1.
The
birth of John Baptiste
Let us continue digging for the
truth concerning the date on which Jesus Christ the Son of Man was born. It
should be absolutely clear to all that John Baptist was six months older than
Jesus Christ and so, if we can find out when John Baptist was born we should
have no difficulty knowing when Jesus Christ was born. So the question is do we
know when Elizabeth the mother of John Baptist was conceived and gave birth to
John Baptist?
The scriptures state clearly that;
“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named
Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron,
and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in
all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no
child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his
division, according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn
incense when he went into the temple of the Lord” (Luke
1:6-9).
We are further told that during
Zacharias’ turn to burn incense he was visited by the angel Gabriel who said to
him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife
Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will
have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great
in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He
will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. And he
will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go
before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the
fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to
make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:13-17).
The rest of the story we should all
be well acquainted with which relates to Zacharias doubting what the Angel said
to him which resulted in the angel saying to him; “But behold, you will be mute
and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did
not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time" (Luke
1:20).
But later,we are told that; “So
it was, as soon as the days of his service were completed, that he departed to
his own house. Now after those days (of service burning incense at the altar) his
wife Elizabeth conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying, "Thus
the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my
reproach among people" (Luke 1:23-25).
What is imperative for us to know
at this juncture is, when was Zacharias scheduled to perform his priestly
service at the altar? Well, according to the scriptures the priestly service
was divided into twenty four (24) divisions and Zacharias turn to perform his
priestly service was number eight (8) because he descended from the division of
Abijah whose division was number eight. (1 Chronicles 24:7-19).
Now since there were 24 divisions
and the custom was that the first division starts his tour of duty on the first
month of the year obviously, two divisions had to serve every month and since
Abijah’s division under which Zacharias served was number eight, this means
that Zacharias turn of service was during the last two weeks of the fourth
month of the year and as soon as his tour of duty which was at the end of the
fourth month was completed he departed to his house mute and unable to speak
and after the days of his service we are told that his wife Elizabeth was conceived.
Although the scriptures does not
say precisely how long after the days of his service was Elizabeth conceived,
but having been away for two weeks and being mute and unable to speak because
of doubting what the angel said to Him which was; “Do not be afraid, Zacharias,
for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you
shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will
rejoice at his birth.” And since it was because of doubting what the angel said
that the angel said to him; “But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak
until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words
which will be fulfilled in their own time."
I want us to note carefully what
the angel said to Zacharias, he said to him; “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for
your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son.” Meaning
that, what he prayed for has been approved. Therefore, one has to conclude that
Elizabeth became conceived during the fifth month of the year, which means that,
John Baptist was born during the first month of the following year and since he
was six months older than Jesus Christ it means that, Jesus Christ was born
during the seventh month of the year.
If you still do not know when
Jesus Christ was born, I implore you to stay tuned because I will leave no
stone un-turn in order to expose this massive lie and deception which has blinded
the eyes of many and causing them to disregard the commandments of God in order
to keep the customs and traditions of men, what a travesty!
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To be continued, stay tuned
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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