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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Christmas is not His BIRTH DATE! It is His CONCEPTION DATE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas is not His BIRTH DATE!

It is His CONCEPTION DATE, IMMANUEL, God is with us!

And He was born, a perfect gestation, 280 days later, on September 29, 4 B.C. HOW DO I KNOW?

READ DR. Luke, a Greek physician' account.

Do NOT remain BIBLICALLY illiterate!

KNOW YOUR BIBLE is TRUE. https://levendwater.org/companion/append179.html#begetting

SEE ALSO Sabbath Night Bible Studies

APPENDIX 179. OF COMPANION BIBLE SEE ALSO Sabbath Night Bible Studies

I. PARALLEL DATINGS OF THE TIMES OF OUR LORD.

II. DATES OF "THE BEGETTING" AND THE NATIVITY, ETC.

III. "THE COURSE OF ABIA".

A.M. = Anno Mundi; that is to say, in the year of the world.
B.C. = Before Christ. Reckoned as from 4004 A.M.
A.C. = Anno Christi; that is to say, in the year of Christ. Reckoned from the Nativity, in 4000 A.M. and 749-750 A.U.C.
A.U.C. = Anno Urbis Conditoe; that is to say; the year in which the City (Rome) was founded.

I. PARALLEL DATINGS
OF
THE TIMES OF OUR LORD.

A.M.	B.C. - A.D.	A.C.	A.U.C.	YEARS OF THE REIGN OF AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIUS).	YEARS OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS.
3960	44		9
1	43		710
2	42		11
3	41		12
4	40		13
5	39		14 Herod declared king by the Romans, according to Josephus (Ant.xvii. 8 § 1), who states that his death took place thiryt-seven years later, and as he always reckoned his years from Nisan to Nisan (including initial and terminal fractions of Nisan as complete years), the death of Herod would be in 749-750 A.U.C., or 4-3 B.C.
6	38		15
7	37		16
8	36		17
9	35		18
3970	34		19
1	33		720
2	32		21
3	Battle of Actium 31		722	1st year of Octavius.
4	30 Decree of Senate of Rome.		23	2
5	29		24	3
6	28		25	4
7	27		26	5 AUGUSTUS (Octavius) IMPERATOR
8	26		27	6
9	25		28	7
3980	24		29	8
1	23		730	9
2	22		31	10
3	21		32	11
4	20		33	12
5	19		34	13
6	18		35	14
7	17		36	15
8	16		37	16
9	15		38	17
3990	14		39	18
1	13		740	19
2	12		41	20
3	11		42	21
4	10		43	22
5	9		44	23
6	8		45	24
7	7		46	25
8	6		47	26
9	{5}		48	27
(See Appendix 50) 4000	THE NATIVITY 1st taxing or Census Luke 2:2 {4	YEARS OF THE AGE OF THE LORD 0}	749 Herod d.c end of January 3 B.C.	28 Our Lord birth 15th Tisri = 29th September 4 B.C.
{1	{3	Quirinus' First Governorship. 1}	750	29
{2	{2	2}	51	30
3	{1	3}	52	31
4004	0 A.D.	4	753	32 A.D. reckoning begins, owing to the mistake of Dionysius Exiguus in arranging the Calendar of the Christian Era in A.D. 532.
5	1	5	54	33
6	2	6	55	34
7	3	7	56	35
8	4	8	57	36
9	5	9	58	37
4010	6	10	59	38
1	7	11	760	39
2	8	12 Christ in the Temple	61	40
3	9	13	62	41
4	2nd Census (?) 10	14	63	42	YEARS OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS.
5	11	15	64	43
6	12	16	65	44 1st yr. of Tiberius'	1 joint reign with Augustus.
7	13	17	66	45	2
8	14	18	67	19th August 46 Augustus dies.	3 Tiberius alone.
9	15	19	68		4
4020	16	20	69		5
1	17	21	770		6
2	18	22	71		7
3	19	23	72		8
4	20	24	73		9
5	21	25	74		10
6	22	26	75		11
7	23	27	76		12
8	3rd Census (?) 24	28	77		13 3rd Census this year (?).
9	25	29	78		14
4030	26 The Ministry	30 of our	779 Lord	begins (Luke 3:23) in the	15th year of Tiberius.
1	27	31	780		16
2	28	32	81		17
ANNO MUNDI 4033	THE CRUCIFIXION 29	A.D.THE LORD 33	YEARS OF AGE.	A.U.C. ROMAN RECKONING. 782	THE 18th year of Tiberius.

ZUMPT fixes Quirinus' (Cyrenius') First Govenorship as 4 B.C. to 1 B.C. Justin Martyr thrice says that our Lord was born under Quirinus (Apol.1.XXXIV, p.37; XLVI, p. 46; Dial. LXXVIII, p. 195. Clark's ed.).
According to some, Augustus died August 19, A.D. 14. Therefore if Tiberius' co-regnancy was for two years before Augustus' death his first year was 765 A.U.C. = 12 A.D. His fifteenth year consequently was A.U.C. 779 = 26 A.D. = 4030 A.M. and A.C. 30. for our Lord was thirty years of age when He begun His Ministry (Luke 3:23). Clement of Alexandria gives the years of Augustus' reign as being 43-46, according to different reckonings in his day.
According to Clement of Alexandria (c. A.D. 190-220) "Our Lord was born in the twenty-eighth year when first the census was taken every fourteen years, then the next would fall in A.D. 10, and the succeeding one would have been due A.D.24.

II. DATES OF "THE BEGETTING"
(he gennesis, Matthew 1:18,20 (see Revised Version marg.). John 1:14)
OF OUR LORD AND HIS BIRTH.
(Luke 2:7. John 1:- 14.)

