we are all susceptible to error…1 Cor.13:12, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known”(KJV).
The 2017-2024 Tribulation Timeline Theory:
(1) Sept.21/22, 2017 – Yom Teruah/Feast of Trumpets
Plus 1290 days (Dan.12:11) equals…
Plus 1290 days (Dan.12:11) equals…
(2) Apr.3, 2021 – 7th day of Passover –
A.O.D./Great Tribulation
Plus 1260 days (Rev.11:3;12:6) equals…
A.O.D./Great Tribulation
Plus 1260 days (Rev.11:3;12:6) equals…
(3) Sept.14, 2024 – Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement –
Jesus Returns to the Earth
(Rev.19:11-21; Zech.14:4,5)
Jesus Returns to the Earth
(Rev.19:11-21; Zech.14:4,5)
Total duration = 2550 days (all dates on Torah Calendar)
A.O.D. – the Abomination of Desolation/Great Tribulation (Matt.24:15-21)
A.O.D. – the Abomination of Desolation/Great Tribulation (Matt.24:15-21)
Due to the complex nature of God’s prophetic program leading up to Christ’s Return to the Earth, opposing theories will inevitably exist. Let’s endeavor to avoid devouring one another in an attempt to defend our personal viewpoints or agendas. As followers of Jesus Christ we should be earnestly striving to seek out the truth as revealed in His Word, while exhibiting the fruit of the Holy Spirit as lights to a dark, sin-ridden world.
On September 23, 2017 a sign forms in the heavens that fits the requirements of Revelation 12. As far as can be determined from computer models, this is the only time this sign will occur in history. Therefore, this would literally be the Great Sign of Revelation that is to appear in heaven. The woman in heaven is Virgo–the Virgin. The sun is the sun “clothing Virgo” and the moon is actually under her feet. The garland of twelve stars are the nine stars of Leo with three wandering stars that have been situated within Leo at this time to make twelve. Those wandering stars are: Mercury, Mars, and Venus. The last element of the sign is that the Virgin must be with child. The planet or star of the Messiah is Jupiter. Jupiter at this time is in the womb of Virgo. Again, no replication of this sign has yet to be found.
The problem with this sign is that all to often it is taken only as a symbol for what it represents and is not considered an actual sign placed in the heavens by God. The sign represents the birth of Messiah from the virgin of Israel, but it is to be taken as an actual sign to be seen and thereby understand the time at which a significant event occurs. The problem then is to determine where it occurs within the timeline of the end of days. That is, where does it occur in relation to the 70th Week of Daniel–the final period of seven years before Messiah comes to rule the planet. The solution lies within Micah 5.
In Micah 5 the timeline of the Messiah is given. First he will be born in Bethlehem and he is to be known as the one who will be ruler in Israel. When Jesus came he presented himself as the Prince on Palm Sunday, but then he was later crucified that week on Passover. He did not become a world ruler from Jerusalem at that time. Micah then says that Messiah will give them up “until the time that she who is in labor has given birth.” Forty days after the resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven and ten days later the Church began and continues to this day. According to Micah, Israel’s remnant will return to the children of Israel only after she has given birth.
The sign of Revelation 12 is the sign that marks this time. It marks the transition from the Church to Daniel’s 70th Week. This sign appears in the heavens just two days after the Feast of Trumpets and likely the Rapture of the Church in 2017. All the qualifiers are there from September 23-25, 2017 for this sign, which comes 1,260 days after the first tetrad of April 15, 2014. However, the woman must give birth and Jupiter remains in the womb a few more weeks when it will then emerge. On November 13, 2017, Jupiter emerges and is joined in conjunction with Venus. This day also comes 444 days after their previous conjunction on August 27, 2016 that marks Jupiter’s entry into Virgo.
If November 13, 2017 marks the beginning of the significant spiritual return of Israel, then six days later marks what appears to be the beginning of the 70th Week of Daniel. This is done by counting 2,520 (7 x 360) days back from the Day of Atonement 2024. Now most prophecy students believe Israel signs the covenant with the Antichrist to begin the 70th Week per their understanding of Daniel 9:27. This author instead believes that this is Israel’s Covenant with God, which is strengthened by God himself showing the Israelis that all is back on track. During the transition from the Rapture to the beginning of the 2,520 days would be sixty days and it is believed within that time there is the fulfillment of Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38-39. Only God rescues Israel from the war and Israel is said to recognize that fact.
