When Was Jesus Born

When was Jesus Born?

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Important to keep in mind: BC

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(Luke 2:2) ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

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(Luke 2:2) (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) This would have been between 6 and 1 BC.

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(Luke 2:8) And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 

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This would have been in the spring or autumn According to Roman history, the census took place in summer and Autumn of 3 BC. Mary was great with child according to Luke… So Jesus would have been born late Summer or early autumn 3 BC

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Looking at he birth of John the Baptist John was conceived in late June 4 BC according to Zacherias’ serving time in the temple… (based on accounts in Luke, and the way King David set up the priestly orders 1 Chronicles 24:10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,)) John would have been born in March or April Mary came to Elizabeth in Elizabeth’s 6 month… Which would have been December, early January…. And stayed until John’s birth in the spring.

This means that Mary was overshadowed in December 4 BC  

Count 9 months ahead… You have September, 3 BC.

Closer… 

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Revelation 12:1-2 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: (2) And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. If this is Virgo, the woman constellation in the Heavens… The birth would have been between Sept 10-20… If it was the 12th… he would have shed his first blood on the day of atonement on Sept. 20th, 3 BC… And he would have came in time for the feast of the tabernacles….

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John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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Σκηνόω skēnoō Thayer Definition: 1) to fix one’s tabernacle, have one’s tabernacle, abide (or live) in a tabernacle (or tent), tabernacle 2) to dwell

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Here is the way it shapes up Jesus Born, Sept 3 BC

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John conceived June, 4 John Born March 3 BC BC Mary conceives, and Wisemen visit Herod, and inform goes to Elizabeth Dec, him the star appeared 2yrs earlier. 4 BC (Herod kills all babies 2 yrs old and younger)

What is the significance of Jesus being born

During “Lambing season?”  (John 1:29) The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

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Right before the Feast of Tabernacles? To celebrate harvest During the seven days of this Feast, the Israelites were commanded to dwell in booths, or huts, formed of the boughs of trees. The boughs were of the olive palm, pine, myrtle and other trees with thick foliage. Neh_8:15-16 It commemorated how God brought them out of Egypt and supplied their needs… How God was with them through their struggles.

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And circumcised on the day of atonement? It was kept by the people as a high solemn Sabbath. On this occasion only, the high priest was permitted to enter into the Holy of Holies. Having bathed his person and dressed himself entirely in the holy white linen garments, he brought forward a young bullock for a Sin Offering, purchased at his own cost, on account of himself and his family, and two young goats for a Sin Offering, with a ram