The 2017 & 2024 solar eclipses that form a Tav (mark) across the face of America This is written informally, like a diary. Timeline: Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 I have friends over to pray for Donald Trump. (See “Storms Bill, Hillary, and Don,” discussed at the end of this post.) Having just written about the August 21st eclipse, I was stunned to learn that, after 30 years of studying these things, I did not know about the eclipse occurring in seven years—where I live! I had just written in detail about the August 21st eclipse and the upcoming “X” over the Red Sea (formed by the path of two future eclipses), and now I have learned that in seven years, there will be another X over North America as well! The Lesson: God hides or reveals to whom He wills! (Unknown to me, Storm Harvey dissipated that evening.) Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 In the evening, I explained the diagram below concerning a series of upcoming eclipses to a small group of believers at my son’s house. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 The total solar eclipse crosses the United States mid-day, taking about 4 hours. ‘The Lion and the Lamb’ vs. the Dragon: Eclipses of 2017-2024 across America The Lion and the Lamb! Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 I feel compelled to read my diary from 1989 concerning the darkest time of my life. I was a pastor under a leader who led us into totalitarian control. Under the misguided notion that I was doing God a favor, I put my wife and a newborn child out of the church. (It’s a long, sad story of how stupid I can be!) God restored us, and my wife conceived a promised son. During those trials, I fled to a farm in Morrisburg, Ontario, for about 40 days. After that, I was forced to flee back to Toronto.  In my diary, I recorded that God told me that my trials are a type of the trials that His Body, the Church, will suffer in days to come: A  day of gloom and confusion. Then the Lord opened my mind to see that the path of the eclipse of 2024 overlaps the journey from Morrisburg. Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 In the evening, I noticed that the eclipses form a pattern that repeats over many years. In particular, the below eclipses that span 35 years came to my attention. (Remember that these two Xs reappear every 18 years and 11 days- called a “Saros cycle”). This means that the third X in the diagram below is the first X (of 2017/2024) but is repeated 18 years from now. Nevertheless, notice how it roughly forms a square of 12000 stadia (2200 km) around the Land promised to Abraham. It also forms one Aleph (Hebrew letter) and three Tavs (as it was shaped in ancient times). This is the equivalent in Hebrew of the Greek letters “Alpha and Omega” (Rev 21:6). “The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. ” (Rev 21:16). Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 All day, I ponder the two bowl-shaped patterns produced by four eclipses in 2023: Oct 14 to 2028, Jan 26 and 2024, Oct 2 to 2027, and Feb 6. Each is 3.5 eclipse years apart from the other. I have not taken the time to remove the unused eclipses in the image below, but I have thickened and changed the color of the four Annular eclipses that form the bowls so you can easily spot them. These patterns (2 bowls and 2 X’s) repeat themselves every 18 years (a Saros cycle). The first eclipse that formed the first bowl occurred on Rosh Hashana (Oct 3) in 2005, and the last occurred 90 years later. This forms the two sets of bowls straddling one another, repeated six times (12 bowls). Before and after 90 years, the pattern of the twin bowls breaks down. “Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”  I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” Zechariah 4:1-3 I believe these 12 bowls symbolize 12 lampstands (because a bowl of oil sat above each candlestick), symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 Apostles of the Lamb (Rev 21). (Why “12+12”? Because there are a total of 24 eclipses.) Also, notice the emphasis on the number seven in the above text. Similarly, each bowl straddles and overlaps the other by 3.5 eclipse years, for a total of seven years. The Twelve Bowls of the Tabernacle Moreover, the Book of Numbers (ch. 7) records that on the day the Tabernacle was first set up, each of the 12 tribes offered a bowl of flour with oil in it, along with other offerings carried by six wagons led by two bulls each. In other words, the six wagons each carried a pair of bowls, like the twin bowls formed by the eclipses! The total weight of the silver given as a gift for the Tabernacle at this time (1406 BC, Nisan 1) amounted to 1260*4 shekels by weight, with 126*2 animals sacrificed. Thus, we have numbers divisible by 12 and 7 again. For math geeks! Recall the Saros cycle of 18 years between the eclipse-bowls: And 18*70 = 1260.) The middle of the first two bowls is exactly 1150*3 years (Dan 8) to when the Tabernacle was set up, which is also about 1,260,000 days. (“1260000” is 3500*360.) From entering into the Promised Land to the last “eclipse-bowl” are 3500 normal years, as well. (1406 BC + 3500 yrs = 2095.) Hence, the start and finish of the eclipse-bowls (2005-2095) are bracketed by the span of 3500 from the Exodus and Conquest. (Counted twice, equals 7000 years, the same way the two 3.5-yr periods between the twin-bowls is counted twice in overlap to make 7.) From Zerubabbel’s temple to the first eclipse bowls are 1260*2 yrs. And so forth and so on! Back to Thursday, Aug. 24… On this day, I also pondered the significance of why the first set of bowls was first formed on Rosh Hosanna in 2005 and 2006 (October). I recalled how that was when all the mighty hurricanes occurred and afflicted the United States, including Katrina and Wilma. For those who have followed my writings in the past, I spent seven years predicting when these hurricanes would form (and major tornado outbreaks). And so it was very natural for me to notice the connection of the first bowls to these hurricanes because bowls in the bible are commonly associated with the outpouring of something, good or bad. I was also aware that there had been a drought of major hurricanes since 2005. I will show you all 12 bowls coming up, but first, let’s continue our day-to-day diary of events. Right after reminding my wife about the meaning of Storms “Don” and “Hillary” six years ago (I discuss that at the end of this article), I found out in the news that TS Harvey had just astounded the weather people at NOAA (NASA) this morning when the storm mushroomed into a threatening hurricane! Well, that got my attention! Indeed, it was headed towards the “Body of Christ” (Latin, “Corpus Christi,” Texas). Dark clouds are on the way for the Body of Christ, as the Spirit had reminded me earlier in the week, just as they were for Him who hung on the cross—and the sun darkened. Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 The storm strengthens. I am working on images for this post. (A rough draft of the post was put out today.) A few days ago, I realized that one X precedes the pair of bowls to form one complete image before reoccurring and, at times, overlapping another. It happens that from the first X formed by the total solar eclipse until the last annular that completes the second bowl (and then all this is repeated six times), it is exactly 1260 + 1260 + 1290 days! And so, from the August 21, 2017 eclipse, plus 1260 + 1290 + 1260 days, the cycle of the twin bowls ends in 2027, Feb 6, and so forth. These are your standard bible prophecy time frames representing 3.5 years as found in Rev. 12 and Dan. 12. The “1290” has a leap month attached. (See my 360 calendar site.)  Moreover, each twin bowl is about 14 years old (7*2). For math Geeks: As you can see, the numbers 12 and 7 are predominant throughout the pattern. (Recall that each “X” is also exactly seven eclipse years apart. Moreover, 2024/2025 AD is 7*7*70 years (70 jubilees) from when Israel entered the Promised Land!) Path of Next Eclipse-Bowl Overlaps Path of Harvey Now notice the overlap of the path of the first bowl (of this second Saros cycle) coming up in 2023, Oct 14. It’s the exact same path that Hurricane Harvey took after it revived (after precisely 3.5 days) after it passed over the Yucatan Peninsula. (The solar eclipse that just occurred over the US occurred precisely in the middle of this “3.5 days” in which Harvey was dead.  But Harvey revived on the morning of Aug 23, 2017 (Rev. 11). In the below image, notice the path of the first stroke of the eclipse that forms the bowl: It passes over the Yucatan Peninsula, then bows-eye over Corpus Christi, Texas. Notice this other “X” formed by this annular eclipse (of the bowl) and the solar eclipse (in blue) set to occur seven years from now. This particular “X” over North America (formed by the annular and total solar eclipses) is only half a year apart. And the center of this X occurs over Texas, where Hurricane Harvey is going– along its exact path! Harvey means “Blazing Iron”, which reminds me of a ‘blazing iron rod’. Rev 2:24-28 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” This eclipse of 2024, Nisan 1st, is the eclipse that the Lord told me symbolizes the coming dark days for the Body of Christ,  just as I went through 35 years earlier when I literally fled along the same path as this eclipse. Notice where these two cross right over Texas, where the storm is forecasted to reverse and turn towards the coast again. It is forecast to meander for a few days, dumping nearly four feet of water in some places. As I type this, the hurricane has just become a category four– exceeding expectations. However, the worst of the storm is on the northeast side, so Corpus Christi will be spared the worst. Consider how Harvey dies as the sun dies/darkens during the Aug 21 eclipse. This eclipse is the first in the series to last precisely 1260 + 1260 + 1290 days. The very next eclipse is this one, which traverses the same path as Harvey! It is the first annular eclipse that forms the bowl that symbolizes the outpouring of something. Think about that! Compare the upper … Continue reading 2017 & 2024 Solar Eclipse