TEBETH (29)	1 =25-26	DECEMBER (7) (5 B.C.).
	2 = 26-27
	3 = 27-28
	4 = 28-29
	5 = 29-30
	6 = 30-31
	7 = 31-1
	8 = 1-2	JANUARY (31) (4 B.C.).
	9 = 2-3
	10 = 3-4
	11 = 4-5
	12 = 5-6
	13 = 6-7
	14 = 7-8
	15 = 8-9
	16 = 9-10
	17 = 10-11
	18 = 11-12
	19 = 12-13
	20 = 13-14
	21 = 14-15
	22 = 15-16
	23 = 16-17
	24 = 17-18
	25 = 18-19
	26 = 19-20
	27 = 20-21
	28 = 21-22
	29 = 22-23
SEBAT (30)	1 = 23-24
	2 = 24-25
	3 = 25-26
	4 = 26-27
	5 = 27-28
	6 = 28-29
	7 = 29-30
	8 = 30-31
	9 = 31-1
	10 = 1-2	FEBUARY (29) (Leap Year)
	11 = 2-3
	12 = 3-4
	13 = 4-5
	14 = 5-6
	15 = 6-7
	16 = 7-8
	17 = 8-9
	18 = 9-10
	19 = 10-11
	20 = 11-12
	21 = 12-13
	22 = 13-14
	23 = 14-15
	24 = 15-16
	25 = 16-17
	26 = 17-18
	27 = 18-19
	28 = 19-20
	29 = 20-21
	30 = 21-22
ADAR (29)	1 = 22-23
	2 = 23-24
	3 = 24-25
	4 = 25-26
	5 = 26-27
	6 = 27-28
	7 = 28-29
	8 = 29-1
	9 = 1-2	MARCH (31)
	10 = 2-3
	11 = 3-4
	12 = 4-5
	13 = 5-6
	14 = 6-7
	15 = 7-8
	16 = 8-9
	17 = 9-10
	18 = 10-11
	19 = 11-12
	__________
	78 \| 78
	20 = 12-13
	21 = 13-14
	22 = 14-15
	23 = 15-16
	24 = 16-17
	25 = 17-18
	26 = 18-19
	27 = 19-20
	28 = 20-21
	29 = 21-22
NISAN (30)	1 = 22-23
	2 = 23-24
	3 = 24-25
	4 = 25-26
	5 = 26-27
	6 = 27-28
	7 = 28-29
	8 = 29-30
	9 = 30-31
	10 = 31-1
	11 = 1-2	APRIL (30)
	12 = 2-3
	13 = 3-4
	14 = 4-5
	15 = 5-6
	16 = 6-7
	17 = 7-8
	18 = 8-9
	19 = 9-10
	20 = 10-11
	21 = 11-12
	22 = 12-13
	23 = 13-14
	24 = 14-15
	25 = 15-16
	26 = 16-17
	27 = 17-18
	28 = 18-19
	29 = 19-20
	30 = 20-21
ZIF (29)	1 = 21-22
	2 = 22-23
	3 = 23-24
	4 = 24-25
	5 = 25-26
	6 = 26-27
	7 = 27-28
	8 = 28-29
	9 = 29-30
	10 = 30-31
	11 = 1-2	MAY (31)
	12 = 2-3
	13 = 3-4
	14 = 4-5
	15 = 5-6
	16 = 6-7
	17 = 7-8
	18 = 8-9
	19 = 9-10
	20 = 10-11
	21 = 11-12
	22 = 12-13
	23 = 13-14
	24 = 14-15
	25 = 15-16
	26 = 16-17
	27 = 17-18
	28 = 18-19
	29 = 19-20
SIVAN (30)	1 = 20-21
	2 = 21-22
	3 = 22-23
	4 = 23-24
	5 = 24-25
	6 = 25-26
	7 = 26-27
	8 = 27-28
	9 = 28-29
	________
	156 \| 156
	10 = 29-30
	11 = 30-31
	12 = 31-1
	13 = 1-2	JUNE (30)
	14 = 2-3
	15 = 3-4
	16 = 4-5
	17 = 5-6
	18 = 6-7
	19 = 7-8
	20 = 8-9
	21 = 9-10
	22 = 10-11
	23 = 11-12
	24 = 12-13
	25 = 13-14
	26 = 14-15
	27 = 15-16
	28 = 16-17
	29 = 17-18
	30 = 18-19
THAMMUZ (29)	1 = 19-20
	2 = 20-21
	3 = 21-22
	4 = 22-23
	5 = 23-24
	6 = 24-25
	7 = 25-26
	8 = 26-27
	9 = 27-28
	10 = 28-29
	11 = 29-30
	12 =30-1
	13 = 1-2	JULY (31)
	14 = 2-3
	15 = 3-4
	16 = 4-5
	17 = 5-6
	18 = 6-7
	19 = 7-8
	20 = 8-9
	21 = 9-10
	22 = 10-11
	23 = 11-12
	24 = 12-13
	25 = 13-14
	26 = 14-15
	27 = 15-16
	28 = 16-17
	29 = 17-18
AB (30)	1 = 18-19
	2 = 19-20
	3 = 20-21
	4 = 21-22
	5 = 22-23
	6 = 23-24
	7 = 24-25
	8 = 25-26
	9 = 26-27
	10 = 27-28
	11 = 28-29
	12 = 29-30
	13 = 30-31
	14 = 31-1
	15 = 1-2	AUGUST (31)
	16 = 2-3
	17 = 3-4
	18 = 4-5
	19 = 5-6
	20 = 6-7
	21 = 7-8
	22 = 8-9
	23 = 9-10
	24 = 10-11
	25 = 11-12
	26 = 12-13
	27 = 13-14
	28 = 14-15
	__________
	234 \| 234
	29 = 15-16
	30 = 16-17
ELUL (29)	1 = 17-18
	2 = 18-19
	3 = 19-20
	4 = 20-21
	5 = 21-22
	6 = 22-23
	7 = 23-24
	8 = 24-25
	9 = 25-26
	10 = 26-27
	11 = 27-28
	12 = 28-29
	13 = 29-30
	14 = 30-31
	15 = 31-1	SEPTEMBER (29)
	16 = 1-2
	17 = 2-3
	18 = 3-4
	19 = 4-5
	20 = 5-6
	21 = 6-7
	22 = 7-8
	23 = 8-9
	24 = 9-10
	25 = 10-11
	26 = 11-12
	27 = 12-13
	28 = 13-14
	29 = 14-15
ETHANIM (TISRI) (15)	1 = 15-16
	2 = 16-17
	3 = 17-18
	4 = 18-19
	5 = 19-20
	6 = 20-21
	7 = 21-22
	8 = 22-23
	9 = 23-24
	10 = 24-25
	11 = 25-26
	12 = 26-27
	13 = 27-28
	14 = 28-29
ETHANIM OR (TISRI)	15 = 29-30	SEPTEMBER
	____________
Days on Jewish reckoning,	280 \| 280	days, on Gentile reckoning.
	_____ _____
According to Jewish reckoning.		According to Gentile (Western) reckoning.
TEBETH 29 days		DECEMBER 7 days
SEBAT 30 days		JANUARY 31 days
ADAR 29 days		FEBUARY 29 days
NISAN 30 days		MARCH 31 days
ZIF 29 days		APRIL 30 days
SIVAN 30 days		MAY 31 days
THAMMUZ 29 days		JUNE 30 days
AB 30 days		JULY 31 days
ELUL 29 days		AUGUST 31 days
ETHANIM 15 days		SEPTEMBER 29 days
__________		__________
280		280
==========		==========

