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The Christmas Story Supplemental Notes: The Christmas Story (What Really Happened!) What really happened in Bethlehem two thousand years ago? Who were the Magi? Why did a virgin birth occur? What does a Christmas tree have to do with it? Discover the real story behind the traditional nativity account, including the loophole upon which the Messianic hope rests. © 1994 Koinonia House Inc. Page 1 The Christmas Story The year of Jesus’ birth is broadly accepted as 4 B.C., primarily from erroneous conclusions derived What Really Happened? from Josephus’ recording of an eclipse, assumed to be on March 13, 4 B.C., “shortly before Herod died.” Each year at Christmas we celebrate the birth of There are a number of problems with this in addi- Jesus Christ. After the New Year, we struggle to tion to the fact that it was more likely the eclipse remember to add a year as we date our checks, which occurred on December 29, 1 B.C. Considerable time should remind us that the entire Western World elapsed between Jesus’ birth and Herod’s death since reckons its calendar from the birth of the One who the family fled to Egypt to escape Herod’s edict and changed the world more than any other before or they didn’t return until after Herod’s death.3 since. Furthermore, Herod died on January 14, 1 B.C.4 It is disturbing to discover that much of what we Tertullian (born about 160 A.D.) stated that Augustus have been taught about the Christmas season seems began to rule 41 years before the birth of Jesus and to be more tradition than truth. It isn’t only Santa died 15 years after that event.5 Augustus died on Claus that is the result of myths and legends of the August 19, 14 A.D., placing Jesus’ birth at 2 B.C.6 season. Tertullian also notes that Jesus was born 28 years after the death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., which is con- When Was Jesus Born? sistent with a date of 2 B.C. Irenaeus, born about a century after Jesus, also notes that the Lord was Most serious Bible students realize that Jesus was born in the 41st year of the reign of Augustus. Since probably not born on December 25th. The shep- Augustus began his reign in the autumn of 43 B.C., herds had their flocks in open field1 which implies a this also appears to substantiate the birth in 2 B.C. date prior to October. Furthermore, no competent Roman administrator would require registration Eusebius (264-340 A.D.), the “Father of Church His- involving travel during the season when Judea was tory,” ascribes it to the 42nd year of the reign of generally impassable.2 Augustus and the 28th from the subjection of Egypt on the death of Anthony and Cleopatra.7 The 42nd If Jesus wasn’t born on December 25, just when was year of Augustus ran from the autumn of 2 B.C. to the he born? Although the Bible doesn’t explicitly iden- autumn of 1 B.C. The subjugation of Egypt into the tify the birthday of our Lord, many scholars have Roman Empire occurred in the autumn of 30 B.C. The developed diverse opinions as to the likely birthday 28th year extended from the autumn of 3 B.C. to the of Jesus. (It reminds one of the rabbinical observa- autumn of 2 B.C. The only date that would meet both tion: with two Jews, you have three opinions!) of these constraints would be the autumn of 2 B.C. The Year of Jesus’ Birth John the Baptist There are many scholastic debates offering contrast- ing views of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Another approach in determining the date of Jesus’ following exploration reviews but a few. birth is from information about John the Baptist. Page 2 Page 3 Elisabeth, John’s mother, was a cousin of Mary and the day of the Feast of Trumpets. (See also our the wife of a priest named Zacharias who was of the briefing package on The Feasts of Israel for more “course” of Abijah.8 (Priests were divided into 24 background.) courses9 and each course officiated in the Temple for one week, from sabbath to sabbath.) Then Why December 25th? When the Temple was destroyed by Titus on August The early Christian church did not celebrate Jesus’ 5, 70 A.D., the first course of priests had just taken birth, and therefore the exact date had not been 10 office. Since the course of Abijah was the eighth preserved in festivals. course, we can track backwards and determine that Zacharias would have ended his duties on July 13, 3 The first recorded mention of December 25 is in the B.C. If the birth of John took place 280 days later, it Calendar of Philocalus (354 A.D.) which assumed would have been on April 19-20, 2 B.C. (precisely on Jesus’ birth to be Friday, December 