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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. WHEN WAS CHRIST BORN? DECEMBER 25 TH. WHEN WAS CHRIST BORN? YEAR?. DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS. 1 BC 2 BC 3 BC ALL THE WAY BACK TO 7 BC. DEATH & RESURRECTION. IT OCCURRED OVER PASSOVER BUT WHAT YEAR? 28 AD 30 AD APRIL 32 AD. BEST SOURCE. BIBLE

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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

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  1. CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

  2. WHEN WAS CHRIST BORN? DECEMBER 25TH

  3. WHEN WAS CHRIST BORN? YEAR?

  4. DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS 1 BC 2 BC 3 BC ALL THE WAY BACK TO 7 BC

  5. DEATH & RESURRECTION IT OCCURRED OVER PASSOVER BUT WHAT YEAR? 28 AD 30 AD APRIL 32 AD

  6. BEST SOURCE BIBLE MAY PROVIDE US WITH SOME CLUES TO THE TIMING OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST

  7. O.T. CLUES ABOUT HIS COMING MICAH 5:2 “ But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”…For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth; And this One shall be peace. ISAIAH 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. IMMANUEL MEANS = “GOD WITH US”

  8. DANIEL’S PROPHECY Daniel 9:26 “ Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. “ Know therefore and understand, Thatfrom the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall beseven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. “ And after the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, but not for Himself;...Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. (Known as Daniels 70 Weeks) After seven and then sixty-two 'sevens = 69 Weeks the Anointed One = (MESSIACH/JESUS) Cut off = Killed but not for himself = (For OUR Sins)

  9. WEEKS BROKEN UP: UNDERSTAND THE FORMULA (1 WEEK = 7 YEARS) 7 WEEKS X 7 = (49) 62 WEEKS X 7 = (434) TOTALS = 69 WEEKS or (483 YEARS) 1 WEEK X 7 = (7) 70 WEEKS = 490 YEARS

  10. 483 YEARS LATER DANIEL 9That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem KINGS OF PERSIA (CYRUS/DARIUS/ARTAXERXES) GAVE THE DECREE FOR THE JEWS TO RETURN TO THEIR LAND TO BUILD UP JERURSALEM 69 WEEKS OR 483 YEARS SOMETHING SPECIAL WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR - 483 YEARS

  11. MORE TIMING OF THE MESSIAH PROPHECIES BY MICAH/ISAIAH/DANIEL THE O.T. PROPHETS COMMON THEME A MESSIAH/KING WAS COMING TO CONQUER THEIR ENEMIES & HE WOULD SET UP HIS KINGDOM IN ISRAEL MALACHI LAST PROPHET IN O.T. 400 YEARS GAP A NEW PROPHET ARRIVES - JOHN THE BAPTIST TIMING OF EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER

  12. EXPECTATIONS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR MESSIAH AROUND THE TIME OF CHRIST RABBI SIMEON Luke 2:25-26 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law, he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: “ Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word; For my eyes have seen Your salvation Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.” PROPHETESS ANNA Luke 2:38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she (Anna) gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

  13. BUZZ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD Tacitus (Roman Historian) wrote this: “a persuasion existed in the minds of many that some ancient writings of the priest contained a prediction that about that time an eastern power would prevail and that persons preceding out of Judea would dominate and take dominion of the world.” WHERE WAS JESUS BORN? JUDEA

  14. WHERE TO FIND THE CHILD? Mathew 2:2 It talks about the Magi (Wise Men) coming from the East They come to Herod (Roman Leader of Judea) WHERE DO THE ANCIENT SCRIPTURES SAY A SPECIAL KING WILL COME FROM PHARISEES REFERRED TO MICAH 5 Micah 5:2 But you, BethlehemEphrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.

