The 19-year Metonic Eclipse Cycle, the Jubilee and the Blood Moon Tetrads

The 19-year Metonic Eclipse Cycle, and the Jubilee as a History of Israel

In the Celestial Gospel we find Cosmic Narratives of the Coming Redeemer, told by the Almighty Cosmic storyteller, One God Who dwells outside of time, with a full Divine view of time past, present and future. Eclipses are a most profound model in Nature that asserts cosmic timekeeping relating to human history. This divine pattern is portrayed distinctly in the Temple and Tabernacle of Israel, [Ex. 25:9; 2 Kgs. 16:10, Deut. 4:16-18, Ps. 144:12, Ez. 8:10, 10:8, H8403, #1 structure, from H1129–banah: to build. Form, figure, model, image, likeness.]#2 Heb. 8:9-13, 9:23–pattern of things in the heavens–Ouranos [Mk. 13:25, G5262–hupodeigma; an exhibit for imitation or warning]#3 Almighty God Who lead Israel on their journey through the wilderness, gave them His Tabernacle whose structure was based on a manifestation of a perfect sublime pattern, often startling in its beauty and symmetry that embodies distinct similarity to artistic, and musical precepts.-Phi/Pi. The Creator of these patterns is worthy of reverence & awe.

The focus of this study on Eclipses is narrowed down to how the Metonic cycle of 19 years has dictated a special class of eclipses that bears a unique relation to the history of Israel, in these last times. We will expose the link between eclipse cycles and the end times, and answer the question why does a period between these eclipses fall just short of 7 calendar years? This blog includes aspects of reprint articles, detailing why stellar prophecies in the Bible, especially with eclipses do not refer only to calendar years.

This study is designed to summarize recent eclipses starting with the Blood Moon Tetrads in the formation of the nation-state of Israel, and following including the Blood Moon Tetrads of 2014/2015, and the 2020 decade with their Metonic Partner Blood Moon Tetrads of 2033/ 2034. We find two key Equinox eclipses in the North Pole Spring Equinox Eclipse of 3-20-2015  with its Metonic partner in the 3-20-2034 Great Equinox Eclipse, exactly 19-years later. This Metonic 19-year period is bracketed by Blood Moon Tetrads and Equinox Eclipses, marking some of the most notable eclipses in history, whose Shadow paths outline conflicts and actions of key ancient and modern world empires.

As we close in on the 2000-year historic anniversary of the Crucifixion, Resurrection & Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, this central event in human history is certainly the focus of celestial history even as it is in Scripture. In the pre-ponderance of Biblical, historical and chronological evidence resulting from decades of Biblical research and teaching, April 28th, 28 AD is not only the most likely candidate for the date of Christ’s crucifixion, it is the strongest and firmly supported option that fits the accuracy of Biblical timelines on this subject. This fell not only during the time Pontius Pilate was Governor of Judea, but also based on calculations of Herod’s death eclipse in January, 1 BC, not 4BC. We also include Bible guidelines of Jesus at 30 years old, when by Judean law, he was qualified as an adult, to carry out his ministry in 1-year [not 3] called the “acceptable year [singular] of the Lord,” according to Bible prophecy, [Isa. 61:1-2]. Jesus quoted Isaiah’s text in his Synagogue lesson in [Luke 4:18-19], but did not quote the entire text, halting mid–verse 2, since “the day of vengeance of our God,” was and still is, a future event, as part of God’s wrath in the day of judgment, having no part of Christ’s ministry in his first Advent.

As we view the Luni-Solar eclipse cycles, we begin with a 346.62 day eclipse year, wherein the moon, earth and sun are realigned in the same lunar node on the ecliptic. This involves the coordination of three different kinds of years:

Solar Year: The Earth’s orbital cycle around the sun; 365.242 days
Lunar Year: The Moon’s cycle completes 12 Earth orbits of; 354.3 days
Draconic Year: when the Earth, moon and sun align at a Lunar node on the ecliptic; 346.6 days. #4

We shouldn’t focus on any one of these types of years, in favor of a coordinated view of all three. As the 3 yearly cycles align, it forms a pattern that allows us to predict eclipses, most clearly evident in the 19-year [6940+/- day] Metonic cycle. This cycle of nearly 6940 days, as an eclipse cycle is taken as 235 synodic months, only an hour and a half less than 19 years of 365+1⁄4 days. It is also 5 “octon” periods and close to 20 eclipse years, so it yields a short series of four or five eclipses on the same calendar date, or on two calendar dates. It’s also equal to 110 “hollow months“ of 29 days and 125 “full months“ of 30 days. #5

Thus, eclipses generally repeat about the same day of the year every 19 years. Eclipses are easier to predict by the Saros cycle of 223 lunar months, or about 18 years and 11 days, which is also 19 eclipse years.

