Jesus Born on 11 Sept, 3 B.C. (Feast of Trumpets) NOT December 25th, Birthday of Tammuz
First, a Brief Overview of the "Feast of Trumpets and the Holy Days"
In Leviticus 23 a list of Holy Days is given that all who believe in G-d are to celebrate, Jew and Gentile alike because in the Law of G-d He said that we are to have then "Same Law for you and the Foreigner Among You" and we are "Grafted into Israel" via the Lion of Judah, in Romans 10 and 11, so when G-d says "Israel" He is talking to Christians as well. He also forbid the adoption of pagan religious practices in Deuteronomy, Exodus, and Paul repeated the same when he said "What fellowship can Christ have with baal?." Israelites (a tribe of which is Judah) and G-d Fearing Gentiles such as the foreigners who crossed the Red Sea with the Israelites and were also called Israelites after their baptism by the Red Sea crossing kept the Holy Days, just like Ruth, Rahab, and Cornelius the Centurion. A Blessing is promised on Gentiles that keep the Sabbaths (7th Day and Holy Days) in Isaiah 58 and Matthew 5:17, with the Holy Days considered one of the "least of these Commands" by many. One of these Holy Days/Moadim is the Feast of Trumpets. (Moadim in Hebrew, same word translated as "Seasons" in the Creation Story, where the stars and moon were given so that we would know when the Seasons/Holy Days begin). These Holy Days have been replaced in the Church by pagan festivals/the satanic holy days, that celebrated baal/moloch and easter/ahstoreth worship on December 25th, October 31st, February 14th, and 'Easter" Sunday and Sunday as a 'Sabbath' to baal/moloch/mithras. Just as Sunday is considered a holiday along with easter and december 25th, February 14th, etc., The 7th Day Sabbath was considered along with the Moadim/Holy Days. So when you see the word "Sabbaths" plural, it refers to the Holy Days and the weekly Sabbath, like Isaiah 58, a blessing is promised Forever on all Gentiles that keep the Sabbaths plural that G-d gave.
When you learn about the meaning of the Feast of Trumpets, you see how it would usher in the arrival of the King, the Messiah, the one who forgives debts and sets captives free.
The Feast of Trumpets occurs on September 19th this year, but in the year Jesus was born it occurred on the 11th of September, the same day as an unusual astronomical event. The "Trumpet" is actually a Shofar, or Ram's Horn. When the Shofar was blown it signaled a new month was beginning, or a Holy Day (no work, buying or selling, a time of celebration and Holy Time) was beginning, the presence of G-d was stronger amongst the people and He had made special time in the calendar just to be with them, and them with He, without the distractions of commerce and daily cares. It also signalled a call to battle. On the Sabbath and Jubilee years, it meant that when you heard the sound the 'Captives were set free, the chains broken, and the debtors forgiven", which was part of the mission of the Messiah. The Shofar also signaled the coming of a King, either the King of Israel or Judah, and the coming of the Spiritual King on the Holy Days. When Holy Time, the arrival of the King began, a Shofar was blown on one mountain top and then was heard on the next and blown by the people there, and it went all around the nation at the speed of sound, much like the scene in "Lord of the Rings" when the signal fire is lit and spreads from mountain top to mountain top, the main warriors also carry Shofars. When the Shofar was blown, the King declared debts were forgiven, family lands (inheritance and mansions) went back to thier original owners, slaves were freed, and no work was to be done on the fields for a full year so the land could be fertile and be productive/just like our Spirits, bodies, and mind need the weekly rest to be fertile ground for the Word and arrival of the King. This is what the Feast of Trumpets meant.
In the Holy Days yet to be fulfilled, Trumpets not only teaches us about the Spiritual "Return of the King" at the Holy Days, but also the 1st Physical coming, and the 2nd Coming as well. Paul speaks of the 4th Trump (a Shofar has 4 distinct notes), when you hear the 4th the Messiah will Return and raise the dead from their graves. Passover is a fulfilled Holy Day (Fulfilled in Hebrew, is to give something its full meaning), and Yeshua was the Passover Lamb so we can fully understand Passover. It was followed by the Feast of UnLeavened Bread, which Paul told the formerly pagan Corinthians to keep by not just removing the Leaven from their physical house, but also by removing any sin (anything breaking the Law of G-d, 1st John 2:3) from their hearts. And Yeshua came to remove the sin from our hearts, so He gave the "Feast of UnLeavened Bread" its proper fulfillment/meaning as well.
Maria Merola is the Original Author of This Post
On Sunday August 23rd at sundown, (on the Aviv Barley Calendar) began the forty days of fasting and repentance leading up to the “Day of Atonement” called Yom Kippur.
We are now in the month called “Elul” the 6th month on the Hebrew Calendar, as of last night Sunday August 23rd. On the Rabbinical Calendar the first of Elul began on Friday Night August 21st 2009.