  15. HEROD CONCERNED HEARD KNEW JEWISH PROPHECIES OUTSIDE OF JUDEA PEOPLE ARE COMING HEROD’S GETTING CONCERNED CHILDREN AGES 2 & UNDER WERE MURDED IN BETHLEHEM (SIMILAR TO EGYPT)

  16. WHY DID THE MAGI COME? FOLLOWED THE STAR

  17. DANIEL IN CAPTIVITY DANIEL PRAYED OVER WHEN THE CAPTIVITY WILL END BIBLE SAYS DANIEL HAS A SCROLL OF JEREMIAH THIS SCROLL READ THAT THE JEWS WOULD BE IN CAPTIVITY FOR 7O YEARS (JEREMIAH 25:11) Daniel asks God will you fulfill this word? 70 years are almost up…are we coming out? GOD GAVE DANIEL A PROHECY WHICH DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL JERUSALEM IS BUILT UP

  18. DANIEL STAYED DANIEL NEVER WENT BACK TO JUDEA (STAYED IN BABYLON) HIS TOMB IS IN BABYLON (IRAQ) Daniel was a prophet King of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar) Darius the Mede (King of Persia)

  19. WHERE WERE THE MAGI FROM? DANIEL LOOKED OVER THE MAGI IN PERSIA/BABYLON BABYLONIANS & PERSIAN RESPECTED HIS WIDSOM MAGI HAD PROPHECIES OF DANIEL AND OTHER JEWISH WRITERS UNDERSTOOD THE HEAVENS FROM A GODLY PERSPECTIVE MAGI SCHOOL OF THE EAST – (PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA) (POSSIBLY LED BY DANIELS TEACHINGS)

  20. UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES PERSIANS/BABYLONIANS UNDERSTOOD THE TIME FRAME OF THE MESSIAH BASED ON DANIEL’S TEACHINGS It makes sense that The Magi (Kings of the East) who came to worship Jesus would be from the area of Persia or Babylon

  21. LOOKING FOR A COSMIC SIGN Jewish tradition according to Josephus was this: Seth (the son of Adam) was given a sign that one should be born when there would be a very bright star appearing in the heavens

  22. IRON SCEPTER CONNECTION: Balaam is prophesying: Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the sons of Sheth. GENESIS 49:8-10“ Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. REVELATION 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. REVELATION 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

  23. HISTORICAL RECORDS OF A STAR Ignatious (early church father):it sparkled brilliantly above all other stars SOME HISTORIANS: IT LASTED THE LIFE TIME OF CHRIST 125 BC there was an astronomer that observed a new star in the heavens and he drew it in his star catalog Patolama 150 AD said: he saw the star with his own eyes but it began to fade away and eventually disappeared CHINESE: record a star being seen that had never been seen before and it appeared at about the time of the birth of Christ

  24. WHAT WAS THE STAR? WHAT DID THE MAGI SEE? STAR WAS 1 OF 3 THINGS: THE STAR WAS SUPERNATURAL THE STAR WAS AN ANGEL OR ANGELIC BEING (STAR OR PLANET CANNOT STAND OVER A CHILD) A RARE COSMIC ARRANGMENT (POSSIBLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE)

  25. SUPER NATURAL STAR? GOD SUPERNATURALLY PLACED THE STAR IN A LOCATION DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD ANGEL OR ANGELIC BEING? STARS CAN BE NATURAL OR FIGURTIVELY RARE COSMIC ARRANGMENT?

  26. ALIGNMENT OF PLANETS MANY SCHOLARS BELIEVE THERE WAS A SPECIAL ALIGNMENT OF PLANETS WHICH APPEARED TO BE A BRIGHT STAR IN THE SKY JUPITER (LARGEST)/VENUS (BRIGHTEST)/REGULAS (KING STAR) SEPTEMBER 3BC THIS ALINGMENT APPEARED IN THE CONSTELLATION OF LEO THE LION SCEPTER COMES OUT OF JUDAH (LION)

  27. SAME CONJUNCTION SEEN AROUND BIRTH OF MOSES 3 years before Moses was born these planets were in conjuction in a constellation called Pycies “the constellation the represents the nation of Israel Egyptians read it as favor to the Jews and disfavor towards the Egyptians Josephus (Jewish Historian) said: astronomers told this to Pharoah and that’s the reason that pharoah started killing the male babies WHY WOULD PHAROAH WIPE OUT A WHOLE GENERATION OF SLAVE BABIES?

