THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, the letter X and a *Heavenly Sign*

I am going to skip down this article, and post what I think might have something to do with the Jan 29th, 2010 Comet-Asteroid P/2010 A2 taken by NASA as a Heavenly Sign of Jesus Christ, in addition Dec 21, 2010 there is a total (Red) Moon Lunar Eclipse*

"Constantine was warned in a dream to make the celestial sign of God upon his soldiers' shields, and so to join battle. He did as he was bid, and with the transverse letter X circumflecting the hand of it, he marks Christ on their shields. Equipped with this sign, his army takes the sword." *

Now, the letter X was just the initial of the name of Christ, being equivalent in Greek to CH. If, therefore, Constantine did as he was bid, when he made "the celestial sign of God" in the form of "the letter X," it was that "letter X." as the symbol of "Christ," and not the sign of the cross, which he saw in the heavens.

When the Labarum, or far-famed standard of Constantine itself, properly so called, was made, we have the evidence of Ambrose, the well-known Bishop of Milan, that that standard was formed on the very principle contained in the statement of Lactantius--viz., simply to display the Redeemer's name. He calls it "Labarum, hoc est Christi sacratum nomine signum." * --"The Labarum, that is, the ensign consecrated by the NAME of Christ." *

There is not the slightest allusion to any cross--to anything but the simple name of Christ. While we have these testimonies of Lactantius and Ambrose, when we come to examine the standard of Constantine, we find the accounts of both authors fully borne out; we find that that standard, bearing on it these very words, "Hoc signo victor eris," "In this sign thou shalt be a conqueror," said to have been addressed from heaven to the emperor, has nothing at all in the shape of a cross, but "the letter X."

In the Roman Catacombs, on a Christian monument to "Sinphonia and her sons," there is a distinct allusion to the story of the vision; but that allusion also shows that the X, and not the cross, was regarded as the "heavenly sign." The words at the head of the inscription are these:- "IN HOC VINCES * X."

Nothing whatever but the X is here given as the "Victorious Sign." There are some examples, no doubt, of Constantine's standard, in which there is a cross-bar, from which the flag is suspended, that contains that "letter X;" * and Eusebius, who wrote when superstition and apostacy were working, tries hard to make it appear that that cross-bar was the essential element in the ensign of Constantine. But this is obviously a mistake; that cross-bar was nothing new, nothing peculiar to Constantine's standard.

Tertullian shows * that that cross-bar was found long before on the vexillum, the Roman Pagan standard, that carried a flag; and it was used simply for the purpose of displaying that flag. If, therefore, that cross-bar was the "celestial sign," it needed no voice from heaven to direct Constantine to make it; nor would the making or displaying of it have excited any particular attention on the part of those who saw it.

We find no evidence at all that the famous legend, "In this overcome," has any reference to this cross-bar; but we find evidence the most decisive that that legend does refer to the X.

Now, that the X was not intended as the sign of the cross, but as the initial of Christ's name, is manifest from this, that the Greek P, equivalent to our R, is inserted in the middle of it, making by their union CHR. Any one who pleases may satisfy himself of this by examining the plates given in Mr. Elliot's Horae Apocalypticae. *

Looks like you’re good until 2019 here. After that, your folks will have to write some new material to keep up the plausible deniability.

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Timeline 2010 to 2019

We will continue to add to the timeline as we discover more relevant events, dates and cycles.

2010

January 12 – Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake

February 27 – Chile’s 8.8 earthquake

March 19 - Quartet (US, UN, EU and Russia) meets in Moscow and calls on Israel to stop construction in East Jerusalem, freeze settlement construction and begin proximity talks with the Palestinians.

March 20 - Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted for first time in 200 years.

Intelsat said it lost control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 5, possibly because the satellite’s systems were knocked out by a solar storm. Intelsat cannot remotely steer the satellite to remain in its orbit, so Galaxy 15 is creeping toward the adjacent path of another TV communications AMC-1 satellite that serves U.S. cable companies. This could be a precursor to the major solar storm expected on May 2013 when some of the world’s 940 satellites will be at risk.

