Chance (25 Feb 2024)
"Signs in the Heavens, Torah Calendar, and Jean Stepnoski's Letters"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars..."  Luke 21:25.  Have these last days "signs" started?  Are we approaching the start of the Tribulation period this year, 2024?
 
We know that the stars tell the story of the Plan of Redemption.  'Day to day' they pour forth speech and 'night to night' they reveal knowledge.  In Genesis 1:14 we are told that the lights in the Heavens are for signs and appointed times.
 
Surely, solar and lunar eclipses are signs, along with planetary alignments and conjunctions.
 
Signs in the Heavens:
 
April 8, 2024, is total solar eclipse over the U.S.  This involves the sun and the moon.  The sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.  It's a new moon.  Total solar eclipses are omens or harbingers of doom.  The U.S. has an X over it's heartland - where the total solar eclipses of 2017 and 2024 cross.
 
April 4, 2024, four planets will make a 'planetary alignment'.  Venus, Neptune, Saturn and Mars.  Neptune will not be visible to the naked eye.
 
April 20, 2024, five planets will make a 'planetary alignment'.  Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Neptune.
Alignment of Planets 2024 | Planet Alignment | When Is the Next Planetary Alignment | Star Walk
 
There are several planetary conjunctions (when two or more planets appear close to each other in the sky - this is an optical illusion, as these planets are really very far away from each other)  around the time of the eclipse:
 
March 21, 2024, Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction in the constellation Aquarius.
"Aquarius represents the waterman, the Water of Life poured out on the redeemed."
"Aquarius represents blessing out of victory, Messiah the Living Water."
The three decans of Aquarius are Piscis - "the Living Water received in fullness"; Pegasus - "the soon return of the Redeemer"; Cygnus - "the sure return of the Redeemer".
 
April 3, 2024, Venus and Neptune will be in conjunction in the constellation of Pisces.
"Pisces represents the fishes, the blessings of salvation delayed."
"Pisces represents deliverance out of bondage, Messiah the Liberator."
The three decans of Pisces are The Band - "the Redeemed bound"; Andromeda - "the redeemed in bondage and affliction"; Cepheus - "the deliverer coming to rule".
 
April 10, 2024, Mars and Saturn will be in conjunction in the constellation Aquarius.
 
April 20, 2024, Jupiter and Uranus will be in conjunction in the constellation Aries.
"Aries represents the Lamb, deliverance is realized."
"Aries represents glory out of humiliation, Messiah the Crowned Lamb."
The three decans of Aires are Cassiopeia - "freed and preparing for her marriage to her Deliverer"; Cetus - "the great enemy subdued and bound"; Perseus - "the mighty Deliverer".
 
April 29, 2024, Mars and Neptune will be in conjunction in the constellation Pisces.
 
 
I am sure there is a story being told in the above constellations, alignments and conjunctions.   "Each of the twelve signs (constellations) pictorially represents a prophetic event in relation to the unfolding story of salvation in the history of the world.  Associated with each of the twelve were three other signs called decans, which give part of the sign's message."
Biblical Astronomy – The Gospel In The Stars – The Scriptural Calendar
 
In scripture, Jesus is the morning star, Venus.  Saturn could very well be the "starry host" that stands "captain of the army" - the highest star. "...He is the actual leader of the heavenly array." 
ASTRONOMY - JewishEncyclopedia.com
Astronomy in the Bible

Some believe that as we get closer to the eclipse that there will be an escalation of earthquakes, storms, weather anomalies, cyberattacks, societal breakdown (as in more and more homicides, rapes, looting, etc.) 
 
This eclipse is DEFINITELY a warning sign to America.
 
Forty Day and Three Day Double Warning:
 
Jean Stepnoski had an interesting letter 18 Feb 2024 where she wrote about the 'double sign of Jonah' - I certainly had not thought about that!  Thank you, Jean for writing about this:   Will the double warnings come before the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse or after?
 
Jean wrote about these day count warnings 'before' the eclipse:
Precise Double Sign of Jonah: Sign of 3 Days Plus Sign of 40 Days
Instead of adding 40 days of warning to after April 8, 2024 - look at 40 days before that.  Using two signs of Jonah - the three day one and the forty day one.  This would take us to 2/24, 2/25 Purim Lots.  A total period of 43 days before April 8, 2024.  A "double sign of Jonah". 
Torah Calendar
 
Subtracting 40 days from April 8 takes us to February 28, 2024.  Subtracting 43 days takes us to February 25, 2024 - Purim Lots on the Torah Calendar. Very interesting date to land on!  
 
Then for the other side of April 8 - adding 40 days takes us to May 18, 2024.  Adding 43 days takes us to May 21, 2024. 
 
The Torah Calendar has 1 Nisan on March 11.  Other Hebrew calendars have April 8 as 1 Nisan because they have added a 13th month, Adar II, to 'correct' the calendar; IF April 8 is 1 Nisan, then ten days later is April 18 - the day Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem.  14/15 days later is April 22/23 - Passover.
 
Torah Calendar:
 
On the Torah calendar, the Spring Equinox falls after the new moon of March and before the middle of the month.  "The Sages were expert astronomers.  If it (the spring equinox) were to fall later than the first half of Nissan (on the 16th or later) then the year was automatically declared a leap year."  The highest rabbinical court - the Sanhedrin - declared a leap year.  So, according to this information, for this year, the Sanhedrin would NOT have declared this a leap year.  The calendar would stand with no extra month.  Making the Torah calendar the correct calendar for 2024.  (I like this calendar over the other ones.)
 
The Spring Equinox is March 20, 2024.  In the 4th century CE, the sage Hillel II and his rabbinical court established this calendar with 19 year cycles - each having 7 leap years. Because "the central courts would soon crumble and ad hoc declaration of leap years would no longer be viable."  So, they just made it a 19 year cycle with set years in the cycle receiving the extra month.  (This was man's decision to adjust the years this way.)
13 Facts About Jewish Leap Years - Chabad.org
 
"Because the sum of 12 lunar months is about 11 days shorter than the solar year, a 13th month is periodically added to keep the calendar in step with the astronomical seasons."
This extra month is added after the month of Shevat and before the month of Adar.  So the month of Adar becomes Adar II.  A leap year occurs 7 times in a 19 year cycle.  "By employing this system, the Jewish calendar deviates from the solar year by 1 day in 216 days.
The Jewish or Hebrew Leap Year
 
On the Torah Calendar, 11/12 March is 1 Nisan and ten days later is 20 Mar (Spring Equinox) /21 Mar.  Passover is 24 Mar/25 Mar.  Using the Torah Calendar, April 8,2024 is on the new moon for the month of Iyar.  I still see the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse as a sign for America - a harbinger.  It does not have to fall on the first day of the Hebrew calendar to be of even more significance, or to be a warning for America.  And I will be looking for the prophetic clock starting on 10 Nisan - March 20/21 on the Torah Calendar.
 
I believe that all of these goings on in the Heavens are indeed the signs we were told to watch for and be aware of.  Add these to all the other signs/birth pains going on.  And this total solar eclipse over America will be the biggest harbinger of all!!
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance