When was Jesus Born?

This post was first published on ROOTSS on Thursday, 28th February 2008 under the title Skenoo

Thanks be to God, I have recently developed a deep hunger and insatiable thirst for His Word.

Some time back, I blogged about the 7 feasts as appointed times ordained by the LORD and how they all point to Jesus.

Jesus died on Passover, which is significant, because He became the Passover Lamb that took away our sin. The zodiac during that period of time is that of the constellation of Aries, the Lamb.

Jesus was however not born on 25 December. The reason why 25 December became adopted as His birthday was because there was a pagan festival that took place during the wintry months of December/January called Yuletide. When Christianity started to spread throughout Europe, it was out of convenience that the Roman Catholic Church simply replaced that celebration with the celebrating of Christ's birth.

So when exactly was Jesus born? There is good reason to believe that He was born in September.

Firstly, as mentioned earlier, the zodiac sign during the time that He died was Aries. By the same token, He was born of the virgin Mary, ie. when the zodiac sign was that of the constellation of Virgo, ie. sometime in August/September.

Secondly, Jesus died during the Passover, and became the Passover Lamb that died in our place. Using a similar line of reasoning, He must have been born during the Feast of Tabernacles, which takes place in September/October.

We read in John 1:14 that "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us". The Greek word used there is σκηνόω "skenoo" (G4637) which is translated as to abide or to tabernacle with. Similarly, the Hebrew word for Tabernacle סכה "sukkot" (H5521) is also derived from a word that means to dwell among.

While doing research on the Internet, I came across this article that shows very clearly that Jesus was indeed born in September rather than in December. To be precise, He was born on the 1st day of the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast lasted for 8 days (Lev 23:33-36). It is therefore of no coincidence that Joseph and Mary brought Him to the temple to be consecrated (via circumcision as recorded in Luke 2:21) on the final day of the feast.

But what really fascinates me is how the author uses the Aaronic priestly roster (as recorded in 1 Chron 24) to show when the priest Zacharias and Elizabeth conceived John the Baptist. From there, he derives when Mary conceived Jesus, and ultimately arrive at the day when Jesus was born.

By the way, there are theories being circulated that Jesus was born on Sep 11, 3BC -- that is why Satan chose that day to attack the Twin Towers -- so that people will remember that day for the wrong reason...

http://www.bytheword.com/birth