The birth of christ calculated en pdf

The Word of God is written across the heavens and in the stars. The signs of the Zodiac were originally not used in astrology but each one signified a characteristic of the life and ministry and kingship of Jesus Christ, the promised Savior and Son of God. The sign of the women that the Bible is referring to here is to the constellation Virgo. The sun, as it appears to travel through the ecliptic each year, enters into the mid-body between the neck and the knees of the constellation Virgo, clothing her with the sun for approximately a 21 day period during any given year.

In the year 3 B. On September 11, 3 B. Jesus Christ was born on September 11, 3 B. C sometime in that eighty-one minute span of time between pm and pm. Amazingly this corresponds to Tishri 1 on the Jewish Calendar which is the First day of the festival of the Feast of Trumpets.

We will discuss the wonderful significance of this in a minute but I also wanted to share that was another significant astronomical display on September 11, 3 B. From sunset of September 11, 3 B. Jupiter and Regulus could be seen approaching conjunction before dawn. At that time the king planet Jupiter could be seen approaching the king star Regulus in the constellation of Leo, the sign of Judah from whose seed the Messiah, the promised seed came. Exactly one month before on August 12 the world would have witnessed the close conjunction of Jupiter reckoned astrologically as the Father and Venus the Mother when they were only.

This was a very close union. But then, nineteen days later August 31 , Venus came to within. This happened when Jupiter the King planet was then approaching Regulus the King star.

And, on September 14, Jupiter and Regulus came to their first of three conjunctions in this extraordinary year. There could hardly have been a better astronomical testimony to the birth of the new messianic king from the Jewish point of view.

Because every one of these celestial occurrences I have mentioned happened with the Sun or planets being positioned within the constellation of Leo the Lion the constellation of Judah — from whence the Messiah was destined to emerge or in Virgo the Virgin. The apostle John may have seen importance in these extraordinary occurrences when he symbolically showed that Jesus was born at the New Moon of Tishri, the Day of Trumpets Revelation —3.

Before the period of the Exodus in the time of Moses, this was the day that began the biblical year. There is more.

Even the first day of creation mentioned in Genesis —5 could be reckoned as being this very day. The early Jews discussed whether the actual creation took place in spring or in autumn. But since the autumn commenced all biblical years before the Exodus Exodus , and since all the fruit was then on the trees ready for Adam and Eve to eat Genesis ; , 16—17 , it suggests that the month of Tishri was the creation month, beginning near the autumn.

If so, then the first day of creation mentioned in Genesis was also the first of Tishri at least, Moses no doubt intended to give that impression. The majority belief of Jewish elders which still dominates the services of the synagogues was that the Day of Trumpets was the memorial day that commemorated the beginning of the world.

Authorized opinion prevailed that the first of Tishri was the first day of Genesis —5. The Jewish historian Theodor H. This is when the world is reborn. The matter does not stop there. Each of the Jewish months was officially introduced by the blowing of trumpets Numbers Since the festival year in which all the Mosaic festivals were found was seven months long, the last month Tishri was the last month for a festival trumpet.

This was the exact day that many of the ancient kings and rulers of Judahreckoned as their inauguration day of rule. This procedure was followed consistently in the time of Solomon, Jeremiah, and Ezra. The Day of Trumpets was also acknowledged as the time for counting the years of their kingly rule. Indeed, it was customary that the final ceremony in the coronation of kings was the blowing of trumpets.

There could well be a reflection of this symbolic feature in the New Testament. Note that in the Book of Revelation, we have the record of a heavenly angel who will blow the seventh and last trumpet blast. Further Significance of the Day of Trumpets The early Jews also recognized that the Day of Trumpets was a memorial day for considering those who had died.

Truly, the Day of Trumpets theme is that of kingship. There may even be a reference to this in the elevation of the patriarch Joseph to kingship on this New Moon day which began the month of Tishri.

It was not simply a two year period which Moses was intending, but the passage of two full years. Of course, Pharaoh retained top leadership, but as the New Testament shows, God the Father still maintains supreme rule over Jesus even when Jesus is prophesied to rule the kingdoms of this world. The Crowning of Kings As we have shown from the Bible, the blowing of trumpets was the sign that kings could then begin to rule 1 Kings ; 2 Kings ; Jewish authorities long acknowledged this royal import to the Day of Trumpets.

At New Year when the world was annually reborn that sovereignty was evinced anew. On Trumpets it was common to quote Zechariah There is no doubt that this is true. This was also the very day when Jesus was born. Jesus as the King of Kings The central theme of the Day of Trumpets is clearly that of enthronement of the great King of kings. This was the general understanding of the day in early Judaism and it is certainly that of the New Testament. This happens at a time when a woman is seen in heaven with twelve stars around her head and the Sun mid-bodied to her, with the Moon under her feet.

This is clearly a New Moon scene for the Day of Trumpets. And note: Professor Thorley who reviewed the first edition of my work has shown that there are exactly twelve stars surrounding the head of Virgo as we see them from earth.

And indeed there are. They are according to astronomical terminology : 1 Pi, 2 Nu, 3 Beta near the ecliptic , 4 Sigma, 5 Chi, 6 Iota — these six stars form the southern hemisphere around the head of Virgo. Then there are 7 Theta, 8 Star 60, 9 Delta, 10 Star 93, 11 Beta the 2nd magnitude star and 12 Omicron — these last six form the northern hemisphere around the head of Virgo. All these stars are visible and could have been witnessed by observers on earth.

Thus, the description of the apostle John describes a perfectly normal heavenly scene that could be recognized by all people. Here was Virgo with twelve stars around her head, while the Sun was in uterine position and the Moon under her feet. And again, the only time this could have occurred in 3 B. In the biblical Zodiac, the tribe of Judah the Lion, or Leo was situated around the Tabernacle directly east of its entrance.

This means, unlike some Gentile reckonings which started their zodiacal story with the zero line between Cancer and Leo that is, at the very commencement of Leo , the biblical Zodiac that Drs.

Bullinger and Seiss were talking about began with the 15th degree of Leo ofJudah. So, John began his story at this point. As a matter of fact, the Jews over the centuries have held to the belief that the Day of Trumpets was a cardinal date in the history of Adam our first parent.

It was the very day when Adam and Eve came to the recognition of whether to obey God or to defy him see The Complete Artscroll Machzor, p. But that was not all that occurred on that day. No day in the year could be reckoned as being of more esteemed value and symbolic influence than Rosh Ha-Shanah. That day is important for the birth of the Messiah in several ways that are very profound in Jewish symbolism. The book The Complete Artscroll Machzor gives some chronological details that the early Jewish theologians and scholars worked out from indications in the Old Testament to show when important individuals were born or major events happened in association with their lives.

And what an array of significant things occurred on the Day of Trumpets and the month of Tishri. Note what the Machzor states about this particular Day of Trumpets.

Not only was Rosh Ha-Shanah a turning point in the lives of these great and worthy women, but the births of their children were momentous events for all Jewry, because they were the historic figures Isaac, Joseph, and Samuel. The New Testament states that he is the Messiah. People should begin to realize the significant coincidences of the birthdays of these prominent men as understood by the Jewish people. And standing out above them all, is the teaching of the apostle John that Rosh Ha-Shanah is also the birthday of Jesus.

This shows Rosh ha-Shanah as a day of freedom. There is more on the theme of freedom. This last trump is mentioned by the apostle Paul as heralding the events associated with the Second Advent of Christ back to this earth 1 Corinthians and 1 Thessalonians — This last or final trump is also mentioned by the apostle John in Revelation as the warning sound that theKingdomofGodwill soon be coming to earth. And soon after, the seven angels of the Book of Revelation will bring on the seven last plagues in the same fashion as the Jewish analyzers of chronology saw that from the same day of Rosh Ha-Shanah the Ten Plagues were sent forth on Egypt in the time of Moses.

What is certain is the fact that the Book of Revelation with its teaching that Jesus was born on the Day of Trumpets is giving us in a symbolic way the time for the nativity of Jesus whom Christians considered to be the king of the world.

