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Bible does not tell us the birthday of Jesus

Delve into biblical accounts to unveil the possible birthdate of Jesus based on the priestly shifts and the chronology in the Gospel of Luke. Discover the significance of holy days and the Temple ministry in understanding this historical mystery.

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Bible does not tell us the birthday of Jesus

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  1. Early church never celebrated Christmas We dont know the birthday of Jesus Bible does not tell us the birthday of Jesus Christmas is a Pagan Practice Most Christians Agree!!

  2. Christmas is a Pagan Festival Puritan Antagonism December 21 is the winter solstice and not December 25 when the Sun worshippers celebrated it in ancient world.

  3. but Dr. Luke disagrees Luke 1

  4. Luk 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus; Luk 1:4 that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things Luke starts the Gospel of Jesus with Zachariah the Priest

  5. + 7 days _

  6. Course of Abhijah • I Chronicles 24 lists the courses, divisions or shifts of the priesthood that served in the Temple throughout the year. Verse 1 states, "These are the divisions of the sons of Aaron." Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads of their father's house, while among the sons of Ithamar were eight additional heads of house, making twenty-four courses (verse 4). • Beginning on Nisan 1, these courses rotated throughout the year, serving in the Temple for one week apiece. • The course of Abijah, the course during which Zacharias was responsible to work, was the eighth shift (verse 10).

  7. Each course was required to worktwice a year+ The three holy day seasons, Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles, during which all the courses were required to serve. Thus, each of the courses worked five weeks out of the year 2+3 The High Priest is selected by lots

  8. Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron So here are the possible dates on which Zechariah might have served before the altar. 1. Week 3( Feast of the Unleavened Bread) 2. Week 9 (Feast of Pentecost) 3. Week 10 4. Week 29 (Feast of Weeks) 5. Week 35 POSSIBLE DATE OF BIRTH in Tammuz June/July Elul / Tishri (Feast of Booths) Elul/Tishri (Feast of Booths) Tevet/ Dec/Jan Adar/Feb/Mar (Purim)

  9. Where did the Vision take place?

  10. Luke 1:21 indicates that while Zachariah was inside the temple, people were anxiously waiting outside. Outside what? Why could not they go in and bring him out? No one except the High Priest could enter in this Holy of Holiesthat on the Day of Atonement Only People can be in these places Holies outer Court

  11. The only possible place of vision is the Holy of Holies Heb 9:1- 7 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. ......Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. ......When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, ...

  12. Lev. 16:12-13 He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain. He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

  13. The Feast of Sucoth lasted from the 15 Tishri to the 21st of Tishri, culminating on 22nd Tishri, the Great Day – Hoshana Raba also known as Rosh HashanahThe Last Great Day – Rosh Hosanah- falls on 22nd Tishri. His service ended on 22nd of Tishri on the Eighth day a Sunday.

  14. Luke 1:8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

  15. Luke 1:23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion

  16. Zachariah's Temple Ministry Angel appears Elizabeth conceives Sixth month Annunciation of Mary Birth of John the Baptist Birth of Jesus giving the Date of Birth of Jesus

  17. Inside the Holy of Holies Lev 16:15 Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil

  18. This happens only once a year on Yom Kippur

  19. Yom Kippur According to the Bible Calendar, the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri) is the Day of Atonement. The Jews call it Yom Kippur. We know this date for certain. It comes once a year only Yom Kippur will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar: 2013: September 13-14 2014: October 3-4 2015: September 22-23 2016: October 11-12 2017: September 29-30 Sept - Oct Starting of the YEAR of JUBILEE

  20. + 7 days? Zachariah's Temple Ministry Angel appears Elizabeth conceives

  21. Luke 1:26-33 On the sixth month (of Civil Calendar – Elizabeth’s pregnancy God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, .... You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

  22. ELIZABETH WAS MARY'S COUSIN LEVITES JUDAH ELIZABETH'S MOTHER or FATHER HELI ELIZABETH Joseph is not in this JESUS PRIEST & KING