  28. IMPORTANCE OF PLANETS 2 Planets are extremely important to the Jews: Saturn and Jupiter MARS – PLANET OF WAR SATURN & JUPITER ARE MOST IMPORTANT Jupiter known as King David Planet

  29. STAR OF DAVID Do you remember years ago the bombardment that took place on Jupiter? There was 16 pieces of a comet that struck Jupiter and it was like billions of tons of TNT going off like a huge Nuclear Explosion

  30. The signing of the Oslo Accords It was the first direct, face-to-face agreement between the government of Israel and the Palestinians. Intended to be the one framework for future negotiations and relations between Israel and the Palestinians, within which all outstanding "final status issues" between the two sides would be addressed and resolved. Arranged by President Bill Clinton and signed by Palestines Yasar Arafat and Israels Yitzhak Rabin

  31. RABBIS RESPONSE Rabbis that said that Jupiter is the planet of King David THE PLANET REPRESENTS THE ROYAL SIDE OF ISRAEL WHEN THEY SAW THE BOMBARDMENT THEY SAID THAT WE ARE SELLING OURSELVES OUT TO OUR ENEMIES IT’S A SIGN THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUFFER LIKE JUPITER

  32. MAGI FOLLOWED THE STAR HOW MANY MAGI? GOLD - FRANKINCENSE - MYRRH WHEN THEY SAW THE STAR THEY DID NOT GET THERE OVERNIGHT WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN JERUSALEM THE STAR WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUTH DIRECTLY ABOVE BETHLEHEM WHEN THEY ARRIVED JESUS WAS IN A HOUSE

  33. CLUES FROM WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN Bible tells us that Herod was ruling Matthew 2:1 Caesar Augustus was involved in Luke 2:1 A MAN BY THE NAME OF QUIRINIUS(Pronounced: Sarinious) THE GOVENOR OF SYRIA INLUKE 2:2

  34. SCHOLARS DOUBTING LUKE Scholars use to doubt the book of Luke based on when Quirinius (Sarinious) ruled He didn’t rule until 15 years after Jesus Birth HE RULED TWICE!!! Quirinius the govenor of Syria (Took a Census around the Birth of Christ)

  35. TIMING OF A CENCUS AUGUSTUS SENT OUT A CENSUS JEWISH HISTORIANS SUGGEST IT WAS TO REGISTER THE JEWISH FAMILIES AND TO SWEAR AN OATH NOT TO OVERTHROW THE ROMAN EMPIRE I believe the reason they did that was knowing a King was about to be born of the Jews..their trying to set things in motion for that CENSUS WAS TAKEN EVERY 5 YEARS HISTORICALLY THE LAST ONE OCCURRED IN 8 BC 3 BC WOULD BE THE NEXT

  36. OUR EVIDENCE PROPHECIES MAGI FROM THE EAST STAR (PLANET) ALIGNMENT OTHER RULERS 3 BC

  37. SEASON OF THE BIRTH

  38. WHAT SEASON WAS THE BIRTH? BIG CLUE TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS AS FAR AS THE MONTH & SEASON COMES FROM THE LIFE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST LUKE 1: PRIEST IN THE TEMPLE NAMED ZECHARIAH HE HAD A WIFE NAMED EILZABETH LUKE 1:5 TELLS US ZECHARIAH WAS FROM THE PRIESTLY DIVISION OF ABIJAH O.T. THERE WERE 24 DIVISIONS OF PRIESTS IT FELL HIS SEASON TO BURN INCENESE ON THE BURNING ALTAR (HE WENT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES TO SEND INCENSE OR PRAYERS UP TO GOD) GABRIEL MET HIM THERE AND TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A SON DIDN’T BELIEVE HIM—WANTED A SIGN HE WENT DEF AND DUMB FOR 9 MONTHS (COULDN’T SPEAK) WHEN HE RETURNED TO ELIZABETH HE FOUND THAT ELIZABETH WAS PREGNANT

  39. THE 6TH MONTH Luke 1:24 she (Elizabeth) hide herself for 5 months…in the 6 month the angel came to Mary IS THIS THE 6 MONTH ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR? EZIZABETH HID HERSELF FOR 5 MONTHS & 1 MONTH LATER THE ANGEL GABRIEL CAME TO MARY Elizabeth = 6 MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN MARY ARRIVES

  40. CALCULATING THE PREGNANCIES Mary realizes she’s Pregnant and decides to visit Elizabeth LUKE 1:43John the Baptist started leaping in his mothers belly and became full of the holy spirit LUKE 1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home WHY 3 MONTHS? TO WITNESS THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 6 MONTHS + 3 = 9 MONTHS JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS BORN BEFORE JESUS

  41. LOOKING FOR A PROPHET JOHN THE BAPTIST BORN AROUND PASSOVER PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR ELIJAH MALACHI 4:5 "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.

  42. WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST ELIJAH? PHARISEES ASKED JOHN IF HE WAS ELIJAH WHY DID THEY THINK HE WAS ELIJAH? WHAT DID ELIJAH WEAR? CAMEL HAIR & A LEATHER GIRDLE

  43. GIRDLE STORED AT THE GOLD ALTAR IN THE TEMPLE WAS A DRAWER WHERE ELIJAH’S GIRDLE WAS STORED FOR HIS RETURN PRIEST ZECHARIAH (HAD ACCESS TO GIRDLE) BIBLE TELLS US HE CAME IN THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH HIS FATHER, ZECHRAIAH GAVE HIM THE GIRDLE (ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION)

  44. AT THE JORDAN RIVER MATTHEW 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins

  45. STARTING A MINISTRY JOHN CAME FROM THE ABIJAH DIVISION OF PRIESTHOOD (REMEMBER HIS FATHER ZECHARIAH WAS A PRIEST) CANNOT START YOUR MINISTRY UNTIL THE AGE OF 30 JESUS DID NOT START HIS MINISTRY UNTIL WHAT AGE? 30 YEARS JESUS FOLLOWED THE HIS OWN LAW

  46. JOHN BEGINS AROUND PASSOVER JOHN STARTS HIS MINISTRY AT 30 YEARS OLD BORN AROUND PASSOVER JEWISH MONTH OF NISSAN 14TH AND 15TH DAY STARTS HIS MINISTRY AROUND PASSOVER 6 MONTHS OLDER THAN JESUS

  47. 6 MONTHS LATER JESUS MINISTRY 6 MONTHS LATER WHICH ALSO MEANS WHAT? HE WAS BORN 6 MONTHS LATER 15TH OF TISHRI 1ST DAY OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

  48. BUSY TIME JESUS BORN 1ST DAY OF TABERNACLES NO ROOM ANYWHERE WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAD TO LIVE IN A BOOTH OR SOMEPLACE OTHER THAN YOUR HOME STABLE NOT TOO BIG OF DEAL

  49. NOT WINTER PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUTSIDE SHEPPARDS ARE STILL IN THE FIELD JERUSALEM & BETHLEHEM GET COLD 2500 FT IN ELEVATION

  50. THE 8TH DAY ON THE 8TH DAY JESUS HAD TO BE CIRCUMSIZED ACCORDING TO JEWISH LAW 8TH DAY OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CALLED DAY OF REJOICING (IN THE TORAH) SIMEON (A PRIEST AT THE TEMPLE) TAKES THE BABY AND REJOICES!!! PROPHETESS ANNA TAKES THE BABY AND REJOICES!!! John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled (dwelt) among us; and we saw His glory, such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace and truth.

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