280 days = 40 weeks - forty sevens, the perfect period of human gestation [7x5x8=280].

The Component Numbers of 280 are highly significant in this connection.

7 denotes Spiritual Perfection.

5 denotes Divine Grace.

8 denotes Resurrection, Regeneration, etc. (Appendix 10).

1st TEBETH = 25th December (5 B.C.)

15th ETHANIM = 29th September (4 B.C.).

From 1st TEBETH to 15th ETHANIM (inclusive) = 280 days.

From 25th DECEMBER (5 B.C .) to 29th SEPTEMBER (4 B.C.) = 280 days.

It thus appears without the shadow of a doubt that the day assigned the the Birth of the Lord, viz. December 25, was the day on which He was "begotten of the Holy Ghost", i.e. by pneuma hagion = divine power (Matt. 1:18, 20 marg.), and His birth took place on the 15th of Ethanim, September 29, in the year following, thus making beautifully clear the meaning of John 1:14, "The Word became flesh" (Matt. 1:18, 20) on the 1st Tebeth or December 25 (5 B.C.), "and tabernacled (Gr. eskeno-sen) with us", on 15th of Ethanim or September 29 (4 B.C.).

The 15th of Ethanim (or Tisri) was the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles. The circumcision therefore took place on the eighth day of the Feast = 22nd Ethanim = October 6-7 (Lev. 23:33-34). So that these two momentous events fall into their proper place and order, and the real reason is made clear why the 25th of December is associated with our Lord and was set apart by the Apostolic Church to commemorate the stupendous event of the "Word becoming flesh" - and not, as we have for so long been led to suppose, the commemoration of a pagan festival.
An overwhelmingly strong argument in favor of the correctness of this view lies in the fact that the date of "the Festival of Michael and All Angels" has been from very early times the 29th day of September, on Gentile (Western) reckoning. But "the Church" even then had lost sight of the reason why this date rather than any other in the Calendar should be so indissolubly associated with the great Angelic Festival.
The following expresses the almost universal knowledge or rather want of knowledge of "Christendom" on the subject: "We pass on now to consider, in the third place, the commemoration of September 29, the festival of Michaelmas, par excellence. It does not appear at all certain what was the original special idea of the commemoration of this day" (Smith's Dict. of Chr. Antiqq. (1893), vol. ii, p. 1177 (3) ).

A reference, however, to the Table and statements above, makes the "original special idea " why the Festival of "Michael and All Angels" is held on September 29 abundantly clear. Our Lord was born on that day, the first day of the "Feast of Tabernacles" (Lev. 23:39). This was on the fifteenth day of the seventh Jewish month called Tisri, or Ethanim (Ap. 51. 5), corresponding to our September 29 (of the year 4 B.C.) The "Begetting" (gennesis) Day of the Lord was announced by the Angel Gabriel. See notes on Dan. 8:16 and Luke 1:19. The "Birth" Day, by "(the) Angel of the Lord", unnamed in either Matthew and Luke.

That this Angelic Being was "Michael the Archangel (of Jude 9), and Mika'el hassar haggadol - "Michael the Great Prince"- of Dan. 12:1, seems clear for the following reason: If, "when again (yet future) He bringeth the First-begotten into the world, He saith, Let all the Angels of God worship Him" (Heb 1:6; quoting Ps. 97:6) - then this must include the great Archangel Michael himself. By parity of reasoning, on the First "bringing" into the world of the only begotten Son, the Archangel must have been present. And the tremendous announcement to the shepherds, that the Prince of Peace (Isa. 9:6) was on earth in the person of the Babe of Bethlehem, must therefore have been made by the same head of the heavenly host (Luke 2:9-14). In mundane affairs, announcements of supremest importance (of kings, &c.) are invariably conveyed through the most exalted personage in the realm. The point need not be labored.
The fact of the Birth of our Lord having been revealed to the shepherds by the Archangel Michael on the 15th of Tisri (or Ethanim), corresponding to September 29, 4 B.C. - the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles - must have been known to believers in the Apostolic Age. But "the mystery of iniquity" which was "already working" in Paul's day (2Thess. 2:7) quickly enshrouded this and the other great fact of the day of the Lord's "begetting" on the first day of the Jewish month Tebeth (corresponding to December 25, 5 B.C.) - as well as other events connected with His sojourn on earth, (*1) - in a rising mist of obscurity in which they have ever since been lost.

