<P> This is the so - called Woman of the Apocalypse . Some of the most common Christian interpretations of this passage interpret the woman as Mary or Israel and the male child as the birth of Jesus or the Church . </P> <P> On April 7, 2011, William Tapley's channel ThirdEagleBooks published the first video about the alignment entitled "Stellarium" giving the 2017 date of the great sign and explaining how the planetary alignment that year matched the text of Revelation 12 better than a 2011 alignments, which he said three earlier videos from other people had mentioned . </P> <P> A few months later, on July 30, 2011, Scott Clarke from ERF Ministries posted a video on YouTube describing the alignment, which some people worldwide have now come to believe is the Revelation 12 sign . During 2011, Scott Clarke continued to popularize the alignment on YouTube . </P> <P> On December 10, 2012, Unsealed World News suggested that the purported sign might be connected to the rapture of the Church, though they have repeatedly stated that the exact date of the rapture is unknown and might happen sometime before, on, or after September 23 . </P>

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