The Stopwatch and Key to the Apocalypse

ABSTRACT: The two great signs of Revelation 12 are the stopwatch and key to the Apocalypse. The book of Revelation gives enough information to understand and date the two great signs in the sky.[1] Two great signs in the heavens hold the central place in the book of Revelations, a woman clothed with the sun and a great red dragon poised to consume her coming son, but the dragon is cast to the earth. The woman is portrayed by the constellation Virgo, pregnant and about to give birth. The dragon is the constellation of Draco plunging to earth. It will be shown the details of these signs calendar this event like hands on a clock. The date marked, Nov 17, 2036 is the center of the tribulation period. Because Draco is cast to earth as a result of a pole shift,[2] these signs also lift the veil on the sequence and timing of some of the events at the end of the age.

Copyright Ó 2007 Bruce Alan Killian 13 July 2007A.D. email bakillian at earthlink.net

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Understanding how the sign of Satan is cast to the earth is accomplished provides a key to answer the question of the sequencing of the events in the Book of Revelation. Each should search the Bible to confirm the truth of this message. Each should realize the time is short, now is the time to get reconciled with God and to produce the fruit of a life wholly set apart to God. This study is the result of God’s grace; no one could get all these insights unless God revealed the information and willed that it be known. It is right to reveal and publish the works of God (Tobit 12:7). Surely, Lord Yahweh does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets (Amos 3:7). These signs will not catch the Christian world by surprise.

Before the Signs

The scenario will be presented that will be supported shortly. Immediately before the signs, two witnesses prophesy for 1260 days, then they are killed (Revelation 11:3-13). The sign is introduced,

Revelation 11:19 Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great meteor storm.

Meteorites cause the flashes. The earthquake is worldwide and continues for an hour (and of lesser magnitude for weeks). The earthquake will wake nearly everyone and scare them outdoors where they can see this sign. The great meteor storm is usually incorrectly translated hailstorm. (Usually during hailstorms, one cannot see the stars and hailstorms are not worldwide). People located where it is dark in the Northern hemisphere will see thousands of meteor flashes coming from the northern sky. In Israel, dawn approaches while night has fallen on the west coast of the United States. The earthquake will cause a dramatic loss of electrical power around the world thus ending light pollution and enhancing the spectacle. Much of the “Christian” world will see the signs in the heavens long ago predicted by the apostle John. Triggering this event as a “thief in the night,” an asteroid will hit the Pacific Ocean and cause the earth’s North Pole to move rapidly southwards toward Alaska. Much of the world will witness this sign and because of it, millions will shortly die.

Many of the signs of Revelation 12 are constellations. Some of the signs are easier to identify than others. Constellations are pictures made of stars in the sky. The names of many of the constellations and their meanings were fixed over 4000 years ago.[3] The woman clothed with the sun is Virgo (Latin for Virgin). Virgo is the only sign in the zodiac that is female and the moon monthly passes beneath her feet. The sign of the great red dragon is more difficult to identify because there are four snake-like constellations in the heavens. The constellation Serpens is close to Virgo and has been identified as probably the sign in a recent book.[4] Draco a second of these signs partially encircles the North Pole and so on any clear night it is always visible from Israel. Draco in Greek is Drakon meaning serpent or dragon. The archangel Michael may be the constellation of Leo. Identifying the male child as Jesus would point to the child being represented by Venus and the sun.[5]

This article will show the tail of the sign of the Red Dragon of Revelation 12:3 is the constellation Draco. Draco is the most important of the four serpent like constellations because of its location near the North Star. There is one hint about its location, the sign is said to fall from the sky. Under normal conditions most stars rise in the east and set in the west. This sign is said to be cast from heaven and fall to earth. From Israel, only the signs near the North Star could appear to fall to earth and they would only appear to fall if there was a pole shift. The pole shift will be discussed later. The dragon’s head, horns, and crowns are constellations between Draco and Virgo.

Great Signs in the Heavens

Revelation 11:19-12:9 Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great meteor storm. ^12:1A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a victor’s crown of twelve stars on her head. ²She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. ³Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven kingly crowns on his heads. ⁴His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. ⁵She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. ⁶The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

⁷And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. ⁸But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. ⁹The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

The Dragon has a tail, seven heads, ten horns and seven crowns. In the pre-dawn sky, four different symbols can be viewed. The tail represented by Draco.

[6] White arrows Meteor Storm Green Leo Archangel Michael Red Satan Tail Head Crown Horn Blue Virgo and Crater Crown Horizon Venus and sun represent Jesus

Figure 1 Sign Satan (the dragon) Prepares to eat Jesus when He is born

Initial Observations

The first sign Virgo is the woman Mary about to give birth to a son, Jesus represented by Venus and the sun. Venus (the bright morning star) represents the Jesus because Jesus says, “I am … the bright Morning Star” (Rev. 22:16).[7] Jesus is also represented in the sky by the sun because Jesus’ face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance (Rev 1:16).[8] The second of these signs is a huge red dragon, Satan, ready to eat Jesus, but cast down to earth after a battle instead. This sign causes great destruction on the earth. The constellation Draco (Dragon) surrounds much of Ursa Minor (the little dipper, the constellation containing Polaris, the North Star). On any clear night from Jerusalem (or any other location north of latitude 31 degrees north) with no light pollution Draco is always visible. It rotates around the North Star every 24 hours.

This article explains these signs and the related consequences. It also looks back to a related event in the Scriptures see Satan’s Ascent (Isaiah 14) page 15.

The Signs Interpreted

Note there are at least two meanings to each of these passages. The first is the physical sign occurring in the sky, this is the primary discovery related in this article. The second, the spiritual meaning of what the sign signifies. Many have interpreted this as an allegorical passage. This is a sign and does not necessarily mark the time Satan was/is cast to earth.

Then God's temple in heaven was opened—the ancients considered the North Star to be the throne of God.[9] If the North Star is considered God’s throne then the sky near the North Pole is God’s temple. This could also imply the entire starlit sky is God’s throne. The clouds parted or cleared or night fell so the stars could be seen. Assume a few thin clouds remain to help redden the sky.

And within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant—the original ark of the Covenant was hidden by Jeremiah (2 Macc 2:4-5).[10] The original ark of the Covenant was to be forgotten and never remade (Jer 3:16). The Ark of the Covenant, here is not a gold covered Acacia wood box with the Ten Commandments inside. The ark referred to here is Mary the mother of Jesus. The original ark held God’s word on stone tablets. Mary’s womb held the Word of God made flesh. The constellation Virgo can represent Mary, Ark of the Covenant.[11] Virgo was always low in the dawn sky on Yom HaKippurim as the Holy of Holies was entered the day the ark was visited by the High Priest. The precession of the equinox has moved the rising of Virgo from September to November.

And there came flashes—Meteor streaks. Meteor streaks are sometimes called God’s arrows or spear (Hab 3:9, 11). If these were lightning flashes, the sky would be cloudy and the stars hidden.

Rumblings, peals of thunder—the earthquake, volcanoes and the meteors are making a lot of noise. The scripture frequently presents thunder as the voice or presence of God.[12]

An earthquake—occurs that is worldwide and in many places intense, particularly in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Alaska, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Places with the most latitude change typically experience the greatest earthquakes. This is the worst earthquake ever experienced by man (Rev. 16:18).

And a great meteor storm—There are records of spectacular meteor shower the November 13, 1833 Leonid meteor storm. “The skies were lit up by thousands of shooting stars every minute.” “All the stars are falling!”[13] Also, shooting stars are sometimes referred to as angels.[14]

^12:1A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven—Great and wondrous sign in the sky—symbolic of something not just a few planets moving through a constellation, but rather this constellation seems to suddenly give birth to the sun discussed below. A sign that is completely unexpected and surprising.