The earliest allusion to December 25 (modern reckoning) as the date for the Nativity is found in the Stromata of Clement of Alexandria, about the beginning of the third century A.D. (See note 3 p. 197). (*2)

That "Christmas" was a pagan festival long before the time of our Lord is beyond doubt. In Egypt Horus (or Harpocrates (*3), the son of Isis (Queen of Heaven), was born about the time of winter solstice. (*4) By the time of the early part of the fourth century A.D., the real reason for observing Christmas as the date for the miraculous "begetting" of Matt. 1:18 and "the Word becoming flesh" of John 1:14 had been lost sight of. The policy of Constantine, and his Edict of Milan, by establishing universal freedom of religion furthered this. When many of the followers of the old pagan systems - the vast majority of the empire, it must be remembered - adopted the Christian religion as a cult, which Constantine had made fashionable, and the "Church" became the Church of the Roman Empire, they brought in with them, among a number of other things emanating from Egypt and Babylon, the various Festival Days of the old "religions". Thus "Christmas Day, " the birthday of the Egyptian Horus (Osiris), became gradually substituted for the real Natalis Domini of our blessed Savior, viz. September 29, or Michaelmas Day.
If however, we realize that the center of gravity, so to speak, of what we call the Incarnation if the Incarnation itself- the wondrous fact of the Divine "begetting", when "the Word became flesh" (see notes on Matt. 1:18 and John 1:14) - and that this is to be associated with December 25, instead of March - as for 1,600 years Christendom has been led to believe - then, "Christmas" will be seen in quite another light, and many who have hitherto been troubled with scruples concerning the day being, as they have been taught, the anniversary of a Pagan festival, will be enabled to worship on that Day without alloy of doubt, as the time when the stupendous miracle which is the foundation stone of the Christian faith, came to pass.

The "Annunciation" by the Angel Gabriel marked the gennesis of Matt. 1:18, and the first words of John 1:14. The announcement to the shepherds by the Archangel Michael marked the Birth of our Lord. John 1:14 is read as though "the Word became flesh (R.V.) and dwelt among us ", were one and the same thing, whereas they are two clauses.
The paragraph should read thus:
"And the Word became flesh; (Gr. ho logos sarz egeneto.)
And tabernacled with (or among) us." (Gr. kai eskenosen en hemin).

The word tabernacled here (preserved in R.V. marg.) receives beautiful significance from the knowledge that "the Lord of glory" was "found in fashion as a man", and thus tabernacling in human flesh. And in turn it shows in equally beautiful significance that our Lord was born on the first day of the great Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, viz. the 15th of Tisri, corresponding to September 29, 4 B.C. (modern reckoning). The Circumcision of our Lord took place therefore on the eighth day, the last day of the Feast, the "Great Day of the Feast" of John 7.37 ("Tabernacles" had eight days. The Feast of Unleavened Bread had seven days and Pentecost one. See Lev. 23)
The main arguments against the Nativity having taken place in December may be set forth very simply:
1. The extreme improbability, amounting almost to impossibility, that Mary, under such circumstances, could have undertaken a journey of about 70 miles (as the crow flies), through a hill district averaging some 3,000 feet above sea-level, in the depth of winter:
2. Shepherds and their flocks would not be found "abiding" (Gr. agrauleo) in the open fields at night in December (Tebeth), for the paramount reason that there would be no pasturage at that time. It was the custom then (as now) to withdraw the flocks during the month Marchesvan (Oct.-Nov.) (**1) from the open districts and house them for the winter.
3. The Roman authorities in imposing such a "census taking" for the hated and unpopular "foreign" tax would not have enforced the imperial decree (Luke 2:1) at the most inconvenient and inclement season of the year, by compelling the people to enroll themselves at their respective "cities" in December. In such a case they would naturally choose the "line" of least resistance" and select a time of year that would cause least friction, and interference with the habits and pursuits of the Jewish people. This would be in the autumn, when the agricultural round of the year was complete, and the people generally more or less at liberty to take advantage, as we know many did, of the opportunity of "going up" to Jerusalem for the "Feast of Tabernacles" (cp. John 7:8-10, &c), the crowning Feast of the Jewish year.
To take advantage of such a time would be to the Romans the simplest and most natural policy, whereas to attempt to enforce the Edict of Registration for the purpose of Imperial taxation in the depth of winter,- when traveling for such a purpose would have been deeply resented, and perhaps have brought about a revolt,- would never have been attempted by such an astute ruler as Augustus.
With regard to the other two "Quarter Days", June 24, March 25, these are both associated with the miraculous (Luke 1:7) "conception" and birth of the Forerunner, as December 25 and September 29 are with our Lord's miraculous "Begetting" and Birth; and are therefore connected with "the Course of Abiah."

(*1) Notably the day of the crucifixion, &c. (see Ap. 156,165).

(*2) His statements are, however, very vague, and he mentions several dates claimed by others as correct.

(*3) Osiris reincarnated.

(*4) See Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians, Vol. III, p.79 (Birch's ed.). (**1) It is true that the Lebanon shepherds are in the habit of keeping their flocks alive during the winter months, by cutting down branches of trees in the forests in that district, to feed the sheep on the leaves and twigs, when in autumn the pastures are dried up, and in winter, when snow covers the ground. (cp. Land and Book, p.204), but there is no evidence that the Bethlehem district was afforested in this manner.

