The Sceptre Star and the Revelation 12 Birth of the Man Child

 

Will you prayerfully and with discernment come along with me as I share a recent journey I took on a train of thought regarding the Day of the Rapture and the Sceptre Star?

 

What is the Sceptre Star?

 

First, Daniel Valles of Informed Christians YTC’s video Seeing The Sceptre Star Story got me investigating the question of “what is the Sceptre Star?” Like many other Biblical researchers, Daniel believes that the Sceptre Star is the planet or wandering star of Jupiter, the prophetic symbol of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Church. He explains that since 1948 and until this last generation, Jupiter will do its retrograde pattern ONLY ONCE as described in Genesis 49:10. This occurred, as many know, in 2017 and centered around the September 23 Revelation 12 Sign of the Woman.

 

He suggested that the Rapture or Birth of the Man Child could occur when Jupiter was in retrograde in June 2021 or apparently standing still as did “the star” over Bethlehem pointing the magi to the location of the newborn Messiah. From approximately June 13-27 this year Jupiter stood still for the first time since the December 21, 2020, Great Conjunction!  

 

Our Brother Daniel’s theory seemed feasible based on Jupiter as the Sceptre Star. It is unfortunate his theory did not pan out; HOWEVER, his explanation that Numbers 24:7 was playing out before us could be pointing to an imminent revival or awakening for the constellation Aquarius appeared to be pouring buckets of water upon Jupiter standing still at the belly of Aquarius.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. - Numbers 24:7 KJV

Numbers 24 might be giving a prophetic picture confirming the visions I received that there would be a brief revival then the Rapture for in Verse 8 it reads:

 

God brought him forth out of Egypt. . .- Numbers 24:8a KJV

 

Could the Sceptre Star be a Comet?

 

Because the Resurrection/Rapture did not occur during the time Jupiter stood still in June 2021, this led me to ask the question--“Could the Sceptre Star be a comet?” While surfing the web I came across a theory that speculates on this question. Let’s look at verses pertaining to this.

 

The Jewish nation is composed of twelve ancient tribes. Jewish prophecy states that a particular tribe will bring forth the Messiah: the tribe of Judah. The symbol of Judah’s tribe is the lion. You can see these connections in an ancient prediction of Messiah’s coming found in the first book of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, Chapter 49:

9 You are a lion’s cub, O Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness– who dares to rouse him? 10 The sceptre will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.

            [bethlehemstar.com excerpt]

 

In the King James Version Verse 10 reads:

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be]. - Genesis 49:10 KJV

 

ROBERT JAMIESON explains in his commentary that Judah was the chief among the tribes and that Messiah sprang from it. Shiloh refers to “the Messiah (Isa 11:10 Rom 15:12 ); and when He should come, ‘the tribe of Judah should no longer boast either an independent king or a judge of their own’ [CALVIN]. The Jews have been for eighteen centuries without a ruler and without a judge since Shiloh came, and ‘to Him the gathering of the people has been.’”

 

The Sceptre Star is also mentioned in the Book of Numbers when Balaam is prophesying over Israel:

 

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star [kôḵāḇ] out of Jacob, and a Sceptre [šēḇeṭ] shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. - Numbers 24:17 KJV

In another Commentary by ROBERT JAMIESON he writes, “this imagery, in the hieroglyphic language of the East, denotes some eminent ruler--primarily David; but secondarily and pre-eminently, the Messiah (see on JF & B for Ge 49:10)”.

 

Both in Genesis 49:10 and Numbers 24:17 the word ‘sceptre’ was translated from the Hebrew word šēḇeṭ which means “rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe”. This is where one might interpret šēḇeṭ as referring to a comet for in antiquity, a comet was perceived as a sword/scimitar, sickle or staff:

So we cannot expect to find in the Scriptures definite and precise descriptions that we can recognize as those of comets. At the most we may find some expressions, some descriptions, that to us may seem appropriate to the forms and appearances of these objects, and we may therefore infer that the appearance of a comet may have suggested these descriptions or expressions.

