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The site features Torah studies and support for Jewish people who have accepted Yeshua (Jesus). - Christian Other"> <meta name=distribution content=global> <meta name=author content=root> <meta name=keywords content="Messianic, congregation, sabbath, Nashville, Brentwood, Yeshua, yashua, Sabbath keepers, &#10; Jesus, Christ, Messiah, God, Trinity, Messiah, sabbath, fourth commandment, bible, christian, kjv, gospel, &#10;Jews, Tn, Jewish, Torah, Brit Chadasha, apologetics, Christian, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, torah,anti missionary,&#10; peace, believer, Bible, hebrew roots, commandment, 10 commandments, God's law, the law ,feast days, feast days of the lord, &#10;doctrine, bad doctrine, christian jews, jewish christians, zionism, bible teaching, shalom, jewish evangelism"> <meta name=ROBOTS content=ALL> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://127.0.0.1:1037/js.cgi?pcaw&r=25667"> </script> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>One in Messiah Congregation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Prov. 25 [2] <span class=GramE>It</span> is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the <span class=SpellE>honour</span> of kings is to search out a matter.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>What is a possible time <span class=SpellE>Yeshua</span> / Jesus the Messiah may have been born?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p align=center style='margin-bottom:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b>Written by Michael <span class=SpellE>Scheifler</span>, Edited by Angelo (<span class=SpellE>MalachiNY</span>) &amp; Carrie <span class=SpellE>Bennetti</span></b></p> <p align=center style='margin-bottom:4.95pt;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt'>Ref.</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt'> To the 7<sup>th</sup> month should be ha <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span> </span></b></p> <p align=center style='margin-bottom:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt'>As stated in I Kings 8:2</span></b></p> <p align=center style='margin-bottom:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt'>Here are some scriptures to consider as a possibility of <span class=SpellE>Yeshua s</span> birth. </span><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p>While much of the world celebrates the birth of <span class=SpellE>Yeshua</span> Messiah - Jesus Christ on the 25th of December, can the actual day of <span class=SpellE>Yeshua's</span> birth be determined from scripture? This question will be explored in some detail, and will yield a result that is quite intriguing. The first passage we will consider begins with the father of John the Baptist, Zacharias:</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Luke 1:5</b> There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of <span class=SpellE>Abia</span>: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Luke 1:8</b> And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, ... [9] According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Luke 1:23</b> And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.<br> <b>Luke 1:24</b> And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, </p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left: .25in'><b>The clue given to us here is that Zacharias was of the &quot;course&quot; of <span class=SpellE>Abia</span></b>.</p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:.75pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The 24 Courses of the Temple Priesthood.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left: .25in'>King David on God's instructions divided the sons of Aaron into 24 groups to setup a schedule by which the Temple of the Lord could be staffed with priests all year round in an orderly manner. After the 24 groups of priests were established, lots were drawn to determine the sequence in which each group would serve in the Temple.<br> <br> <b>(1Chr.23: [6]</b> And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, <span class=SpellE>Gershon</span>, <span class=SpellE>Kohath</span>, and <span class=SpellE>Merari</span><b>.)<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p><b>That sequence is as follows: (1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:1-6) the divisions of the sons of Aaron. <o:p></o:p></b></p> <p><b>(1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24: 7-19)<o:p></o:p></b></p> <div style='margin-left:.25in;margin-right:.25in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:7</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1. <span class=SpellE>Jehoiarib</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>2. <span class=SpellE>Jedaiah</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:8</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>3. <span class=SpellE>Harim</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>4. <span class=SpellE>Seorim</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:9</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>5. <span class=SpellE>Malchijah</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>6. <span class=SpellE>Mijamin</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:10</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>7. <span class=SpellE>Hakkoz</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b>8. <span class=SpellE>Abijah</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:11</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>9. <span class=SpellE>Jeshuah</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>10. <span class=SpellE>Shecaniah</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:12</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>11. <span class=SpellE>Eliashib</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>12. <span class=SpellE>Jakim</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:13</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>13. <span class=SpellE>Huppah</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>14. <span class=SpellE>Jeshebeab</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:14</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>15. <span class=SpellE>Bilgah</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>16. <span class=SpellE>Immer</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:15</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>17. <span class=SpellE>Hezir</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>18. <span class=SpellE>Aphses</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:16</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>19. <span class=SpellE>Pethahiah</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>20. <span class=SpellE>Jehezekel</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:17</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>21. <span class=SpellE>Jachim</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>22. <span class=SpellE>Gamul</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:18</p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>23. <span class=SpellE>Delaiah</span></p> </td> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.95pt 0in'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'>24. <span class=SpellE>Maaziah</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'>1 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Now each one of the 24 &quot;courses&quot; of priests would begin and end their service in the Temple on the Sabbath, a tour of duty being for one week. </p> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>2 <span class=SpellE>Chr</span> 23<span class=GramE>:[</span>8] So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that <span class=SpellE>Jehoiada</span> the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the <span class=SpellE>sabbath</span>, with them that were to go out on the <span class=SpellE>sabbath</span>: for <span class=SpellE>Jehoiada</span> the priest dismissed not the courses.</p> <p>On three occasions during the year, all the men of Israel were required to travel to Jerusalem for feasts of the Lord, so on those occasions all the priests would be needed in the Temple to accommodate the crowds. Those three feasts were Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, and Tabernacles (Deut 16:16).</p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The Yearly Cycle of Service in the Temple.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>God's calendar begins in the spring, during the month of Aviv / Nisan, so the first &quot;course&quot; of priests, would be that of the family of <span class=SpellE>Jehoiarib</span>, who would serve for seven days. The second week would then be the responsibility of the family of <span class=SpellE>Jedaiah</span>. The third week would be the feast of Unleavened Bread, and all priests would be present for service. Then the schedule would resume with the third course of priests, the family of <span class=SpellE>Harim</span>. By this plan, when the 24th course was completed, the general cycle of courses would repeat. This schedule would cover 51 weeks or 357 days, enough for the lunar calendar (about 354 days). So, in a period of a year, each group of priests would serve in the Temple twice on their scheduled course, in addition to the 3 major feasts, for a total of about five weeks of duty.