As the Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth spun the Sun, Moon and Stars in their cycles according to His perfect and Omniscient timing, we can gain an understanding of His order of Creation, and set our lives in correspondent order with the Father of Lights. [Gen. 1:14-19]

The Great American Eclipse crossing from Aug. of 2017 to April of 2024 that formed an “X” over America has left its mark on our awareness of the times which we inhabit. These Solar eclipses may serve as a warning of impending judgments, or at least cause us to question or wonder at the celestial cycles behind this phenomena, has certainly gained a new set of fans. The focus of the eclipse crossing, or the “X” in the central US, has many aspects including the US crossing point of these eclipses near the New Madrid fault zone. This fault zone is 6 times larger than San Andreas’ fault zone in California, over parts of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio & Kentucky. Back in 1811-1812, a damaging series of earthquakes on the New Madrid fault zone opened deep ground fissures, causing the Mississippi river to run backwards in some places, that reportedly was felt as distant as Boston & Washington DC. As the strongest earthquakes ever seen east of the Rockies, the heart of this “X” fell closest to the longest area of eclipse totality, exactly in the area where we would expect such an earthquake. This does not mean these three solar eclipses are predicting an earthquake event, but it may serve to warn America to repent and turn to God, reminding us that the Day of Christ’s crucifixion darkness was attended also by a great earthquake.

As we review the context of the total solar eclipse on August 21st, 2017–the 2nd Pan-American Eclipse across the US, we find the following dates, shown with the Regulus unions in Leo, and the Jupiter–Venus triple union in Virgo in 2016-2017, as signs of the Celestial Sphinx:

July 30th, 2016 Mercury-Regulus Conjunction
Aug. 5th, 2016 Venus-Regulus Conjunction
Aug. 26-27th, 2016 Jupiter-Venus conjunction [Jupiter enters Virgo]
Feb. 26th, 2017 Jupiter-Venus conjunction
August 21st, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse in Leo @ Regulus
Sept. 23rd, 2017 [Virgo clothed with the Sun/Moon @ feet]-Rev. 12:1-2
Sept. 30th Yom Kippur-Day of Atonement
Nov. 13th, 2017 Jupiter-Venus conjunction

The two brightest planets –Venus and Jupiter –teamed up to provide the closest planetary conjunction of 2014, which has been the closest Venus–Jupiter union in the 6 Lunar Eclipses of 2014-2016, until August 27, 2016, when Jupiter the King planet came into Virgo eventually to be “birthed” in 2017. This birth does not embody the birth of Christ himself, but the birth of his Kingdom which was rejected by the Jews, who crucified him in 28 AD. The triple union of the King planet Jupiter with Venus the Bright and Morning Star, on Aug. 27th, saw these two planets three times closer than in their 2015 conjunction when they were separated by only 1/3 of a degree.

The 2017 eclipse marked the last seven-year cycle before Israel’s 70^th Jubilee.

• Unlike lunar eclipses (except the Passover-Tabernacle tetrad lunar eclipses of 2014-2015), total solar eclipses are rare. #6

• God has used solar eclipses as signs before. The following is detailed, but very important. It shows that God has used eclipses to communicate His plans and can be expected to do so again. Jesus said, “And there shall be signs in the sun, and the moon, and the stars” (Luke 21:25). Around July of 1406 BC, the same year the Jubilee count began, as Israel entered the Promised land- Joshua commanded the sun and moon to stand still while Israel defeated the Amorites, (Josh 10:12). However, there was another celestial sign left unrecorded that occurred about the same time.

On July 14, 1406 BC, at the front paws of the constellation Leo, a total solar eclipse occurred. Compare the similarity and the location of the two eclipses.#7

Thus, the 1406 BC eclipse was in a very similar place as our 2017 eclipse. To understand the eclipse at the start of the Jubilees sheds great light on our grasp of the 2017 eclipse near the end, 70 Jubilees later. Thus we should consider what follows carefully!

Plate 1. Total Solar Eclipse near Regulus in Leo, 8/21/2017. #10

On July 14, 1406 BC, as Israel fought the Amorites, led by Joshua, they defeated the idol worshipping tribes and nations marked by the path of the narrow lunar shadow that crossed over the altars of false worship under its course. Starting in SW Europe where the Atlantic meets the Med– the place Columbus would later sail home after “discovering” America, passing through Spain, and over Rome’s seven hills, then the Greek gods of Mt. Olympus, the Island of Patmos along with the seven churches of the Book of Revelation, Tarsus, then along the southern side of the northern border of Israel (visible by warring Israel, Josh 10). This included Mt. Hermon of Bashan. It then proceeded along the river Euphrates to Babylon, Ur, and Eridu and its (Tower of Babel), to exit out of the mouth of the Euphrates (the eastern-most border God promised to Israel), and Susa (of Persia).