The head of a great comet is brilliant, sometimes starlike. But its tail often takes on the most impressive appearance. Donati's comet, in 1858, assumed the most varied shapes—sometimes its tail was broad, with one bright and curving edge, the other fainter and finer, the whole making up a stupendous semi-circular blade-like object. Later, the tail was shaped like a scimitar, and later again, it assumed a duplex form. [gutenberg.org]

Donati's Comet over Notre Dame

What comes to mind when you picture šēḇeṭ --a celestial sceptre, staff or sword? Although he was off by three years (in my opinion) Bible scholar Colin R. Nicholl who authored THE GREAT CHRIST COMET believes that what the wise men or magi followed was a comet. He may be onto something here since Jupiter, even when in conjunction with other celestial bodies, may not have been as brilliant nor as animated as the Scriptures depict the Sceptre Star.

 

A key reference in Nicholl’s book is found in a 1st-century letter from St. Ignatius to believers in Ephesus: “A star [shone] in heaven (with a brightness) beyond all the stars; its light was indescribable, and its newness provided astonishment. And all the other stars, together with the Sun and the Moon, formed a chorus to the star, yet its light far exceeded them all. And there was perplexity regarding from where this new entity came from, so unlike everything else (in the heavens) was it.” [From The case for a great comet over Bethlehem by Terry Mattingly posted Dec 22, 2015]

 

Was the Star of Bethlehem a Comet?

 

Why did the Magi believe that the astronomical phenomenon they observed signified the birth of the Messiah?

 

As many scholars of Matthew have correctly deduced, the Magi were most likely exposed to key Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah through Jewish neighbors. Through such messianic prophecies they came to interpret the astronomical body as revealing that the Messiah’s birth had taken place. What the Magi say in Matthew 2:2 seems to allude to the oracle of Balaam that spoke of the Messiah’s coming in terms of a “scepter” and “star,” implying that a scepter-like comet would announce his birth (Num. 24:17). The Magi appear to have come to the firm conclusion that the Star had fulfilled Balaam’s oracle on a literal level. Their choice of gold, frankincense, and myrrh as gifts (Matt. 2:11) suggests that they were also influenced by oracles in Isaiah (especially Isaiah 53 and 60). I argue that the Magi interpreted what the Star did through the lens of Isaiah 7–9 (esp. 7:14 and 9:2).

 

What did the Star “standing over” the place where Jesus lay look like?

Matthew says that the Star “went before” the Magi as they traveled from Jerusalem to Bethlehem and then finally “stood over” the place where Jesus was. Similarly, historian Diodorus Siculus records that a torch-like comet “went before and led” Timoleon from Corinth to Sicily. And Josephus reveals that a great cometary star that looked like a sword “stood over” Jerusalem in the run-up to its destruction. Josephus and Matthew both seem to be referring to comets that appeared to stand near-vertically over the horizon as they set.

 

When comets do this, they may readily be perceived to be pinpointing a particular location along the visible horizon, as the standing Star was evidently regarded as doing. At the time this occurred the Magi, then in Bethlehem, must have been located the other side of the house from where the comet was. Rejoicing, they entered the house and, as they’d suspected, discovered there the baby Messiah.

 

Revelation 12 and the Sceptre Star

Whether the Sceptre Star is Jupiter or a Comet, the magi would have known to be looking for the Sign in the constellations Leo and Virgo. According to Rick Larson’s theory,  “It was the precise interaction of the planets with these two key constellations that the “wise men” were tracking as they made their way to Bethlehem.”   

 

I do not doubt the importance of the planet Jupiter, the King Planet, and its retrograde action depicting a child in the womb of Virgo, the Woman, when referring to the fulfillment of Revelation 12:1-2 on September 23, 2017:

 

Three separate studies have shown that the September 23rd alignment is a once-in-human-history event.

 

Many have argued that Rosh Hashanah of 3 BC (September 11th) also featured the sign as evidence Christ was born that day, but this only gets two things right: the sun clothes the woman and the moon is under her feet.  There is no crown of twelve stars, the moon is very far away, and she is not giving birth to a "male child". [The Revelation 12 Sign Compendium unsealed.org excerpt]

So what I am suggesting is, could there have been a comet that appeared in the constellation Leo or Virgo and moved in such a way as to guide the magi?

Nicholl joins a long tradition of scholars who have written about Bethlehem’s star. Through the centuries, they have proposed a variety of answers to the question of its nature. Some have proposed that it was a star, of course. Others, the triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces in 7 B.C. Occultations of Jupiter in Aries in 6 B.C. is a more recent suggestion, as are either a nova or supernova. Meteors get mentioned. Some think it may have been a supernatural phenomenon such as a mystical vision or an angel. . .

. . . Nicholl affirms the historicity of the Gospel account of Jesus’ birth. He further argues that a comet can account for the star’s seemingly erratic behavior, appearing first in the eastern morning sky, then months later in the western and southern evening skies. Depending on the observer’s perspective, he points out, a comet can appear to stand still over a particular location as it speeds toward the nighttime horizon. influencemagazine.com

We may never know until we meet Christ face to face, but I promise that I have a reason for bringing this question up if you will hang in here a little bit longer.

 

Comet, Asteroid, or Meteor?

 

Going to the account in the Book of Matthew regarding the travels of the magi, we see that the word ‘star’ was translated from the Greek word, astēr, from which we get our word ‘asteroid’.

 

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star [astēr], which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him. . .- Matthew 2:9-11a

According to the Greek text, the magi followed an asteroid, not a stationary star alignment, whose trajectory led them to Bethlehem. [From p. 20 of Zeitgeist 2025--Countdown to the Secret Destiny of America by Thomas R. Horn] 

Comet, asteroid, meteor? My ears perk up whenever any of these terms are used because they are interrelated. Debris from comets is the source of many meteoroids and meteoroids originate from a comet or asteroid.

Paul Begley shared recently how the Lord said to him, “Everybody wants to know the timeline but it’s not a timeline it’s a SIGN line.” Comets especially have been used by God as signs (see Perry Stone Comets).

 

It is intriguing to me that especially beginning with Comet Neowise in July 2020 there have been so many asteroids and in particular comets being tracked. According to an article by nature.com, astronomers detected thousands of previously unknown near-Earth asteroids last year and skyandtelescope.org reported “an amazing 116 new comets were discovered in 2020”, of which Neowise was one and dubbed a “Surprise” Comet. Political scientist and amateur astronomer Luis B. Vega writes of end time events and suggested it could be prophetically the Rapture Comet:

 

As to the possible prophetic implications of this comet and its trajectory? That remains to be seen. But with the prior 2 other comets, Atlas and Swan, perhaps this comet is contributing to the celestial tapestry of messaging that could be prophetic nonetheless concerning the Rapture.

 

2020-2021 Comet SIGN Line

 

At the beginning of 2021 Forbes posted Should We Get Ready For Another Naked-Eye ‘Comet Of The Century?’ ‘Comet Leonard’ Just Appeared From Nowhere. EarthSky had this to say about Comet Leonard:

 

Bottom line: Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) – discovered on January 3, 2021 – is currently between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, heading inward. It’ll reach perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, around January 3, 2022. We’ll have a whole year to watch this comet get brighter and brighter. It might become the brightest comet of 2021!

 

According to its trajectory, Comet Leonard is not supposed to hit Earth but it might hit Venus!

 

In a more recent video by Data1B4, we are told that Comet Leonard will never pass this way again. In fact, “Know that you are the generation,” the narrator proclaims, “of the only people in the history of planet Earth that will see this particular comet. . .”

 

The name “Leonard” “means ‘brave lion’, derived from the Germanic elements lewo ‘lion’ (of Latin origin) and hard ‘brave, hardy’. If 2021 is the Year of the Rapture (and I believe it is) it will also be the Year of The Brave Lion of Judah!

