There is some theory about a Bible prophet (Isiah?) lying on his side for X years is supposedly how God foretold that believers would be under spiritual oppression until a certain year which ended around 2012, according to the theory. Maybe some anon can explain it more, and it might tie into your research.
There is also that September 23 2017 'signs in the heavens' phenomenon with the alignment of stars and relation to verses in Revelation, that could possibly be of interest.