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When was Jesus born? The Bible gives no specific date of Jesus' birth. In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it. And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father. And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,. Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,. And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,. As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths.

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—. The most widely accepted month is September the general assumption is in the middle of the month , and the year is most commonly estimated to be around 3 B. The calendar can complicate the calculations because B. Anno Domini, invented by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century leans forwards. Still, there's no year zero, which can throw off calculations. Herod must have been king.

There must have been a census taken, ordered by Caesar Agustus nephew and adopted heir to Julius Caesar. It must have been a time of year where shepherds would have been out with their flocks Luke in the fields at night it's too cold in the winter to do this. Elizabeth must have been pregnant with John the Baptist and in her sixth month before Mary became pregnant. When he visited Mary, the angel Gabriel announced Elizabeth's pregnancy as proof of miracles because of her age.

Zechariah was serving his term as a priest and belonged to the priestly division of Abijah Luke , and we know when this division served from 1 Chronicles — Based on this schedule and the story of John the Baptist's conception in Luke 1 , we can estimate his birth was in June or the second half of Sivan according to the Jewish calendar Julian calendar, lunar calendar.

The Messiah's birth criteria are that it must have been a virgin conception and virgin birth Isaiah Jesus was younger than 2 when Herod ordered all male babies under the age of 2 be killed Matthew Herod died in the year 1 B. Josephus, Herod's record keeper, was regularly off by a few years he was not good at his job.

It was previously thought and still argued that Herod died in 4 B. According to the Magi and other biblical accounts, Jesus was younger than two years old when He, Mary, and Joseph fled from Bethlehem and went to Egypt Matthew Hosea prophesied Jesus would be called out of Egypt. Jesus was about 30 years old when he started His ministry according to Luke The book of Revelation gives us critical information in determining the day of the birth of Jesus Christ and it is so amazingly accurate that we can pinpoint the birth of Jesus Christ to a specific day and even that it occurred sometime within a time frame of eighty one minutes during that day.

Revelation KJV : And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 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. The Word of God is written across the heavens and in the stars. The signs of the Zodiac were originally not used in astrology but each one signified a characteristic of the life and ministry and kingship of Jesus Christ, the promised Savior and Son of God.

The sign of the women that the Bible is referring to here is to the constellation Virgo. The sun, as it appears to travel through the ecliptic each year, enters into the mid-body between the neck and the knees of the constellation Virgo, clothing her with the sun for approximately a 21 day period during any given year. In the year 3 B. On September 11, 3 B. Jesus Christ was born on September 11, 3 B.

C sometime in that eighty-one minute span of time between pm and pm. Amazingly this corresponds to Tishri 1 on the Jewish Calendar which is the First day of the festival of the Feast of Trumpets.

We will discuss the wonderful significance of this in a minute but I also wanted to share that was another significant astronomical display on September 11, 3 B. From sunset of September 11, 3 B. Jupiter and Regulus could be seen approaching conjunction before dawn. At that time the king planet Jupiter could be seen approaching the king star Regulus in the constellation of Leo, the sign of Judah from whose seed the Messiah, the promised seed came. Exactly one month before on August 12 the world would have witnessed the close conjunction of Jupiter reckoned astrologically as the Father and Venus the Mother when they were only.

This was a very close union. But then, nineteen days later August 31 , Venus came to within. This happened when Jupiter the King planet was then approaching Regulus the King star. And, on September 14, Jupiter and Regulus came to their first of three conjunctions in this extraordinary year. There could hardly have been a better astronomical testimony to the birth of the new messianic king from the Jewish point of view.

Because every one of these celestial occurrences I have mentioned happened with the Sun or planets being positioned within the constellation of Leo the Lion the constellation of Judah — from whence the Messiah was destined to emerge or in Virgo the Virgin. The apostle John may have seen importance in these extraordinary occurrences when he symbolically showed that Jesus was born at the New Moon of Tishri, the Day of Trumpets Revelation —3.

Before the period of the Exodus in the time of Moses, this was the day that began the biblical year. There is more. Even the first day of creation mentioned in Genesis —5 could be reckoned as being this very day. The early Jews discussed whether the actual creation took place in spring or in autumn.

But since the autumn commenced all biblical years before the Exodus Exodus , and since all the fruit was then on the trees ready for Adam and Eve to eat Genesis ; , 16—17 , it suggests that the month of Tishri was the creation month, beginning near the autumn. If so, then the first day of creation mentioned in Genesis was also the first of Tishri at least, Moses no doubt intended to give that impression.

The majority belief of Jewish elders which still dominates the services of the synagogues was that the Day of Trumpets was the memorial day that commemorated the beginning of the world. Authorized opinion prevailed that the first of Tishri was the first day of Genesis —5. The Jewish historian Theodor H. This is when the world is reborn. The matter does not stop there.

