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The dates of Jesus’ birth & death
Jesus was born on Tishri10, 2 BCE (October 9, 2BC) The Quarterly Journal of Royal Astronomical Society 32, (Sept. 1991), pp 301-304 says: Newton began by dating the baptism of Christ in AD 29 during the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar (Luke 3:1, 21). He then cited evidence for a total of five (rather than four) Passovers during the ministry, implying an AD 34 crucifixion. Then Newton did the calendrical analysis almost exactly as has been done since: determining in which years the crucifixion day, 14 Nisan on the Judean calendar, could have been a Friday (John 19:14, 42)... Thus, Newton first narrowed the possible years (for crucifixion) down to AD 33 and AD 34; had he preferred AD 33, his reasoning would probably have been researched sooner because that date now appears to be correct. 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius
Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was district ruler
of Galilee, but Philip his brother was district ruler of the country of Ituraea
and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was district ruler of Abilene, 21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized (Luke 3). We know that Augustus Caesar died on 19 August 14 CE (Julian calendar). Tiberius became Princeps at that time. So his first regnal year was 15 CE (he became Pontifex Maximus on March 10th 15 CE. So his 15th regnal year was 29 CE (Cambridge Ancient History). So this was the year in which John started baptizing. Now both John and Jesus were under the Law of Moses, which stated as regards all priests that: 3 From 30 years old upward to 50 years old, all those going into the service group to do the work in the tent of meeting (Numbers 4). So the Hebrew year starting Nisan 29 CE would have been John’s 30th year, since he had to start his priestly duties then. So he would have been born in the year starting Nisan 2 BCE. A Jew was considered one year old for the whole of his first year, which was the first year in which he was alive on Nisan1. Now we can work out the precise month in which John was born as follows: 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there happened to be a certain priest named Zechariah of the division of Abijah, and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth (Luke 1). 13 However, the angel said to him: Have no fear, Zechariah, because your supplication has been favourably heard, and your wife Elizabeth will become mother to a son to you, and you are to call his name John (Luke 1). 23 When now the days of his public service were
fulfilled, he went off to his home. Now we have been told here that Elizabeth conceived after the days of service of Zechariah at the temple. So we should be able to deduce when these days of service were, in order for this scripture to be of any use to us. Well, Zechariah was in the priestly division of Abijah, which was the 8th out of 24 priestly divisions which spanned the 12 months of the Hebrew year: 3 And David, and Zadok from the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar proceeded to make divisions of them for their office in their service (1 Chronicles 24). 7 And the lot proceeded to come out: the first for
Jehoiarib; for Jedaiah the 2nd, So obviously each service period was half a month long or 15 days long, so that 24 of them spanned the 360 day Biblical Lunar Calendar (BLC) year. So the 8th division would be the last half of the 4th month in the Hebrew year which was Tammuz. So Elizabeth, who conceived ‘after these days’, must have fallen pregnant early in the 5th Hebrew month of Ab. Next we read: 57 The time now became due for Elizabeth to give birth, and she became mother to a son (Luke 1). This is really an incredible scripture. The Holy Spirit is telling us that John the Baptist was a full term baby!! Obviously this is because the Holy Spirit wants us to use this information in a chronological calculation for the birth of John. Look! God's spirit wants us to use our heads! To serve him with our whole minds! 37 He said to him: You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind (Matthew 22). So her pregnancy was of standard duration, i.e. 266 solar days from conception (Babydata.com). Now 3BCE Adar 30 was 9 March 2BCE Gregorian (from the BLC program). And 2BCE Nisan1 was 3 April 2 BCE. So there was an intercalary month at the end of this Hebrew year which is not represented by the BLC. Ab1 in 3BCE started at 6pm on July 13th 3BCE (Gregorian calendar). So 266 solar days after this was 5th April 2BCE which was Nisan3 2BCE. So Elizabeth would therefore have given birth at the beginning of Nisan in 2BC. But now we read that: 26 In her sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent forth from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth (Luke 1). 31 And, look! you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you are to call his name Jesus (Luke 1). 36 And, look! Elizabeth your relative has also herself
