8:30 pm Jerusalem time September 23, 2017.
2018 is the 101st anniversary year since Our Lady appeared at Fatima. In Judaism the number 101 refers to the tears of the Mother and Our Lady of Akita wept 101 times and it is also the number of the name Michael in Hebrew gematria. The number 18 is also very significant in the apparitions of Our Lady of Garabandal as well as in Judaism. 18 is connected in Judaism with Chai (חי) that means life as well as resurrection. In this blog post I outline some possible scenarios or speculative interpretations based on the Catholic and Jewish prophecies in the light of the celestial alignment occurring over Jerusalem on 23 September 2017. The saints and visionaries have given us fragments of the images and insights they perceived and there are many possible ways to put them together like a jigsaw. Whatever our understandings of future events we must keep an open mind that our present understanding of how these pieces are joined may be wrong or confused.
On October 13 1917 Our Lady's miracle of the Sun occurred. Could this special alignment of the heavens on 23 September 2017 a hundred years later, in possible fulfillment of Revelations 12, be when the Child (who is often interpreted to mean a special Pope in old Catholic commentaries) is given as a special Pope to the Church through the merits of Our Lady's sufferings of her birth pangs at the foot of the Cross? The sign of the Dragon occurs on December 13 2017 (Hanukah) according to this astrological interpretation, which may be the start of a major persecution of the Church. If we count 1260 days from December 13, 2017 we get to 26 May 2021 for the end of this period of persecution. Will the period when there is no Pope for 25 months according to the Catholic prophecies begin in December 2018?
The year 2017-18 (Jewish year of 5778) may turn out to be interesting year if these speculations happen with a possible economic collapse in February 2018 or August 2018, outbreak of civil wars or disturbances in Western Europe possibly in June or July 2018, and the possible death of the two Popes and the election of a new Pope after September 23 2017, followed by this new Pope (Pius XIII) fleeing Rome after December 13 2017 and the persecution of the true Catholics and the rise of a heterodox Church in Rome and the return of communist governments to Europe. Then possibly the Warning or comet possibly on March 22 2018 or earlier followed by the Miracle on April 12 2018 (the 13th day of Omer).
Some believe the warning will come from 3 weeks to 3 months before the miracle and some link this with the coming of the comet. In Judaism the coming of a comet is linked to the Jewish month of Shevat (which is from Jan 17-Feb 15 in 2018) as well as the 25th day of the sixth month (either 25 Elul [Sep 16 2017 or Sep 5 in 2018] or 25 Adar [March 12 in 2018]). While of course all of these events will happen someday it may not be this or next year and not according to this sequence or timetable.
It is also not clear whether the warning and miracle are in the same year or different calendar years. Apparently a friend of Marie Loli said that the Warning would be in an even year and others say that Conchita said that the Miracle would be in an odd year. Others believe they will both occur in the same calendar year. The Pope after Pius XIII may not be elected until January 2021 and may be either a French Pope or a Frankist (Jewish) Pope or a Pope called Francis II or he could be all three or just two. Alternatively he could be a French Jewish Pope called Leo XIV. He will ally with the future Great Monarch Henry who may reign for 56 years (Holzhauser). The Great Monarch will be Henri V of France and Henry VIII as the Holy Roman Emperor. The coronation of the promised Great Monarch (who begins as a Knight and Duke) as the King of France has been connected with a year when Saturn is in Aquarius which will next occur in 2020- if this is so then a lot is going to happen in the next 2-3 years.
It would seem according to the message of Our Lady of La Salette that after 25 years of total peace (possibly around 2050) a forerunner of the 4th Antichrist (Gog) will arise and it is in this period that the 4th Antichrist or Beast may be born. This is the 4th Antichrist who the Great Monarch will battle with at the end of his reign around 2081. However there are other possible scenarios if the Era of Peace promised at Fatima is not the Millennial Peace of Scripture but a forerunner of it.
If the paragraphs of the message to Melanie is interpreted sequentially then the period of Sardis ends in paragraph or section 20 and we are presently living in 2017 in sections 17-18. We now await section 19:
19. ‘France, Italy, Spain and England will be in war; blood will flow in the streets; Frenchman will fight with Frenchman, Italian with Italian; subsequently there will be a general war which will be appalling. For a time, God will no longer be mindful of France or Italy, because the Gospel of Jesus Christ is no longer known. The wicked will deploy all their malice; they will kill themselves, they will massacre themselves mutually even in the houses.’It would seem that Russia and the Islamists will attack Europe during this vulnerable period which we also lead to the rise of the Great Monarch as well as the 3rd Antichrist. This 3rd Antichrist (of the Tribe of Dan) will be born in Russia according to some Russian prophecies and others link his rise to power in Assyria and/or Syria. There are some old English prophecies that speak of a King George the son of George who will probably arise at the time of the 4th Antichrist and lead England into a time of peace. Could this refer to a son of the present Prince George of Cambridge who is now a little boy and the possible future King George VII and could then have as a son the future King George VIII? Or were these prophecies fulfilled in our Queen's father George VI?