III. "THE COURSE OF ABIA"
(Luke 1:5).

This was the eighth of the priestly courses of ministration in the Temple (I Chron. 24:10), and occurred, as did the others, twice in the year. The "Courses" were changed every week, beginning each with a Sabbath. The reckoning commenced on the 22nd day of Tisri or Ethanim (Ap. 51. 5). This was the eighth and last day of the Feast of Tabernacles = the "Great Day of the Feast" (John 7:37), and was a Sabbath (Lev. 23:39) The first course fell by lot to Jehoiarib, and the eighth to Abia or Abijah (1Chron. 24:10). Bearing in mind that all the courses served together at the three Great Feasts, the dates for the two yearly "ministrations" of Abiah will be seen to fall as follows:

The first (*1) ministration was from 12 - 18 Chisleu = December 6 - 12.
The second ministration was from 12 -18 Sivan = June 13 - 19.

The announcement therefore to Zacharias in the Temple as to the conception of John the Baptist took place between 12 - 18 SIVAN (June 13 -19), in the year 5 B.C. After finishing his "ministration", the aged priest "departed to his own house" (Luke 1:23) which was in a city (*2) in "the hill country" of Juda (verse 39). The day following the end of the "Course of Abia" being a Sabbath (Sivan 19), he would not be able to leave Jerusalem before the 20th. The thirty miles journey would probably occupy, for an old man, a couple of days at least. He would therefore arrive at his house on the 21st or 22nd. This leaves ample time for the miraculous "conception" of Elizabeth to take place on or about the 23rd of Sivan (*3) - which would correspond to June 23 -24 of that year. The fact of the conception and it's date would necessarily be known at the time and afterwards, and hence the 23rd of SIVAN would henceforth be associated with the conception of John the Baptist as the 1st of TEBETH would be with that of our Lord.
But the same influences that speedily obscured and presently obliterated the real dates of our Lord's "Begetting" and Birth, were also at work with regard to those of the Forerunner, and with the same results. As soon as the true Birth day of Christ had been shifted from its proper date, viz. the 15th of Tisri (September 29), and a Festival Day from the Pagan Calendars substituted for it (viz. December 25), then everything else had to be altered too.
Hence "Lady Day" in association with March 25 (new style) became necessarily connected with the Annunciation. And June 24 made its appearance as it still is in our Calendar, as the date of "the Nativity of John the Baptist", instead of , as it really is, the date of his miraculous conception.
The Four "Quarter Days" may therefore be set forth thus: first in the chronological order of the events with which they are associated, viz.:

The Conception of John Baptist	on or about	23rd SIVAN	=	June 24	in the year	5 B.C.
The Gennesis (Begetting) of our Lord	on or about	1st TEBETH	=	December 25	in the year	5 B. C.
The birth of John Baptist	on or about	4th-7th NISAN	=	March 25-28	in the year	4 B. C. 97c
The birth of our Lord	on or about	15th TISRI	=	September 29	in the year	4 B. C.

or, placing the two sets together naturally : --

The conception of John	23rd SIVAN	=	June 23-24	in the year	5 B. C.
The birth of John	7th NISAN	=	March 28-29	in the year	4 B. C.

The Miraculous "Begetting"	1st TEBETH	=	December 25	in the year	5 B. C.
The NATIVITY	15th TISRI	=	September 29	in the year	4 B. C.

(*1) Reckoning of course from Ethanim or Tisri - the First month of the civil year. The sacred year was six months later, and began on 1st Nisan.

(*2) The "city" is not named (possibly Juttah, some 30 miles to the south of Jerusalem).

(*3) The conception of John the Baptist was, in view of Luke 1:7, as miraculous as that of Isaac; but it is not necessary to insist upon the complete period of forty sevens (p.198) in the case of Elizabeth. Therefore the birth of the Forerunner may have been three or four days short of the full two hundred and eighty days, - as indicated in the above table.

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Is Catholicism a religion or an ideology?

Thank you telltale tart, for asking: Is Catholicism a religion or an ideology? That's a VERY interesting question; I believe the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH is a CULT founded by Emperor Constantine and his mother, now headed up by a Deceiver, the POPE and other FOOLISH PEOPLE to make MONEY, and now a main part of the NEW WORLD ORDER and NOT OF THE LORD. I am Apostle Chris of Canada: sent from God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to tell again and again what our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ said about salvation CORRECTLY translated from Greek to ENGLISH in John 3:1 - 15 (COMPANION BIBLE and STRONG's CONCORDANCE) it says : Except a man be BEGOTTEN of the Father in Heaven (NOT BORN AGAIN of a mortal MOTHER!) and FILLED with the HOLY SPIRIT, he shall not see the kingdom of God. If you're ENGLISH SPEAKING please see Sabbath Night Bible Studies SO THAT YOU MAY DISCERN the TRUTH for YOURSELF DIRECTLY from GOD!

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Babylon Bible Prophecy ISIS Secrets Revealed

Are you ready for TRUTH? Be not DECEIVED!

Friday, October 30, 2015

Sister in Ghana

C: Hello BATgirl. love, Charles.

Apr 5, 8:59 PM

Hello Chris

How is your day with you today

Joana • Apr 9, 12:00 PM

😀

Where are you?

For me it is 3:24 AM on Friday in Nanaimo... how about you :)

Apr 10, 3:26 AM

Good Morning my dear Chris

Well is 12 : 00 pm here at this moment and in west Africa

Joana • Apr 10, 5:01 AM

Joana • Apr 13, 10:38 AM

Are you there dear

Joana • Apr 13, 4:46 PM

Hey!

Apr 13, 7:46 PM

Good morning dear

Joana • Apr 14, 3:52 AM

Good evening

Joana • Apr 14, 12:44 PM

Hello Joana, where are you?

😁

Hmm, you're a night owl? Where ae you?

😘🙌💏💓

Apr 14, 8:55 PM

Hello are you there?

Apr 14, 9:21 PM

Good morning

How are you doing today

Joana • Apr 15, 3:05 AM

Hello Joana?

Apr 15, 3:48 AM

Hello dear Chris

How are you doing

Joana • Apr 15, 3:49 AM

Good

and you?

Apr 15, 3:49 AM

Am doing good

And where have you been

Joana • Apr 15, 3:49 AM

Right here waiting for you and you?

Apr 15, 3:50 AM

I have been talking to you since yesterday but you never reply to any of my message

Joana • Apr 15, 3:50 AM

When I'nd sleep, sorry darling.m not waiting for you I have to eat a

sorry about that...defrag needed

Apr 15, 3:52 AM

What

It's okay so how are you doing now I hope you are feeling good

Joana • Apr 15, 3:53 AM

Sorry my computer needs defragmenting.

Refresh my mind? Where do you live dear?

You gone away again?

Apr 15, 3:56 AM

Am right here

Well I was born and raise in USA but am in Ghana now

Is that okay with you

And where are you from

Hello

Joana • Apr 15, 4:08 AM

Hi Joana, I'm not wanting to get involved with anyone except someone in Canada or the U.S. Sorry Chris

Apr 15, 4:20 AM

Okay it was nice chatting with you

Have a nice day

Joana • Apr 15, 4:43 AM

Hello

Joana • Aug 13, 12:49 AM

Hello

Nanaimo, Vancouver Island

I'm searching for a Christian, single, female, no kids, no pets, a non-smoker, computer literate or teachable (wants to learn), child bearing age, who already is or willing to relocate at her expense to Nanaimo, B.C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCMU-_TVkEA. I'm a former millionaire businessman and real estate investor now living in poverty, IT entrepreneur http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=68359422 and Apostle who will mentor the right lady, in these matters including the purpose of life. Intent: Holy Matrimony, family and all that entails. Contents of your package MUCH more important than external appearance. No matter your current circumstances, disabilities, etc. but be truthful as am I. https://www.facebook.com/cjslater07 Still here and liking it? Please respond to cjslater07@gmail.com and you may be chosen to spend a weekend, a week or two in my exclusive Waverly Manor apartment in Nanaimo getting to know me.

God bless us,
Chris J. Slater, Nanaimo
http://bit.ly/1RKteQS

Aug 13, 12:51 AM

That's what am also looking for..

Joana • Aug 13, 12:53 AM

But it requires you getting here for us to become we unto Him.

Aug 13, 12:57 AM

Lets Get To Know Each Others..Am Joana.

32 yrs old Single with no kid I am Single with Height:5' 5",Weight:127,lbs Bust:34",Waist:26",Hips:38",Hair color:Black,Hair length:Long,Eye color:Hazel,Skin color:Tanned and a healthy Lady..

Joana • Aug 13, 1:00 AM

I'm Chris. https://www.facebook.com/cjslater07 and http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=68359422

Goodnight it's 1:25 am, must get my handsome sleep...😊 Chris

Aug 13, 1:27 AM

Hey Am Back..

Joana • Aug 13, 2:57 AM

good morning

Joana • Aug 16, 5:00 AM

Hello

Joana • Aug 19, 10:17 AM

Hello, still there?

Aug 19, 10:35 AM

How Are You Doing?

Joana • Aug 19, 10:37 AM

Having a difficult birthday today, and you?

Aug 19, 12:07 PM

Happy Birthday

Joana • Aug 20, 1:43 AM

Aug 20, 1:43 AM

Hello

Joana • Aug 20, 5:03 AM

Hello

Aug 20, 5:04 AM

How Are You Doing?

Joana • Aug 20, 5:05 AM

Where are you and what is the time there?

Aug 20, 5:06 AM

Am In West Africa Now And The Time Says 12:08pm What About You?

So What Are You Seeking For?

Joana • Aug 20, 5:09 AM

It is 5:08 AM, in Nanaimo, Canada, I'm up early trying to get a rental car so I can go to a barbecue with Prime Minister Harper of Canada tonight. I'm not ignoring you, but very busy, dear.

Aug 20, 5:10 AM

I Understnd So What Time Can We Chat Then?

Joana • Aug 20, 5:12 AM

Tomorrow? Thank you for the Birthday wishes. Do you know Jesus?

Aug 20, 5:13 AM

Yeah

Is Christian Your Religion?

Joana • Aug 20, 5:15 AM

It isn't my religion, Jesus is about our eternal life. Here is more about me, please read chemistry and my needs? http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=68359422

Aug 20, 5:17 AM

Okay I Just Search Through Google To See Who That Prime Minister Haper Is..

Joana • Aug 20, 5:19 AM

https://www.facebook.com/cjslater07 Here is PM Harper and me on my Facebook cover. https://www.facebook.com/cjslater07

Please see: https://www.facebook.com/pages/YOUR-Eternal-LIFE/507787109315269?fref=ts which is one of my WWW internet ministries in these final days. Gold and silver have I none, but what I have is worth so much more: Salvation.

Is it okay to publish our conversation.?

Aug 20, 5:25 AM

So Are You Married With Kids?

Joana • Aug 20, 5:26 AM

My kids were abducted by my exes, In trying to go to my 14 year old daughter's grave and see my now 21 year old alienated son tonight.

I'm trying to go...and having rental car problems, I must go back to. Excuse me please.Ok to publish thiws conversation about us and Jesus Christ?

Aug 20, 5:31 AM

Okay Take Care My Love

My desire is to meet a Handsome, sensitive, sensuous, warm, assertive single man who wants a friend. My interpretation of a friend is one to whom you can pour out all the contents of your heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentleness of hands will take it all, sift it, keep that which is worth keeping and, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

Joana • Aug 20, 5:33 AM

I am that thanks to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Aug 20, 5:43 AM

I thank you in advance for allowing me to be that kind of friend to you.

I am looking for a special, loving relationship with a unique Man who is affectionate, Handsome, with a shapely figure, sincere, easygoing, with interests and characteristics similar to mine...someone who wants a meaningful, serious, long-term relationship....not just a few dates..... Are you that special Man?

Joana • Aug 20, 5:48 AM

Hello Chris

Joana • Aug 31, 5:48 AM

Hello

Aug 31, 5:48 AM

How Are You?

Joana • Aug 31, 5:49 AM

FINAL WARNING: Obama and Pope Francis Will Bring Biblical END TIMES [Full Documentary 2015]

Dead tired, just finished watching this, now need to sleep.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5lQq0VSM0&feature=youtu.be

Goodnight.

Aug 31, 5:52 AM

Take Care Good Dreams.

Good Night

Joana • Aug 31, 5:55 AM

Hello My Love?

Joana • Sep 13, 10:57 AM

Hello Joana, Love.

Sep 13, 11:07 AM

How Are You Doing?

Joana • Sep 13, 11:07 AM

Good, God is GOOD and you?

Sep 13, 11:08 AM

Seems A Very Bit Worried

Joana • Sep 13, 11:08 AM

Me or You?

Sep 13, 11:09 AM

Joana • Sep 13, 11:09 AM

Let's pray?

Sep 13, 11:10 AM

Okay My Granny Is Now At The Hospital and the doctors said i have to buy some drugs

Joana • Sep 13, 11:10 AM

And?

Sep 13, 11:11 AM

i dont have any money to get the drugs

Joana • Sep 13, 11:12 AM

And?

Sep 13, 11:13 AM

Wish someone could help me

Joana • Sep 13, 11:14 AM

Are you a believer in God, a religion or not at all?

Sep 13, 11:15 AM

A Beliver of God

Joana • Sep 13, 11:15 AM

So why not ask Him then?

Sep 13, 11:16 AM

He Will Help Me Through You

Joana • Sep 13, 11:16 AM

Lol you're a liver of God? Be liver

Sep 13, 11:17 AM

Yes

Joana • Sep 13, 11:17 AM

and you THINK God will use me to give you what you need?

Sep 13, 11:18 AM

Yes

Joana • Sep 13, 11:18 AM

Thank you Love, God has USED you to clarify my thinking about unbelievers.

Who taught you your religion and what faith is it?

Sep 13, 11:20 AM

My Family

Joana • Sep 13, 11:20 AM

faith = denomination

Catholic, Baptist, Mormon, Jehovah Witness, etc.? Which RELIGION of PEOPLE have you believed?

Sep 13, 11:22 AM

Catholic so you mean you are going to help me?

Joana • Sep 13, 11:23 AM

Or even more often these days, Islam with their hand out as beggars and believers in the FALSE God, Allah!

Sep 13, 11:26 AM

Yeah

Joana • Sep 13, 11:27 AM

Joana, Love, what I'm going to share to you comes straight from God, no need for a Pops, priest, pastor, ANY mortal MAN or WOMAN. Get free of that BONDAGE to a religion, Talk (pray) to and with HIM, ALONE! Throw you religion on the garbage heap. You are English Speaking so get and use (read) an Englishman's Bible! Where, Like me, https://www.facebook.com/cjslater07 and then see them in the upper left, come to (like) my ministries and find out about my abilities and circumstances.

Sep 13, 11:40 AM

Baby are you helping me?

Joana • Sep 13, 11:41 AM

Gold and silver have I none but what I have I freely (without hesitation or reservation) GIVE YOU! Don't mistake this GIFT as worthless, it is LIFESAVING! If you want GOD'S Help, why not TRY what I'm saying in my ministries?

Scatter these Pearls of Wisdom from GOD the FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT. at your own loss. I have done what He asks of me.

Sep 13, 11:51 AM

I Know baby have to go and rest now good bye

Joana • Sep 13, 11:52 AM

Canadian Sunset - sung by Andy Williams

Just DO it?! Goodbye baby, let me know you? Here is something to think about Miss Lovely Batgirl. Please enjoy this music while reading what follows by clicking this link now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LqH4Aq7Rk

Hello XXXXXXX. :flowers: My name is Chris J. Slater and I live in Nanaimo.

Please e-mail me at: cjslater07@gmail.com.

Are you the one I’ve been praying to meet, marry and have children with unto God? I like all you’ve said, but for me the most important thing is that my wife knows and loves Jesus Christ, first, last and always, so we can avoid the heartache and distress of the unequal yoke. Part of my prayer is that you know of and are equal to the task of being a Proverbs 31: 10-31 woman and are willing to commit to that ideal as my wife unto God in Holy Matrimony. Are you?
Now you know my expectations of a relationship with you, some important information about me and I ask you to prayerfully consider your answers and comment on what I am going to reveal to you.