conceived a son, in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her, the
so-called barren woman; She fell pregnant at the beginning of Ab, so her first month by Hebrew counting was Elul. So her sixth month was Shebat 3BCE. So Mary conceived in Shebat, which ran from 9th January to 7th February 2BCE. She therefore gave birth around 266 solar days later, between October 6th and November 4th 2BCE. This was between Tishri7 and Heshvan6 2BCE. But during this period we find Tishri10, the festival of the atonement day. And what better day for Jesus, who was the greater atonement sacrifice to be born on? 27 However, on the 10th of this 7th month is the day of atonement. A holy convention should take place for you, and you must afflict your souls and present an offering made by fire to Jehovah (Leviticus 23). We have assumed that Jesus too was a full term baby, but he was a sinless son of God, an unblemished lamb, so the concept of his being either late or premature is a non starter. We have only proved that Jesus was born between Tishri 7 and Heshvan 6, but since he certainly was the greater atonement sacrifice, Tishri10 is the only sensible option for his birth. We shall see that he was actually born on this day as described from the Midst Prophecy. Jesus too, being under law, would then have to start his priestly duties, his ministry, in his 30th year, which ran from 29Nisan to 29Adar as did John’s. But how long did his ministry last? Jesus’ ministry contained at least 3 Passover festivals, which were annual festivals held on Nisan14 (around easter). They are all mentioned in the Gospel of John: 23 However, when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, at its festival, many people put their faith in his name, viewing his signs that he was performing (John 2). 4 Now the passover, the festival of the Jews, was near (John 6). This means it is within days because: 13 Now the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem (John 2). relates to the Passover described in John 2:23 and people went up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover just days before the Passover. 55 Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover in order to cleanse themselves ceremonially (John 11). This is the Passover described in John 13:1: 1 Now, because he knew before the festival of the passover that his hour had come for him to move out of this world to the Father, Jesus, having loved his own that were in the world, loved them to the end (John 13). But there is a further possible Passover mentioned; a fourth one: 1 After these things there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem (John 5). This festival might have been the Passover, or it could have been one of the other two annual festivals which required a presence at the temple. So his ministry included 3 or 4 Passovers and so was between 2 and 4 years long. So this means that Jesus died on good Friday in 31,32,33, at the outside we also consider 30, 34 AD. Unlike Newton, we have the advantage of computers, so we can calculate with relative ease in which of the 5 cases above the Passover day Nisan14 (Good Friday) was actually a Friday. The Passover on which Jesus died ran from 6pm Thursday to 6pm Friday and Jesus died at the ninth hour on Friday, which was 3pm: 33 When it became the 6th hour a darkness
fell over the whole land until the 9th hour. 31 Then the Jews, since it was Preparation, in order that the bodies might not remain upon the torture stakes on the Sabbath, (for the day of that Sabbath was a great one,) requested Pilate to have their legs broken and the [bodies] taken away (John 19). A great Sabbath was a Sabbath as defined by a festival, which was also a Sabbath by reason of being the 7th day of a week. In this case, Nisan 15 was the first Sabbath of the festival of cakes, and the Jews have Friday 6pm to Saturday 6pm as their weekly Sabbath. Using the BLC, we find the following:
So 33 AD is the only candidate. So Jesus died on 33Nisan14. Now the darkness for 3 hours from 12:00 to 15:00 Jerusalem time cannot have been a solar eclipse because these never last longer than 10 minutes. But there was a partial lunar eclipse on 33Nisan14 lasting 86 minutes with its maximum effect at 15:01 GMT or 17:01 Friday Jerusalem time. This was April 1 Gregorian, and April 3 Julian: (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEcat/LE0001-0100.html). So this eclipse started just after Jesus died, and covered the period when Judas, who was possessed by Satan, committed suicide. Satan is symbolized by the moon, a dead and poor reflection of the Sun which symbolizes Jesus: I am the light of the World (John 8:12). It everyone who has seen it knows that a lunar eclipse could result in the moon looking blood red in color (Joel 2:31). In conclusion Jesus was born on Tishri 10, 2BCE, and he died on Nisan14, 33CE at 15:00 Jerusalem time. His life was therefore 33 years and 6 months long. This corresponds precisely with the first man, Adam’s. Michaelmas Day Do not think that we are working out anything that mankind has not known before now. Firstly, Michaelmas is another term for Christmas, and so the birth of Michael and the birth of Christ were related sometime back in the distant past. Secondly Michaelmas day is the 29th of September in the Catholic calendar. This is Tishri10 if the Passover falls on April 6th. So ancient traditions had already given very strong evidence that Jesus is Michael and that he was born on Tishri10. This means there has been a deliberate obfuscation by the church of the identity of Jesus as Michael and a deliberate changing of the day of his birth, in order to Christianize the pagan midwinter longest day of the year illumination festival as explained in detail here. Technical note on Daniel 9 For a more in depth analysis of this great prophecy of Daniel - see [150]. 