With the Rapture occurring on the Feast of Trumpets and this war coming from the north, it should be clear to many Jews what just occurred. With an understanding of the Old Testament, it should be clear. Of course, that is why it is there. Paul speaks of the Gentiles provoking the Jews to jealousy. If there were a time to be jealous, to see a sizable segment of Gentiles (and some believing Jews) get taken in the Rapture to safety before the coming Day of the Lord would be it. It will mean that many Jews will get on track and believe. With 144,000 Jewish male witnesses found in the book of Revelation, it has been made clear that many in Israel will believe and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom. The seven years begin at a time of Israeli spiritual renewal. This is why Jesus warns Israel of the Antichrist by identifying the time of the Abomination of Desolation, which occurs in the middle of the 70th Week. That is the true moment of identification and time the Antichrist will control the land of Israel.
One roadblock in understanding the sign of Revelation 12 is by not understanding the layout of the book of Revelation. Chapter 11 takes the reader to the end of the seven years at the seventh trumpet when the earth fully becomes under Jesus Christ our Lord. Chapter 12 begins further detail on this coming time and starts back at the beginning. We therefore begin at this sign that represents Israel and the bringing forth of the Messiah. But the point is that this is a heavenly sign placed in heaven to show us when these things will begin. That is, the continuation of the salvation story through the nation of Israel.
Therefore, the sign of Micah 5 and Revelation 12 is an actual sign in the heavens that can be documented and it is yet future. It marks the time at which a true return of Israel will occur. It is not an accident that it comes right after the Feast of Trumpets–the time of the last Trump for the Church. This then means (along with everything else documented here on this site) that time is short for the Church. Will believers pay attention and do what must be done and make sure that they are sharing the gospel? The doors to the Church are still open for those who might believe in our Savior Jesus Christ. Only by believing and putting our trust in Christ will we escape what is soon coming upon the world. It is becoming pretty apparent what is soon coming. If one does not believe until after the Rapture, God’s grace will be sufficient, but it will not be without many perilous trials.
Research from Mark Chiswell:
“I have completed an analysis of the 23 September 2017 Heavenly Sign. I checked seven thousand years and found no comparable event. I checked 6,200 years into the past and 1,200 years into the future which is equivalent to Man's entire History.
I began the search by looking at every year from the birth of Christ to 78 AD. I then realized that I only had to check every 12 years in accordance with Jupiter's orbital period. I checked from 78 AD to 3215 AD after which I realized that Jupiter is only in the womb of Virgo for 294 days every 83 years. I then checked from the Birth of Christ to 4248 BC every 83 years checking 12 years either side just in case.
I have made an excel spread sheet of the findings which can be downloaded from here.
I have also done a 15 minute You-Tube video ...... How rare is the Revelation 12 Heavenly Sign [23 September 2017] Once in 7000 Years.”
The problem with this sign is that all to often it is taken only as a symbol for what it represents and is not considered an actual sign placed in the heavens by God. The sign represents the birth of Messiah from the virgin of Israel, but it is to be taken as an actual sign to be seen and thereby understand the time at which a significant event occurs. The problem then is to determine where it occurs within the timeline of the end of days. That is, where does it occur in relation to the 70th Week of Daniel–the final period of seven years before Messiah comes to rule the planet. The solution lies within Micah 5.
In Micah 5 the timeline of the Messiah is given. First he will be born in Bethlehem and he is to be known as the one who will be ruler in Israel. When Jesus came he presented himself as the Prince on Palm Sunday, but then he was later crucified that week on Passover. He did not become a world ruler from Jerusalem at that time. Micah then says that Messiah will give them up “until the time that she who is in labor has given birth.” Forty days after the resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven and ten days later the Church began and continues to this day. According to Micah, Israel’s remnant will return to the children of Israel only after she has given birth.