Moses prophesied the day he died “at 120 years of age” (i.e., 120.5) concerning the future of the 12 tribes of Israel. That day happened to have been exactly 6 months before the July 14, 1406 eclipse (Deut 1:3-4; 34:4-8). On this same day, Moses prophesied about two tribes that, when overlapped like the sun and moon in eclipse, foretold the eclipse of July 14, 1406 BC… The tribes of Dan and Manasseh (Joseph). #12

This comparison of celestial alignments not only within the Lunar Eclipse Sextet from 2014-2016, but also the Total Solar Eclipse of July 14, 1406 BC, with the Total Solar eclipse of August 21st, 2017 shows a series of solar and lunar eclipses on sacred feasts on the Calendar of Jubilees, that link ancient Israel to its modern State and City of Jerusalem. The history of Israel’s actions on its Feast Days, marked by repeating Solar and Lunar Eclipses over the centuries, are specifically quoted in Acts 2:17-20 “Before the Great and Notable Day of the Lord Comes“, prior to the Return of the Lord Jesus Christ For his Saints. For added context see Messianic prophecy of Hag. 2: 5-7. A timing focus on Hebrew feasts with the Aug. 21st, 2017 eclipse, link to Elul 1, opens a 40-day Season to Repent unto Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement. The core conflict or spiritual enmity between the seed of the Woman vs. the Serpent’s seed in Gen. 3:15, notes a virulent blood feud and spiritual hatred seen throughout OT History, that now in the last days, we find once again in a return to the days that are like the days of Noah.

As the enemy’s desire to prevent the 1st Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, by the genocide of Haman’s plot, foiled by the bravery of Queen Esther and Mordecai, that saved the Jews via the Hand of Almighty God in their day, so it remains their desire to inflict as much pain and destruction on Israel and the Christian world as possible today. God’s acts of righteous judgment will be completed as the evil ones of today are exposed and dealt with according to God’s perfect justice.

In our August 2015 post on the Partial Solar Eclipse; 9-13-2015, we referenced truths regarding Israel seen as a Fig Tree in the Bible. The following section from that blog provides a key foundation for the post on the Jewish Priest from the middle ages; Judah Ben Samuel’s Jubilee Prophecies. The Apostle Luke set the context with his prophecy of Israel as a Fig Tree.

Luke 21:24-33

“²⁴ They will fall by ^[f]the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (complete).  25 And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; ²⁶ men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.²⁸ Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near. ²⁹ Then He spoke to them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. ³⁰ When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. ³¹ So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. ³² Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”

Biblically, the Fig Tree is a symbol of Israel, as we will soon see. As Jesus told us in this parable in Lk. 21:29-32 that this generation would see the kingdom of God, that the Jews of that day rejected. Starting with the Blood Moon Tetrads of 1947-48 and 1967-68, that marked the formation of the modern state of Israel, we take note that they are 19 years apart, yet each of these Blood Moon Tetrads can be seen to represent a stage in the restoration of Israel, first as a nation, in 1948, and second with the recapture of its capital city of Jerusalem in 1967.

As we consider the history of the formation of the modern Jewish state, some have questioned; “Why wasn’t Israel fully restored in 1948, including the temple mount?”

Ans. In Ezekiel’s account of the fall of Jerusalem, God’s Spirit departs from the temple and leaves Jerusalem in specific stages (starting in 592 BC) and then comes back in stages 19 years later in 573 BC, (Ezek. 8:40). In the same way, Israel is now being restored in stages –each stage on a predicted time-frame in the Bible. The next stage in God’s plan for Jerusalem also happened exactly 19 years after Israel became a nation in 1948: The 1967, Six-Day War.

The next stage in Israel’s restoration was the six-day war waged exactly 19 years later, to the day, June 5-10, 1967. In this war, the Temple Mount was captured along with east Jerusalem, which included the day of Pentecost on June 5th, 1967.

But why 19 years later?

Ans. Because, from Ezekiel’s vision about the temple (573 BC) until when Israel became a nation are 1260 + 1260 years, that is 2520 years. (2520 days represents a seven-year period on the eclipse calendar; {2520 days.}) Thus, 2520 plus 19 more years equals 2539. And so, from 573 BC to 1967 are 2539 years.

So, what’s important about 2539 years?

Seven years on the regular Jewish calendar amounts to 2539 days in both 1948 and 1967. Thus, the seventh anniversary after Israel became a nation took place exactly 2539 days later on the regular Jewish calendar, (i.e., 1948-1955). And the same is true of the 7th anniversary of the 1967 War, (i.e., 1967-1974). Hence, in God’s heavenly schematic, 2539 days relate to the previous 2539 years back to the prophecy of Ezekiel in 573 BC!”#13

This is an example of a Biblical Prophecy with a dual significance that fits for both days and years. We will see another example of this when we discuss the “70 Weeks Prophecy” in Daniel 9, in a follow-up of this post next month, as it relates to the ministry of Jesus Christ among other things.

