In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. (From 2 Corinthians 13:1)

Being true to His word, the Lord has given direction to establish important matters of life and death on the testimony of two or three witnesses. In this article, we will see how He follows the same protocol established in His word to provide another trustworthy witness to testify to the time of His return, when He will judge the world.

We found this study to be a marvelous confirmation that the timeframe given by the sign of the Son of man when we will see Jesus face to face and depart from this world without tasting death to live in His presence for all eternity.

Those who have been honored throughout history to go to heaven without tasting death can be counted on the fingers of one hand, but today, the Lord promises that it will not be one or two, but an entire generation that will be caught up, who come like John the Baptist in the Spirit and power of Elijah to turn many to righteousness and thus prepare a people to meet the Lord when He visits earth in the second advent:

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:17)

John the Baptist said he was given a sign that would reveal when He had come who would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. (John 1:32-33)

Furthermore, John connected that baptism with the end of the world, when the wheat will be gathered into His garner and the chaff separated and burned.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. (Matthew 3:11-12)

We have seen how the gathering for the prophetic harvest is presently being illustrated in the sign of the Son of man that shows Christ’s baptism scene as comet E3 symbolically cuts through the constellations that represent the seven churches of Revelation, gathering the faithful remnant who look up. These are they to whom the Father will reveal the time of the Lord’s return. As Jesus lamented at His first advent, those who do not know the time of His visitation will not have peace, but destruction:

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. (Luke 19:42-44)

Gathering the Eagles

When Jesus’ disciples heard the omen of destruction of the magnificent temple that Jesus prophesied, they were dumbfounded and asked Him about it:

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? (Matthew 24:3)

Assuming such a terrible event must coincide with the end of the world, they asked about the sign that would precede His return and, as they supposed, the destruction of the temple in the same breath. Jesus proceeded to answer both questions in order, concluding with signs related to His return and the end of the world. The sign of Jesus’ coming is the sign of the Son of man, so we apply what He said about the end in that context. For example, in the same chapter, Jesus compared His coming to the trajectory of lightning from the east to the west:

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27)

While the word translated “lightning” is used to refer to the lightning during a thunderstorm, the original word has a broader meaning. Consider how Jesus used it when He referred to the light of the body:

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. (Luke 11:36)

The same word is used to refer to the brightness of a personal candle. While we are but small candles, Jesus is the great light of the whole world, the sun. This is what He is referring to here. It is the sun that comes out of the east and lightens the sky even to the west. David explained how we should extend this analogy to the heavens:

…In them [the heavens] hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom [Jesus] coming out of his chamber [the house of God, represented by Taurus], and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven [leaving Taurus], and his circuit unto the ends of it: [returning to Taurus] and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. (Psalms 19:4b-6)

Thus, in the context of the heavens, we look for the sun to come out of Taurus and return there after traversing the whole course of the circular heavens, such that no part is hid from its heat. In the timeframe of the sign of the Son of man, the sun comes out of Taurus, the Lord’s chamber, on June 21/22, 2023. As it does, it passes through Orion’s hand, who sits on the cloud of the sign of the Son of man, thereby activating the entire sign as we wrote in the article The Beacon of God’s Wrath. The “lightning” shines unto the west when the sun returns to the constellation of Taurus from the opposite direction on May 14, 2024, within two weeks of the great resurrection of the righteous on May 27, 2024, while the sun is still in the temple.

But take a close look at what the Lord is presenting while the sun is in Taurus!

The planet Venus represents the church, which arrives at the golden gate (signifying the door to heaven) precisely on the resurrection day, May 27, 2024. On either side of it are symbols of divinity escorting her on her heavenly journey. The sun is the Bridegroom, Jesus, leaving the planet Jupiter to represent the Father. Both Jesus and the Father show their approval of the church to open the gate and welcome her to heaven.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 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. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

This heavenly welcome sign for the church emphasizes the keynote characteristic of the kingdom of God that Christ and His followers all exhibit. As a sacrificial animal, Taurus points to the trait of sacrifice. The people of God have kept His commandments in spite of the surrounding pressures to compromise, and have chosen to deny themselves of worldly honor and pleasure rather than to disobey the Spirit of His law.

