• The
Ministry of Jesus Christ
In case that there are people who
are still not convinced about the date of Christ’s birth let us take a look at
one more proof. The scriptures state 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 during the Feast of
Tabernacles for we are told that; “His brothers 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" (John
7:3-8).
But later we are told; “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” (John 7:10, 14).
Now if the ministry of Jesus
Christ officially began at the age of thirty (30) during the Feast of
Tabernacles and His ministry lasted for three and half (3 ½) years which ended
on the fourteenth day of the first month of the year, I beg to ask the
question, when was Jesus Christ born?
Obviously, if Christ’s ministry
which He Himself began at the age of thirty began during the Feast of
Tabernacles and it lasted for three and a half years, ending on Passover, the
fourteenth day of the first month of the year, six months from that date will
bring us to the fifteenth day of the seventh month which is the first day of
the Feast of Tabernacles, a day specifically ordained to worship the King the
Lord of hosts.
This festival is so indispensable
that in the future, every nation will be required to come and worship the King,
and those who refuse to worship the King will be severely punished, for it is
written; “And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the
nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship
the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.'
“And it shall be that whichever
of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King,
the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will
not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the
plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the
Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment
of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. That
day "HOLINESS TO THE LORD" shall be engraved on the bells of the
horses. The pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar” (Zechariah
14:16-20).
Now there is a definite date, and
time of the year for this celebration and commemoration, for it is written;
“The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles
seven days to the LORD. On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You
shall do no customary work on it. For seven days you shall offer an offering
made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation,
and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a sacred
assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it” (Leviticus
23: 34-36).
I therefore beg to ask a
question, what is so mysterious or concealing in this doctrine that we are unable
to comprehend? Even those who are observing the Feast of Tabernacles and having
people to live in temporary dwellings during those days, a requirement which
should be only for native Israelites and not for Gentiles are themselves not
associating the Feast of Tabernacles with the birth and circumcision of Jesus
Christ.
Imagine being so devout in
practicing a scripture which clearly states; “All who are native Israelites
shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children
of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am
the LORD your God'" (Leviticus 23:42-43).
And still unable to perceive that,
the rationale for observing the Feast of Tabernacles is to honor and worship
the King of kings and Lord of hosts, and the Eighth Day to commemorate His circumcision
granting us the opportunity of becoming joint citizens with the commonwealth of
Israel. God truly has winked over this time of ignorance and now commands all
men everywhere to repent.
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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