 

“Know that you are the generation

of the only people in the history of planet Earth

that will see this particular comet. . .”

 

In the video BIGGEST RAPTURE SIGN Genesis 49 Comet 323 the SHILOH SCEPTRE that's NEVER moved in HISTORY Until NOW a Brother in Christ shared the impression in his spirit that “When the Summer hits, you will know whether it is the Season of His Return!” He shares how Comet 323P has never moved from its location until 2020. Although I am unsure as to the veracity of his conclusions regarding this comet being the Sceptre Star, it still has prophetic significance.

 

While on this trail of thought doing research, I began to connect a number of sources with what the Lord has shown me and others related to the Day of the Man Child’s birth.

In my humble attempts to collate so many different dreams and visions, it came to me that it is possible that when a Brother or Sister in Christ is describing a brilliant star-like object and using either the term “comet” or “asteroid”, they could be speaking about the same event but are using closely related terms.

 

This also may be the case with Hollywood which has pumped out numerous movies getting the world prepared for the coming of destructive meteors, asteroids, and comets. Before Hollywood ‘foretold’ this, the Book of Revelation warned of it. The earth will be besieged by falling celestial objects during The Tribulation.

“It’s a planet that’s been hiding behind the Sun.”

 

Melancholia, a depressing NOT family-friendly movie about a bride who marries as a mysterious planet looms, blatantly reveals that the public will never be told the truth regarding this. (YES, I did say "bride"!) Recently the science community and mainstream news admitted that a comet-like planet was heading towards our Solar System. (Related articles: The Revelation 12 Dragon and The Rapture and Planet X, Passover, and Pentecost 2021)

 

"There is one thing that scientists and Scriptural scholars are in agreement on--that a large celestial object is coming our way which in turn is causing asteroids and comets to be thrown out of their normal orbits." Skywatch Media News YTC (emphasis added by me)

 

Why bring up the possibility of a comet being the Bethlehem Star?

 

As is explained in The Revelation 12 Sign Compendium by Unsealed, the story told in Revelation 12 may unfold in the near future: 

. . . Just as the woman and the dragon have corporate meanings, the child follows the same pattern. . . In summary, the significance of the Revelation 12 sign may be the rapture of the Church, the beginning of the cosmic war in Heaven, and God's redemptive focus returning to Israel and the Jews (Micah 5:3).

 [The Revelation 12 Sign Compendium excerpt]

 

A little over nine months before we witnessed the Revelation 12:1-2 Sign of the Woman there was a sign within the Sign in the way of the Conception Comet, a study of which was done by Luis B. Vega. (See Rev12daily's blog article for further information on this comet.)

"Do you see what I see?"

 

Do you see what I see? God has sent us a Comet Sign Line consisting most notably of: (1) the Conception Comet associated specifically with the Revelation 12 Sign of the Woman giving Birth to the Man Child; (2) the Surprise Comet Neowise ‘prophesying’ the coming Rapture, (3) and now Comet Leonard or the Brave Lion Comet!

 

FINALLY, TO THE POINT

 

So the reason I am bringing this subject up is because of the prophetic voices who have spoken of a GREAT COMET that will be heading for the earth on the Day of the Rapture. To keep it brief, I will share only a couple of the most compelling accounts, but you may also want to listen to the videos by Robin - Figtree generation and NessaSmart08.

 

In The Revelation 12 Dragon and the Rapture I shared Bob Barber’s video MY VISION! OUR LAST DAY! DRAGON ARRIVES! WE DEPART! In this vision he sees a series of events that include him seeing (what he thought was) Planet X, UFOs, and nuclear war breaking out on The Day of the Rapture.

 

Bob was forced to remove many of his videos from his Youtube account, but I found his video reposted on Vimeo.

 

Near the second half of 2020 Bob shared how the Lord corrected his interpretation of the above vision telling him it wasn’t Planet X he saw in the vision but a COMET heading toward Earth! Whether it is a comet or Planet X dragging a tail of asteroids, the world governments are definitely anticipating some type of catastrophic impact. (Remember God has revealed three categories of what will be “coming down”-- missiles, asteroids/meteorites, and fallen angels. [from The Revelation 12 Galactic Federation. . .]

 

 

If this is truly what will happen, the birth of the Revelation 12:5 Man Child would parallel the marking of the birth of the Son of man but instead of the astēr/comet “standing over the house” it will be a comet violently marking the removal of the House or Temple of God--a.k.a. the Rapture of those in Christ (1 Corinthians 3:16)!

 

It is possible that the prophetic dream I had some years ago was of a comet that would precede or come simultaneously with the Lord rapturing us. Recently I came across BETHLEHEM STAR RAPTURE! Amazing Dream! and it was reminiscent of my dream:

 

. . . I then saw a brilliant white light like a huge star, appear overhead. "It's time! He's here!" I shouted with sheer delight as a feeling of exhilaration filled my being and I jumped into the air in anticipation but was not yet taken up and then the dream ended. 3 Planets Dream and Reality

 

Asteroid to cause tsunami?

 

If my deliberations are correct, it would explain why so many brethren have foreseen a tsunami coming to the coast of America at the time of the Rapture. I also was given a series of tsunami dreams, however, I was not shown them in relation to the Rapture:

 

The Spirit of the Lord never gave me a time or date when this was to occur, however, a brother in Christ who lives in Puerto Rico, Efrain Rodriguez, was given the time of day when an asteroid will strike the Atlantic Ocean just west of Puerto Rico causing a series of catastrophic events. . . Brother Efrain did say that the asteroid strike will occur PRIOR TO THE RAPTURE. That it is not the end of the world nor is it part of the Great Tribulation but it is imminent. The U.S. government knows of this but have quietly been making preparations. [from The Final Tsunami Warning?]

 

Efrain believes the asteroid will strike prior to the Rapture, HOWEVER, Bob Barber (End Time Dream and Vision YTC) in his October 16, 2019, video stated that in the collective of tsunami dreams/visions he has gathered, the Rapture occurred at the time the great wave hit!

 

A prophetic word through Kevin Mirasi came the closest to what I received from the Lord in that he doesn't know whether the rapture is immediately during the tsunami or shortly after. There has been an exponential increase in meteors, so it is entirely possible that Earth will be struck by some type of comet or asteroid on the Day of the Rapture as Bob Barber and others were shown.

 

July Surprise Comet(s)?

 

Eleven days after I posted I Believe 2021 is The Year of Our Wedding suggesting the Rapture might occur during the New Wine Festival (which in this Hebrew year falls in July 2021), fivedoves.com posted "17 Tammuz, 9 Av, New Wine Festival/Pentecost, Nine Days, and Three Weeks - High Watch Time". In this article they point out that should the Rapture indeed occur this July it would line up with the Micah 7:1-2 prophecy.

 

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. - Micah 7:1-2 KJV

 

Could God have sent the JULY 2020 SURPRISE Rapture Comet to signal a 2021 SURPRISE Comet on The Day of the Rapture?

 

 

But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. - Hebrews 1:8 KJV

With “asteroids and comets being thrown out of their normal orbits,”  I submit to you, dear Brethren, the possibility of a comet coming that will SURPRISE everybody and may be part of the “sudden destruction” of 1 Thessalonians 5:3 that “they” do not escape, but WE DO!

 

 

When the King extended his sceptre to Esther it was to show his favor and resulted in him granting her wish. Could it be that on the Day of the Rapture, a Comet or Sceptre Star, will be extended toward us, the Bride, thus granting our greatest desire--to be with our KING forever!

 

 

 

DO NOT miss this video giving further evidence of the tie between the 1811-1812 Great Comet and the end of the Dispensation of Grace:

HUGE Heavenly sign--missed until now! Holy Spirit revelation for encouragement in these endtimes!

 

Updated 9/21/21