What has escaped the notice of most regarding Luke 21:24-33 is that Jesus’ prophecy on Jerusalem being over-run and controlled by the Gentiles, in Lk. 24 sets the immediate context of celestial signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars and the distress of the nations in verse 25. This directs our focus to heavenly signs around the periods bracketing the Roman’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, because this opened the period when the Jerusalem Temple was down-trodden by the Gentiles. Conversely, with Israel’s recapture of Jerusalem in 1967, with the events surrounding their control of the Temple Mount, we find the first stages of the restoration of Israel by God’s Hand. Since the Luni-solar eclipse cycles are part of the the heavenly signs of the Sun, Moon and Stars, including the modern Blood Moon Tetrads, there is much we can learn from the focus of this study.

Figure A. Blood Moon over Jerusalem.

What we also find in the repeating 19-year eclipse Metonic cycle linked to the history of Israel, is the annual pattern of sevens or the Sabbatical/ Shemitah septenary cycle built into the sequence. This pattern was first established with the Biblical temporal cycles starting in the Creation Week, setting the stage for Sabbaths pointed out in Jonathan Kahn’s books like ‘The Harbinger,” an early adopter pointing out a correlation of 50-year Hebrew Jubilee with the Sabbatical/Shemitah cycle, in the recent calendar cycle of 5776/ 2016. The key dates in 1949-50 and 1967-68 referenced above linked to Israel’s restoration, marked by modern Blood Moon Tetrads on Hebrew Feast and Holy days, form consistent levels of the divine pattern from the Hand of God, establishing the divine authenticity of these heavenly signs for those who are paying attention. [Gen. 1:14-18]

Figure A1. Select Revelation 12 Signs.

A key with the final Super Blood Moon of the recent 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad is that it occurred after the Hebrew Jubilee opened on Sept. 23rd, 2015, 2 years to the day ahead of the notable Great Pyramid alignment signs. These Great Pyramid Alignments are pictured in the upper right graphic of Figure A1, above where the Christ angle of the Great Pyramid Shafts are aligned with a Venus-Regulus conjunction in Leo on Sept. 20, 2017. This occurs 1260 days from the first Blood Moon of the 2014-2015 Tetrad, showing a transition on the Countdown Clock from years to days. As the Super Blood Moon was the first Blood Moon of the 2014-2015 Tetrad visible in Jerusalem, this was a head-turner. Correlating with two previous Jubilees in 1917 & 1967, we find an intriguing history in 1917, as Jerusalem was liberated by the British Army under General Allenby, from the Ottoman Turks, only a few weeks after Balfour’s Declaration promised Israel a homeland. Since this Dec. 1917 date represents a series of Shemitah cycles totaling 2,520 years going back to 604 BC when King Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, we find a link to Israel being lead away into the Babylonian Captivity.

During his campaign, General Allenby’s planes buzzed Jerusalem with many fly-overs, dropping surrender leaflets on the Ottoman forces, inducing the Turks to “wave the white flag” without casualty. As Isaiah discloses to us the way Jerusalem would be delivered;

Isaiah 31:4b-5: “so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mt. Zion and for the hill thereof, As birds flying, so will the Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, also He will deliver it; and passing over, He will preserve it.”

In this deliverance we can see the Hand of the Almighty working to fulfill this promise, even in the motto inscribed on the badge of the bomber squadron chosen to liberate Jerusalem which read: “I spread my wings and keep my promise.” This Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps took Jerusalem “as flying birds” and defended it, and passing over it, preserved it, fulfilling each detail of Isaiah’s prophecy.

As this background sets context for this study, let’s now consider the Judah Ben Samuel’s Jubilee Prophecies. Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel lived during the time of the Roman/Christian Crusades in the Holy Land between 1096-1270 AD. It was during this time that Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel began publishing his “Jubilee Prophecies,” complete with Gematria calculations, and Celestial notices. As news traveled between the Holy Land and Europe found its way to the rabbis and clergy in Worms and Regensburg Germany, the good Rabbi took many of the same steps as Martin Luther 300 years later, as he led the Reformation against the Roman Catholic Church in the “Diet at Worms.“ A synopsis of the Rabbi’s prophecies is found below;

“When the Ottoman (Turks) – who were already a power to be reckoned with on the Bosporus in Judah Ben Samuel’s time – conquered Jerusalem they will rule over Jerusalem for 8 Jubilees. Afterwards, Jerusalem becomes a no-man’s land for one Jubilee, and in the 9th Jubilee it again returns back into the hands of the Jewish nation – marking the beginning of the Messianic end time.”#14

Leviticus 25, tells us every 50 yr. Jubilee each one regains title to their lands. As Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel told the future, his predictions today seem to be amazingly accurate. But it was over 3 centuries after his death, before his first prediction came to pass. The recent Jubilee of 5776/ 2016 was a special hybrid of Shemitah/Jubilee cycles that coincided with an end of Judah Ben Samuel’s 10th Jubilee to seal the Messianic End times.