25, 1 A.D. Passover of that year). When the Emperor Constantine eventually declared John began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberius Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Em- 11 Caesar. The minimum age for the ministry was pire in the Edict of Toleration in 312 A.D., the perse- 12 30. As Augustus died on August 19, 14 A.D., that cuted Christians exchanged the rags of hiding for was the accession year for Tiberius. If John was the silks of the court. born on April 19-20, 2 B.C., his 30th birthday would have been April 19-20, 29 A.D., or the 15th year of The predictable expediency to adopt the inevitable Tiberius. This seems to confirm the 2 B.C. date and, cultural changes caused many of the former pagan since John was five months older, this also confirms rituals to be adapted to their new “Christian” trap- the autumn birth date for Jesus. pings. The date of December 25th, which was offi- cially proclaimed by the church fathers in 440 A.D., (John’s repeated introduction of Jesus as “The Lamb was actually a vestige of the Roman holiday of 13 of God” is interesting if John was indeed born on Saturnalia, observed near the winter solstice, which Passover.) itself was among the many pagan traditions inher- ited from the earlier Babylonian priesthood.14 The Date of Jesus’ Birth Elisabeth hid herself for five months and then the Babylonian Traditions Angel Gabriel announced to Mary both Elisabeth’s condition and that Mary also would bear a son who All forms of occultic practices have their origins in would be called Jesus. Mary went “with haste” to the original city of Babylon. Isaiah Chapter 47 visit Elisabeth, who was then in the first week of clearly brings this out. (See also Hislop in the bibli- her sixth month, or the fourth week of December, 3 ography.) Most of what we associate with pagan B.C. If Jesus was born 280 days later it would place Rome had its origins in ancient Babylon. It has the date of his birth on September 29, 2 B.C. been the adherence to these idolatrous influences that has evoked the intense criticism of Roman Ca- If Jesus was born on September 29, 2 B.C., it is tholicism by Protestant commentators over the many interesting to note that it was also the First of Tishri, centuries. Page 4 Page 5 Babylon is mentioned in over 300 references in the There are numerous other examples: the wassail Bible. It is even alluded to three times in Christ’s bowl, the mistletoe (a fertility rite), and others that own genealogy. Babylon is presently being rebuilt are documented in such works as Hislop, et al. (See 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Baghdad. bibliography.) When Babylon was conquered by subsequent em- The Origin of Babylon pires, this entire religious system was transplanted, first to Pergamos under the Persians, and then to The first world dictator was Nimrod, the “Rebel.” Rome. As the pagan Rome (Babylonian) religious Nimrod built the famous Tower of Babel as the cen- system was integrated with Christian ceremonial terpiece of his rebellion against God. (“Bav” = gate; observances, many of our current traditions sur- “El” = God. Thus, Babel = “gateway to the gods”). rounding Christmas emerged. This was the beginning of the city of Babylon. Other Holidays God disrupted the rebellious coalition through the “confusion of tongues” in Genesis 11. This rebel- The Babylonian worship of Ishtar, the Golden Egg lion against God is still with us. The residuals from of Astarte, and the fertility rites of spring give us Babylon, including most of the traditions of idol wor- Easter (“Ishtar,” the mother goddess of Babylon). ship, astrology, and the occult, continue to the These get combined with other fertility symbols such present day. The original Biblical significance of as prolific rabbits, etc. (Have you ever wondered the zodiac (or “Mazzeroth”) was corrupted by the where we get rabbits that lay eggs?) Babylonian religious system and continues in all cul- The calendar year-end on October 31, and its associ- tures to this day. (See our briefing packages, Signs ated occultic rituals, gave us our Halloween. Many in the Heavens, and The Mystery of Babylon.) ancient cultures—Celts, Druids, et al—observed Oc- The Tammuz Legend tober 31, the Eve of Samhain, as their year-end. This was related to the worship of Baal (Mars) and Tammuz, the son of Nimrod and his queen, may have been stimulated by the perturbation of Semiramis, was identified with the Babylonian Sun the orbit of the earth associated with the planet God and worshipped following the winter solstice, Mars.
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