Many believe that we can't know when Yeshua was born because it doesn't say in the bible.
However it also doesn't say he was born on December 25th either. Which with common sense one would know that couldn't happen as the Hebrew calendar is different and therefore couldn't be the same day every year. Makes it convenient for retailers and workers to get the same day off but it's just not feasible.
However there are some hints to be found, not just in the New Testament but also in the so called 'old'.
Let's start with Luke's announcement, he sets the scene, we hear of a census which brought both Joseph and Mary to their place of birth, Bethlehem.
Bethlehem is just outside Jerusalem, approx 4-5 miles away.
Luke 2 tells us that there were shepherds in the fields, watching over their flocks by night.
this tells us a few things,
1. The sheep were 'out in the fields'
2. They were 'watching' them, even over night.
This gives us two big clues at what time of year this was. Since they were just outside Jerusalem, and the Temple, it has been surmised that these weren't just any sheep, but were the sheep raised for sacrifices in the Temple.
They were out in the fields which means that the temperatures had to be mild.
It was Spring -- this is the 'lambing time' and they were being watched because when a sheep is getting ready to 'lamb' the few days leading up to it they will start to behave differently and the shepherd then knows their time is close at hand.
Lambs are born in the Spring, I'm sure you all have seen them along with the Bunnies and eggs at 'easter time', that is because they are considered a harbinger of spring.
In the Talmud it is recorded that the shepherds would only be out in the fields from March until the next rainy season, in autumn.
Ex 12:3 on the tenth day of this month, each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household........... Must be a year old male.
In order for the Passover lambs to be one year old on the 10th of Nissan they had to have been born the previous year at the same time.
The Passover lambs are born in the Spring and Die in the Spring, in Nisan.
The first Hebrew Holy Day given to Israel is what is called 'Palm Sunday' in Christian churches.
This day was the day he rode in on the donkey.
This day was the day the people lined the roads and waved the Lulav (
) at him.
This day was Exodus 12:3.
This day it was the 10th of Nissan.
This lamb was to be selected and brought in to the house, Yeshua rode in to Jerusalem and went to the House of G-d. That is when he 'cleaned his house'.
So most agree that Yeshua fulfilled Passover, First Fruits but many don't know that 'Palm Sunday' is the Jewish Holiday of the 10th of Nissan when the lambs were selected.
Keeping with the fulfillment of choosing the lamb, killing the lamb and the first fruits there is another Holy Day that would fulfill the birth, new beginning, Yeshua who said "Behold I am making all things NEW'.
On the first day of the first month of the year, the day called the 1st of Nissan, begins the year from G-d's calculations. On this day it is the day of the 'new moon'. This occurs once a month but there is only one time it is at the beginning of the year and that is Nissan 1.
What would be a better time for Yeshua to have been born?
Joseph, keeping Torah would have been able to be in Bethlehem at this time as although a holy day it is not one of the Pilgrimage days.
This beginning of the New Year takes us from one year to another, the calendar changes.
And what happened when Yeshua was born? The earth got a new calendar and still today in non secular places it is referred to as BC and AD, standing for (BC) Before Christ and (AD) After Death. Some use BCE as before common era and CE as Common era but the event of Yeshua's birth still changed the way we refer to history, either before he came or after.
And there's more.............
Hebrew calendar is based on the moon.
The beginning of the month is the New Moon, 14-15 days later the moon is at it's fullness. Yeshua born on the new moon and died on the full moon (fullness also meaning the fullfillment of it).
The Stars---The Magi --Zoroastrianism -- Isaiah 60:1-6 Prophecy
Matthew tells us that that after Yeshua was born in Bethlehem in Judea the Magi from the east came to Jerusalem looking for him, the one born, 'King of the Jews'.
How would they know about this? Matthew tells us that they were from the east. Now East of Jerusalem is Babylon where the captivity took place. Where there were those that served the King (Nebuchadnezzar) as prophets and seers. Daniel was put in the high position over all 'wisemen' (Daniel 2:48)
These prophecies they must have shared with the Babylonian wisemen and/or their scrolls were copied and studied by these men after many had returned to Jerusalem years later. There were of course many Jews still living in Babylon at the time, many had decided to stay in that land instead of returning in Ezra's day.
They saw his star and followed it, it took them almost two years to get there and go to Jerusalem and then from there find out where he was. Meanwhile Herod orders all boys two and under to be slain. Thankfully they were warned and had moved to Egypt to stay with some of the Jewish community there. They returned when Herod died which was in 4bc, so Yeshua most likely was born in 6bc.
So what was that star? Around 6bc there was a conjunction of Jupiter (King Star), Saturn, Venus, Mars.... Ptolemy recorded that the Land of Judea (Israel) and it's surrounding regions were linked to the Constellation of Aries, the RAM. This conjunction was in Aries constellation. This conjunction happens only every 6,000 years.