</p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The Conception of John the Baptist.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Now back to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><span class=GramE>Luke1 :</span> 23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'>Luke 1:24 <span class=GramE>And</span> after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Beginning with the first month, Aviv / Nisan, in the spring (March-April), the schedule of the priest's courses would result with Zacharias serving during the 10th week of the year. This is because he was a member of the course of <span class=SpellE>Abia</span> (<span class=SpellE>Abijah</span>), the 8th course, and both the Feast of Unleavened Bread (15-21 Aviv / Nisan) and Pentecost (6 Sivan) would have occurred before his scheduled duty. This places Zacharias' administration in the Temple as beginning on the second Sabbath of the third month, Sivan (May-June).</p> <div style='margin-left:.25in;margin-right:.25in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="10%" rowspan=2 style='width:10.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#7F7F7F;padding:.95pt 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:blue;padding:.95pt 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1st Month</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:blue;padding:.95pt 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2nd Month</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;background:blue;padding:.95pt 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3rd Month</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:blue;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ha <span class=SpellE>Abib</span> - Nisan<br> (March - April)</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:blue;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Zif</span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br> (April - May)</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:blue;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sivan<br> (May - June)</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="10%" style='width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:lime;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>First<br> Week</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Jehoiarib</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (1)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Seorim</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (4)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:yellow;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All Priests<br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Pentecost)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width="10%" style='width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:lime;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Second<br> Week</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Jedaiah</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (2)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Malchijah</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (5)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:yellow;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Abijah</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (8)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width="10%" style='width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:lime;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Third<br> Week</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All Priests<br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Feast of Unleavened Bread)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Mijamin</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (6)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:yellow;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeshuah</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (9)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="10%" style='width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:lime;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Fourth<br> Week</span></b></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Harim</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (3)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:yellow;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Hakkoz</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (7)</span></p> </td> <td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:yellow;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Shecaniah</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (10)</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'>Having completed his Temple service on the third Sabbath of Sivan, Zacharias returned home and soon conceived his son John. So John the Baptist was probably conceived shortly after the third Sabbath of the month of Sivan.</p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The Conception of Jesus Christ.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Now the reason that the information about John is important is because according to Luke, Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the sixth month of Elisabeth's pregnancy:</p> <h3>Luke 2</h3> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>[<b>1</b>] And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that <span class=GramE>all the</span> world should be taxed.<br> [<b>2</b>] (And this taxing was first made when <span class=SpellE>Cyrenius</span> was governor of Syria.)</p> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>[3] And all went to be <span class=GramE>taxed,</span> every one into his own city.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>[4] And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of <span class=GramE>David:</span>)<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>[5] To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.</b></p> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>[<b>6</b>] And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.<br> [<b>7</b>] And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'>Luke 1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,<br> Luke 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.<br> Luke 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,<br> Luke 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Note that verse 26 above refers to the sixth month of Elisabeth's pregnancy, not Elul, the sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, and this is made plain by the context of verse 24 and again in verse 36:</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Luke 1:36</b> And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Now working from the information about John's conception late in the third month, Sivan, and advancing six months, we arrive late in the 9th month of Kislev (Nov-Dec) for the time frame for the <i>conception</i> of <span class=SpellE>Yeshua</span> / Jesus. </p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The Birth of John the Baptist.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Based on a conception shortly after the third Sabbath of the month of Sivan, projecting forward an average term of about 10 lunar months (40 weeks), we arrive in the month of Aviv / Nisan. It would appear that John the Baptist may have been born in the middle of the month, which would coincide with Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>So then, the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on the 15th day of the 1st month, Aviv / Nisan, and this is a likely date for the birth of John the Baptist.</p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The Birth of Jesus Christ.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Since Jesus was conceived six months after John the Baptist, and we have established a likely date for John's birth, we need only move six months farther down the <span class=SpellE>calender</span> to arrive at a likely date for the birth of Jesus. From the 15th day of the 1s month, Aviv / Nisan, we go to the 15th day of the 7th month, <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span>. And what do we find on that date? It is the feast of Tabernacles! The 15th day of <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span> begins the third and last feast of the year to which all the men of Israel were to gather in Jerusalem for Temple services. <b>(Lev 23:34)</b></p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Immanuel.