Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23
Greetings to the readers in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am prompted to write a small revelation on the potential month of Jesus' Birth. It involves an interesting calculation. We all know that Christmas is celebrated all over the world on December 25. But, did Christ exactly born on that day? or it could be some other day. There are some clues in the Bible to figure out when Christ could have born. We see God does things in patterns and He gives clues in the old testament.
All the New Testament events of Jesus, God would have pre-ordained them in the festivals of Israel. So, we need to study the feasts of Israel to understand when Jesus could have actually born. Let's first see how long Jesus ministered in the earth before He had gone to the cross. We all assume that Jesus ministered for 3.5 years and we call out that at the age of 33.5, He was crucified. This calculation directly comes from the age He took baptism as recorded in Luke 3:23, And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age. The period of His ministry is calculated from the various points of the feasts He observed. From prophecies, we could see 3.5 years or 42 months or 1260 days is God's divine appointment time. So, if Jesus ministered for 3.5 years and crucified on Nissan 14, which is the first month of Hebrew calendar, then going 6 months back will actually give us Tishrei 15 which was the 7 month and that is exactly on His 33rd birthday.
The Nissan date falls during March and April and coincides with the time of Good Friday/Easter that is celebrated in Christendom and Passover celebrations of Jews. So, it must be the same time of the month and Jesus would have been crucified during Spring beginning season. So, if Jesus had taken baptism around His 30 years mark, then He would have taken it around Tishrei 15 since 3.5 years from that point would lead to pass-over around Nissan 14. If the 30 year mark falls around 15th Tishrei, then Jesus would have born during the month of Tishrei. But, How do we confirm this? If at all we find a reference to old testament feast of Israels falling on this month and day, then we can try to relate.
Is there a feast of Israel falling on this month? In fact, all the three fall feasts are occur in the seventh month of Tishrei. The first feast which is the popular Feast of Trumpets (also called as Yom Teruah) should be celebrated on Tishrei 1. Leviticus 23:24 The second one is the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) that should be celebrated on Tishrei 10 Lev 23:27 and then the third festival is Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) which should be celebrated from Tishrei 15 - 21. Lev 23:34. We found a match. But, how can be assured that this could be the date when Jesus would have possibly born?
So, we would like to understand the feast of Tabernacles. God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the feast of tabernacles to remember that they stayed in Tabernacles during wilderness. Refer to my chapter Tabernacles for the complete information. God Himself wanted to come and stay with His people so He wanted to Moses to build a Tabernacle of Worship for Him too in the middle of the camp. It also refers that God will finally come down and stay with His people in Revelation 22 in the new Heaven and new Earth. But, how we could relate it to the birth of Jesus?
Here is where the name Immanuel takes significance. Though Jesus was signified with the name Immanuel from OT, He was not given that name. But, the name Immanuel means God with us. This could exactly relate to the birth of Jesus by signifying God Himself took a human body as a tabernacle and lived among us. Going through all of what an average man goes through in His life. He needed a body to sacrifice and fulfill all the old testament prophecies and finally He can dwell within us as Holy Spirit. In order to do that, He has to come and dwell with us in a human body which could exactly match the Feast of Tabernacles that fall on Tishrei 15. We don't need any further confirmation as if we move 3.5 years earlier we can exactly matche the feast of Tabernacles. This is a huge clue and hence Jesus would have been born during late September or early October and not during December 25 as we commonly celebrate.
But, He is dwelling within us now as Holy Spirit and made ourselves as a tabernacle. Here are few verses about Tabernacles from New Testament. Paul writes to the church of Corinth in his second epistle, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:" 2 Corinthians 5:1-6. Paul writes living in this body as being in tabernacle. Peter too wrote that he is living in a tabernacle, Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 2 Peter 1:13. So, God Himself took a tabernacle in a body and born to Mary and that's why His name is Immanuel. So, it is more clear that this points to the fact that the birth of Jesus is at Tishrei 15 which should be around late September or early October. This is not to change the dates when Christmas is celebrated but to learn how connected the Bible is and how the clues are given for the reader who focus and analyze.
May He give more revelations to each of the readers and bring light to the world that we live in. May the Holy Spirit brings fruit in each of our lives and blesses us with all we need and gives His divine peace. May God's grace and peace abounds to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of the God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. Amen.
Greetings to the readers in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am prompted to write a small revelation on the potential month of Jesus' Birth. It involves an interesting calculation. We all know that Christmas is celebrated all over the world on December 25. But, did Christ exactly born on that day? or it could be some other day. There are some clues in the Bible to figure out when Christ could have born. We see God does things in patterns and He gives clues in the old testament.
All the New Testament events of Jesus, God would have pre-ordained them in the festivals of Israel. So, we need to study the feasts of Israel to understand when Jesus could have actually born. Let's first see how long Jesus ministered in the earth before He had gone to the cross. We all assume that Jesus ministered for 3.5 years and we call out that at the age of 33.5, He was crucified. This calculation directly comes from the age He took baptism as recorded in Luke 3:23, And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age. The period of His ministry is calculated from the various points of the feasts He observed. From prophecies, we could see 3.5 years or 42 months or 1260 days is God's divine appointment time. So, if Jesus ministered for 3.5 years and crucified on Nissan 14, which is the first month of Hebrew calendar, then going 6 months back will actually give us Tishrei 15 which was the 7 month and that is exactly on His 33rd birthday.
The Nissan date falls during March and April and coincides with the time of Good Friday/Easter that is celebrated in Christendom and Passover celebrations of Jews. So, it must be the same time of the month and Jesus would have been crucified during Spring beginning season. So, if Jesus had taken baptism around His 30 years mark, then He would have taken it around Tishrei 15 since 3.5 years from that point would lead to pass-over around Nissan 14. If the 30 year mark falls around 15th Tishrei, then Jesus would have born during the month of Tishrei. But, How do we confirm this? If at all we find a reference to old testament feast of Israels falling on this month and day, then we can try to relate.
Is there a feast of Israel falling on this month? In fact, all the three fall feasts are occur in the seventh month of Tishrei. The first feast which is the popular Feast of Trumpets (also called as Yom Teruah) should be celebrated on Tishrei 1. Leviticus 23:24 The second one is the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) that should be celebrated on Tishrei 10 Lev 23:27 and then the third festival is Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) which should be celebrated from Tishrei 15 - 21. Lev 23:34. We found a match. But, how can be assured that this could be the date when Jesus would have possibly born?
So, we would like to understand the feast of Tabernacles. God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the feast of tabernacles to remember that they stayed in Tabernacles during wilderness. Refer to my chapter Tabernacles for the complete information. God Himself wanted to come and stay with His people so He wanted to Moses to build a Tabernacle of Worship for Him too in the middle of the camp. It also refers that God will finally come down and stay with His people in Revelation 22 in the new Heaven and new Earth. But, how we could relate it to the birth of Jesus?
Here is where the name Immanuel takes significance. Though Jesus was signified with the name Immanuel from OT, He was not given that name. But, the name Immanuel means God with us. This could exactly relate to the birth of Jesus by signifying God Himself took a human body as a tabernacle and lived among us. Going through all of what an average man goes through in His life. He needed a body to sacrifice and fulfill all the old testament prophecies and finally He can dwell within us as Holy Spirit. In order to do that, He has to come and dwell with us in a human body which could exactly match the Feast of Tabernacles that fall on Tishrei 15. We don't need any further confirmation as if we move 3.5 years earlier we can exactly matche the feast of Tabernacles. This is a huge clue and hence Jesus would have been born during late September or early October and not during December 25 as we commonly celebrate.
But, He is dwelling within us now as Holy Spirit and made ourselves as a tabernacle. Here are few verses about Tabernacles from New Testament. Paul writes to the church of Corinth in his second epistle, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:" 2 Corinthians 5:1-6. Paul writes living in this body as being in tabernacle. Peter too wrote that he is living in a tabernacle, Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 2 Peter 1:13. So, God Himself took a tabernacle in a body and born to Mary and that's why His name is Immanuel. So, it is more clear that this points to the fact that the birth of Jesus is at Tishrei 15 which should be around late September or early October. This is not to change the dates when Christmas is celebrated but to learn how connected the Bible is and how the clues are given for the reader who focus and analyze.
May He give more revelations to each of the readers and bring light to the world that we live in. May the Holy Spirit brings fruit in each of our lives and blesses us with all we need and gives His divine peace. May God's grace and peace abounds to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of the God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. Amen.
