The text which mentions them return right after the snip and cut is in luke 2:39. And you are correct that I didnt address exodus 40 as it does not indicate it is a prophecy concerning the future, one a statue for all generations, a perpetual decree, so in this case for im-anu-el, sukkot takes priority of direction over the exodus verse. I think that sometimes midrashic explainations go too far when they apply meanings to text that clearly is just midrash, often in Talmud, as you know, this is evident. By watch periods I am assuming you mean the periods of the night watch? if this is the case this is in relation to Temple duty, as Yeshua states on many occations so relates to how his disciples act and perform, things they do, after he appears...as he said, I will be coming as a thief in the night, meaning around the 2nd or 3rd watch of the Temple duty.
Maybe you didnt mean the night watch? but in your original post this was never clearly defined
(Dont expect you to put entire sermon down though friend). secondly in your original post you wrote:
"The question needs to be asked, is there anything that would indicate a tying in of this important Jewish holiday, the New Year, with a tabernacle. The answer is a clear yes when we look at Exodus 40. From here, we can rightfully infer, and based off of all of the evidence we have that Yeshua was predicted to be born on Aviv 1, and in the end, the prophecies came to pass. Yeshua was born on Aviv 1, 6 B.C., or March 20, 6 B.C."
your connection is to a new year, 1 aviv, to a tabernacle although this is based on the translation of the exodus 40 isnt it? after all, if does not say in the text that a sukkah was constructed but the Mishkan, the tent of meeting and the terminology (and tabernacling connnotatons that come with it) of a 'tabernacle' creates meaning to the text that isnt there when understood as the Mishkan was constructed, because Mishkan, unlike tabernacle, does not indicate a tabernacling with people. I understand the shekinah rested on the mishkan but surely this is the difference between 'meeting with' and 'dwelling with', clearly the birth of the messiah was more the dwelling with than the meeting with, wouldnt you agree?
All in all, I believe it s vital we read all text in the context and try to understand the period of year within the words and actions of people in the narrative. This is an important reason I have suggested to Christians to live a Torah lifestyle so they will automatical know the background when they read the messianic text. It is the same when reading the books of the prophets, they always need to be read in context to the king of the prophet's time and the situation at that time, without understanding the background we can take any verse, teaching, scripture and create something from it. When we read everything concerning the birth of messiah there is no doubt the feelings I have at the close of a year, the coming winter, the final offerings, the advent of yom kippur and sukkot, the smell of lulav the citrius fruit, the season of joy and G-d's closeness to us, all of these things and more come across in the biblical narrative of his birth and this also supports the more logical and logistical interpretation of when he was born, a date that cannot be mistake as we know the priest family of Jochanahs father and we know the time of year that family served in the Temple, these two facts along is enough to work out an accurate time.