April 14-19 - European air space shut down due to ash from Iceland volcano. Over 100,000 flights cancelled costing $1.7 billion in damages. The ashes spread over Europe during Europe’s Holocaust Remembrance Week (April 11-18).

April 19-20 - Israel’s Independence Day - “There is a confluence of two very worrying events,” said Michael Freund, a rightist columnist for The Jerusalem Post in a telephone interview. “One is the Iranian threat, an existential threat. Add to that the fact that for the first time in recent memory there is a president in the White House who is not overly sensitive to the Jewish state and its interests. You put the two together and it will affect anyone’s mood, even an optimist like me.”

April 20 - Indyk: Netanyahu must choose: Obama or his right-wing Likud Party.

April 20 - Major Gulf of Mexico oil spill begins at Horizon.

May 2 - Nashville flood damages estimated at $1.5 billion in that city alone, with more in Tennessee and Kentucky.

May 5-8 - George Mitchell in Jerusalem for peace talks.

May 5-13 - Iran, Syria and Hezbollah pounding the war drums. Iran developing cruise missile. Kicked off new “eight-day” war games and military maneuvers in the strategic Persian Gulf waters, the country’s second military show of force in less than a month.

May 10 - Greek debt crisis - EU and US commit $1 trillion to keep euro from collapsing.

May 11 - Russia considering providing nuclear energy technology to Syria and Turkey.

May 11 - Accuweather’s Chief Hurricane Meteorologist Joe Bastardi predicts a total of 16-18 storms this season. To put that in perspective, only eight years in the 160 years of records have had 16 or more storms in a season.

May 31 - June 6 - Israel and Turkey at serious odds over flotilla incident. Turkey is continuing to align with Iran and Russia, which are key countries in the Gog and Magog force spoken of in Ezekiel 38-39. Israel being further isolated internationally.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia visited the White House on the 17th of Tammuz (June 29) to discuss Middle East peace and other issues.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House on July 6 and committed to peace talks as soon as possible with Palestinians security guarantees.

Obama restarts peace talks with a meeting at the White House on Sept. 1 and at the State Department on Sept 2. Netanyahu, Abbas, Egypt’s Mubarak and Jordan’s Abdullah II were in attendance.

Hillary Clinton goes to Jerusalem on Sept. 15 for meetings between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
2011

Netanyahu told the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York on Thursday, July 8, 2010, that all core issues could be discussed in direct negotiations, and that if it were up to him, a peace deal with the Palestinians could be signed by the end of 2011.

April 19 - First Day of Passover.

May 9, 2011 (Iyar 10, 5771) - 63rd anniversary of Israel’s statehood.

Sunspot cycle’s will continue increasing in intensity.

Major earthquakes expected in January consistent with two-year and seven-year cycles.

Jerusalem war cycle.

Kingdom of Jerusalem cycle.

Earthquake cycle.

Volcano eruptions 2011 to 2013.
2012

Solar storm cycles expected to increase the intensity of volcano eruptions, earthquakes and super storms and disrupt satellites and technologies on earth.

The satellite totals: US 437; Russia 95; China 58; Japan 44; India 22; Britain 21

A new swarm of significant — and potentially catastrophic — volcanic eruptions is expected from 2012-2014 with precursor eruptions expected in 2010 and 2011.

Wired Magazine: The 2012 apocalypse: The next period of intense solar activity is expected in 2012 and coincides with the presence of an unusually large hole in Earth’s geomagnetic shield.

U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections — November 2012.

In the three years beginning in 2012, more than $700 billion in risky, high-yield corporate debt will start to mature. And that could really drop a hammer down on the junk bond market.
“An avalanche is brewing in 2012 and beyond if companies don’t get out in front of this,” Kevin Cassidy, a senior credit officer at Moody’s Investors Service, told The New York Times.

The result is a potential financial doomsday, or what bond analysts call a maturity wall. From $21 billion due this year, junk bonds are set to mature at a rate of $155 billion in 2012, $212 billion in 2013 and $338 billion in 2015.

Next in line are companies with investment-grade credit ratings. They must refinance $1.2 trillion in loans between 2012 and 2014, including $526 billion in 2012.
2013

NASA says Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. The great geomagnetic storm of 1859, for instance, occurred during a solar cycle of about the same size we’re predicting for 2013.”

The 1859 storm — known as the “Carrington Event” after astronomer Richard Carrington who witnessed the instigating solar flare — electrified transmission cables, set fires in telegraph offices, and produced Northern Lights so bright that people could read newspapers by their red and green glow.
A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause $1 trillion to $2 trillion in damages to society’s high-tech infrastructure and require four to 10 years for complete recovery. For comparison, Hurricane Katrina caused “only” $80 to 125 billion in damages.

Under the Obama budget, interest would top 18 percent of revenue in 2018 and 20 percent in 2020, CBO projects. But under more adverse scenarios than the CBO considered, including higher interest rates, Moody’s projects that debt service could hit 22.4 percent of revenue by 2013.

About 40 percent of all U.S. junk bonds outstanding in late 2008 will likely default by 2013 as government aid measures end and a wall of corporate debt comes due, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
2014

Three previous back-to-back “blood-red” total lunar eclipses occurred on the first day of Passover and Sukkoth right after the 1492 Spanish Inquisition (in years 1493-1494), the 1948 War of independence (in years 1949-1950), and the 1967 Six-Day War (in the years 1967-1968), this pattern points to a very challenging time for Israel and war.

The Jewish Talmud says, “When the moon is in eclipse, it is a bad omen for Israel … If its face is as red as blood, [it is a sign that] the sword is coming to the world …”

The sages in the Talmud understood that a red lunar eclipse means that God will be bringing judgment to His people, Israel.

April 15 - Blood-red moon - First day of Passover (visible: Australia, Pacific, Americas).

Aug. 5 – 9th of Av.
The sabbatical year in the seven-year cycle (2008 to 2015) begins on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 25, 2014, and ends on Rosh Hashanah on September 13-14, 2015 — the day of a partial solar eclipse.

Oct. 8 - Blood-red moon - First day of Sukkot (visible: Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas).
2015

April 4 - Blood-red moon - First day of Passover (visible: Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas).

July 26 - 9th of Av.

A seven-year cycle that began on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 30, 2008, ends on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 13-14, 2015. The sabbatical year from 2014 ends here, too.

Sept. 13 (Elul 10, 5776) - Partial solar eclipse on Rosh Hashanah.

Sept. 23 (Elul 20, 5777) - Year of Jubilee proclaimed on Yom Kippur.

Sept. 28 - Blood-red moon - First Day of Sukkot (visible: Eastern Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa, Western Asia).
2016

Aug. 13 - 9th of Av.
2017

May 27 (Sivan 2, 5778) - 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.

Nov. 2 (Cheshvan 13, 5778) - 100th anniversary of the Balfour agreement.
2018

The “blood-red” lunar eclipse sequences of 2018 and 2019 fall on the Jewish holiday Tu B’shvat (New Year of Trees). This marks the beginning of the “new year” for trees.

Tu B’Shvat is the New Year for the purpose of calculating the age of trees for tithing. The Torah states that fruit from trees which were grown in the land of Israel may not be eaten during the first three years; the fourth year’s fruit is for G-d, and after that, the fruit can be eaten. Each tree is considered to have aged one year as of Tu B’Shvat, no matter when in the year it was planted.

It is customary to plant trees and partake of the fruits of the land of Israel to mark the occasion.

Jan. 31 - Blood-red moon - Tu B’shvat.

April 20 (Iyar 5, 5779) - 70th anniversary of Israel’s statehood –
Yom Ha’atzmaut (national Independence Day of Israel).

July 27 - Blood-red moon - 15th of Av.

Major record-setting earthquakes have occurred every 14 years since 1906. The last one was the 9.0 Indian Earthquake/Tsunami in December 2004, which points to another one in 2018.
2019

Jan. 21- Blood-red moon - Tu B’shvat (visible: South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia).

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