Although Judah Ben Samuel’s Jubilee Prophecies are extra-Biblical in nature, they embody another key historical layer of verification in the divine patterns of these signs of the last days, as seen in the 50-year Hebrew Jubilee. The veracity of these prophecies has been questioned, but when viewed in the context of the existing pattern of sacred Hebrew calendars of the Shemitah/Sabbath and Jubilees, with the Hebrew Feast & Holy days marked by modern Blood Moon Tetrads, about which Judah Ben Samuel referenced nothing in his writings, they gain the added credibility of the coordinated celestial signs from the Hand of the Almighty.

Ludwig Schneider of Israel Today Magazine translated Judah Ben Samuel’s (1140-1217) writings into English. “…According to his article, Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel was a Talmud scholar in Germany. Just before he died in the year 1217 he predicted that the Ottoman Turks would rule over Jerusalem for eight Jubilees, or 400 years (8 x 50). The Ottoman Turks took control of Jerusalem 300 years after the Rabbi’s death in 1517 and according to the prophecy, the Ottoman Turks then lost Jerusalem 400 years later in 1917. During WWI when British General Edmund Allenby took Jerusalem on Hanukkah with out firing a shot in 1917. This event falling on Hanukkah and the ease in how it occurred, make this moment in history very notable. Judah Ben Samuel’s prophecy also said that following the 8th Jubilee, the 9th Jubilee would find Jerusalem a no-man’s-land, which it was from 1917 to 1967, until the Six-Day-War. The Rabbi predicted in the 10th Jubilee-Israel would control Jerusalem, marking a start of the Messianic end times. The completion of this Tenth Jubilee brings us to the year 2017.”#14a It is key to realize that the conclusion of this 10th Jubilee in 2017, we also find 2nd Fulfillments of the original Rev. 12 heavenly signs in addition to marking the Birth of Christ in 3 BC. Dual references to these future aspects of the “Woman” in Rev. 12-5-17, were revealed as Jon Nessle taught us how future aspects of the “7 headed dragon with 7 crowns” echoes language in Daniel 7 and Rev. 13, as examples of 2nd fulfillments of the Rev. 12 heavenly signs, in our Mini-Summit on the Hope in 2017,#15 in Tampa. He also mentions how dual or multiple fulfillments of prophecy can hinge on various word meanings in line with what E.W. Bullinger teaches on the Figure of Speech “Gnome.” I also posted blogs in October and November of 2017 on these topics, for your reference. These would correlate to Judah Ben Samuel’s Jubilee 11: that opened on Yom Kippur 9/30/17.  

From the Balfour Declaration on November 2, 1917–during the 1917-1918 Jubilee, to the retaking of the Western Wall during the 1966-1967 Jubilee, to the Jubilee from September 2015 to the fall of 2016, God was at work restoring His Blessings to Israel in stages. The Temple Mount seems a next logical stage of this restoration process, but the events remain to be seen in Jubilee 11, in how it all comes together.

In Israel’s War of Independence against five Islamic nations, Jerusalem was a  “divided city.” The Jordanian government controlled east Jerusalem including the Temple Mount and the Old City. A strip of land divided Israeli control of Western Jerusalem and Jordanian run East Jerusalem. This strip of land was called “No-Man’s Land” by both Israelis and Jordanians. After the 6-Day War, on June 17, 1967, the Israeli Army controlled the entire West Bank and all of Jerusalem was returned to their possession, 750 years after Judah Ben Samuel predicted these events, the conditions of his prophecy were fulfilled.

Then came the Rabbi’s last piece of his prediction: “In the ninth Jubilee, Jerusalem will once again come back into the possession of the Jewish nation – which will signify the beginning of the Messianic end time.”

As we have already seen with our opening verses in Luke 21:24-33, Jesus’ prophecy relating to Jerusalem being over-run by the Gentiles sets the context for the end time heavenly signs of the Sun, Moon and Stars. The Scholars and Blood Moon enthusiasts have focused on the luni-solar signs, but have neglected their relation to Jerusalem. To understand this better, lets look at added evidence of this in Joel 2 setting the table for Joel 3.

Figure B. Jerusalem in 70 AD. #15a

Joel 2:30-32

³⁰ And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. ³¹ The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. ³² And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

This is a primary “Blood Moon Prophecy” that occurs prior to the victorious return of the Lord, FOR his Saints. These verses at the end of Joel 2 give us the immediate context for the prophecy relating to Jerusalem and the Gog-Magog alliance of Gentile nations we can see gathering around Jerusalem that set the stage for coming final battle of Armageddon at the start of Joel 3.

Joel 3:1-2

1 “For behold, in those [climactic] days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, ² I will gather together all the [Gentile] nations [that were hostile to My people] And bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Lord judged). And there I will deal with them and enter into judgment with them there For [their treatment of] My people, My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations, And [because] they have encroached on My land and divided it up.

The sensational focus on the Blood Moon phenomena, not only in Christian circles but also in the secular media, has detracted from the reason for the Blood Moon Tetrads in the first place, which is the disposition of Jerusalem and specifically the Temple Mount that determines the final stages of God’s deliverance of Israel and the Church-the Body of Christ. The fact that we have completed the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, and now find ourselves well past the Shemitah/Jubilee of 5776/2016 with added solar and lunar eclipses on Hebrew Feast–days, from 2017-2024, we have plenty of reason to keep our heads to the sky as part of “the generation that will see these signs come to pass“ serving the Lord Jesus Christ, into his victorious Return. [Lk. 21:32]

The “Jubilee“ for Jerusalem of today, depicts certain levels of God’s restoration of Israel, starting from a prior Gentile dominion of Jerusalem in 70 AD, when Rome ravaged the Jerusalem Temple. Joel 3:2 tells us Rome’s attack on Israel  resulted in the Jews being either killed, starved, or sold as slaves. This history of the Gentile domination of Jerusalem first by Rome, next by Islamic armies, including the Ottoman Turks predicted by Judah Ben Samuel, held it till 1917, when Allied Forces under Gen. Allenby delivered the Holy city. From 1917, the next Jubilee was a 50 years later in 1967. With a return of Jerusalem to Israeli control in 1967, it makes 1966- Shemitah #49. The pursuant Jubilee =(7 cycles of 7 Years = 49): 1966+ 7×7= 2015. Since 70 AD, Old Jerusalem was not under Israeli rule till the 6–day war with Egypt in 1967. This liberation of the City of Jerusalem on June 7, 1967 was key pivot point in a recent Prophetic past, specific to the End Times, with the 6-day war-of June 5-10, 1967, exactly 19 years after the New State of Israel was formed in 1948.

In the Balfour Declaration of Nov 2, 1917, British Foreign Minister Balfour pledged support for establishment of a “Jewish national home in Palestine.” During this 1917-18 Jubilee, there were other heavenly signs and planetary conjunctions taking place telling related parts of this story of the restoration of Jerusalem and Israel. Mar’s retrograde motion embodied the Warrior Archangel Michael fighting for God’s people, moved in conjunction with the King star Regulus in Leo, depicting conflict surrounding God’s restoration of His people, vs. our spiritual adversary who stands against God’s purposes at every turn. This retrograde motion of Mars began in Leo, then progressed into Virgo’s head, returned into Leo, depicting the Celestial Sphinx, in the body of Leo the Lion with the head of the woman Virgo, symbolizing a restoration & unity not only for Israel, but also with the Lord Jesus Christ and his Angelic cohorts under the Archangel Michael.

The Celestial Sphinx as seen below follows the structure of the Great Sphinx on the Giza Plateau. In addition to marking the Alpha and Omega signs of the Celestial Canon, the Great Sphinx mirrors the binding of Scripture together from Genesis to Revelation, as seen in the references to Jesus as the Lion of the tribe of Judah in both Gen. 49:8-10 and Rev. 5:5, the first and last books of the Bible. Another indicator of the key importance of these stellar aspects of the Great Sphinx, is that our recognition of the Celestial Sphinx, Virgo and Leo the Lion provide a basis for the signs of the triple union of Jupiter-Regulus in Leo, in 3 BC related to Gen. 49:8-10. This is a foundation key linking the Sphinx both to the Celestial Gospel & God’s Word, in their unified testimony to the Coming Promised Seed.

To continue a sub-theme of Hebrew Jubilee planetary unions of Mars during its retrograde motion, we find added evidence during the 1967 Jubilee, in between the Passover Blood Moons on [4-24-67] and on Sukkot [10-18-67]. The Mars retrograde looped around Virgo’s womb area opening March 10th through June 24th. During this loop Mars neared union with the Alpha Star of Virgo–Spica on June 6th, completing its loop around the womb of Virgo, a few weeks later. This again embodies the conflict germane to God’s deliverance of Jerusalem from the spiritual enemy, as the city of Jerusalem was wrested from Gentile domination, seen in the rebirth of Jerusalem under Israeli control. The planetary activity in 2 previous Jubilees depicts restoration of Israel with Mars-Michael, as an exciting lead-up to the 2017 Jubilee, when Jupiter the king planet-God’s Holy Sceptre, finished a retrograde loop of Virgo’s womb, symbolized a birthing of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, with God’s Angelic warriors in conflict with enemy spirit realms emphasized here with the triple conjunction of Mars-Spica, unifying the four fold ministry of Christ with angel cohorts of Michael the Warrior Archangel.

Figure C. The Celestial Sphinx. #16

As we view the celestial context of this first union of Jupiter and Regulus, [Fig. B] marking the birth of Christ, we can see the head of Virgo rising above the eastern horizon under the full body of Leo the Lion on the ecliptic. This views what an observer standing near Palestine facing east would have seen on this date, providing a clear aspect of the astronomical symbolism of the Sphinx as an important marker and monumental predictor of Jesus‘ birthday on Sept. 11, 3 BC, a prophecy of the birth of Christ preserved in stone on the Giza Plateau from antiquity! This serves as a monolithic marker to the prophecy provided in Rev. 12:1-5, in the constellation Virgo, further establishing this truth.