In Jewish Culture, there is what is called “The Thirty Days of Elul” leading up to the “Feast of Trumpets” called Yom Teruah (Leviticus 23:24). For each of these 30 days there is a trumpet warning leading up to Yom Teruah.
We must fast and pray for our nation! There are some serious judgments getting ready to happen to our nation and we must be willing to “humble ourselves and pray” for the sins of America and for Israel that perhaps we may be forgiven on Yom Kippur and declare “the Acceptable Year of Yahuwah/Yehovah.”
Over the next 40 days leading up to Yom Kippur on the Biblical Aviv Calendar (September 30th) Rabbinic Calendar (September 28th), Yah is calling us to fast and pray for our nation!
At the beginning of each month, at the sighting of the New Moon (Rosh Chodesh/Head of the Month), a trumpet/shofar is sounded to usher in the New Month. But then on the 7th month (called Tishri), the 7th Trumpet is sounded, and this is how we know when the Day of our Redemption/Resurrection will be taking place!
In Revelation 11:8, the “Two Witnesses” are “caught up” and taken up to God as “the seventh angel” in heaven sounds the trumpet/shofar!
This can only mean one thing! The “Catching Away” of the Bride or what is commonly called “Rapture” is going to happen on the Yom Teruah or Day of Blowing. And this happens “after the 1,260 days” of the ministry of the Two Witnesses (immediately after the tribulation, Matthew 24:29-31) and you will note that this all occurs with a “great sound of a trumpet.”
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation (1,260 days) of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
In 1st Corinthians 15:50-53 we are told that we are going to be “changed” by putting on incorruption “at the last trumpet” and this is none other than the “seventh trumpet” sounded in Revelation 11:8 as well as the “great sound of a trumpet” in Matthew 24:31 “immediately after the tribulation (1,260 days)!
Yeshua's Baptism Likely Happened on the 1st of Elul
Even though the scriptures are not specific about the time frame when Yeshua was baptized, I believe we can see patterns in scripture that point to the fact that he was baptized 40 days before Yom Kippur.
The month of Elul on the Hebrew Calendar has 30 days and there are 30 trumpet warnings for each day leading up to the Feast of Trumpets, called Yom Teruah. Then there are 10 more days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
We can accurately see that Yeshua himself fulfilled these 40 days of repentance when he was led by the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil:
Matthew 4
1 Then was Yeshua led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Yesterday, Sunday August 23rd sundown we commemorate the day when Yeshua was baptized (mikvah) in the Jordan River by John /Yochanan) the Baptist/Immerser.
Why would the Holy Spirit lead Yeshua to fast and pray immediately following his baptism for 40 days and nights? Yeshua was celebrating the 40 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur!
How do we know Yeshua was baptized 40 days before the Day of Atonement? On the Day of Atonement, (Yom Kippur) the priests in the temple were supposed to choose two goats. They were to cast lots over the goats to see which one would be killed and which one would be sent into the wilderness. (The full instructions are found in Leviticus 16.) When Yeshua came to John for baptism, all of his actions were meant to fulfill the requirements of the Day of Atonement. While the priests were carrying out these rituals in the temple in Jerusalem, Yeshua came to John for baptism. John was the true High Priest in the eyes of God. Caiaphas was the High Priest in the Temple, chosen by men. Yeshua was, in effect, presenting Himself as the first goat, which was to be “killed” for the cleansing of the sanctuary. His baptism was the moment of His legal death. Baptism represents death (Romans 6:4). After His baptism, Matthew 4:1 says, “Then was Yeshua led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
He Immediately fulfilled the pattern of the second goat, which at that time was being led “by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness” (Leviticus 16:21). The Hebrew word translated “fit” here means seasonal, timely, or ready. In this case, we see that the “fit man” was the Holy Spirit, who always comes at the appointed time and season to do the work. And so we see that Yeshua’s baptism and the Spirit’s leading Him into the wilderness ran directly parallel to the temple activities on the Day of Atonement. This can only indicate that He was baptized 40 days before the Day of Atonement, which would have been about 30 days before his 30th birthday on the Feast of Trumpets.
Yeshua was born on September 11th in 3 B.C. on a Holy Feast called “Yom Teruah” or “Day of Trumpets.” A book entitled “The Star That Astonished the World” by Dr. Ernest L. Martin shows that the planetary alignment which occurred that year when Yeshua was born was from Revelation 12:
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered…
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
On no other day except on September 11th in 3 B.C. do we see this planetary alignment taking place. On this day and never before this date nor ever again after, has this constellation been seen. It was “Virgo” the virgin” or “Bethulah” (in Hebrew), and she had 12 stars around her head (for the twelve tribes of Israel), and the moon was under her feet. The sun was “mid- body” and so she was “clothed with the sun” and she was giving birth to “Ariel” the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. This happened at no other time in history except on this date which was a holy day in which God already commanded Israel to “keep forever” and this day is called Yom Teruah, a “memorial of blowing trumpets” because God was “announcing” the arrival of his son into the world with trumpets and shouting! Eight days later, his parents circumcised Yeshua in the temple and then 2 days later was Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement. Then 5 days later was the Feast of Tabernacles called “Sukkot” where Mary/Miriam & Joseph would have done what every other Jewish family would have done which is to “dwell in a succah.” The Hebrew word for tabernacle is “succah” which means a stable or a manger. In most other years, Yeshua would’ve been born on the Feast of Tabernacles (6 months after John the Baptist’s birth) but since that year in 3 B.C. was a “leap year” and the month of Adar II was not in the calendar that year (making the year shorter), then counting 180 days from Passover in that year landed precisely on Yom Teruah or Feast of Trumpets when Yeshua was born!