  23. Mary visits her Cousin Elizabeth

  24. Joseph is son of Heli by Zelophahad Adoption Heli is father of Mary He had no sons

  25. Genetic Line Legal Royal Line Aaronic Priestly Descend Anna MARY PRIEST & KING

  26. Hebrew Calendar Our Calendar Sept - Oct CIVIL New Year

  27. Hebrew Calendar Our Calendar CIVIL New Year 22nd 15th Sept - Oct 10th

  28. 7 6 8 5 4 9 3 2 Zachariah goes Home 1 Zachariah's Vision

  29. Annunciation Of Mary 7 6 8 5 4 9 3 2 Zachariah goes Home 1 Zachariah's Vision

  30. + 7 days _ Annunciation On the sixth monthwould then well be "on the sixth month i.e. Adar February/March . which is also the "sixth month of pregnancy of Elizabeth."

  31. June 24 Feast of John the Baptist Annunciation Of Mary 7 6 8 5 4 9 Birth of John the Baptist Tammuz 3 June third week 3 2 Zachariah goes Home 1 Zachariah's Vision

  32. + 7 days _ Tammmuz 3 June 20Birth of John the Baptist From 23rd Tishri adding 280 days of gestation period we arrive at (7+30+29+30+29+30+29+30+29+30+3)

  33. Tammmuz 3 Birth of John the Baptist Adding 6 more months we arrive at Teveth 3which is around December end or early January every year + 7 days _

  34. Annunciation Of Mary 1 2 Birth of Jesus 3 9 4 Christmas 5 8 6 7

  35. 5 months 280 days of Gestation Period Birth of Jesus 25 December, 6 BC 25 Dec , 1 BC Mary conceives 20 March 6 BC Elizabeth Conceives DAY OF ATONEMENT 7 days 10 Tishri Second half of September + 7 days? In BC 6 and BC 1 using Gregorian Calendar it falls exactly on Dec 25th

  36. What about the Shepherds?

  37. Why Shepherds ?They were Levitical Shepherds. The shepherds who wereabiding by their flocks in the fields were watching over temple sheep, sheep that were being bred and protected to be sacrificed at the temple in Jerusalem. They dont move around

  38. Why Shepherds ?They were Levitical Shepherds. Mishnah (Shekelim 7:4) the flocks which pastured there were destined for Temple sacrifices…”

  39. Migdal Edar " Micah 4:8; Gen. 35:16-21 The Levite Shepherds lived here in this tower Sacrificial Lambs

  40. Place for Sacrificial Lambs • Shekalim c. 7. 4. • "Of the herds, in the space between Jerusalem and `the tower of the flock' and on both sides, • the males are for burnt-offerings, the female for peace-offerings. • R. Jehuda says, whatever male animals are found (there) thirty days before the passover fit for it, are to be used thereto." A mile away is Bethlehem

  41. The Birth Place of Jesus These were dwellings where ewes of the Levitical Sacrifice sheep are brought in for their delivery. These are close to the outside grazing area. Levitical Shepherds lived there. Jesus was born as a sacrificial lamb.

  42. Eastern Church celebrated the Nativity on January 6th. The Julian Calendar The system of numbering years A.D.( "Anno Domini") was instituted in about the year 527 A.D. by the Roman abbot Dionysius Exiguus, Correction to calendar Gregorian Dec 25

  43. The celebration of the Nativity on 6 January is the oldest practice, followed by the Early Church, and for Eastern Christians today that is still Christmas day. Clement of Alexandria (150 - 215 AD). In his Stromateis (I, xxi, 45), he wrote about the even earlier Greek teacher, Basilides, (100-140 AD): “And there are those who have determined not only the year of our Lord's birth, but also the day... And the followers of Basilides hold the day of his baptism as a festival… And they say that it was… the fifteenth day of the month Tubi; and some that it was the eleventh of the same month.”

  44. Sextus Julius Africanus (160-240) in Chronographiai (AD 221), an early reference book for Christians. It is both nine months after the Festival of Annunciation (March 25) as well as the date that the Romans marked as the winter solstice, which they called bruma.

  45. Tertullian 160 -250 AD The Creation The Fall The incarnation All were on Dec 25

  46. 2015

  47. 2015 Christmas is Special Blood Moons, the Shemitah and Prophetic Implications We Can’t Ignore

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