A woman—the constellation Virgo representing Mary. In this constellation, the brightest star, Spica, represents Mary’s hips. She is in the east but facing north. See Figure 1 Sign Satan (the dragon) Prepares to eat Jesus page 3. Why Virgo? Revelations 12:1 says a great sign of a woman clothed with the sun. There is only one constellation of the zodiac that is female, the constellation Virgo meaning Virgin in Latin. “All the traditions, names and mythologies, connected with this sign, recognize and emphasize the virginity of the woman.[15] The woman is about to give birth to a son. This woman represents Mary under three of her titles "Ark of the Covenant", "Mother of Jesus" and "Mother of the Church". Ark of the Covenant because the Ark of the Covenant was revealed in heaven (Revelation 11:19). Mary the Mother of Jesus because she gave birth to our Lord Jesus Christ the one who will rule the nations with a scepter of Iron (Rev12:5). Mary Mother of the Church because besides her primary offspring, Jesus, the rest of her offspring are those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus (Rev 12:17). Later Mary will be discussed in more detail. Why do we say she gives birth to Jesus—because she gives birth to the male child will rule the earth with an iron scepter.[16] This is Jesus Rev 19:11-16.

Clothed with the sun—For Virgo to be clothed with the sun it must be low on the horizon shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset. So the light of the sun brightens and colors the sky. Here because of other clues it is just before dawn. Why Morning? When Virgo is above the horizon in the morning the constellation Draco is in the north below the North Star and is poised to fall to earth as discussed below. Because the time a sky event varies around the world, dawn is assumed to be viewed from Jerusalem.[17] The presence of the light of pre-dawn hides the dimmer stars particularly near the eastern horizon and gives a rosy color to the eastern sky. The stars that can still be seen initially are the brighter ones those from first to fourth magnitude. Virgo is clothed with the sun at dawn every November.

With the moon under her feet—when the sun is near in position in the sky to the moon, the moon is a crescent. The moon is under Virgo’s feet—preferably almost touching her feet. The moon follows a path that takes it near Virgo’s feet monthly. Also, if the moon were full, it is very bright and its brightness washes out the nearby stars making them hard to see.

Why a crescent moon? It says the moon under her feet, if Virgo is in the east before dawn and the moon is visible under the feet of Virgo, then the moon must be a waning crescent moon because the moon close to the position of the sun can only be a crescent moon. The sun and the moon are important to identifying the time of this sign.

And a victor’s crown of twelve stars on her head—the stephanos or victor’s crown is a cluster of 12 stars near Virgo’s head. The constellation Crater and half of the constellation Hydra make up this sign. This was the most difficult sign to identify because the crown quite unexpectedly looks like a mantle or hooded cloak. Note Our Lady of Guadalupe is not wearing a crown, but is wearing a mantle of stars. Twelve is the number of rule or authority or government so although she is not the ruler she represents the ruling authority. The Constellation Crater, the crown proper of this sign has a shape identical to Corona—the dragon’s crown.

²She was pregnant—a planet was near Virgo’s womb area (in this case below the hips area). The planet Venus has been moving lower day by day. Only planets (wandering stars), the moon and comets move and are therefore able to superimpose a picture on the background picture of the constellations. On the previous day, Venus was at Virgo’s hips.

And cried out in pain—signs in the heaven do not usually make any noise. The noise must be due to the meteors, volcanoes and earthquakes. When the volcano Krakatoa erupted it was heard (approx. 3000 miles or 4800 km) away. There will be many volcanoes erupting.

As she was about to give birth—Venus representing Jesus has already passed the hips, at dawn she gives birth to the sun also representing Jesus. Again a reference to the time shortly before dawn.

³Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon—the Greek word for another is "allos" meaning another sign of the same type or character so another great sign. The sign is enormous because the dragon includes four different constellations, Draco (tail), Bootes (seven heads), part of Hercules (10 horns) and Corona (7 crowns). Because of the dawning sky only stars of the fourth magnitude or brighter can be seen. God drew a picture in the heavens with stars and then hid that picture with stars. The constellations are red because the dawn is adding color to the sky. Red is the color representing sin in the Bible—the sunrise is making the sky reddish.[18]

With seven heads—a cluster of seven stars forms the dragon’s head. This sign is the constellation Bootes, it has one first magnitude and six third magnitude stars. The other stars are faint because of the approaching dawn. Bootes lies between Draco and Virgo so the head is prepared to devour the child. The brightest star (Arcturus) would represent the most important of the heads. The seven stars are in a shape that looks very much like a poisonous snake or dragonhead attached to Draco and with its mouth aimed toward the child in Virgo. The sign has one head of seven stars—seven stars representing the seven heads which as seven political entities acting as one.