The sign of Revelation 12 is the sign that marks this time. It marks the transition from the Church to Daniel’s 70th Week. This sign appears in the heavens just two days after the Feast of Trumpets and likely the Rapture of the Church in 2017. All the qualifiers are there from September 23-25, 2017 for this sign, which comes 1,260 days after the first tetrad of April 15, 2014. However, the woman must give birth and Jupiter remains in the womb a few more weeks when it will then emerge. On November 13, 2017, Jupiter emerges and is joined in conjunction with Venus. This day also comes 444 days after their previous conjunction on August 27, 2016 that marks Jupiter’s entry into Virgo.
If November 13, 2017 marks the beginning of the significant spiritual return of Israel, then six days later marks what appears to be the beginning of the 70th Week of Daniel. This is done by counting 2,520 (7 x 360) days back from the Day of Atonement 2024. Now most prophecy students believe Israel signs the covenant with the Antichrist to begin the 70th Week per their understanding of Daniel 9:27. This author instead believes that this is Israel’s Covenant with God, which is strengthened by God himself showing the Israelis that all is back on track. During the transition from the Rapture to the beginning of the 2,520 days would be sixty days and it is believed within that time there is the fulfillment of Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38-39. Only God rescues Israel from the war and Israel is said to recognize that fact.
With the Rapture occurring on the Feast of Trumpets and this war coming from the north, it should be clear to many Jews what just occurred. With an understanding of the Old Testament, it should be clear. Of course, that is why it is there. Paul speaks of the Gentiles provoking the Jews to jealousy. If there were a time to be jealous, to see a sizable segment of Gentiles (and some believing Jews) get taken in the Rapture to safety before the coming Day of the Lord would be it. It will mean that many Jews will get on track and believe. With 144,000 Jewish male witnesses found in the book of Revelation, it has been made clear that many in Israel will believe and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom. The seven years begin at a time of Israeli spiritual renewal. This is why Jesus warns Israel of the Antichrist by identifying the time of the Abomination of Desolation, which occurs in the middle of the 70th Week. That is the true moment of identification and time the Antichrist will control the land of Israel.
One roadblock in understanding the sign of Revelation 12 is by not understanding the layout of the book of Revelation. Chapter 11 takes the reader to the end of the seven years at the seventh trumpet when the earth fully becomes under Jesus Christ our Lord. Chapter 12 begins further detail on this coming time and starts back at the beginning. We therefore begin at this sign that represents Israel and the bringing forth of the Messiah. But the point is that this is a heavenly sign placed in heaven to show us when these things will begin. That is, the continuation of the salvation story through the nation of Israel.
Therefore, the sign of Micah 5 and Revelation 12 is an actual sign in the heavens that can be documented and it is yet future. It marks the time at which a true return of Israel will occur. It is not an accident that it comes right after the Feast of Trumpets–the time of the last Trump for the Church. This then means (along with everything else documented here on this site) that time is short for the Church. Will believers pay attention and do what must be done and make sure that they are sharing the gospel? The doors to the Church are still open for those who might believe in our Savior Jesus Christ. Only by believing and putting our trust in Christ will we escape what is soon coming upon the world. It is becoming pretty apparent what is soon coming. If one does not believe until after the Rapture, God’s grace will be sufficient, but it will not be without many perilous trials.
Research from Mark Chiswell:
“I have completed an analysis of the 23 September 2017 Heavenly Sign. I checked seven thousand years and found no comparable event. I checked 6,200 years into the past and 1,200 years into the future which is equivalent to Man's entire History.
I began the search by looking at every year from the birth of Christ to 78 AD. I then realized that I only had to check every 12 years in accordance with Jupiter's orbital period. I checked from 78 AD to 3215 AD after which I realized that Jupiter is only in the womb of Virgo for 294 days every 83 years. I then checked from the Birth of Christ to 4248 BC every 83 years checking 12 years either side just in case.
I have made an excel spread sheet of the findings which can be downloaded from here.
I have also done a 15 minute You-Tube video ...... How rare is the Revelation 12 Heavenly Sign [23 September 2017] Once in 7000 Years.”