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14)

Following this scene at the golden gate in Taurus, the redeemed embark on their seven-day travel to the sea of glass, where the saints are to be crowned on what feels to them like June 4, 2024. Then, another important riddle in Matthew 24 reveals its solution on the firmament.

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. (Matthew 24:28)

The carcass is illustrated by Taurus, a divided sacrificial animal. The four eagles gathered there are Venus and the sun in conjunction in the horns, and Jupiter and Mercury in conjunction in the body. The first pair represent the church (Venus) clothed with the light of Christ (the sun). The second pair represent the Father (Jupiter) with His messenger (Mercury). Venus and Mercury represent two groups of redeemed: Respectively, they are those of all ages who die and are resurrected, and those of the last generation who receive the Father’s message of time and never taste death.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 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. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

They are depicted as receiving authority from Jesus and the Father because they have laid all on the altar (Taurus) and are given the reward of eternal life in new, glorified bodies, represented as eagles. This bird stands for the Lord’s authority as King of heaven, and it is promised that the overcomers will reign with Him on His throne as He sits on the throne with His Father.^[1] Four eagles are gathered representing the four living beings around God’s throne who reflect the fourfold character of Jesus as symbolized by the faces of a lion, calf, man, and eagle that each one possesses.^[2] These four faces show the process of sanctification in first overcoming sin on earth (the lion as king of the earth), then embracing a sacrificial character (the calf). With this humble character, we may enter into His Sabbath rest^[3] and retain the DNA that defines our physical identity in God’s image (man), rather than laboring to manipulate the rules of our existence by defying our genetics or His design. Finally, the last stage of sanctification is being crowned in heaven as angels (the eagle face), and this is what is represented at last on June 4, 2024! Being like angels,^[4] redeemed human beings replaced the third part of the heavenly host that once rebelled against God.^[5] Every word of God in the heavens has a depth of meaning that is worthy of our meditation.

Taking Flight

Considering that the millennium begins with the Lord’s return, we may ask, What do the heavens declare 1000 years after the end of the sign of the Son of man? In The Persecutor’s Doom Foretold, we pointed to the heavenly sign that portrays the binding of Satan for one thousand years with comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) acting as the chain, the sun as the key, and Virgo as the angel.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Revelation 20:1-2)

By pointing to Virgo, this prophetic revelation teaches us that the church is the angel that binds Satan for the thousand years. She is a virgin, representing the victorious church who overcomes the enemy’s attacks of the last days and is given the right to bind him. The church is taken from the earth in its dying throes and Satan has no one left to tempt, torture, or inhabit. Then the church reigns with Christ.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)

According to the testimony of the sign of the Son of man, the millennium will begin on May 28, 2024, when comet E3 strikes the pendulum of the Horologium constellation a second time. This marks when the treading of the winepress of the wrath of God begins, because it is the first day without the city^[6]— the holy people of faith; the bride of Christ. As we have explained before, the church will travel seven days with the Lord to the sea of glass^[7] and being faster than the speed of light,^[8] the principle of time dilation warrants that on earth, a much longer time would elapse, namely the prophesied thousand years when Satan is bound on the earth. Seven days after May 28, 2024, is June 4, 2024. This would be the perceived time for the redeemed when the 144,000 would arrive to the sea of glass to be given their crowns, but on earth, one thousand years would have passed and it would be June 4, 3024.

With these considerations, we could expect a confirmation on the heavenly canvas with signs accurately reflecting the prophesied events after the millennium.