And ten horns—the ten horns are a cluster of ten stars making up a picture that looks like a giant horn. The horn is made up of the ten brightest stars of the constellation Hercules that are above the horizon. The horizon chops the constellation of Hercules in half. Horns in the Bible symbolize power. This is a great horn indicating Satan has tremendous power. Though Satan has power, God has more because Satan will be cast out of heaven. The ten horns may indicate ten armies.

And seven kingly crowns on his heads.—a cluster of seven stars near Draco’s heads is the diadem crown or kingly/rulers crown. This is the constellation Corona, shaped like a crown and has one star of second magnitude and six of the fourth magnitude. It is just below Bootes. Corona means crown in Latin, is shaped like a crown, and is positioned immediately above Bootes the head of the dragon. The dragon is inverted with his head down. The seven crowns are likely identical in meaning to the seven heads.

⁴His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky —the tail of this constellation is the constellation Draco proper. His tail swept a third of the stars of the sky—there will be a meteor shower coming from the area of Draco. This constellation wraps around about one third of the North Star.

—Satan is said to lead one third of the angels with him, here one third of the stars disappear. After the pole shift the night is about 2/3 the length that it was before the pole shift. This is because in November the night is about fourteen hours long after the pole shift the stars can be seen about ten hours of the night so stars are visible only 2/3^rd of the time they were visible before the pole shift. This is also symbolic of the percent of angels who Satan led astray when he fell. A second theory as to why there are only a third of the stars is that the smoke form volcanoes make the faint stars less visible.

And flung them to the earth—meteor shower symbolic of a great host of Satan’s angels coming to make life for the inhabitants of earth miserable.

The dragon stood in front of the woman—the constellation Bootes (the seven heads of the dragon) connects Draco and Virgo so Draco’s mouth is facing the child in Virgo and is poised to consume the child. The brightest star in Bootes is at the mouth of the dragon’s head.

Who was about to give birth,—Both Venus and the sun are in position for birth. Venus has passed the hips, so birth is imminent. See How Virgo Appears to Give Birth page 11.

So that he might devour her child the moment it was born—A Serpent constellation was associated with the belief that it consumed the sun during a solar eclipse.[19] Here a giant constellation is poised to consume anything coming from the woman.

⁵She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. —Although she is pregnant with Venus, she gives birth to the sun (representing the son of God). The pole shift causes Jerusalem to move to the equator. The change in the length of the day shows the sun is born. The ancients considered the sun to be born on the winter solstice because the days started to get longer. Moving Jerusalem to the equator causes the length of the day and night there to become equal.[20] So this day the sun is counted as being born.

And her child was snatched up to God—as the pole shift proceeds the sun will quite suddenly dawn and rise into the sky, far faster than normally happens. The sun representing Jesus is snatched into the sky or heaven.

And to his throne—the sky is the throne of God and the sun is now in the sky. Satan has been cast to the earth, but Jesus does not come to the earth. By day, Jesus is represented by the sun, by the night he is represented by the constellation Crux. The next night Crux, the Southern Cross is visible in the sky to the south.

⁶The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.—I do not know how this is depicted in the sky if it is depicted. When we compare this with Rev 12:14, The woman is given wings of an eagle to flee this scene. This is language similar to Exodus 19:4 where Israel was given wings of an eagle to cross the Red Sea. Perhaps the woman flees either across where the Sea of Galilee was or where the Dead Sea was. The ability to cross where the sea was is a part of the sign very much like the Red Sea crossing. The woman here probably also represents her offspring the church who escape much as Israel escaped from Egypt by crossing the Red Sea.

