THE DAY OF CHRIST’S DEATH POINTSTO THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH
I am sure that despite all the proofs and evidences I gave regarding the Feast of Tabernacles and its Eighth Day how they commemorate the birth and circumcision of Jesus Christ that there are still believers who are still not convinced of the reality and significance of this festival in our New testament dispensation. So here is another biblical proof to support this theory.
It is generally accepted according
to the book of Luke that, “Jesus himself began his ministry at about thirty
years of age.” And his ministry lasted for three and a half years .He died on
the fourteenth day of the first month according to the Jewish sacred Calendar,
which theoretically points to his birth date as the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, exactly six months after the date of his death.
Jesus’ ministry began at the Feast
of Tabernacles. It is written, “Now the Jews feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea that your disciples
may see the works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks to be
known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. For even his
brothers did not believe him” (John
7:2-5)
About the middle of the Feast Jesus
went up to the temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it, saying, “How is it
that this man has learning, when he has never studied? (John 7:14-15).
Three and a half years of ministry
beginning with the Feast of Tabernacles, on the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, and culminating with his death on the 14th day of the first month at the
Passover.
The birth of John Baptist also
points to the birth of Jesus Christ to the seventh month of the Jewish sacred
calendar. It was the official duty of Aaron and four of his sons, namely;
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar to offer sacrifices on the altar of burnt
offering and the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and
to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God
had commanded (1Chronicles
6:49; 23:27-32).
Two of the sons of Aaron, Nadab and
Abihu died before Aaron their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar
and Ithamar ministered as priests. David divided the services of the temple
between the sons of Eleazar who numbered sixteen, and the sons of Ithamar who
numbered eight, giving a total of twenty four divisions (1Chronicles 24:1-4).
Dividing twenty four divisions to
serve during a period of twelve months means that, each division would have to
serve for a period of two (2) weeks: or more precisely two weeks, one day, and
four hours, by dividing fifty two weeks in the year into twenty four divisions.
The scriptures state that Abijah
from whom Zacharias the father of John Baptist descended was of the eighth
division. Implying that the time Zacharias was visited by the angel it was
during the fifteenth and sixteenth week of the Jewish sacred calendar, or the
last two weeks of the fourth month.
Now according to Luke’s gospel, “As
soon as the days of his [Zacharias’] service were completed, that he departed
to his own house’. Now after those days 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 men.”
Zacharias leaving the temple at the
end of the fourth month mute, and unable to speak because he did not believe
what the angel told him, went home to his wife at the beginning of the fifth
month, therefore we can conclude that Elizabeth was conceived during the fifth
month.
Nine months of normal pregnancy will lead us to the birth of John Baptist, to be during the first month of the following year. It is well documented in the scriptures that John Baptist was six months older than Jesus Christ (see Luke 1:26, 36).
Therefore if John Baptist was born
during the first month of the year, it is therefore conclusive that Jesus
Christ was born during the seventh month of the year according to the Jewish
calendar, which begins its first month with the first new moon in spring,
between the months of March – April, and the seventh month begins with the new
moon between late September and early October.
Hope that everyone had a joyous feast of Tabernacles
which began on Tuesday 7th October 2025, and concludes with the Eighth day on
Tuesday 14th October 2025.
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With brotherly Love
Lucius Joseph.
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