The Sea of Glass

When we fast forward one thousand years from the first day of travel on May 28, 2024, to May 28, 3024, we can immediately notice that exactly on that day, the sun, representing Jesus, the Bridegroom, enters the sanctuary precincts, which include Taurus, the inner court, and Orion, the sanctuary itself.^[9] 

This brings to mind Ezekiel’s vision when God showed him a special symbolic temple, and we begin to understand that what he saw is represented in heaven:

And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house. (Ezekiel 43:4-5)

This is exactly 1000 years from the rapture on May 28, 2024, to bring the redeemed into the courtyard of the heavenly temple. In other words, as Jesus, the Bridegroom sun receives us to go with Him to travel the stars, we enter the courtyard of the heavenly temple, where the heavenly version of the altar of sacrifice and the brazen sea may be found. Thus, we see a parallelism in the two heavenly scenes separated by 1000 years. A 180-year-old prophetic vision familiar to us indicates that after seven days,^[10] the saints reach the sea of glass, where the great coronation takes place on June 3/4, 3024.

We all [the resurrected saints and the 144,000 living] entered the cloud together, and were seven days ascending to the sea of glass, when Jesus brought the crowns, and with His own right hand placed them on our heads. He gave us harps of gold and palms of victory. Here on the sea of glass the 144,000 stood in a perfect square. Some of them had very bright crowns, others not so bright. Some crowns appeared heavy with stars, while others had but few. All were perfectly satisfied with their crowns. And they were all clothed with a glorious white mantle from their shoulders to their feet. Angels were all about us as we marched over the sea of glass to the gate of the city. Jesus raised His mighty, glorious arm, laid hold of the pearly gate, swung it back on its glittering hinges, and said to us, “You have washed your robes in My blood, stood stiffly for My truth, enter in.” We all marched in and felt that we had a perfect right in the city. EW 16.2

This coronation on the sea of glass is beautifully depicted precisely after that seven-day travel in the evening that begins the Hebrew day of June 3/4, 3024:

In Taurus (the sanctuary courtyard), we see the sun (Jesus) in conjunction with Venus (the church), and suddenly we are given a new revelation: The sea of glass where they have arrived, is represented by none other than the beautiful blue sea that shimmers in the light from the Pleiades star cluster!^[11] Here is the heavenly equivalent to Solomon’s brazen sea, which he had prepared and placed in the temple courtyard, resting on twelve bulls, just as Stellarium shows the Pleiades resting on the twelve stars of Taurus.

With the coronation in the setting of Taurus, the sacrificial character embodied by the triumphant bride is emphasized. Her sacrifice for the Lord was in upholding His character (as described by His law), which the 144,000 do in these last days, despite the pressure to receive the mark, image, or number of the beast. The 144,000 are described as being without fault and blameless.^[12] Just like the sun leaves Aries, the lamb on May 28, 3024—seven days before the saints arrive at the sea of glass—they stand with garments purified in the blood of the Lamb before their seven-day journey.

The Pleiades, however, serves not only as the sea of glass, where the redeemed stand, but provides the stars of her crown. In fact, it is understood that the Pleiades is actually two unrelated objects in the same line of sight: the wispy blue nebula (corresponding to the sea of glass) is actually completely separate from the Pleiades star cluster (the crown). It is simply a dust cloud passing in front, which the Pleiades illuminates from behind in a beautifully glistening combination!

The crown represented by the Pleaides cluster has great significance in relation to the role that the 144,000 fulfill. Notice what the Bible says about the Pleiades:

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? (Job 38:31)

The Bible here connects the Pleiades with sweet influences which are to be bound like the Holy Spirit’s work that binds God’s law in one’s heart. The Bible singles out the 144,000 as those who ultimately stand before the Lord without fault, so this especially applies to them. Having learned the song of the Lamb, they serve as teachers, leading many to righteousness as described in Daniel 12.^[13] The following lines capture the characteristics of these teachers with whom are bound the sweet influences of the Pleiades. Notice the reference to the stars:

“These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand.” Revelation 2:1. These words are spoken to the teachers in the church—those entrusted by God with weighty responsibilities. The sweet influences that are to be abundant in the church are bound up with God’s ministers, who are to reveal the love of Christ. The stars of heaven are under His control. He fills them with light. He guides and directs their movements. If He did not do this, they would become fallen stars. So with His ministers. They are but instruments in His hands, and all the good they accomplish is done through His power. Through them His light is to shine forth. The Saviour is to be their efficiency. If they will look to Him as He looked to the Father they will be enabled to do His work. As they make God their dependence, He will give them His brightness to reflect to the world. {The Acts of the Apostles, chap. 57, “The Revelation”, 586.3}

Are the sweet influences of the Pleiades bound up in your heart, to keep you in His ways? Does He fill you with light like the stars, so that you may be equipped to lead others to recognize Christ in the sign of the Son of man? Is God your dependence, so that you may reflect the brightness of His character to the world, to strengthen them to stand in humble and harmless opposition to the number of the beast, whatever the cost?

The Pleiades is a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a reminder that the sweet influences of the Spirit that crown our heart and give strength to withstand the snares of the last days, will soon be embodied in a glittering crown on the heads of the victorious.

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. (Revelation 15:2)

The Pure Woman

The imagery of the coronation of Venus on June 3/4, 3024, is reminiscent of the sign described in Revelation 12, where a woman clothed with the sun is given a crown of twelve stars.

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: (Revelation 12:1)

On September 23, 2017, that sign of the woman formed on the Mazzaroth with the characteristics described in the Bible prophecy. She was clothed with the brightness of the sun, the moon was at her feet, and above her head were three visiting stars, adding to the nine stars of Leo to form a crown of twelve stars. In the more condensed sign we’re presently considering, the woman is Venus, and she is likewise clothed with the sun, being in conjunction with it. The crown of twelve stars is the Pleiades cluster. In fact, notice what Space.com says about the Pleiades:

With sharp eyes and a clear, dark sky, it’s possible to spot up to 12 stars in the Pleiades group.

The crown of the Pleiades is well-described as a crown of 12 stars! However, there is no moon at her feet as the prophecy specifies. Nevertheless, the unmistakable similarities in the very rare triple conjunction of the sun with Venus at the Pleiades crown, in combination with this clear difference of the missing moon, suggests a relationship.

In the coronation sign, we see a view of the same woman, but from a different perspective. In Revelation 12, the woman is described as standing on the moon, representing the foundational law of Judaism, the lesser light that pointed toward the greater light of Christ, with whom she is clothed as a Christian. After the millennium, however, it is no longer a stone (the moon) under her feet, but the fleshy symbol of sacrifice, Taurus.

No longer is the church standing on the stone foundation of the written commandments that God gave to the Jews, but she stands on the foundation of the Spirit of the law.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:12-13)

The spirit of the law of love is sacrifice, which is exemplified in the sacrifice of Christ, after which example the undefiled follow.^[14] No tables of stone can capture the complete essence of sacrifice that our Lord’s kingdom is founded on. Thus, what we see is the purest form of the same sign. It is the church’s triumphal entry into the kingdom of Christ, firmly planted on sacrifice. The delivery of the everlasting covenant is then complete and our promised inheritance in the kingdom of God is almost fulfilled!

King of Kings

Before the redeemed are given their inheritance in the New Earth, all the inhabitants of the universe, including all the wicked who ever lived, must unanimously acknowledge who has the right to govern. On June 5, 3024, after the 144,000 are given their crowns of glory^[15] on the sea of glass, the second resurrection takes place and Satan is unbound for a short time.

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. … And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. (Revelation 20:5a,7-8)

The gift of life that Christ purchased was for all, but those rising in this second resurrection did not wish to abide by the conditions to receive it. Nevertheless, they are raised to give their final testimony. They testify that they do not have a character fit for eternity, and that Christ is just in His judgment over them. This comes about as Satan attempts to use his apparent numerical advantage to overthrow the Holy City and take the kingdom for himself.