Mature Christian Gentleman Seeks Lady for Family http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=68359422

About: Non-Smoker with A Few Extra Pounds body type
City: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Details: 68 year old Male, 5' 9" (175cm), Christian - other
Ethnicity: Caucasian, Leo
Intent: Westcoastguy4U wants to find someone to marry, have children.
Education: Associates Degree
Personality: Free Thinker
Profession: Real Estate Investor, Information Technology; Webmaster, Businessman, Mentor, Apostle Chris

Canada Day, Maffeo-Sutton Park, Nanaimo

I am Seeking a Woman                      For      Long Term
Needs Test
View his relationship needs
      Chemistry
View his chemistry results

Do you drink?     Socially                      Do you want children?       Want children
Marital Status      Single                        Do you do drugs?    No
Hair Color            Red                 Eye Color      Blue
Do you have a car?       Yes                 Do you have children?       All my kids are over 18

Nanaimo, The Harbour City

Longest Relationship    Over 10 years                       How ambitious are you?     Ambitious
Pets          No Pets

Interests

•     Acreage
•     Auctions
•     Beachcombing
•     Camping
•     Canoeing
•     Cider
•     Computers
•     Dancing
•     Dining
•     Driftwood
•     Family
•     Flowers
•     Friends
•     Garage Sales
•     Gardening
•     God
•     Health
•     Honesty
•     Hotsprings
•     Hugs
•     Internet
•     Massage
•     Miracles
•     Nature
•     Photography
•     Picnics
•     Prayer
•     Rain
•     Raw Foods
•     Reading
•     Real estate
•     Romance
•     RV’s
•     Sailboats
•     Sea
•     Shiatsu
•     Singing
•     Snorkeling
•     Sun
•     Swimming
•     Thrift stores
•     Travel
•     Veggies
•     Wealth
•     Writing

About Chris
Christian Male seeks Christian Female to become family, have children, live and work in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFnvc1H5_lQ.

I'm a funny, intelligent gentleman, honest, positive with no vices but many interests. I prefer natural and raw foods; no manufactured foods, freezer, microwaves or can openers. What's the use of wealth if you've lost your health? Good to go in jeans or a tux.

Sep 13, 12:49 PM

Thanks Jesus Christ You Are The One Am Looking For.💞💞💞💞💞💗💗💗💖💖💜💜💜💟💕💕

Joana • Sep 24, 3:02 AM

Okay if you are, phone me 250 591-3845. Chris

Sep 26, 2:55 AM

Joana • Sep 27, 1:28 AM

Hello Joana?

Sep 27, 1:27 PM

Yes My Love

Joana • Oct 9, 9:05 AM

Hello

Are You There?

Joana • Oct 16, 11:54 AM

Godf Morning

Joana • Oct 18, 1:53 AM

Hello

Oct 18, 1:53 AM

How Are You Doing?

Joana • Oct 18, 2:01 AM

Hello

Joana • Oct 21, 10:41 AM

Chris

Joana • 6:40 AM

Hello Joana

6:41 AM

How Are You Doing?

Joana • 6:41 AM

Alive, survived heart attack and you?

6:42 AM

Lost Of Granny

Joana • 6:42 AM

Is she in a better place now?

6:43 AM

Yes We Burried Her 3 days Ago

Joana • 6:45 AM

So you know where her body is, what about her soul?

6:47 AM

Because GOD is there i know she is in paradise

Joana • 6:48 AM

Who taught you that?

6:49 AM

My Pastor Am A True Christian

Joana • 6:49 AM

What denomination?

6:50 AM

Cnat Remember

What Are Your Plans For The Day?

Joana • 6:51 AM

I'm in need a personal care aide and companion in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada so I'm working on advertising. Where are you living now?

6:55 AM

In Ghana

Joana • 6:56 AM

I'm alive but need a lot of help from someone local.

6:57 AM

Yeah I Will Be Glad To Be There With You

Joana • 6:58 AM

When?

6:58 AM

I Would Be That Person

If You Are Ready?

Joana • 6:58 AM

I've been ready for a long time, how about you, can you get yourself to Canada?

7:00 AM

No On Else With Your Help

Joana • 7:00 AM

http://chrisjslater.blogspot.ca/2015/09/canadian-male-seeks-christian-wife.html

7:01 AM

I Love That

I Cant Wait To Be There

Are You There?

Joana • 7:06 AM

I Need help in God's ministry also, http://bit.ly/20fQfNp

7:07 AM

Okay So Can You Give Me The Date You Want Me To Be There?

Joana • 7:07 AM

Yesterday.

7:08 AM

Ohhh Dont Have Passport And Visa

😕😑

Joana • 7:10 AM

About passport: You need to take care of that. About visa, you also need to take care of that: http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/

7:12 AM

I Dont Have That Kind Of Money For Passport And Visa You Have To Take Care Of That

Joana • 7:13 AM

I don't have that kind of money either, or knowledge of your education, circumstances, etc. done it for three who abandoned me, bleeding and wounded. Every-time, God picks me up, dusts me off and gets me ack into the race. There is a lesson in this God wants us to learn., I need a partner who is capable and depends on God "for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health until death do us part.

7:22 AM

Yes Am That Woman All I Have For Passoport Is 100$ And It 300$

Joana • 7:24 AM

Okay that takes care of passport, we can pray or that $200 (USD?), now you need to find out about visa. New Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada pledged to get 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by Christmastime. I think he needs to help CHRISTIAN SYRIANS first who are being BEHEADED by ISIS for their Christian faith!

7:31 AM

So When Can You Send Me That For The Pasport?

Joana • 7:33 AM

I do not have money, ask God for that. I must eat breakfast and take my pills or I surely will die. I need $5,400 CDN for dental, 15 fillings, 4 root canals, I'm in continual pain plus my heart meds conflict with my gout meds. I'm depending on the Gvernment of the Province of British Columbia to help me. (charity), so far they've let me and my children down. My 18 year old daughter, Sarah Joy Slater has been abducted to Bremerton, WA and two children of another mother, Maria Belen Batoon were abducted to Comox, B.C. where Tina committed suicide in 2011 at 14 years of age. I believe God wants me to tell the WORLD befor I die.

7:45 AM

Sorry To Hear that

Joana • 7:47 AM

💓Chris. Must take pills, eat, talk later, goodbye.

7:51 AM

Good Bye

Joana • 7:51 AM

Hey

Joana • 10:10 AM

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