We also know that scripture records that when he was baptized, he was “beginning to be about 30 years old.” He was not quite 30 years old yet, but he would be on the Feast of Trumpets within 30 days of his baptism!
In order to fulfill the Torah/Law, neither John the Baptist nor Yeshua were eligible for initiation into the ministry until they were fully 30 years old (Num. 4:3, 23, 30, 35, 39). Scripture tells us that John the Baptist was 6 months older than Yeshua since the angel Gabriel came to Mary/Miriyam in the “sixth month” of Elizabeth’s pregnancy to announce that she would conceive Yeshua. (Luke 1:24-36). John the Baptist probably began his ministry around his 30th birthday which had fallen on Passover. Six months later, Yeshua began his ministry at the age of 30 since the scriptures tell us that “he began to be about thirty years of age” (Luke 3:23). His baptism therefore likely fell sometime before his 30th birthday on Yom Teruah. And then on the Feast of Tabernacles called Sukkot, he dwelled in a “sukkah” (stable or a manger), and so we know that Yeshua was born during the Feast that commemorates the temporary dwelling place of a “sukkah” and this means that our temporary bodies (dwelling place) will perish when we receive our new bodies at the resurrection on Yom Teruah, the Day of Trumpets!
In Leviticus 23, God established three very significant Holy Days in the autumn of the year. They all occur in the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which is called the month of Tishri. This correlates roughly with September or October of our solar pagan calendar. These Holy Days are as follows:
(1) Feast of Trumpets (Tishri 1), 1st Day of the 7th Month – His Birth
(2) Day of Atonement (Tishri 10), 10th Day of the 7th Month – His Announcement of the “acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:19-21)
(3) Feast of Tabernacles (Tishri 15-22), 15th Day of the 7th Month – He Dwelled in the Sukkah with his parents for eight days.
We can show through scripture that Yeshua fulfilled an intermediary fulfillment of the Day of Atonement “Yom Kippur” by being baptized 40 days before and then he was led by the Holy Spirit to be tested on our behalf. In other words, during the 40 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Yeshua was being tempted for our sakes so that he could act as our intercessor to help us overcome sin. Not that he needed to overcome sin, but he stood in the gap for us!
Even in the Jewish Talmud, (the Oral Traditions of the Rabbis) are some historical facts written that positively prove that Yeshua did indeed die on the cross in 30 A.D. There are two verses out of the Talmud that can be used as a great witnessing tool to Jews. And since most uphold the Talmud to be as great as the Torah (since they teach it is the Oral Torah) this witnessing tool should be that much more effective. In Israel, before the time of Messiah, the priests were required to draw lots on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) to see whether or not Yehovah Elohim would forgive them of their sins as a nation or not. The priests would draw either a white stone (for YHVH) or a black stone (for the scapegoat) to determine what the goat would be used for. For the 200 years before 30A.D, the white and black stones came up about even with each other (50/50 chance). But for the 40 years after 30A.D, the black stone came up EVERY time! The chance of that happening is about 5.5 billion to 1.
The priests would also take a red ribbon (symbolizing sin/blood) and tie half around the horn of the scapegoat and tie half to the temple door. The scapegoat bore the sins of the nation of Israel. If Yehovah forgave them of their sins, the red ribbon on the temple door would miraculously turn white. This was done in front of a large crowd to show them they had Elohim's favor:
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says YHVH. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Since 30A.D, the ribbon stopped turning white as snow; this is even recorded in the Talmud:
Yoma 39b “Our rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple the lot ['For the Lord'] did not come up in the right hand; nor did the crimson-colored strap become white; nor did the western most light shine; and the doors of the Hekel [Temple] would open by themselves.”
There is only one possible explanation for this: Because Yeshua ha’Mashiach was the perfect sin sacrifice and died in 30AD!
Hebrews 9:12 “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
Only His blood can truly atone for our sins and once He paid that price, animal sacrifice was worthless.
Hebrews 10:4-6 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.”
This was all done as a rehearsal for things to come, so Israel would recognize the true Messiah when He came.
Isaiah 1:11 “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith YHVH: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.”
Another thing that is recorded in the Talmud, is this historical mystery of the temple doors. The doors to the temple would swing open by themselves starting in 30A.D. Recorded in the Talmud:
Sota 6:3 “Said Rabban Yohanan Ben Zakkai to the Temple, ‘O Temple, why do you frighten us? We know that you will end up destroyed. For it has been said, 'Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedar.”
Lastly, the most important menorah lamp that was to remain lit at all times kept going out on its own accord. The priests went to all measures to insure it would stay lit but much to their futile efforts, the menorah kept going out. Yeshua died for our sins and just like the book of Hebrews tells us, the priesthood changed. Messiah is now our High Priest and has given us access to the Father. It is also significant that the temple was destroyed in 70A.D, exactly 40 years after Yeshua's death. Yehovah gave Israel 40 years to repent of their sins to accept Yeshua as their Messiah. And when they did not, (in spite of all the signs he gave them), their probationary period ended in 70 A.D. and their temple and city was destroyed just as Yeshua prophesied.
Yeshua fasted and prayed “a day for each year” for Israel’s rebellion! Just like Ezekiel!
Yeshua fasted for 40 days to fulfill the 40 years that Judah rejected him from 30 A.D. until 70 A.D. when he destroyed the Temple. Just like Ezekiel, he bore the iniquity for the house of Judah (Jews) a day for each year:
Ezekiel 4:
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Yeshua fasted one day for each year just like Ezekiel, and then Yeshua prophesied against Jerusalem that their generation would be destroyed 40 years later in the Roman Seige!
Matthew 23: 36 -38 “O Yershalyim...behold your house is left to you desolate.”
What did Yeshua do when he returned out of the wilderness? He displayed the role of the scapegoat going to the wilderness, never to return. In other words, the sins of Israel he bore himself “never to be remembered”!
But he also displayed the role of the sacrificial lamb at his baptism because John/Yochanan called him “the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world…”
So Yeshua fulfilled both the sacrificial lamb and the scapegoat during the 40 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur!
Let’s remember Yeshua’s fasting and praying for 40 days to bear the sins of Judah and Israel beginning as of last night, the month of Elul leading up to the 10th day of Tishri on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement which will begin on September 30th 2009 according to the Aviv Biblical Calendar.
Love & Shalom to you all in Yeshua ha’Mashiach!
Maria Merola
http://www.DoublePortionIn
In Leviticus 23 a list of Holy Days is given that all who believe in G-d are to celebrate, Jew and Gentile alike because in the Law of G-d He said that we are to have then "Same Law for you and the Foreigner Among You" and we are "Grafted into Israel" via the Lion of Judah, in Romans 10 and 11, so when G-d says "Israel" He is talking to Christians as well. He also forbid the adoption of pagan religious practices in Deuteronomy, Exodus, and Paul repeated the same when he said "What fellowship can Christ have with baal?." Israelites (a tribe of which is Judah) and G-d Fearing Gentiles such as the foreigners who crossed the Red Sea with the Israelites and were also called Israelites after their baptism by the Red Sea crossing kept the Holy Days, just like Ruth, Rahab, and Cornelius the Centurion. A Blessing is promised on Gentiles that keep the Sabbaths (7th Day and Holy Days) in Isaiah 58 and Matthew 5:17, with the Holy Days considered one of the "least of these Commands" by many. One of these Holy Days/Moadim is the Feast of Trumpets. (Moadim in Hebrew, same word translated as "Seasons" in the Creation Story, where the stars and moon were given so that we would know when the Seasons/Holy Days begin). These Holy Days have been replaced in the Church by pagan festivals/the satanic holy days, that celebrated baal/moloch and easter/ahstoreth worship on December 25th, October 31st, February 14th, and 'Easter" Sunday and Sunday as a 'Sabbath' to baal/moloch/mithras. Just as Sunday is considered a holiday along with easter and december 25th, February 14th, etc., The 7th Day Sabbath was considered along with the Moadim/Holy Days. So when you see the word "Sabbaths" plural, it refers to the Holy Days and the weekly Sabbath, like Isaiah 58, a blessing is promised Forever on all Gentiles that keep the Sabbaths plural that G-d gave.
When you learn about the meaning of the Feast of Trumpets, you see how it would usher in the arrival of the King, the Messiah, the one who forgives debts and sets captives free.
The Feast of Trumpets occurs on September 19th this year, but in the year Jesus was born it occurred on the 11th of September, the same day as an unusual astronomical event. The "Trumpet" is actually a Shofar, or Ram's Horn. When the Shofar was blown it signaled a new month was beginning, or a Holy Day (no work, buying or selling, a time of celebration and Holy Time) was beginning, the presence of G-d was stronger amongst the people and He had made special time in the calendar just to be with them, and them with He, without the distractions of commerce and daily cares. It also signalled a call to battle. On the Sabbath and Jubilee years, it meant that when you heard the sound the 'Captives were set free, the chains broken, and the debtors forgiven", which was part of the mission of the Messiah. The Shofar also signaled the coming of a King, either the King of Israel or Judah, and the coming of the Spiritual King on the Holy Days. When Holy Time, the arrival of the King began, a Shofar was blown on one mountain top and then was heard on the next and blown by the people there, and it went all around the nation at the speed of sound, much like the scene in "Lord of the Rings" when the signal fire is lit and spreads from mountain top to mountain top, the main warriors also carry Shofars. When the Shofar was blown, the King declared debts were forgiven, family lands (inheritance and mansions) went back to thier original owners, slaves were freed, and no work was to be done on the fields for a full year so the land could be fertile and be productive/just like our Spirits, bodies, and mind need the weekly rest to be fertile ground for the Word and arrival of the King. This is what the Feast of Trumpets meant.