Each of the Jewish months was officially introduced by the blowing of trumpets Numbers Since the festival year in which all the Mosaic festivals were found was seven months long, the last month Tishri was the last month for a festival trumpet. This was the exact day that many of the ancient kings and rulers of Judahreckoned as their inauguration day of rule. This procedure was followed consistently in the time of Solomon, Jeremiah, and Ezra. The Day of Trumpets was also acknowledged as the time for counting the years of their kingly rule.

Indeed, it was customary that the final ceremony in the coronation of kings was the blowing of trumpets. There could well be a reflection of this symbolic feature in the New Testament. Note that in the Book of Revelation, we have the record of a heavenly angel who will blow the seventh and last trumpet blast. Further Significance of the Day of Trumpets The early Jews also recognized that the Day of Trumpets was a memorial day for considering those who had died.

Truly, the Day of Trumpets theme is that of kingship. There may even be a reference to this in the elevation of the patriarch Joseph to kingship on this New Moon day which began the month of Tishri. It was not simply a two year period which Moses was intending, but the passage of two full years. Of course, Pharaoh retained top leadership, but as the New Testament shows, God the Father still maintains supreme rule over Jesus even when Jesus is prophesied to rule the kingdoms of this world.

The Crowning of Kings As we have shown from the Bible, the blowing of trumpets was the sign that kings could then begin to rule 1 Kings ; 2 Kings ; Jewish authorities long acknowledged this royal import to the Day of Trumpets. At New Year when the world was annually reborn that sovereignty was evinced anew. On Trumpets it was common to quote Zechariah There is no doubt that this is true.

This was also the very day when Jesus was born. Jesus as the King of Kings The central theme of the Day of Trumpets is clearly that of enthronement of the great King of kings. This was the general understanding of the day in early Judaism and it is certainly that of the New Testament.

This happens at a time when a woman is seen in heaven with twelve stars around her head and the Sun mid-bodied to her, with the Moon under her feet. This is clearly a New Moon scene for the Day of Trumpets. And note: Professor Thorley who reviewed the first edition of my work has shown that there are exactly twelve stars surrounding the head of Virgo as we see them from earth.

And indeed there are. They are according to astronomical terminology : 1 Pi, 2 Nu, 3 Beta near the ecliptic , 4 Sigma, 5 Chi, 6 Iota — these six stars form the southern hemisphere around the head of Virgo. Then there are 7 Theta, 8 Star 60, 9 Delta, 10 Star 93, 11 Beta the 2nd magnitude star and 12 Omicron — these last six form the northern hemisphere around the head of Virgo. All these stars are visible and could have been witnessed by observers on earth.

Thus, the description of the apostle John describes a perfectly normal heavenly scene that could be recognized by all people. Here was Virgo with twelve stars around her head, while the Sun was in uterine position and the Moon under her feet. And again, the only time this could have occurred in 3 B. In the biblical Zodiac, the tribe of Judah the Lion, or Leo was situated around the Tabernacle directly east of its entrance.

This means, unlike some Gentile reckonings which started their zodiacal story with the zero line between Cancer and Leo that is, at the very commencement of Leo , the biblical Zodiac that Drs. Bullinger and Seiss were talking about began with the 15th degree of Leo ofJudah. So, John began his story at this point. As a matter of fact, the Jews over the centuries have held to the belief that the Day of Trumpets was a cardinal date in the history of Adam our first parent.

It was the very day when Adam and Eve came to the recognition of whether to obey God or to defy him see The Complete Artscroll Machzor, p. But that was not all that occurred on that day. No day in the year could be reckoned as being of more esteemed value and symbolic influence than Rosh Ha-Shanah. That day is important for the birth of the Messiah in several ways that are very profound in Jewish symbolism.

The book The Complete Artscroll Machzor gives some chronological details that the early Jewish theologians and scholars worked out from indications in the Old Testament to show when important individuals were born or major events happened in association with their lives. And what an array of significant things occurred on the Day of Trumpets and the month of Tishri.

Note what the Machzor states about this particular Day of Trumpets. Not only was Rosh Ha-Shanah a turning point in the lives of these great and worthy women, but the births of their children were momentous events for all Jewry, because they were the historic figures Isaac, Joseph, and Samuel. The New Testament states that he is the Messiah.

People should begin to realize the significant coincidences of the birthdays of these prominent men as understood by the Jewish people. And standing out above them all, is the teaching of the apostle John that Rosh Ha-Shanah is also the birthday of Jesus. This shows Rosh ha-Shanah as a day of freedom. There is more on the theme of freedom.