Now Satan prepares for a last mighty struggle for the supremacy. While deprived of his power and cut off from his work of deception, the prince of evil was miserable and dejected; but as the wicked dead are raised and he sees the vast multitudes upon his side, his hopes revive, and he determines not to yield the great controversy. He will marshal all the armies of the lost under his banner and through them endeavor to execute his plans. The wicked are Satan’s captives. In rejecting Christ they have accepted the rule of the rebel leader. They are ready to receive his suggestions and to do his bidding. Yet, true to his early cunning, he does not acknowledge himself to be Satan. He claims to be the prince who is the rightful owner of the world and whose inheritance has been unlawfully wrested from him. GC 663.1

While Satan is busy marshalling the innumerable throngs, the righteous are preparing for the coronation of King Jesus, the Wounded One, beside the pillars of the coronation hall formed by the horns of Taurus.^[16] 

The ancient custom followed the same pattern:

And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord [with the people], to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. (2 Kings 23:2-3)

The commencement of Jesus’ solemn and glorious coronation is represented in heaven fifteen days (one prophetic hour) after He crowns the 144,000. Jesus is represented by the sun as the Bridegroom and is crowned in the horns of Taurus by Mercury, who represents the Lord’s messenger angel, Gabriel.^[17] 

Is it any wonder, understanding this, that Satan would choose an imitation of this coronation scene in Taurus in the Egyptian symbolism of the goddess Hathor, who wears the headdress of bull horns containing the sun? But Jesus is crowned because of His selfless character, being submissive to His Father’s will and following His law in the fullness of the Spirit. He alone is worthy to receive all power and praise.

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. (Revelation 5:12)

It is the attitude of humility and self-surrender that makes one great in the eyes of God. There is no other place in the heavens where this beautiful scene could be better shown than at the altar of sacrifice. He is the Wounded One, and the scars of His sacrifice will forever proclaim His worthiness to be King. Before Him all shall bow in reverence and adoration.^[18] 

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. (Revelation 5:13)

The festivities are not to end after a single day, however. Jesus made His sacrifice once, but ten times the Lord pled for the Father’s forgiveness with His wounds on display.

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding.... (Luke 23:33-35)

As the Lord hung on the cross, He pled for forgiveness for those who were breaking the sixth commandment by murdering Him. Yet from the Creation of the world, the Wounds of our Lord have been measuring His mercy on the various cycles of the Orion clock as He interceded with God to forgive man for breaking each of the other commandments, concluding with the last Orion cycle where the Lord interceded for man’s disregard of the Creator’s rest that sealed His creation as very good.^[19] 

Ten times the Lord’s wounds were on display on the Orion clock, and should His coronation be complete in a single day? Would it not be appropriate to dedicate one coronation day for each commandment for which He was wounded? As these ten days transpire, the sun lights the way through the coronation hall as praises ring to the Bridegroom for His glorious salvation. This ten-day celebration commemorates His great victory over sin and declares the law of God to be holy, and just, and good.^[20] 

At the end of the celebrations, after the faithful martyrs praise the Lord for His strength, remembering their own ten days of tribulation,^[21] the church triumphant becomes quiet as the solemn sentence of justice is about to be executed by Jesus, the newly crowned King. It is June 28, 3024, and the fire is about to fall on the wicked and cleanse the universe from their presence through the highest-energy weapon of the universal arsenal: a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB). This is symbolized by a special fire-and-smoke eclipse on that very day:

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven [the GRB], and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:9-10)

I Make All Things New

The last act of the coronation festivities is also the beginning of the new creation with the GRB that both purges the old world and answers the command to “let there be light.” The altar of the earth is ignited as the partial solar eclipse signifies, and for the seven days of the new creation, the cleansing of that altar, as Ezekiel saw in His vision of the consecration of the special temple services takes place.

Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. (Ezekiel 43:26)

In 1844, when the Millerites expected Jesus’ coming, they understood the cleansing of the sanctuary^[22] to refer to the cleansing of the earth by fire at the coming of Christ. Now we see that this was not altogether wrong, because the seven-day cleansing of the altar with fire points indeed to the complete destruction and cleansing of the earth while the solar fire is on the heavenly altar.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.… Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. (Psalm 73:3,17-18)

But what would God be pointing to by bringing destruction on June 28, 3024? What is the poster child for championing rebellion against God’s creation? There is one event that has become a symbol of “liberation” from God’s original design in favor of the image of the beast (same sex marriage and LGBT+ self-identification).