In the Holy Days yet to be fulfilled, Trumpets not only teaches us about the Spiritual "Return of the King" at the Holy Days, but also the 1st Physical coming, and the 2nd Coming as well. Paul speaks of the 4th Trump (a Shofar has 4 distinct notes), when you hear the 4th the Messiah will Return and raise the dead from their graves. Passover is a fulfilled Holy Day (Fulfilled in Hebrew, is to give something its full meaning), and Yeshua was the Passover Lamb so we can fully understand Passover. It was followed by the Feast of UnLeavened Bread, which Paul told the formerly pagan Corinthians to keep by not just removing the Leaven from their physical house, but also by removing any sin (anything breaking the Law of G-d, 1st John 2:3) from their hearts. And Yeshua came to remove the sin from our hearts, so He gave the "Feast of UnLeavened Bread" its proper fulfillment/meaning as well.
Maria Merola is the Original Author of This Post
On Sunday August 23rd at sundown, (on the Aviv Barley Calendar) began the forty days of fasting and repentance leading up to the “Day of Atonement” called Yom Kippur.
We are now in the month called “Elul” the 6th month on the Hebrew Calendar, as of last night Sunday August 23rd. On the Rabbinical Calendar the first of Elul began on Friday Night August 21st 2009.
In Jewish Culture, there is what is called “The Thirty Days of Elul” leading up to the “Feast of Trumpets” called Yom Teruah (Leviticus 23:24). For each of these 30 days there is a trumpet warning leading up to Yom Teruah.
We must fast and pray for our nation! There are some serious judgments getting ready to happen to our nation and we must be willing to “humble ourselves and pray” for the sins of America and for Israel that perhaps we may be forgiven on Yom Kippur and declare “the Acceptable Year of Yahuwah/Yehovah.”
Over the next 40 days leading up to Yom Kippur on the Biblical Aviv Calendar (September 30th) Rabbinic Calendar (September 28th), Yah is calling us to fast and pray for our nation!
At the beginning of each month, at the sighting of the New Moon (Rosh Chodesh/Head of the Month), a trumpet/shofar is sounded to usher in the New Month. But then on the 7th month (called Tishri), the 7th Trumpet is sounded, and this is how we know when the Day of our Redemption/Resurrection will be taking place!
In Revelation 11:8, the “Two Witnesses” are “caught up” and taken up to God as “the seventh angel” in heaven sounds the trumpet/shofar!
This can only mean one thing! The “Catching Away” of the Bride or what is commonly called “Rapture” is going to happen on the Yom Teruah or Day of Blowing. And this happens “after the 1,260 days” of the ministry of the Two Witnesses (immediately after the tribulation, Matthew 24:29-31) and you will note that this all occurs with a “great sound of a trumpet.”
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation (1,260 days) of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
In 1st Corinthians 15:50-53 we are told that we are going to be “changed” by putting on incorruption “at the last trumpet” and this is none other than the “seventh trumpet” sounded in Revelation 11:8 as well as the “great sound of a trumpet” in Matthew 24:31 “immediately after the tribulation (1,260 days)!
Yeshua's Baptism Likely Happened on the 1st of Elul
Even though the scriptures are not specific about the time frame when Yeshua was baptized, I believe we can see patterns in scripture that point to the fact that he was baptized 40 days before Yom Kippur.
The month of Elul on the Hebrew Calendar has 30 days and there are 30 trumpet warnings for each day leading up to the Feast of Trumpets, called Yom Teruah. Then there are 10 more days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
We can accurately see that Yeshua himself fulfilled these 40 days of repentance when he was led by the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil:
Matthew 4
1 Then was Yeshua led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Yesterday, Sunday August 23rd sundown we commemorate the day when Yeshua was baptized (mikvah) in the Jordan River by John /Yochanan) the Baptist/Immerser.
Why would the Holy Spirit lead Yeshua to fast and pray immediately following his baptism for 40 days and nights? Yeshua was celebrating the 40 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur!