He was prophesied to lead all people into a time of freedom and profound peace. This is the central reason why the apostle John in Revelation —5 shows that the birth of Jesus occurred within the first few minutes the twilight period of the Day of Trumpets that works out to be September 11th in 3 B.

Jewish Tradition gives this day a fourfold meaning: New Years day. The day of remembrance. The day of judgment. The day of blowing the Shofar. On this day Isaiah is read in the Synagogues to teach the lesson that eventually the Lord will be revealed as King and be accepted as the ruler of the world. Luke NIV : He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.

The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. Unknown to the people, the trumpet sounds which blew from morning to evening in Jerusalem heralded the birth of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. What a glorious day in the redemption of mankind for unto this world a Savior was born. The Magi or wise men did not come to see Jesus until he was about one and one half years old as they begin to track six astronomical events in Leo that captured their attention.

These events are as follows: 1. Jupiter and Venus in conjunction in Leo: August 12, 3 B. In the Bible there are frequent allusions to this connection between Leo and the tribe of Judah. Following these planetary conjunctions, Jupiter then moved on to unite with Regulus 14 September, 3BC on three occasions the Romans called it "Rex," which means "King" in Latin. In Arabia, the star was known as the "Kingly One". The Greeks called him the "King Star". Of all the stars in the heavens, Regulus was universally associated by ancient astrologers with the attributes of greatness and power.

It lay practically on the ecliptic [the path which the Sun takes in traversing the heavens], and it was thought that this position made it of special importance to the Sun. This close relationship to the Sun, the ruler of the heavens, made Regulus a "royal star", the one most associated with the birth of kings. These features clearly reflect Biblical themes associated with the birth and person of Christ, who was prophesied to be born of a virgin and a descendant of David.

The 2nd conjunction of Jupiter and Regulus occurred on 17 February, 2BC, and amazingly, the Moon came to be positioned at that exact time between Jupiter and Regulus! At about 5 a. The last conjunction would not have been seen in Palestine, since the Moon had already set some three hours earlier, yet any astronomers, such as the Magi, would have known what was happening.

Jupiter then moved on its westward journey, and on 17 June 2BC, it had its extraordinary rare reunion with Venus.

When Venus had extended herself as far east as possible to encounter Jupiter, a splendid conjunction resulted, visible west of Babylon.

And note too: this beautiful conjunction occurred in the constellation Leo and at the exact time of the full Moon. So close were the two planets that they would have appeared very much like one gigantic star in a "marriage union" with each other. And most importantly, the Magi would have witnessed this union appearing on the western horizon precisely in the direction of Judaea.

This heavenly scene could well have produced a general excitement to look towards Jerusalem for the arrival of the Messianic king of the Jews. It could have been interpreted that these two planets, which possibly introduced the prophesied king when they were both morning stars some ten months before 12 August, 3BC , were now consummating their introduction with an impressively rare evening star union.

What a beautiful display this last rendezvous would have made in the early evening sky west of Babylon, and especially to the people looking at it in Palestine! There had not been anything like it nor would there be again for generations. This, however, was not all: on 27 August, 2BC 72 days later , there occurred the extremely close conjunction of Jupiter with Mars planet of war , while Venus and Mercury homed in on them in an unusual massing of four planets.

All the primary planets except Saturn were clustering in the constellation Leo, while the Moon was just entering Leo. The Sun, however, at that very time was entering the sign of Virgo!

Jupiter soon left the unusual union with the three other planets August, 3BC and proceeded in its apparent motion westward. Since the Magi came from the East, it could well be that they simply followed the normal movement of the planet toward Jerusalem as it progressed westward each day, for the Bible says the star " went on before them " Mt. Upon reaching Jerusalem, the Magi were told to look to Bethlehem for the newborn king; this happened when the NT says the " star " came to a definite halt in the heavens; it stopped its motion of leading the Magi and " stood over where the Child was " Mt.