⁷And there was war in heaven—Massive number of meteors coming two different locations, perhaps surpassing the 1833 Leonid meteor storm. The Leonid meteor storm is a part of this sign. The peak of the Leonid meteor storm lasts less than one hour. In 1833, there were thousands of meteors at a time, “so many meteors in the sky at a time that many people were woken from their beds and stared at the sky in panic, believing the sky to be on fire. Many feared that it was the end of the world and dreaded what they would see at daybreak.”[21]

Michael and his angels—Maybe the constellation of Ursa Major (the big dipper) because it is poised above Draco, but more likely Michael is the constellation Leo because the time of this event is very close to the time of the Leonid meteor shower and because that can be a most spectacular meteor storm. I do not know whether Michael is a cherubim, the cherubim have four faces one like a lion. Leo is Latin for lion. Michael is the head of the Angelic host and the guardian of Israel (Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9). In the Jude reference Michael was contending with Satan over the body of Moses[22] and here this battle occurs at the same time Moses has died and is about to be assumed into heaven in a cloud (Rev 11:12). The Leonid meteor storm appears to originate from a point in the head area of Leo.

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Figure 2 The Leonid Meteor Storm of November 13, 1833

Fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back ⁸But he was not strong enough, —Satan and his angels fight back with a meteor shower of their own, but they lose the battle.

And they lost their place in heaven. —Satan and his angels fall from their permanent place in heaven near the throne of God. There is a pole shift causing the constellation Draco to fall to earth. Draco from this point on will be visible only about half the night, it no longer rules the sky. To understand the arguments presented here one must have some understanding of pole shifts, what they are and what happens when the poles move rapidly, see Joshua’s Long Day.[24]

⁹The great dragon was hurled down—Repeated for emphasis, this is not the normal movement of this constellation. This is also, where one could visualize the sky rolling up like a scroll (Rev 6:14). It is important to separate this event from stars falling, because there is a meteor shower as well. The constellation Draco falls to the earth.

—That ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, —here we are clearly informed the great sign in the heavens represents Satan or the devil. Note Lucifer is not mentioned because it refers to Mercury.

Who leads the whole world astray. —everyone buys into some of Satan’s lies. Even those saints who do not buy into his lies are led politically in the wrong direction.

He was hurled to the earth and his angels with him.—while this sign is symbolic of Satan being cast to the earth, there is a time when Satan and his angels are actually cast to the earth. The time and time sign could be simultaneous.

Figure 1 is the pre-dawn sky of November 17, 2036 from Jerusalem about 5AM. Many other dates can be chosen all about mid November when Virgo is in the East at dawn and Draco is in the North head down. The moon is a faint crescent with the concave portion aimed almost straight up and below the feet region of the constellation Virgo the (Virgin).

Questions Discussed

These signs will occur on a November or early December morning as a crescent moon rises under the feet the constellation of Virgo in the east. The Bible gives additional information to help us date these events. Virgo, the moon, sun and Venus all help to date this event.

Virgo rises in the evening in September or early October. I believe it is unlikely the sign is Virgo is clothed with the sun in the evening because Draco must fall a greater number of degrees to fall to earth. This would require a greater pole shift and move Jerusalem south past the equator.

Why November or December? Virgo rises in the east at dawn in November, or early December. To be clothed with the sun at dawn is most appropriate to these two months. When Virgo is near the eastern horizon before dawn the constellation Draco is poised head down below the north star and must fall the minimum distance to fall to the earth.

It says the woman was pregnant and cried out in pain as she what about to give birth. It is logical to assume the woman is crying out in pain because of the pangs of childbirth, but if the woman is Mary, she did not/would not experience birth pangs since she is without original sin. It is here proposed the pain she experiences is due to the large sword/spear/lance piercing her soul. She is in sorrow for what is about to happen. One month to two weeks before my two best proposed birthdays of this child a lance appears to pierce her heart. The anguish is due Mary’s concern over what is about to happen. See Sword Pierce Your Soul page 21.