How do we know Yeshua was baptized 40 days before the Day of Atonement? On the Day of Atonement, (Yom Kippur) the priests in the temple were supposed to choose two goats. They were to cast lots over the goats to see which one would be killed and which one would be sent into the wilderness. (The full instructions are found in Leviticus 16.) When Yeshua came to John for baptism, all of his actions were meant to fulfill the requirements of the Day of Atonement. While the priests were carrying out these rituals in the temple in Jerusalem, Yeshua came to John for baptism. John was the true High Priest in the eyes of God. Caiaphas was the High Priest in the Temple, chosen by men. Yeshua was, in effect, presenting Himself as the first goat, which was to be “killed” for the cleansing of the sanctuary. His baptism was the moment of His legal death. Baptism represents death (Romans 6:4). After His baptism, Matthew 4:1 says, “Then was Yeshua led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
He Immediately fulfilled the pattern of the second goat, which at that time was being led “by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness” (Leviticus 16:21). The Hebrew word translated “fit” here means seasonal, timely, or ready. In this case, we see that the “fit man” was the Holy Spirit, who always comes at the appointed time and season to do the work. And so we see that Yeshua’s baptism and the Spirit’s leading Him into the wilderness ran directly parallel to the temple activities on the Day of Atonement. This can only indicate that He was baptized 40 days before the Day of Atonement, which would have been about 30 days before his 30th birthday on the Feast of Trumpets.
Yeshua was born on September 11th in 3 B.C. on a Holy Feast called “Yom Teruah” or “Day of Trumpets.” A book entitled “The Star That Astonished the World” by Dr. Ernest L. Martin shows that the planetary alignment which occurred that year when Yeshua was born was from Revelation 12:
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered…
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
On no other day except on September 11th in 3 B.C. do we see this planetary alignment taking place. On this day and never before this date nor ever again after, has this constellation been seen. It was “Virgo” the virgin” or “Bethulah” (in Hebrew), and she had 12 stars around her head (for the twelve tribes of Israel), and the moon was under her feet. The sun was “mid- body” and so she was “clothed with the sun” and she was giving birth to “Ariel” the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. This happened at no other time in history except on this date which was a holy day in which God already commanded Israel to “keep forever” and this day is called Yom Teruah, a “memorial of blowing trumpets” because God was “announcing” the arrival of his son into the world with trumpets and shouting! Eight days later, his parents circumcised Yeshua in the temple and then 2 days later was Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement. Then 5 days later was the Feast of Tabernacles called “Sukkot” where Mary/Miriam & Joseph would have done what every other Jewish family would have done which is to “dwell in a succah.” The Hebrew word for tabernacle is “succah” which means a stable or a manger. In most other years, Yeshua would’ve been born on the Feast of Tabernacles (6 months after John the Baptist’s birth) but since that year in 3 B.C. was a “leap year” and the month of Adar II was not in the calendar that year (making the year shorter), then counting 180 days from Passover in that year landed precisely on Yom Teruah or Feast of Trumpets when Yeshua was born!
We also know that scripture records that when he was baptized, he was “beginning to be about 30 years old.” He was not quite 30 years old yet, but he would be on the Feast of Trumpets within 30 days of his baptism!
In order to fulfill the Torah/Law, neither John the Baptist nor Yeshua were eligible for initiation into the ministry until they were fully 30 years old (Num. 4:3, 23, 30, 35, 39). Scripture tells us that John the Baptist was 6 months older than Yeshua since the angel Gabriel came to Mary/Miriyam in the “sixth month” of Elizabeth’s pregnancy to announce that she would conceive Yeshua. (Luke 1:24-36). John the Baptist probably began his ministry around his 30th birthday which had fallen on Passover. Six months later, Yeshua began his ministry at the age of 30 since the scriptures tell us that “he began to be about thirty years of age” (Luke 3:23). His baptism therefore likely fell sometime before his 30th birthday on Yom Teruah. And then on the Feast of Tabernacles called Sukkot, he dwelled in a “sukkah” (stable or a manger), and so we know that Yeshua was born during the Feast that commemorates the temporary dwelling place of a “sukkah” and this means that our temporary bodies (dwelling place) will perish when we receive our new bodies at the resurrection on Yom Teruah, the Day of Trumpets!
In Leviticus 23, God established three very significant Holy Days in the autumn of the year. They all occur in the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which is called the month of Tishri. This correlates roughly with September or October of our solar pagan calendar. These Holy Days are as follows:
(1) Feast of Trumpets (Tishri 1), 1st Day of the 7th Month – His Birth
(2) Day of Atonement (Tishri 10), 10th Day of the 7th Month – His Announcement of the “acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:19-21)
(3) Feast of Tabernacles (Tishri 15-22), 15th Day of the 7th Month – He Dwelled in the Sukkah with his parents for eight days.
We can show through scripture that Yeshua fulfilled an intermediary fulfillment of the Day of Atonement “Yom Kippur” by being baptized 40 days before and then he was led by the Holy Spirit to be tested on our behalf. In other words, during the 40 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Yeshua was being tempted for our sakes so that he could act as our intercessor to help us overcome sin. Not that he needed to overcome sin, but he stood in the gap for us!