This happened in the Spring of 6 bc (Nissan)
Luke 1 in the days of Herod a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah (Father - Yah) he was chosen by lot to burn the incense. This was only allowed once per a priests lifetime of service.
Abijah was one of the 12 courses that King David has ordered to serve in the temple. (See I Chronicles 24 to learn more about the courses of the priests (Priests were descendants of Aaron). You will find that Abijah was the 8th course.
I've worked on trying to pinpoint when the courses started as that is the only way to determine when this 8th course was happening. The answer is found in the DDS (Dead Sea Scrolls). It wasn't a yearly calendar though, it went for years so date had to be found in order to line things up.
Sounding like something out of Hollywood and the Indian Jones saga here is what was used to determine the date.
....To display itself from the east, and shine in the centre of the sky, at the base of the vault, from evening to morning, on the fourth of the week of the sons of Gamul, in the first month of the year. (Gamul is one of the courses, and it is saying that the calendar begins on a Wednesday on the Spring Equinox.
Confirming this is in the Talmud, Temple destroyed on a Sunday in 70AD, and the course that was serving was given.
It was then calculated that when comparing what was in the Talmud with what was in the DDS Yeshua was more than likely born on March 20, 6 bc which was Nissan 1
Found in the Vatican Library a writing by Hippolitus (early church father) he is the one who suggested the date of December 25th but in this writing you can see what he originally wrote was crossed out and the date of December 25th was written in.
The date that was redacted? says that the Messiah was born in the month of Nissan.
Now to tie it all together. When we look at the Torah we see many things that point to Messiah. There's Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses and more, but what symbolizes him the best?
John gives us a very visual hint.
"The word became flesh and 'tabernacled' among us"
This has caused many to believe that Yeshua was born in the Fall, during Sukkot, the week of dwelling in tents, but not so, the Main Tent was the Tent of Meeting, aka The Tabernacle.
This was G-ds House or dwelling place in the wilderness amoung his people.
Ex 40:17
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
In the third month they came to the mountain and G-d gave his Torah and instructions on how to build the dwelling place. When you count from the third month to the first month it is 9 months, the same time it takes for gestation of a baby boy (or girl).
The Tabernacle was set up on Nissan 1 on the New Moon.
This is my paraphrasing from a program by Jonathan Cahn Messianic Rabbi and best selling writer.
However it also doesn't say he was born on December 25th either. Which with common sense one would know that couldn't happen as the Hebrew calendar is different and therefore couldn't be the same day every year. Makes it convenient for retailers and workers to get the same day off but it's just not feasible.
However there are some hints to be found, not just in the New Testament but also in the so called 'old'.
Let's start with Luke's announcement, he sets the scene, we hear of a census which brought both Joseph and Mary to their place of birth, Bethlehem.
Bethlehem is just outside Jerusalem, approx 4-5 miles away.
Luke 2 tells us that there were shepherds in the fields, watching over their flocks by night.
this tells us a few things,
1. The sheep were 'out in the fields'
2. They were 'watching' them, even over night.
This gives us two big clues at what time of year this was. Since they were just outside Jerusalem, and the Temple, it has been surmised that these weren't just any sheep, but were the sheep raised for sacrifices in the Temple.
They were out in the fields which means that the temperatures had to be mild.
It was Spring -- this is the 'lambing time' and they were being watched because when a sheep is getting ready to 'lamb' the few days leading up to it they will start to behave differently and the shepherd then knows their time is close at hand.
Lambs are born in the Spring, I'm sure you all have seen them along with the Bunnies and eggs at 'easter time', that is because they are considered a harbinger of spring.
In the Talmud it is recorded that the shepherds would only be out in the fields from March until the next rainy season, in autumn.
Ex 12:3 on the tenth day of this month, each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household........... Must be a year old male.
In order for the Passover lambs to be one year old on the 10th of Nissan they had to have been born the previous year at the same time.
The Passover lambs are born in the Spring and Die in the Spring, in Nisan.
The first Hebrew Holy Day given to Israel is what is called 'Palm Sunday' in Christian churches.
This day was the day he rode in on the donkey.
This day was the day the people lined the roads and waved the Lulav (
) at him.This day was Exodus 12:3.
This day it was the 10th of Nissan.
This lamb was to be selected and brought in to the house, Yeshua rode in to Jerusalem and went to the House of G-d. That is when he 'cleaned his house'.
So most agree that Yeshua fulfilled Passover, First Fruits but many don't know that 'Palm Sunday' is the Jewish Holiday of the 10th of Nissan when the lambs were selected.
Keeping with the fulfillment of choosing the lamb, killing the lamb and the first fruits there is another Holy Day that would fulfill the birth, new beginning, Yeshua who said "Behold I am making all things NEW'.
