Did you know Jesus was not born on December 25 but moke like late september?? Agree??

Question

Jesus was born during the Jewish feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot.
It is happy celebration and a time of joy and rejoicing. Jesus is our joy. This makes sense.

The Feast of Tabernacles, also called Booths, comes on the fifteenth of Tishri (September-October), the seventh month according to the Jewish (biblical) calendar.

Why? John the Baptist was born during Passover. The angel Gabriel came to Mary to tell her about Jesus in Elizabeth's six month of pregnancy. (luke 1:36)

So three months later John the Baptist was born. Add 8 days for the Passover celebration. Then 6 months less 8 days later, you are SMACK in the middle of the feast of tabernacles. A feast of Joy, comes Jesus. That is why all the rooms were gone in Bethlehem too.

PLUS, the Christmas day and the tree are all Pagan of origin and have nothing to do with Jesus. (Jerimiah)

It is NOT wrong to celebrate Christ's birth any day. Just trying to let you know, he was born in the feast of joy! PRAISE HIM!

thoughts?

AMEN JAVA

email me.....I feel the same way and am going to messianic Judiasm. Celebrate the feasts, High holy days and Christ AND holy spirit.
David

Answer 1

Yes I know that and agree. There has always been (since I've been a christian) a strange feeling for me at Christmas time. I felt trapped, enslaved, depressed, oppressed and angry during the holidays. Something just never sat well with me. I studied and found out it is all pagan and vain. God never says to follow any of these so called "christian" holidays. He did however mention the Holy Days in His Torah. I am not Jewish but I am being prompted by the Lord to study the feast days of the Lord and the Holy days and the Sabbaths. They weren't meant just for the Jews but for all who were born again as well. They bring peace and understanding of the Messiah.

Answer 2

No I don't agree no one knows when Jesus was born. He might very well have been born on 25 Dec no one knows. The day was just selected so that people would have a day to celebrate his birthday. It is as good a day as any. You or no one has any proof that it wasn't on 25 of December. You can celebrate his birth in late September if you like but I think you will be out there all along and doubt if you will get many presents. But then I'm an Atheist so what the hell would I know. God bless kisses Betty.

Answer 3

Yes certainly I did know that, not only that, Christ is constantly portrayed as a helpless babe instead of the mighty Warrier that he truly is, I also know that Christmas has Pagan Origins and has been transformed by Churches as a Christian Celebration, and I for those reasons do not have anything to do with this celebration, this and other celebrations now days is just an excuse for people go to excess in drinking and partying brawls and so on, there is nothing worthwile in it! And it is just a burden to most people anyway,to have to come up with presents for others and the money to buy those presents,nor is it something required by God or Jesus! I do praise Jehovah and his son Jesus by not getting involved in lies and staying away from all Pagan celebrations!

Answer 4

I have several thoughts. I'll just start somewhere.

Jesus was born when the census was ordered by the Roman emperor. That is why all the inns were taken in the Bethlehem. Every one had to do the census there. Mary and Joseph had to go there, and that is when it was demanded that all the first born should die. That is when Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt. That is what the Bible says.

I was taught that Jesus was born in the spring time. But, we should celebrate Jesus' birth each day. Christians have set aside one special day in remembrance of him, and that is fine too. I have always been taught that the gift giving on Christmas is a symbol of the gifts Christ gave to us, and gives to us every day. In our house, before presents are opened, we sing happy birthday to Jesus.

You are right about Christmas being around a pagan holiday. Thousands of years ago, the Romans celebrated their winter solstice in December, and they most likely got that from the Babylonians. So, Christians adopted that time of year to celebrate Christmas. It is our own holiday to thank God for the birth of Jesus. Back when it was pagan, it was not called Christmas. That name came directly from the word Christ. That is why all the atheists out there say Merry X-Mas, because they want the gifts, but they don't want to acknowledge Jesus.

This was a good question. I'll stop here, because I love discussing this topic, and if I'm not careful, I'll have 4 pages typed. :)

Answer 5

So where did you get this late-breaking news? This has been known and talked about for many many years.

As to why we celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December, it's simply that Winter Sosltice is the time of year when the re-birth of the God was celebrated as the sun is at it's lowest point on the horizon, and only grows in prominence as the year moves on.

It is a Pagan holiday of rebirth, and the Christian Church wishing to Christianize the Pagans decided to celebrate the birth of thier God at the same time. The date of the birth of Christ is relatively inconsequential, and his resurrection on Easter (which, by the way, is calculated astrologically) is the much more imporant date.

Answer 6

Christmas was originally the Roman festival celebrating the harvest; it took place in the last month of the Julian calendar. During this festival people could be purified by being washed in lamb's blood (sound familiar??), and to remain sober during the festival was considered an affront to the gods. The early Christians were adept at modifying and adapting local pagan rituals to Christianity in order to win over more converts. Easter, by the way, used to be the Druid fertility ceremony... why else is Easter the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring?

Answer 7

This has been known for centuries that December 25 was not the actual birth date. I believe it was selected in the 4th Century in connection with the evangelization of the Germanic peoples. I've never heard any thoughts about the actual day of his birth before though. Interesting.

There are many more symbols of Pagan origin that are very common Christian symbols. White wedding dresses and wedding bands are only but two more.

Answer 8

You are right early Christians picked that day because they knew the Romans had a pagan holiday then and would get drunk thus not bother the early Christians. So what tg\hough, this is the day the world has accepted let it be and don't rock the boat

Answer 9

Yes. It's pretty universally accepted nowadays that the official birth of Christ was not actually December 25.

Answer 10

When the early christian church decided to eradicate the paganists, they took on the pagan holidays and many of the symbology but changed the meaning of them. This was to ease the process of the change by allowing the pagan cultures to maintain the fun parts of the pagan religion while attributing them to christian happenings.