Venus has a period of 1.6 years and passes through the feet of Virgo in these months about every three years. Every eight years Venus arrives in almost the same location at the same time of year.

An asteroid will strike the Pacific Ocean causing Jerusalem to move due south and the North Pole to move over the next few hours to a point in Southern Alaska. The Pacific Ocean was chosen, because an asteroid from the north striking an ocean and causing the North Pole to move toward Alaska would have to hit the Pacific Ocean.

When will this occur? I do not know, but I will guess, because these events will not take Christians by surprise[25], but it could happen in any year in about November or December. This event does not mark the end of the age or the time of the return of Christ but it is one important event in the series of events leading up to that event.

The second sign is the Dragon identified as Satan. Satan is said to be cast to earth (Rev 12:9). Jesus said he saw Satan fall like lightning (meteor flash?) (Luke 10:18). (That is visibly and straight down). Both of these statements imply Satan went straight down so the constellation of Draco appears to fall to the earth. For Draco to appear to fall to the earth (without the North Star disappearing) the North Pole must shift about 31 degrees south toward southern Alaska. So the constellation will fall to earth as a sign of Satan being cast out of heaven.

The battle is very likely timed to match the Leonid meteor storm. The First storm was on November 13, but in recent years, it arrives on November 17-18.

How Virgo Appears to Give Birth

While Virgo is pregnant with Venus when she gives birth, she gives birth to the sun. Virgo can never be pregnant with the sun unless the sun is being eclipsed by the moon because the sunlight hides the constellation. If the moon is under her feet and hiding the sun then Virgo is upside down so it is the evening. The sun typifies Jesus.[26] A stellar object does not go instantly from about to give birth to giving birth, unless we a talking about separate days, but with a pole shift we are talking nearly at the same time. Since Jesus is represented by two objects Venus and the sun, the sign can show Venus at a position of about to give birth—then the sun as she gives birth. For Virgo to give birth to the sun it has to be dawn. Because the pole is moving south the sun will dawn more rapidly than normal—so the sun will appear to be snatched up. And because Jerusalem moves to a position near the equator, the sun will pass through the winter solstice period to the spring equinox instantly. So as in the star of Bethlehem the winter solstice represents the birth of the sun, here the sun gives birth early (before the normal solstice) because it goes from a long night to a day and night of equal length in only an hour.

The Virgin of Guadalupe

The tilma of Juan Diego holds a picture of The Blessed Virgin with the moon under her feet, clothed with the sun and pregnant. This picture is from pre-dawn December 12, 1531 (the winter solstice) Thus, we have three different pictures of Mary giving birth with the signs of the sun transitioning from a long night, Venus giving birth, etc. The Star of Bethlehem, the great sign of Virgo in giving birth Revelation 12:1, 5 and Our Lady of Guadalupe all have a clear astronomical clear link. Each event occurs before dawn, each links to Venus giving birth and each has the sun about to be born. All link to a change from a long night to a lengthening day. All involve Jesus as the one being born. Mary does not have an obvious crown, could her mantle be her crown? The most obvious answer is no because it has more than twelve stars on this crown, but it does crown Mary with stars.

The sign of Guadalupe led to the dramatic conversion of the natives of the new world. The great sign will undoubtedly lead to a dramatic conversion of in our time. This conversion could include many adherents of Islam who believe Jesus is greater than Mohammad, and believe in Mary and Satan as they come to understand Jesus is not just a prophet, but God who did die on the cross for the sins of the whole world to redeem man from bondage to Satan and sin and that he is alive because he was resurrected not because he was taken before He died.

There are at least nine different constellations/signs of importance in this scene Virgo, Draco, Bootes, Corona Borealis, Hercules, Crater, Hydra, Crux and Leo.

Jesus—Sun (born), Venus (preborn), Crux (crucified)

Satan—Draco (tail), Mercury (Lucifer), Bootes (head), Corona Borealis (crown), and half of Hercules (horn).[27]

Archangel Michael—Leo and his angels—the Leonid meteor storm.

Virgin Mary—Virgo (her body) and Crater, and half of Hydra (crown) shaped as a mantle.

Angels—Stars and meteorites

Constellation	1^st mag.	2^nd mag.	3^rd mag.	4^th mag.	Reference in Capt
Virgo	1	0	6	10	p. 33	Woman
Hydra	0	1	3	12	p. 133	Woman’s veil
Crater	0	0	1*	4*	p. 134	Woman’s crown
Corvus	0	0	4	1	p. 135	Mary chair/throne?
Bootes	1*	0	6*	11	p. 39	Dragon’s 7 heads
Corona	0	1*	0	6*	p. 48	Dragon’s 7 crowns
Hercules	0	0	7	17	p. 55	Part is Dragon’s 10 horns
Draco	0	4	7	10	p. 65	Dragon’s tail
Crux	1	2	1	1	p. 44	Jesus’ Cross
Ursa Minor	0	1	2	4	p. 121	Throne of God
Leo	2	2	6	13	p. 129	Archangel Michael
Leonid’s						Michael’s Angels

*marks stars numbered as part of a sign

“The constellation Draco [or Dragon] is identified by a passage in Job, “By his spirit he hath garnished [made bright or beautiful] the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked [or fleeing] serpent” (Job 26:13).[28] This is important because God placed these stars in place with the correct brightness and tuned the planets, location of the poles, etc.

Because Revelation 12 is such a key passage in the tribulation for interpreting the Scriptures, not all the passages in the scripture related to it will be investigated or discussed. No attempt will be made to sequence all the events of Revelation.

Figure 3 Graphic Constellation Draco

Selecting the Best Date for the Signs

The sign of the woman giving birth is the “stopwatch” to the Apocalypse because it provides most of the timing information to place these signs on Monday November 17, 2036 about an hour before dawn Jerusalem time. The Monday 17 November 2036 date was selected as the best matching date for the great signs in the heaven. It was selected because there were several small problems with the 15 November 2028 date the second best fit. First, the peak of the Leonid meteor storms come on November 16, 17 and 18 so the Nov 15 date is early if the Leonid meteor shower plays a part in this sign. This is partially obviated because the year 2028 is a leap year making Nov 15 equivalent to Nov 16 the previous year. Second problem, the peak of the Leonid meteor shower comes about every 33 or 34 years and spread over about 5 years. The last one was spread over the years 1998-2002, so 2028 is about 4 years early for the normal maximum event. The year 2036 is 34 years after 2002 a good match for the return of the Leonid meteor storm. The 2036 is better because the moon is fainter; it is a very thin crescent with a magnitude of only -1.0. The moon is also lower down, more “under the feet” of Virgo. Mercury representing Lucifer is not in the sky. Finally, Venus is just beyond the hips of Virgo, once a babies head passes the hips it will be born almost immediately and suddenly.

[29]Green Leo Archangel Michael Blue Virgo Light Blue Crown Venus Moon under feet Horizon Red Draco cast to earth Sun clothes sky red White Crux visible

Figure 4 Draco cast down and Crux (the Cross) Rises

The sky November 17, 2036 just before dawn from Jerusalem, now moved almost to the equator.

The picture shows the sign as Draco is being cast to the earth. Jerusalem has moved about 26 degrees to the south so that it now lies 5 degrees above the equator. This figure is almost the same time as the last event. Draco has been cast down to the earth. As this process was happening, the stars seemed to disappearing into the earth much as if a scroll was being rolled up. As this shift is happening, a large number of stars appear to be disappearing from the sky as if Satan was dragging a third part of the stars with his tail as he falls to the earth.

The Sign of the Cross

From Jerusalem, as Draco descends below the horizon the constellation Crux or the Southern Cross becomes visible on the southern horizon. A daily reminder in the sky to Israel and the world of the cross. Jesus said something about this. This might not happen immediately because there is much smoke from volcanoes that occur during the pole shift. This may result in something like nuclear winter.

Matt 24:29-30 "Immediately after the affliction of those days 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' 30 "And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory.