On the first day of the first month of the year, the day called the 1st of Nissan, begins the year from G-d's calculations. On this day it is the day of the 'new moon'. This occurs once a month but there is only one time it is at the beginning of the year and that is Nissan 1.
What would be a better time for Yeshua to have been born?
Joseph, keeping Torah would have been able to be in Bethlehem at this time as although a holy day it is not one of the Pilgrimage days.
This beginning of the New Year takes us from one year to another, the calendar changes.
And what happened when Yeshua was born? The earth got a new calendar and still today in non secular places it is referred to as BC and AD, standing for (BC) Before Christ and (AD) After Death. Some use BCE as before common era and CE as Common era but the event of Yeshua's birth still changed the way we refer to history, either before he came or after.
And there's more.............
Hebrew calendar is based on the moon.
The beginning of the month is the New Moon, 14-15 days later the moon is at it's fullness. Yeshua born on the new moon and died on the full moon (fullness also meaning the fullfillment of it).
The Stars---The Magi --Zoroastrianism -- Isaiah 60:1-6 Prophecy
Arise, Shine for you light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you!... Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn........A multitude of camels will cover your land and they will bring gold and frankincense and will bear good news of the praises of the L-RD.
Matthew tells us that that after Yeshua was born in Bethlehem in Judea the Magi from the east came to Jerusalem looking for him, the one born, 'King of the Jews'.
How would they know about this? Matthew tells us that they were from the east. Now East of Jerusalem is Babylon where the captivity took place. Where there were those that served the King (Nebuchadnezzar) as prophets and seers. Daniel was put in the high position over all 'wisemen' (Daniel 2:48)
These prophecies they must have shared with the Babylonian wisemen and/or their scrolls were copied and studied by these men after many had returned to Jerusalem years later. There were of course many Jews still living in Babylon at the time, many had decided to stay in that land instead of returning in Ezra's day.
They saw his star and followed it, it took them almost two years to get there and go to Jerusalem and then from there find out where he was. Meanwhile Herod orders all boys two and under to be slain. Thankfully they were warned and had moved to Egypt to stay with some of the Jewish community there. They returned when Herod died which was in 4bc, so Yeshua most likely was born in 6bc.
So what was that star? Around 6bc there was a conjunction of Jupiter (King Star), Saturn, Venus, Mars.... Ptolemy recorded that the Land of Judea (Israel) and it's surrounding regions were linked to the Constellation of Aries, the RAM. This conjunction was in Aries constellation. This conjunction happens only every 6,000 years.
This happened in the Spring of 6 bc (Nissan)
Luke 1 in the days of Herod a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah (Father - Yah) he was chosen by lot to burn the incense. This was only allowed once per a priests lifetime of service.
Abijah was one of the 12 courses that King David has ordered to serve in the temple. (See I Chronicles 24 to learn more about the courses of the priests (Priests were descendants of Aaron). You will find that Abijah was the 8th course.
I've worked on trying to pinpoint when the courses started as that is the only way to determine when this 8th course was happening. The answer is found in the DDS (Dead Sea Scrolls). It wasn't a yearly calendar though, it went for years so date had to be found in order to line things up.
Sounding like something out of Hollywood and the Indian Jones saga here is what was used to determine the date.
....To display itself from the east, and shine in the centre of the sky, at the base of the vault, from evening to morning, on the fourth of the week of the sons of Gamul, in the first month of the year. (Gamul is one of the courses, and it is saying that the calendar begins on a Wednesday on the Spring Equinox.
Confirming this is in the Talmud, Temple destroyed on a Sunday in 70AD, and the course that was serving was given.
It was then calculated that when comparing what was in the Talmud with what was in the DDS Yeshua was more than likely born on March 20, 6 bc which was Nissan 1
Found in the Vatican Library a writing by Hippolitus (early church father) he is the one who suggested the date of December 25th but in this writing you can see what he originally wrote was crossed out and the date of December 25th was written in.
The date that was redacted? says that the Messiah was born in the month of Nissan.
Now to tie it all together. When we look at the Torah we see many things that point to Messiah. There's Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses and more, but what symbolizes him the best?
John gives us a very visual hint.
"The word became flesh and 'tabernacled' among us"
This has caused many to believe that Yeshua was born in the Fall, during Sukkot, the week of dwelling in tents, but not so, the Main Tent was the Tent of Meeting, aka The Tabernacle.
This was G-ds House or dwelling place in the wilderness amoung his people.
Ex 40:17
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
In the third month they came to the mountain and G-d gave his Torah and instructions on how to build the dwelling place. When you count from the third month to the first month it is 9 months, the same time it takes for gestation of a baby boy (or girl).
The Tabernacle was set up on Nissan 1 on the New Moon.
This is my paraphrasing from a program by Jonathan Cahn Messianic Rabbi and best selling writer.
