Readers - I've written several times about my theory that the Isaiah 17:1 event and the Catching Away. This is the Catching Away verse: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." this is verse # 29621 29621 = 1559 x 19 all four verses with a word in them that has a gematria total of 1559 are found here: http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.php?SearchBy_Gematria=1559 notice that of the four verses listed, three of them are in the book of Acts. I'm sure that is significant in itself, but I don't know why at this point. third word Shine appears in this verse: Acts 9:3 "And as he journeyed he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:" ... I've wondered if there is an end time parallel for this verse that matches our time. Since Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles, and his experience with the Lord happened outside Damascus, it's reasonable to think that the Age of the Gentiles might end with a Damascus event - such as it's destruction which we are currently watching (?). The bright light of Paul's encounter matching the end-time appearing of the Lord (1 Thess 4:16-17) and a (near) simultaneous destruction of Damascus. remember - 109 is a known destruction number and both the verse number and the total verse gematria of Isaiah 17:1 are based on the prime number 109. Jesus is Lord.