When was the Word made flesh (part 4)

 

I have so far covered five points to prove when was the Word made flesh and dwelt among us, I will now cover two more points to prove the date of Jesus' birth.

1. The Ministry of Jesus Christ

The duration of Christ’s ministry is another proof that the Feast of Tabernacles commemorates the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the scripture states clearly that; “Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,” His ministry officially began at the Feast of Tabernacles because, when the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." For even His brothers did not believe in Him.’

“Then Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come."

But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, "Where is He?" Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. And the Jews marveled, saying, "How does this Man know letters, having never studied?" (Luke 3:23; John 7:3-15).

Therefore, if Christ’s ministry began during the Feast of Tabernacles which begins on the 15th day of the seventh month and lasted for 3 ½ years, what date did the ministry of Christ ended? Obviously, if His ministry began during the middle of the seventh month of the year and lasted for 3 ½ years, the end of His ministry was during the middle of the first month of the year which brings us to the Passover which falls on the 14th day of the first month of the year according to the Jewish sacred calendar.

2. The day of Jesus Christ’s death

The day of Christ’s death therefore points to the day of His birth, for we have been duly admonished saying; “Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)

The date of the Passover is on the 14^th day of the first month of the year as we have been duly instructed saying; “These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the LORD's Passover” (Leviticus 23:4-5).

Therefore, if Jesus Christ died on the 14^th day of the first month of the year at the age of 33 ½ years, His 34^th birth day if He had lived to see it would have been on the 15^th day of the seventh month which coincides with the Feast of Tabernacles. So what is so complicated in that for one to understand? I find that this is much easier to digest than the Christmas theory.

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To be continued, stay tuned

With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph