Readers - 

My theory is the the Gentile Age began when Saul/Paul is blinded on the road to Damascus.

He stays three days in a house located on a street called Straight. Both he and a Damascus brother named Ananias had a vision, and Ananias is told ... 

Acts 9:11

"Act 9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,"

... and that the Lord will close the Gentile Age circle at Damascus with it's destruction, see Isaiah 17:1. I also think other things will happen right then, particularly the Catching Away, the revealing of the AC, and the ushering in of the "Mark" of the beast (AC). 

The total gematria value of the Acts 9:11 verse is: 

12041

Switch number systems. 

Bible verse number 12041 =

Ezra 2:13

"The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six."

There is the 666 number, imho, associated with a street address in Damascus. 

Personally I think the AC is from Syria, and he actually be from Damascus. 

Jesus is Lord.