This leads us directly to the eclipses marking the American Century that we have seen in our lifetimes.

 The American Century in Eclipses. 

There is certainly much in current events regarding Jerusalem coinciding with these celestial signs. On Dec. 6th of 2017 in Trump’s 1st Admin., he released plans to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Predictably, some Islamic nations defied this recognition of Jerusalem by a major world power, linked to Israel. The timing of this was noteworthy as the Jubilee calendar marked other key events related to Jerusalem in recent history. As we correlate 2 previous Jubilees in 1917 and 1967, we find a previously noted history in 1917, as Jerusalem was liberated from the Ottoman Turks by Gen. Allenby, & his Army of Brits, only weeks after the Balfour Declaration promised Israel a homeland. This date in Dec. 1917 shows a record of Shemitah’s totaling 2,520 years, began 605-4 BC, when King Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem, & led Israel captive to Babylon. In the Balfour Declaration-Nov. 2, 1917-in the 1917-1918 Jubilee, to retaking the Western Wall in the 1966-1967 Jubilee, to a recent Jubilee in 2017-2018, we see God working to restore His Jubilee Blessings to Israel in stages.

The Temple Mount may to be a next stage in a restoration process, where we can see provisions for a third Temple in Jerusalem. The new US Embassy was opened on the rebirth of the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel-May 14th, 2018. An aspect of the Biblical Jubilee is the restoration of the land to original owners, thus it is interesting to see this progressive restoration of the lands to Israel including Jerusalem, to the people who have returned to live in the modern State of Israel.

The great 2520 year period is called the Great 7-times of prophecy in Levi. 26: 18, Then I will punish [3256] you seven times more for your sins. v.21 Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. v. 23 And if you will not be reformed [3256-yacar] by Me by these things but will walk contrary to Me, v. 24 Then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish [3256] you yet seven times for your sins. v. 27 And after all this, if you do not obey Me, but walk contrary to Me, v. 28 then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise [3256] you seven times for your sins. [3256-yacar; repeated 4x]

God is certainly making a point in this record among other judgments, what He brings upon Israel if they continue to walk against Him in all their ways. After the repetitions of 7 times of Judgement, it also records the desolation of their cities including Jerusalem, and how their lands will not produce for them since Israel ignored the pattern of sabbaths to rest their lands [Levi. 26:34-37, 42-46] as God commanded–leading to the Jubilee Sabbaths.

Israel lost sovereignty in 605-4 BC, for a perfect 2520–year period, minus 70 years captivity in Babylon, fulfilled in 1948 when Israel regained freedom. In 586 BC, the city of Jerusalem was destroyed as well as the Temple. This took place 19 years after 605 BC as Nebuchadnezzar removed their national sovereignty and sat King Jehoiakim as vassal ruler, (2 Kings 24:1). Using 586 BC as an incept point of another time measurement, when Jerusalem was destroyed, another 2520–year period (again minus 70 years for its captivity) fulfilled in 1967 when Israel recaptured Jerusalem, June 7, 1967. In God’s Eternal Covenant in Israel; His people were detached from the land God promised them for a time, (Ps. 105:7-45) but its ultimate fulfillment is in accordance with Their Perfect Judge.

The City of Jerusalem and the Temple lay desolate for 70 years. After that period of desolation, the 2520-Year countdown began and culminated on June 7, 1967 when Israel regained control over Jerusalem. They also got control of the Temple Mount, but they had to return control back to the King of Jordan, who still retains control of the Temple Mount today. ​In the 20th century, the Nation of Israel regained sovereignty, celebrating Independence on May 14, 1948. Nineteen years later, the city of Jerusalem came under Israeli control on June 7, 1967. The Gentile dominion over Jerusalem is structured in 2-1260 year periods [1260 x 2 =2520] leading up to the current countdown in the end times, where we can see a transition from 2520 years, to 2520 weeks, to 2520 days, highlighted by periods based on 7-year eclipses. As the time periods on God’s Clock decrease from years to weeks to days and even hours, [Rev. 9:15] so the clock ticks unto a countdown of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, with our deliverance. In this “Countdown Clock“ I think we find an example of what’s called in God’s Word [Mt. 24:22, Mk.13:20] “The Lord Shortening (2856) of days…” This “Shortening” is (G2856-koloboo; to dock, or abridge) from, G2849–kolazo; curb, curtail, chastise, punish, reserve for infliction), that fits with End Times judgment or corrective acts. Acts 4:21)

Its found in 2 Peter 2:9

⁹ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

In Leviticus 26:18 above, God warned Moses, if his people didn’t repent and return after their captivity, God’s 7-times judgment would befall them. ​We have already seen 2520 years of judgment in the 1260 x 2 years of Gentile dominion over Jerusalem in history.

Bullinger believed that these 1260 year periods marking the Gentile’s dominion over Jerusalem and its Temple in history, foreshadowed 2-1260 day periods in the last 2520 days, leading to final fulfillment of the Abomination Desolation, during the Great Tribulation, [2 Thess. 2:1-4]. A precursor of this period of the Gentile dominion fullness may be seen in 1260 days of heavenly signs from the 1st Blood Moon Eclipse of 2014-15 Lunar Tetrad, 2 years before the Rev. 12 sign, 9/23/17, presaging 2 periods of 1260 days in the coming tribulation of, [Rev. 11:1-3, 12:6, 14-17, 13:5].#36

In Figure A1, above the Christ angle of the Great Pyramid Shafts were aligned with a Venus–Regulus union in Leo, 9/20/2017. This occurred 1260 days from the first Blood Moon of the 2014-2015 Tetrad, in a transition on the Countdown Clock from 2520 years to 2520 days. As the Super Blood Moon was the first lunar Eclipse of this Tetrad, visible in Jerusalem, it alerted us! But the last Lunar eclipse of the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad-a Super Blood Moon, also visible in Jerusalem on Sept. 28, 2015, occurred 2520 weeks from as the 6-day war ends, during the previous Blood Moon Tetrad of 1967-68. As Israel’s rule was reclaimed over over Jerusalem for the 1st time since 70 AD, it showed a transition on the Countdown Clock from 2520 years, to 2520 weeks to 2520 days, the first 1260 days of these 2520 days, counted from the first 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad, to the Rev. 12 sign, @ 9/20-23/17.

This is an eye opener as we recall the 7 weeks/49-day count between Passover and Pentecost, that also forms a basis for the 7 weeks of years leading to the 50 Year Jubilee on the Hebrew Calendar, seen in the 50 year period between 1967-68 to 2017-18. This gives us a common standard for calculating weeks, days and years in Bible time-keeping, established in the feasts of Passover, Pentecost and the Hebrew Jubilee. This manner of Sabbath counting applies to a week of days, as the weekly Sabbath; a week of weeks, such as counting from Passover to Pentecost; a week of years bringing a Sabbath Year; or even a week of Sabbath Years, bringing a Jubilee. And seen linked in the two princes of [Daniel 9:25-27] with Jesus, it was a literal week of seven days, but  with the anti-Christ it is a week of seven years wherein he disrupts temple sacrifices in the 7-year tribulation at the halfway mark of 1260 days.

Just to be clear, I’m not making any predictions based on the material presented above, but I am pointing out some very interesting historical correlations from various viewpoints to spur some consideration and discussion. As always I welcome all Comments and Questions!

Portions of this blog are a summary from other studies along with sections of an article on these 3 eclipses that started in August 2017. Please refer online to; [https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series] where you can find more info on this topic for your personal study…

God Bless!

Rene’

Footnotes

1. Strong’s Concordance, H8403, James Strong.
2. IBID; H1129–banah, James Strong.
3. IBID; G5262–hupodeigma, James Strong.
4. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_cycle#Repetition_of_solar_eclipses
6. https://www.bible-codes.org/Blood-Moon-Prophecy-Tetrad_AD2014-2015_2061-2062-Bible.htm
7. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/Jubilee-missing-Sabbaths.htm
8. https://1260d.com/2017/06/22/shemita-solar-eclipse2017/1406bc-eclipse-rome-leo/
9. IBID
10. Stellarium Astronomy Software: Total Solar Eclipse near Regulus in Leo, 8/21/2017.
10a. https://1260d.com/2017/06/22/shmita-solar-eclipse2017/1406bc-eclipse-rome-leo/
11. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas.html
12. https://1260d.com/2017/06/22/shmita-solar-eclipse2017/1406bc-eclipse-rome-leo/
13. https://1260d.com/2017/06/22/shmita-solar-eclipse2017/
14. Israel Today Magazine, Ludwig Schneider [March 2008]
  http://issuu.com/ryaninzion/docs/israel_today_march_2008

14a. IBID
15. “Comprehending the Choreography of the Divine Starry Dance.” 9/17 ppg. 17- Jon Nessle.
15a. Figure B Picture credit, [templemountlocation.com]
16. Figure C picture credit on the Celestial Sphinx. “Jesus Christ our Promised Seed”, p. 45. American Christian Press, VP Wierwille.
17. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
18. IBID
19. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_cycle#Repetition_of_solar_eclipses]
20. map from 1260d.com
21. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
22. IBID
23. IBID
24. IBID
25. IBID
26. IBID
27. IBID/https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
28. IBID
29. IBID
`30. IBID
31. IBID
32. IBID
33. IBID
34. IBID
35. IBID
36. “Witness of the Stars”, p. E.W. Bullinger