What time of year was Christ actually born? Why don't we celebrate it at that time?

Answer 1

Yeshua (Jesus) was born during the Feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot, on 15 Tishri. The Bible says that this is the one feast that one day ALL nations will celebrate.

He also revealed himself during Sukkot:

"In the last day (eighth day), that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:37-38). The Son of God was saying in the clearest possible way that He alone was the source of life and blessing; that He could meet every need of the human heart."

Why don't we celebrate it at that time? So long as Sukkot is viewed as a Jewish-only festival, we will follow the RC version of events and miss the real celebration.

Edit: For those who don't accept Sukkot as the time, I suggest you access one of the many sites where the Bible verses are laid end to end, verses that give us specific times that John the Baptist was conceived, how long between this and Mary's visit, pregnancy, birth of Yeshua, etc. It's all in the Bible

Answer 2

Well I have heard that he was born either in the fall or in the spring but for sure not in the winter as the Shepard's would not have had there flocks out in the cold weather. So I am not 100% positive when it actullay was but I know that it was not Dec 25th. The reason the Bible does not give us the time of his birth as it was never intend to be celebrated. In fact the only birthday celebration mentioned in the whole Bible is that if an evil King. What do you think that indicates?

Answer 3

Jesus was born around September.

Christmas is not the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The practices of those who celebrate Christmas are corrupted. Read in the first chapter of Isaiah what God says about what is offered to him that is corrupted.

What people are ignorantly celebrating as the birth of Jesus is Baal mass. At the beginning of the Catholic church, it was an important part of the process of gaining power over the population to institute a pagan religion with practices and traditions and the pagan perception of the death and resurrection of the sun during the time of the winter solstice was celebrated, as it is now, by those who see the whole world asleep in ignorance, because that is what the pagans did, and do, in their worship of the sun god, Baal.

Answer 4

The date is real hard to nail down. The mention of Shepard's in the fields give us a general clue.

Back when the church was forming there were many Pagans who celebrated the seasons of the year and didn't want to give up their parties (just like today). SO the church at the time simply adapted Christian themes for the Pagan celebrations. Yule (The winter solstice)was made Christmas.

Answer 5

the best party of the year in the pagan world - the saturnalia - was always held at the winter solstice (because that is when people need a party most).

the early church believed in jesus christ (who was almost certainly born in lambing-time: the only time in the year when most shepherds sleep outdoors), but not enough to miss out on a party.

and modern christians are much the same.

Answer 6

Conflicting reports and the Bible never tells us to.


However, as it was lambing season and Jesus was born as prophesied in the tower of Migdal Edar in a lambing pen stable type place cuz there was no room in the guest quarters in the family home at that time..this prophecy was fullfilled to the utmost in that He was even wrapped in swaddling as would be a young newborn lamb that would be kept blemishless until the time of sacrifice. Yatnh phat-ne (pronounced fat'-nay). The definition of the word is of a “stall” where animals are kept and in Luke 13:15 is translated as such. Although the New Testament does not tell us where in Bethlehem Jesus was born, the Old Testament does. Micah 4:8 states, “And thou, O tower of the flock, (Migdal Edar means "watch tower of the flock.) the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.” This would explain why and how the shepards were ready to visit him and would not have needed to come in from pasture. This watch tower from ancient times was used by the shepherds for protection from their enemies and wild beasts. It was the place ewes were brought to give birth to the lambs. In this sheltered building the priests would bring in the ewes which were about to lamb for protection. These special lambs came from a unique flock which were designated for sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem. There they would be tended to and even swaddled in warm garments. So it would have had to be in the Spring time of the Middle East...though no one knows fer sure. Love in Christ, ~J~

Answer 7

Because for that you need to know the history of Christianity taking over the previous established religion Zorasteriasm.
Christians were in minority and priests took responsibility of converting people in mass numbers. People who followed Zoarasterism considered 25th Sun day..when they worshiped Sun for giving light to humans and Trees. It was a whole month celebration.
So what religious leaders decided to put Jesus celebration at that day and forced people to worship Jesus. It was a way of taking people away from their ritual and imposing another ritual.

Answer 8

The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matthew (probably written between 65 and 90 AD/CE),and the Gospel of Luke (probably written between 65 and 100 AD/CE). Scholars debate over the details of Jesus' birth, and few claim to know the exact year or date of his birth or death.

The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament do not mention a date or time of year for the birth of Jesus. In Western Christianity, it has been traditionally celebrated on December 25 as Christmas (in the liturgical season of Christmastide), a date that can be traced as early as 330 among Roman Christians. Before then, Jesus' birth was generally celebrated on January 6 as part of the feast of Theophany,[9] also known as Epiphany, which commemorated not only Jesus' birth but also his baptism by John in the Jordan River and possibly additional events in Jesus' life. (Many today in Eastern Christianity celebrate Christmas on January 7 because they continue to use the Julian calendar, in which December 25 corresponds to January 7 on the Gregorian calendar now in common usage.) Some scholars note that Luke's descriptions of shepherds' activities at the time of Jesus' birth suggest a spring or summer date.[10] Some scholars[specify] speculate that the date of the celebration was moved by the Roman Catholic Church in an attempt to replace the Roman festival of Saturnalia (or more specifically, the birthday of the Roman god Sol Invictus). The pope, Benedict XVI, has challenged this theory, arguing that a December 25th date was determined simply by calculating nine months beyond March 25th, regarded as the day of Jesus’ conception (the Feast of the Annunciation).

In the 247th year during the Diocletian Era (based on Diocletian's ascension to the Roman throne), Dionysius Exiguus attempted to pinpoint the number of years since Jesus' birth, arriving at a figure of 753 years after the founding of Rome. Dionysius then set Jesus' birth as being December 25 1 ACN (for "Ante Christum Natum," or "before Christ was born"), and assigned AD 1 to the following year — thereby establishing the system of numbering years from the birth of Jesus: Anno Domini (which translates as "in the year of Lord"). The system was created in the then current year 532, and almost two centuries later it won acceptance and became the established calendar in Western civilization.

It is hard to date Jesus' birth because some sources are now gone and over 1900 years have passed since the Gospels were written; however, based on a lunar eclipse that the first-century historian Josephus reported shortly before the death of Herod the Great (who plays a role in Matthew's account), as well as a more accurate understanding of the succession of Roman Emperors, Jesus' birth would have been before the year 3 BC/BCE.

There is also a fact that nothing concrete is known about the first thirty years of his life after which he was found. Luke's gospel tells us that he was lost and then found by this parents - while preaching in a temple. Much what we know about him is St. Paul's version of things - which is the Bible. Historical Jesus is still a subject of reserach. Also, Jesus is mentioned as a prophet in many religions like in Christianity, Mormonism, Islam, the Bahai faith, Aetherius Society, Raëlism (a non-monotheistic faith), Ahmadiyya, and United Submitters International.. Many Gnostic groups such as Manichaeism also considered Jesus to have been a prophet.

Answer 9

He died aged 33.5 yrs, passover is around March /April and that is when he died so going back he possibly was born around Sept/Octo.....
Christmas is celebrated when it is because of a bishop way back when hijacking a pagan festival and using it to celebrate the coming of the true light of the world.

Answer 10

I had heard somewhere that he was most likely born in the spring. Sorry I don't have a resource to give you. Someone thought it was in the month whose zodiac sign is Pisces. Don't know if there is really anything to this. But thought it was interesting if it is true that a different religion would verify his birth under a symbol which is used throughout the NT and by Christians today.