Before Jesus, the Son of Man comes, His sign will appear in the sky and all the nations on earth will mourn. The sign that appears is the Cross and all the nations mourn.

Crux “consists of four bright stars placed in the form of a cross. It sits in the darkest section of the heavens, … [it is] by far, the most conspicuous star group in the southern heavens.”[30] Four is the number in the Scripture indicating universal, worldwide or catholic. Crux is the only four star constellation. Crux is centered in the Milky Way; it appears to be in the clouds.

Summary

The sign of the dragon is the “key” to the apocalypse because the falling of the sign is coincident with a pole shift. The pole shift links to the stars moving like a scroll, the worldwide catastrophic earthquake, the islands disappearing, mountains moving, mountains being cast into the sea, the sun looking like sackcloth, etc. Note the worldwide disruption would cause most of the world’s power plants to stop functioning. The supplies of fuel from production, transportation through delivery would be greatly disrupted. Earthquakes of considerable magnitude would continue for years. Therefore, when the black smoke from all the volcanoes clears everyone would be able to observe the nighttime skies.

When a day is about to dawn in Jerusalem on a November morning and the moon is new in the constellation of Virgo there will be a great sign. Some have tried to predict what this sign is[31] but have failed. There will be an asteroid coming out of the constellation of Draco in the north and striking the earth, most likely in the Pacific Ocean. This will result in the constellation of Draco appearing to fall from the heights of heaven to the earth. This is the sign of Satan being cast out of heaven. This asteroid will cause the position of the North Pole to start to shift approximately 31 degrees south over the next hour so that it ends near Anchorage Alaska. The results of this sign will be a cataclysmic devastation and change on the earth.

Satan’s Ascent

Satan’s sign rose in the sky before 700 B.C. and Isaiah the prophet predicted that rise. The Sign of the Fall of Satan (Revelation 12:3, 9) is the counterpart to the rising of Satan prophesied in Isaiah 14:13. The fall of Satan was preceded by Satan's ascent documented in Isaiah 14:12-14 and Ezekiel 28. These are some of the most important passages for understanding why Satan fell from God's favor.

Isaiah documents the ascent of Draco into a position in the night sky where it was visible in good weather all night every night. This ascent occurred on the same day the shadow of the sun went back ten steps on the sundial of Ahaz.[32] The North Pole moved from a position just west of the Hudson Bay in Canada to its current position in the Artic Sea. At the time of the start of the pole shift, Jerusalem was 5 degrees north of the equator where it had been from the time of Joshua until the time of Hezekiah. During that time, much of North America was buried under a polar ice sheet.

“It was believed by the ancient star-gazers that the north was the center of the universe, the throne from which the gods governed man and his little world. … to see the northern stars various minor divinities powerful in their own right yet circling reverently round the throne of the supreme ruler.”[33]

Twenty-seven hundred years ago, Isaiah related what Satan did by a sign of Lucifer ascending

Isaiah 14:12-16 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star (Lucifer), son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! ¹³You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. ¹⁴I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." ¹⁵But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. ¹⁶Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,

When did Satan ascend into heaven?

The sign of Satan ascending into heaven occurred during Hezekiah’s reign when Hezekiah answered Isaiah that the shadow of the sun should go back ten steps on the stairway of Ahaz.

This is graphic representation of the position of the ice cover from the former position of the North Pole.[34] The red dot marks the location most depressed by the weight of the previous ice cap.

The level of the land is rebounding from the weight of the ice cover surrounding the previous position of the north pole. After the ice was removed when the pole moved to its current position. The land began to rebound. The rebound is very slow today but still measurable.

On the day, the shadow of the sun moved back c. Nov 704 BC, the constellation of Draco rose in the sky as viewed from Jerusalem. It rose to a position where it was continuously visible in the nighttime sky. This was a sign of Satan’s challenge to God for dominance in heaven.

Isaiah 14:12-17

"How you are fallen from heaven,

O Lucifer, son of the morning![35]

How you are cut down to the ground,

You who weakened the nations!

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