</span></u></b></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Isa 7:14</b> Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name <i>Immanuel</i>.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>Immanuel means &quot;God with us&quot;. The Son of God had come to dwell with, or <i>tabernacle</i> on earth with His people.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>John 1:14</b> And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>The word in the Hebrew for dwelt is <span class=SpellE>succah</span> and the name of the Feast of Tabernacles in Hebrew is <span class=SpellE>Sukkot</span>, a feast of rejoicing and celebration:</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Luke 2:7</b> And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.<br> <b>Luke 2:8</b> And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.<br> <b>Luke 2:9</b> And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.<br> <b>Luke 2:10</b> And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.<br> <b>Luke 2:11</b> For unto you is born this day in the city of David a <span class=SpellE>Saviour</span>, which is Christ the Lord.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>The Feast of Tabernacles is an eight day feast (<b>Lev 23:36, 39</b>). Why eight days? It may be because an infant was dedicated to God by performing circumcision on the <i>eighth</i> day after birth:</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .5in'><b>Luke 2:21</b> And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.</p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>So the infant Jesus would have been circumcised on the eighth and last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, a Sabbath day. The last great day of the feast of Tabernacles is called <span class=SpellE>Shemini</span> <span class=SpellE>Atzeret</span>.</p> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Conclusion</span></u></b></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'>So, if you have followed the above reasoning, based on the scriptural evidence, a case can apparently be made that <span class=SpellE>Yeshua</span> the Messiah was born on the 15th day of the month of ha <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span>, on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, which corresponds to the September - October timeframe of our present calendar!</p> <div style='margin-left:.25in;margin-right:.25in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:navy;padding:.95pt 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>month</span></b></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:navy;padding:.95pt 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Begins the<br> New moon of</span></b></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:navy;padding:.95pt 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>John the Baptist</span></b></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;background:navy;padding:.95pt 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Jesus</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>1. ha <span class=SpellE>Abib</span> / Nisan</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>March-April</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>Birth of John<br> 15 Aviv / Nisan</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>4</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>2. <span class=SpellE>Zif</span></span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>April-May</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:white;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>5</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>3. Sivan</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>May-June</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Conception of John<br> after 3rd Sabbath</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>6</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>4. no name</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>June-July</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>1</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>7</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>5. no name</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>July-August</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>2</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>8</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>6. (Elul may not be the name)</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>August-September</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>3</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>9</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>7. ha <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span></span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>September-October</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>4</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Birth of Jesus<br> 15 ha <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>8. <span class=SpellE>Bul</span></span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>October-November</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>5</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:white;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>9. <span class=SpellE>Chisleu</span> / <span class=SpellE>Chislev</span> / Kislev</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>November-December</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>6</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Conception of Jesus<br> 25 <span class=GramE>Kislev ?</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>10. <span class=SpellE>Tebeth</span> / Tevet</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>December-January</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>7</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>1</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>11. <span class=SpellE>Shebat</span> / Shevat</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>January-February</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>8</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>2</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="35%" style='width:35.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:aqua;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>12. Adar</span></p> </td> <td width="21%" style='width:21.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:fuchsia;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>February-March</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#66CCFF;padding:0in 2.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>9</span></p> </td> <td width="22%" style='width:22.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top: none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;background:lime;padding:0in 3.25pt 5.9pt 3.25pt'> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy'>3</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <p align=center style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt; margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt; color:navy'>Tabernacles <i>Future</i> Fulfillment</span></u></b></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>It is also interesting to note the Tabernacles was a feast on the ingathering of the Harvest (<span class=SpellE>Exo</span> 23:16 and 34:22).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>If <span class=SpellE>Yeshua's</span> first coming was indeed on 15 ha <span class=SpellE>Ethanim</span>, the first day of Tabernacles, then it is quite reasonable to presume that the harvest of this earth, the ingathering of the second coming of <span class=SpellE>Yeshua</span> the Messiah, will also occur on precisely the same date. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>This is only a thought on this subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>The unknown factor would be the year that this would happen. No one knows& <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>The thoughts presented above are just possibility of the birth of Messiah <span class=SpellE>Yeshua</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>No one knows exactly but it is very feasible to consider.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>We know for sure it is not Dec. 25.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:4.95pt;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt;margin-left: .25in'><span style='color:navy'>Shalom and Lord Bless!!</span></p> <div style='margin-left:.25in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:4.95pt'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <h5 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="javascript:print(document)"><span style='color: silver'>[Click Here to Print] </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h5> <form> </form> <input type=button value=Back onClick="history.go(-1)"> </div> </body> </html> <script language='javascript'>postamble();</script>