In a word, the celestial body became stationary. It is this very action which has caused many interpreters to characterize the whole episode in Matthew as either fictitious or miraculous. Whoever heard of a normal heavenly body having the capability of stopping its movement over a small village in Palestine? Matthew is describing a celestial phenomenon in popular language that astronomers are fully aware of and is explained as follows: Jupiter becomes "stationary" at its times of retrogression and progression.

When we look at Jupiter, we see the planet normally moving eastward through fixed stars. This apparent movement is called "proper motion". The Earth, however, is moving in its orbit around the Sun faster than that of Jupiter. When Earth reaches point A , an observer would see Jupiter along nearly the same line as the Earth's own orbital movement.

When the Earth is traveling more or less in a direct line toward Jupiter, the planet will continue to show "proper motion". But when Earth reaches position B , it is no longer heading toward Jupiter. The faster velocity of the Earth, as it makes its turn to B and beyond, causes the apparent motion of Jupiter to slow down. This continues until the Earth reaches C. At that point, the speed of the Earth in relation to Jupiter is the same as Jupiter's.

That is when Jupiter appears to become stationary within the background of the fixed stars. As the Earth progresses from C to D , it has a greater relative speed than Jupiter and this causes Jupiter to retrogress it reverses its motion and travels westward through the stars. At D , however, the speed of the Earth and Jupiter are again matched relative to each other and Jupiter stops its reverse motion.

When D is passed, Jupiter returns to "proper motion". Each of the stationary positions of Jupiter repeats itself in about 13 months. It is this natural occurrence that caused "His star" to stop over Bethlehem. Amazingly, on December 25, 2BC, Jupiter came to a "stopped" position in the middle of the constellation Virgo , the Virgin! Precisely on 25 December, 2BC, Jupiter "stopped" in the abdomen region of Virgo1, right where a woman carries a child in pregnancy!

But how was it possible for Jupiter to be stationary over the village of Bethlehem at that time? There is not the slightest problem for it to do so. The Bible says that the Magi saw the star come to a stop while they were in Jerusalem. And on 25 December, 2BC, at the ordinary time for the Magi's predawn observations, Jupiter would have been in meridian position directly over Bethlehem at an elevation of 68 degrees above the southern horizon.

This precise position would show the planet shining directly down on Bethlehem while it was stationary among the stars! What a remarkable coincidence! This may be the major reason why people in the early Church said that 25 December was a day associated with the Magi presenting their gifts to the newborn Savior.

Interestingly, while Jupiter was also in its "standing still" position over Bethlehem, the Sun was also "standing still". December 25 is the time of the Winter Solstice. The word solstice in Latin means "Sun stands still". Those living at the time were no doubt stirred with excitement and wonder.

Back in AD, the ingenious Kepler suggested that the star of Bethlehem was possibly a conjunction of Jupiter. The theologian F. Steinmetzer , back in , wrote an article stating his belief that Matthew was referring to one of those normal "stationary" positions of the planets [ Irish Theological Quarterly , vol. VII, pg. Jesus had been circumcised Lk. Soon after the Magi left, Herod killed the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years of age or younger Mt.

The fact that all children under the age of two were slain shows that Herod was taking every possible interpretation into account for the time of Christ's birth, since it was not clear in astrological interpretation whether the appearance of "His star" signified the conception or birth of the baby.

These evidences show that Jesus was some months old when the Magi arrived. Chronological information relative to the birth of John the Baptist We know that John was six months older than Jesus Lk. We know that at the time Jesus " began His ministry " He " was about thirty years of age " Lk. We know that John the Baptist was conceived during the time frame when his father "was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division" at the Temple.

Zacharias' course was that of Abia Heb. The 8th course served two times each course served one week twice a year , once in late Spring , and again in late Autumn. Jewish tradition said that the first priestly course commenced its duty on the Sabbath before Nisan 1 first month of religious year. The third course started April 7 was interrupted by the period of the Passover when all priests officiated together; this interruption caused the third course not to end its administration until the Sabbath after Passover, which was April 21 in 4BC.

The period for the 8th course of Abujah would have been from May 19 to May If it was this late Springtime administration when the angelic messenger appeared to Zacharias about his wife's imminent pregnancy, then we have a chronological clue of the period for John the Baptist's conception.

It must have happened around that time, indeed, because Zacharias was struck dumb during his administration, which immediately disqualified him, from that moment, from exercising the priest's office Lev. He left for home and sometime near May 26 to June 1, Elisabeth conceived. Since the human gestation period is about days 9 months and 10 days , this would place the birth of John near March 10 in 3BC this would place Christ's birth in the 1st half of September, 3BC. The reason for rejecting the late Autumn session for Zacharias' duty in the Temple John would have been born near mid-September, and Jesus in March is the extreme unlikelihood that Jesus' parents would be traveling to Bethlehem during the rainy season.

In addition to this, we have the witness of Luke that John began his preaching and baptizing of people in the open air when Jesus was " about thirty " Lk. If John were baptizing in August or September this makes sense, but if six months later, in February or March, then it would have been very cold for baptisms. A late Summer or early Autumn date has also been suggested because Luke said the shepherds were tending their flocks at night in the open when Jesus was born Lk.

The Day of Christ's Birth The key is symbolically hidden in Rev "A great sign astrological] appeared in heaven [2nd] ; awoman [constellation Virgo the Virgin which is the only sign of a Woman which exists along the ecliptic] clothed with thesun [the Supreme Father is mid-bodied in Virgo] , andthe moon [also a symbol for a Woman; see Gen.

Then there are 7 Theta, 8 Star 60, 9 Delta, 10 Star 93, 11 Beta [the 2nd magnitude star], 12 Omicron - these last six form the northern hemisphere around the head of Virgo.

All these stars are visible ones that could have been seen by observers]; and she was with child [Virgin Mary pregnant with Jesus] ; and she cried out ,being in labor and in pain to give birth. And his tail sweptaway a third of the stars ofheaven , [fall of angels] and threw them tothe earth. And the dragon stoodbefore the woman who was about to give birth [in person of Herod the Great], so thatwhen she gave birth he might devourher. And she gave birth to ason [Christ] , a male child, whois to rule all the nations witha rod of iron; and her childwas caught up to God [ascension] andto His throne.

The astronomical synchronism of this sign in the year of Christ's birth in 3 BC. Virgo occupies, in body form, a space of about 50 degrees along the ecliptic The head of the Woman actually bridges some 10 degrees into the previous sign of Leo and her feet overlap about 10 degrees into the following sign of Libra the Scales].

In the year of Christ's birth, the Sun entered the head-position of the Woman about August 13, and exited her feet about October 2. But the apostle John saw the scene when the Sun "clothed" the Woman" to be mid-bodied], and this happens between about and degrees along the ecliptic, which occurs over about a day period each year, which in 3 BC was from about 27 August and 15 September.

If John in the Book of Revelation were associating the birth of Christ with the period when the Sun is mid-bodied to the Woman, then Christ would have been born within this 20 day period.

From the point of view of the Magi back in their homes in Babylon, this would have been the only logical sign under which the Jewish Messiah might be born. Especially if He were to be born of a virgin [Even today, astrologers recognize that the sign of Virgo is the one which has reference to a messianic world ruler to be born of a virgin. Devore, Ency. The key to the very day of Jesus' birth is the words, "and the moon under her feet. Since the feet of Virgo represent the last 7 degrees of the constellation in the time of Christ this would have been between about and degrees along the ecliptic], the Moon has to be positioned somewhere under the 7 degree arc.

But the Moon also has to be in that exact location when the Sun is mid-bodied to Virgo. In the year 3 BC, these two factors came to precise agreement for less than two hours, as observed from Palestine, on September Herod did not know, therefore, exactly where in Bethlehem the pretender to his throne could be found. So he, who had murdered three of his own sons, sent soldiers to Bethlehem to kill all the toddler sons in Bethlehem.

Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah c. Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.

Few doubt that Herod and the Magi met and Herod slaughtered Bethlehem children trying to kill in his broad net of murders the King of the Jews. Discrepancies in ancient dates may, however, be accounted for by the use of different calendrical lunar and solar calculations.