Carl Worline (23 Mar 2025)
"I Am Convinced"
I Am ConvincedI am convinced that the Revelation 12 Sign, which occurred on September 23, 2017, was all about the Rapture of the Church and that this sign was so important and so significant that God Himself devoted an entire chapter of His number one best-selling book of all time to it.I am convinced that the Revelation 12 Sign is a reference marker on God’s timeline of human history from which to measure from to determine when the Age of Grace will end, the Rapture of the Church will take place, the seven-year tribulation (also known as the Time of Jacobs Trouble) will begin, and when our Lord and Savior will set foot again on the Mount of Olives to defeat Satan and begin His Millennial Rule of one thousand years.I am also convinced that the Jewish moed known as the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is all about the end of the Dispensation we call the Age of Grace and that it takes place along with the simultaneous Rapture of the Church. I am further convinced that this is when God’s clock begins to tick once more after having paused while God took a people unto Himself over the past 2 millennia, and marks the beginning of the 70th Week of Daniel’s prophecy, a 7-year period of time.We know that the Revelation 12 Sign occurred on the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 and that these two events intersected on September 23rd of that year. We also know that the Feast of Trumpets does not occur on the same day and month each year on the Julian calendar we use today. The date of the Feast of Trumpets will always fall somewhere between the last part of September and the first part of October.If we are to use the Revelation 12 Sign/Feast of Trumpets in 2017 as a mile marker to measure forward from on God’s timeline, then I would hopefully guess that we are looking for a date that is a precise number of years after September 23, 2017. Moving forward from 2017, the Feast of Trumpets does not fall precisely on September 23rd again until this year, which is 2025. After all, when I look at all of God's creation on both the earth and in the heavens, everything seems to move with a precision that surpasses even the finest Swiss watch.The problem here is trying to determine how many years to measure forward from. We are coming up on the 8th anniversary of the Revelation 12 Sign. Numbers are very important in the Bible and are, therefore, very important to God. In the Bible, the number 8 is associated with “resurrection’ and “new beginnings.” If I had to come up with two words that defined the Rapture, I would say “resurrection,” as in the resurrection of the dead described in 1Thess 4:16-18, and I would say “new beginnings” in our new home with Jesus in heaven. Additionally, according to whatbiblespeak.com, “the number 8 represents a new beginning, meaning a new order or creation, and man's true "born again" event when he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life.”While I am on the topic, I am also convinced that I know who the anti-Christ will be and that he is already on the scene and is consolidating his power. This is but one more clue that the final act of the End Times show is about to start.We who study eschatology know that the Bible is full of End Time clues as to when this final act will begin. We, therefore, have to diligently watch and search for these clues. God specifically told us in the Bible how to identify this individual.17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has [a]the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. Rev 13:17-18. NKJV.