2007-12-04 12:18:27 · 33 answers · asked by R.C.P. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why celebrate Jesus birth on a specific day?
2007-12-04 12:24:22 · update #1
HA! And it's loud about a bunch of stuff that the Christians don't like being reminded about.
2007-12-04 12:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by ►solo 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Actually, the Bible gives quite a number of clues as to Jesus' birth date. Though not exact, we can certainly tell the season. For example, the shepherds were guarding their flocks by night. This usually was done in the Spring/Summer time and sometimes into the early fall. It wouldn't have been done in winter time.
There are many other clues, but the reason that Jesus' birth is celebrated on December 25 was a number of reasons. The main one was to ease Pagans into celebrating Christian holidays since many different pagan cultures celebrated around the same time. This way, the Pagan citizens were able to keep their celebration times and satisfy Christian celebrations as well. That is also why Easter is near Ostara.
2007-12-04 12:30:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the Bible is silent about the date when Jesus was born.
Do you believe in revelations of the Holy Spirit? Would you believe that the Holy Spirit revealed to us that Jesus was born on May 23? He did not state the year though. I first heard this date in June 1983. It was only in 2004 that I checked it out after I have proven another revelation—the crucifixion of Jesus on August 17—to be true and correct. The year of His crucifixion was 1 BC.
After two years of research, I finally proved that May 23 is true and correct also. The year was 33 BC. The results of my study for your scrutiny is at http://www.geocities.com/peacecrusader888/birthmay23.htm.
Who could be correct in both dates? There are at least 11,000 intervening dates. And the window when birth occurred is very narrow. Did you know that had I proven Him wrong, I would have withdrawn my faith in Him?
I leave the decision to you whether you will believe this May 23, 33 BC birth of Jesus or not. Suffice it to say, the dates came from no other than the Holy Spirit who we talk to. I did not just pick them out of thin air. I just checked them out.
Hopefully, in the near future, we will be celebrating the birth and crucifixion of Jesus on their correct dates.
2007-12-04 22:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Peace Crusader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't exactly silent. There are several theories, regarding the mentioning of certain festivals and events going on at the time, as well as the priests of the time. The most reliable of these seem to point to a date in September.
It really doesn't matter that much though. Whether we celebrate it on December 25th or some date in September, what's important, is that God sent his one and only son into the world to suffer the punishment for our sin.
2007-12-04 12:25:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but Zechariah was in the Holy of Holies (Luke 1:5-13) on the Day of Atonement, which usually falls on September 25th…the fall equinox. That would mean that his son, John the Baptist, would have been born around June 24th (summer solstice), based on the truths gleaned from that same passage. And since we know that Elizabeth was six months pregnant (Luke 1:36) when Mary was visited by the angel Gabriel and told the great news of her role in the coming of Salvation (JESUS)…then that would mean that Jesus was conceived around March 25 (spring equinox) and born 9 months later on winter solstice…right around December 25th."
So He could have been born on Christmas..It's as Good a day as any!
2007-12-04 12:25:10 · answer #5 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? We celebrate Jesus' birth on a specific date for convenience. This is how we remember him.
What's your problem with Christmas?
2007-12-04 12:34:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ned F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly the Church have tried stressful sufficient to locate the evidences appropriate to the beginning of Jesus. And the Church of course pronounced that we do ought to celebrated Jesus' born day as a holy occasion, so there comes the twenty 5th December. Idk how they did the date, yet of course that's no longer from a sooner or later thinking or so, that's from a protracted learn and clearly an exceptionally careful decision from the previous Pope. as that's to confirm the beginning of the Son of God.
2016-10-10 06:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not true.
Lk 2:1-7 the birth of Jesus.
Mt1:18-25 the birth of Jesus.
There are not too many actual dates written down, but he really and truly was born.
2007-12-04 12:29:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it wasn't, He was conceived 6 months after john the baptist. John's mother went to the feast of tabernacles, and rested, thats in July around the 20th. So 6 months + July = December 21, but since there was a holiday already on December 25, they said hey lets make it the 25.
2007-12-04 12:26:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, no exact Date in the Bible, but there is birth..Christ was born in a manger..
2007-12-04 12:23:57 · answer #10 · answered by ♠ jhun ♠ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not so. He was conceived on or about December 25. He was born on or about September 29.
2007-12-04 12:26:23 · answer #11 · answered by David G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