24 There are 70 ‘sevens’ that have been determined upon your people and upon your holy city, in order to terminate the transgression, and to finish off sin, and to make atonement for error, and to bring in righteousness for times indefinite, and to imprint a seal upon vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies (Daniel 9). 25 And you should know and have the insight [that] from the going forth of [the] word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah [the] Leader, there will be 7 ‘sevens’, also 62 ‘sevens’. She will return and be actually rebuilt, with a public square and moat, but in the straits of the times (Daniel 9). 27 And he must keep [the] covenant in force for the many/the great ones (br) one ‘seven’; and at the half of the ‘seven’ he will cause sacrifice and gift offering to cease (Daniel 9). From this it is apparent that this one ‘seven’ of verse 27 occurs after the 69 ‘sevens’ of verse 25 making the total of 70 ‘sevens’ in verse 24. So sacrifice was ended 3½ cycles/units after the Messiah, the leader turned up. But sacrifices under law were ended by Jesus’ death: 12 But this [man] offered one sacrifice for sins perpetually and sat down at the right hand of God (Hebrews 10). 14 And blotted out the handwritten document against us, which consisted of decrees and which was in opposition to us; and He has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the torture stake (Colossians 2). So this death was in the middle of a period of 7 somethings which started with his appearance and during which a covenant was still in force. This covenant was the Land and Circumcision Covenant, wherein God promised to be God to Abraham’s physical seed, who would have Canaan as their land, and he would not be their God alone, but they would be his only official people if they became circumcised: 8 And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land of your alien residences, even the entire land of Canaan, for a possession to time indefinite; and I will prove myself God to them (Genesis 17). This exclusive arrangement for Abraham’s physical seed, whereby God promised to be: God to them, ended when the first Gentile was admitted to be Abraham’s seed at the Conversion of Cornelius in Acts 10. The Ethiopian Eunuch who was baptized by Philip in Acts 8, was baptized in water, and had been worshipping in Jerusalem, so must have been a proselyte. What we are saying is that the poor man must have been circumcised as well as being a Eunuch!!! So since we know that Jesus’ ministry contained 4 passovers it is apparent that the ‘sevens’ are 7 years, and his ministry was 3½ years long. So he was baptized in 29Tishri and Cornelius was converted in 36Tishri. Technical note on the date of Jesus’ death: According to http://riemann.usno.navy.mil./AA/data/docs/SpringPhenom.html, the Vernal Equinox in 34 CE was on March 22nd at 9 pm Julian Calendar. So it’s 9pm, March 20th in 34 CE Gregorian Calendar. We assume that the Spring Equinox falls between 6pm March 20th and 6pm March 21st in the BLC program. So that’s OK. There are some theologians that think that Jesus died in 30, but they base their argument on Luke 3:1 being wrong because Herod (who tried to kill Jesus) was thought to have died in 4BC. You cannot use this kind of reasoning on the holy book. Once you decide that Luke 3:1 is wrong, then why not decide that one of the 10 commandments were wrong! But if they were right then Jesus would be born 4,000 years after 4004 BC, the date that Archbishop Ussher calculated for the birth of Adam (incorrectly), which seemed to be neat and tidy to them. His Chronology was printed in many early King James bibles. John Pratt (The Planetarian, vol. 19, no. 4, Dec. 1990, pp. 8-14) gives good evidence that Herod died in 1 AD. http://johnpratt.com/items/docs/herod/herod.html. In any event, if Luke is wrong we are wasting our time studying the bible. Barr, James, 1985. "Why the world was created in 4004 B.C.: Archbishop Ussher and Biblical Chronology," Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 67, No. 2, 575-608. Newton, Sir Isaac, 1733. "Of the Times of the Birth and Passion of Christ", chapter 11 in Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John (London: J. Darby and T. Browne), pp. 144-168.
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