It is possible that section 19 of the the message of La Salette refers to World War 2 and that this is the period of George son of George and the time of the first Antichrist (Hitler) and the second Antichrist (Stalin) and the 25 years of abundant peace refers to a period before the start of the Islamist War in 1991 with the first Gulf War. The forerunner of the Antichrist could refer to Osama bin Laden and the birth or coming of age of the 3rd Antichrist (Dan or Armillus) in 1998. Others believe the Antichrist was born in June 1966 and Jeanne Dixon believed the Antichrist was born in February 5 1962 . There is a prophecy that the Antichrist will be 55 years old when he assumes power. If the 1966 scenario is true then he will be 55 in four years time in 2021, if the 1962 one is true then he is 55 in 2017. Does this assumption of power begin with the hidden power at the beginning of the 7 years of Great Tribulation or his public coming to power 3 and half years into the Great Tribulation?
Others believe the events such as the Pope going into exile will not occur until 2038. I personally think that many events will not occur until the Lord has taken our beloved Queen Elizabeth II to her reward. Holzhauser speaks of the killing of a King of England at the start of the upheavals in England.
Daniel Matson writes:
"...The sign of Revelation 12 has many details that are common, but uncommon when all put together. The first part of the sign is the woman clothed with the sun. This happens every year, but it narrows the time down to one month around the autumnal equinox. That woman is represented by Virgo--the virgin. She is clothed by the sun from mid-September to early October. September 23, 2017 meets these requirements.
The next requirement is that the moon must be under the feet of Virgo. With the sun in Virgo and her feet to the east, the moon must be a few days past new moon. Since the Hebrew Calendar is lunar and the Feast of Trumpets (September 21, 2017) is on the new moon, September 23-25 places the moon in the correct position. This happens every year on the Hebrew Calendar as long as the new moon did not occur too early or too late in relation to the equinox, which would put the sun too high or low in Virgo. Here it is perfect. The requirement of the moon and sun narrows it down to a few days of the year. The rest of the parts of the sign must then coincide with this time if we are able to observe this sign.
On September 23, 2017 there are four planets in the vicinity that complete the sign and its ultimate uniqueness. Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter play their parts. Above the head of Virgo is the constellation Leo. In Leo at this time there will be Mars, Venus, and Mercury. With Leo being a constellation of nine principle stars, the three wandering stars make it twelve at this time. Thus the garland of twelve stars is upon the woman. For three planets to be in Leo at this time with all of the other preconditions makes this rare. Combined with the final piece of the picture below is what makes this sign difficult of not nearly impossible to replicate anywhere close to the time in which we live. How rare? A search 150 years before and 150 years after September 23, 2017 produced no results...". Then these have to be combined with Jupiter being in the region of Virgo's womb for 9 or 10 months and about to exit it.
There have been some critics of this as having happened many times before but on examination they are talking about only a partial alignment not all the aspects as will occur on September 23 2017. One astronomer claims that a similar line up has occurred 4 times in the last thousand years. The last time he says was on September 24 1827. However when one looks at this alignment Venus and Mercury are below the head not above as in 2017 and nowhere near the other stars in Leo. The next date he gives is September 6 1483, however this time Mars and Mercury are below the head and still far from the other stars. The next date he gives is September 5 1293 which is the closest to the alignment of 2017. However Venus and Mars are so close together that they would almost appear as one and are further away from the Leo constellation than the 2017 alignment whereas in the 2017 alignment the three planets are part of the Leo constellation. He also gives September 14 1056 in which Mercury and Mars are below the top of the head of Virgo and far from Leo. Also Venus is so close to Regulus that they are as one bright light. It is only in the September 23 2017 image that the three planets of Venus, Mars and Mercury would seem to complete the stella image of Leo. Venus in this alignment is the "star" representing the Lion's missing front leg and Mars and Mercury with its rear legs.
Many Protestants are connecting this with the so-called Rapture which is obviously wrong. Of course this sign may not have any connection with the Great Sign in Rev. 12 and this Sign may occur at another time and in a different manner. Many Protestants will be disappointed when they are not raptured up on 23 September 2017. It is a positive sign that many Protestants are seeing this Sign as connected to the Virgin Mary, Israel and the Church. This alignment may be heralding that the events prophesied at Fatima 100 years before are about to be fulfilled in the world and that a period of salvation history is beginning in which the events of Rev.12 will be fulfilled rather than anything happening on September 23. It could be announcing that the year 5778 of the Jewish calendar will see the events begin in the 101st year after Fatima.