The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Patrons of the Stonewall, other Village lesbian and gay bars, and neighborhood street people fought back when the police became violent. The riots are widely considered the watershed event that transformed the gay liberation movement and the twentieth-century fight for LGBT rights in the United States.^[23]

The Ten Commandments serve as a protective barrier to guard little ones in faith from venturing into areas of danger, but rather than learning what is for our best good, many have chosen to do violence to God’s protective stone wall. The symbolism is clear: What God pronounced “very good” in the beginning, let not man seek liberation from, because it cannot be improved upon, and those who corrupt it in their attempt to improve it will be destroyed. This is expressed in a Greek wordplay, where a word is used that means both to “destroy” and to “corrupt” or “pervert”:

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy [corrupt or pervert] the earth. (Revelation 11:18)

Just a few hours after the fiery symbol for that destruction, the Bridegroom sun begins to pass through the same star-scape that it did when the Lord made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the end of His ministry on earth.

After Jesus had entered with hosannas, He wept for His people who would not hear Him but plotted His death in a vain attempt to preserve their own honor and position. So began the Lord’s passion week in AD 31, but how different is the week of this new beginning! There is no weeping over Jerusalem, no hushing of the loud hosannas to the King that ring from the New Jerusalem. Instead, the sounds of joy, love, thanksgiving, and praise are heard.

The Creator stands with the redeemed and makes all things new for six days. On that sixth day of the new creation, when He fills the land with animals, the sun reminds us of the sacrifice of the Lamb that made it all possible, for it stands where it was once darkened over the cross. No more will animals be used for sacrifices, nor their blood spilled. The culminating act of the passion of the Christ is contrasted with the unending joy of the eternal and abundant life that it purchased.

Then, on the seventh day of the new creation, July 4, 3024, the sun passes the place where it was on the High Sabbath of His rest in the tomb on earth. He who submitted to the grave to deliver those who had rebelled against His perfect creation, now pronounces it even better, because the redeemed have chosen the love of God’s law, having known both good and evil. Sin will therefore never arise again in their hearts. Their liberty in love stands in contrast to the male-faced Lady Liberty that was a gift from the godless state of France, with her broken chains and her own table of stone in her hand, declaring the world’s independence from God’s law. The day will then stand for a new world with independence from SIN, as it is finally freed from its self-destructive influence.

Remarkably, this seventh day of the new creation falls on Sunday, July 4 in 3024, so that the weekly Sunday reminder of Christ’s victorious resurrection over death and sin will then be celebrated on the Sabbath for eternity.^[24] 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:55-57)

On earth, while sin still prevails, the Sabbath refers to Saturday as the seventh day in remembrance of the Lord’s rest at creation and His rest from salvation after taking upon Himself the penalty of man’s sin—death.^[25] But with the new creation, the seventh day would be the day we now call Sunday, such that with no change of the law, the new seventh-day Sabbath will be imbued with the symbolism of victory over death and sin through the resurrection of Jesus.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. (Isaiah 65:17)

Finally, the sun comes to the galactic equator for the sidereal anniversary of Jesus’ resurrection as we have explained before. Every day of eternal life is a gift that was assured when He arose from the dead.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (Revelation 4:11)

The sacrifice of Jesus to restore man to God’s kingdom is accomplished and every heart now beats with adoration and reverence to Him who sacrificed all for the redemption of mankind. The character of God is vindicated at last.

The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love. GC 678.3

The revelations that have been presented in this article testify to the time of Jesus’ second coming as indicated by the sign of the Son of man. The Father on His clock of the Mazzaroth corroborates that time with corresponding signs in the year 3024, exactly 1000 years after the sign of the Son of man ends with His return in 2024. In the end, as we sing of God’s love, who can deny what Time has orchestrated in heaven?