Even in the Jewish Talmud, (the Oral Traditions of the Rabbis) are some historical facts written that positively prove that Yeshua did indeed die on the cross in 30 A.D. There are two verses out of the Talmud that can be used as a great witnessing tool to Jews. And since most uphold the Talmud to be as great as the Torah (since they teach it is the Oral Torah) this witnessing tool should be that much more effective. In Israel, before the time of Messiah, the priests were required to draw lots on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) to see whether or not Yehovah Elohim would forgive them of their sins as a nation or not. The priests would draw either a white stone (for YHVH) or a black stone (for the scapegoat) to determine what the goat would be used for. For the 200 years before 30A.D, the white and black stones came up about even with each other (50/50 chance). But for the 40 years after 30A.D, the black stone came up EVERY time! The chance of that happening is about 5.5 billion to 1.
The priests would also take a red ribbon (symbolizing sin/blood) and tie half around the horn of the scapegoat and tie half to the temple door. The scapegoat bore the sins of the nation of Israel. If Yehovah forgave them of their sins, the red ribbon on the temple door would miraculously turn white. This was done in front of a large crowd to show them they had Elohim's favor:
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says YHVH. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Since 30A.D, the ribbon stopped turning white as snow; this is even recorded in the Talmud:
Yoma 39b “Our rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple the lot ['For the Lord'] did not come up in the right hand; nor did the crimson-colored strap become white; nor did the western most light shine; and the doors of the Hekel [Temple] would open by themselves.”
There is only one possible explanation for this: Because Yeshua ha’Mashiach was the perfect sin sacrifice and died in 30AD!
Hebrews 9:12 “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
Only His blood can truly atone for our sins and once He paid that price, animal sacrifice was worthless.
Hebrews 10:4-6 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.”
This was all done as a rehearsal for things to come, so Israel would recognize the true Messiah when He came.
Isaiah 1:11 “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith YHVH: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.”
Another thing that is recorded in the Talmud, is this historical mystery of the temple doors. The doors to the temple would swing open by themselves starting in 30A.D. Recorded in the Talmud:
Sota 6:3 “Said Rabban Yohanan Ben Zakkai to the Temple, ‘O Temple, why do you frighten us? We know that you will end up destroyed. For it has been said, 'Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedar.”
Lastly, the most important menorah lamp that was to remain lit at all times kept going out on its own accord. The priests went to all measures to insure it would stay lit but much to their futile efforts, the menorah kept going out. Yeshua died for our sins and just like the book of Hebrews tells us, the priesthood changed. Messiah is now our High Priest and has given us access to the Father. It is also significant that the temple was destroyed in 70A.D, exactly 40 years after Yeshua's death. Yehovah gave Israel 40 years to repent of their sins to accept Yeshua as their Messiah. And when they did not, (in spite of all the signs he gave them), their probationary period ended in 70 A.D. and their temple and city was destroyed just as Yeshua prophesied.
Yeshua fasted and prayed “a day for each year” for Israel’s rebellion! Just like Ezekiel!
Yeshua fasted for 40 days to fulfill the 40 years that Judah rejected him from 30 A.D. until 70 A.D. when he destroyed the Temple. Just like Ezekiel, he bore the iniquity for the house of Judah (Jews) a day for each year:
Ezekiel 4:
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Yeshua fasted one day for each year just like Ezekiel, and then Yeshua prophesied against Jerusalem that their generation would be destroyed 40 years later in the Roman Seige!
Matthew 23: 36 -38 “O Yershalyim...behold your house is left to you desolate.”
What did Yeshua do when he returned out of the wilderness? He displayed the role of the scapegoat going to the wilderness, never to return. In other words, the sins of Israel he bore himself “never to be remembered”!
But he also displayed the role of the sacrificial lamb at his baptism because John/Yochanan called him “the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world…”
So Yeshua fulfilled both the sacrificial lamb and the scapegoat during the 40 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur!
Let’s remember Yeshua’s fasting and praying for 40 days to bear the sins of Judah and Israel beginning as of last night, the month of Elul leading up to the 10th day of Tishri on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement which will begin on September 30th 2009 according to the Aviv Biblical Calendar.
Love & Shalom to you all in Yeshua ha’Mashiach!
Maria Merola
http://www.DoublePortionIn
Hello!
ReplyDeleteThe correct birth day of Ribi Yehoshuas and the reasons is given in the below website – see the “History museum” in the left menu.
Since you and many of your readers are Christians/Messianics I think the website www.netzarim.co.il will be of interest to you.
It contains research about Ribi Yehoshua (the Messiah) from Nazareth and what he taught. It is a very essential read!
Have a nice day!
Anders Branderud
"The Feast of Trumpets occurs on September 19th this year, but in the year Jesus was born it occurred on the 11th of September, the same day as an unusual astronomical event."
ReplyDeletedoesn't the 1st of elul in that year correspond to 11 sept? (3 b.c.e.)
you can see on the nasa catalog of eclipses that on the 2nd of march 3 b.c.e. there was a full moon therefore making the nisan month 15 days later. so add 30+29+30+29+30 and you get '11 september' corresponding to the 1st of elul that year. so 40 days later when entering the temple it was yom kippur and god was there manifested in the form of man so we can see his glory if we have eyes to see.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LE-0099-0000.html
(search for 04816 -0002 Mar 02)
sorry about that. it was not 'god' but it was The G-d. The alpha and omega, YHWH. The aleph and the tav. The Son, the Hand of YHWH (and they are one). The one who was, who is, who will be and lives outside of his creation, unconditioned. That's the meaning of the tetragramaton. We are not to forget that (take the name in vain). Nor substitute it for a different name/meaning.
ReplyDelete"There is only one possible explanation for this: Because Yeshua ha’Mashiach was the perfect sin sacrifice and died in 30AD!"
ReplyDeletein fact it was the year 32. that year the weekly sabbath was the 15th of nisan. 3 days/nights had passed from 'friday' the 14th, when the animal sacrifice was performed, til 'sunday' the 16th (as soon as night fell).
the law required the age of 30 years. as soon as the 1st of elul 28 (C.E.) had come the third person of YHWH (and they are one) as was manifested by the image of a dove - a certain 'man' (Lev 16:21) - took him into the wilderness. so 3 years and a half had passed from the 1st of elul 28 til the 14th of nisan 32, on passover, when the lamb of YHWH was 'cut off' (Daniel 9:26). the prophecy was fulfilled. seven sevens and sixty two sevens meant 360 days times sixty nine. divide that number of days by 365.2425 and you have the 20th year of artaxerxes, 445 b.c.e. as a starting point (see nehemiah 1st and 2nd chapters) til the year 32 c.e.
Great article. A lot of Messianics think that Y'shua was born on the first day of Sukkot and was circumcised on the eighth day. They surmise that John 1 speaks that the word dwelt/tabernacled among us. While on the surface this sounds good, it just does not work with the astronomical data. Also, a point that is usually missed is this: Y'shua was born in Bethlehem. Sukkot is a pilgrimage feast that is to be kept at Jerusalem. If he was born during Sukkot, they would have been at Jerusalem, not Bethlehem.
ReplyDeleteTherefore the Sukkot birth theory just does not hold up scripturally or astronomically. Not only does the astronomic data point to 1 Tishri 3bc, I believe we see hints of this in the scripture aside from looking at the priestly course.
We understand that in the beginning was the Word (Aleph-Tav). In John's commentary, he explains what was understood by others of the time that the Aleph-Tav is the Word. 1st of Tishri (Yom Teruah) is known by most as Rosh Hashannah. A big theme of this festival is the creation of the world. It is understood that the world was created on 1st of Tishri because we can see that spelled backwards in Genesis 1:1. I believe that it is also telling us not only when the Word (Aleph-Tav) came forth and created the world, but that the Aleph-Tav would ultimately become flesh/human on 1 Tishri.
Thanks again for all of the good information.
Keith
The Syriac Bible begins with G-d. Elohim "G-d Created Aleph-Tav the Heavens and the Earth in the very Beginning and the Earth became disfigured and uninhabitable." He is the Light of the World and Created everything. Jesus was born in the Cave of Adullam right at the base of the ridge that Bethlehem sits upon. 'out of you' = outside your walls. He was not born inside the town. No room - in the 'inn' - or Rest Stop - City Park (lit. Place to unload the caravan and lie down rest.)We are not looking for a motel or hotel or wayfarer's inn. David Sanctified this very spot where Benjamin was born. It is the City (or Citidal, Stronghold hideout) of David. "Let us go 'as far as' Bethlehem" were the words of the Holy Temple Shepherds keeping watch over the lambs for Sacrifice. Shalom RBFoster
DeleteI feel like I'm a new believer in Yeshua. I was brought up in a church but my spiritual eyes did not begin to open until recently. I have recently discovered the importance of researching the feast days in light of the lunar calendar instead of the solar one made popular by Rome. My question is whether Yeshua was born on a jubilee year and does that indicate that He will return on a jubilee year? Thanks for any help.
ReplyDeleteThe Year of Jubilee would fit in with the death of Christ OK - but it was not necessary for the events to Scripturally take place. Jesus ate Passover with His Disciples - and also was Crucified on the day the Passover Lamb had to be slain. How was this possible? He also spent the four required days in Prison and confinement as God required. He rose from the dead after the third day, was in the Grave for three days and three nights. The guards were still at their post on Sunday morning. According to Leviticus - Both the Feast of FirstFruits and also Pentecost always take place on a Sunday morning at daybreak. Jesus rose from the dead at sunbreak on the Feast of FirstFruits. Also called First Sabbath. We mis-translate this Greek phrase as 'the first day of the week'. Yes! It was Sunday morning - but it was also a Special Sabbath that the gentile Church did not want to acknowledge as a Jewish Sabbath. Dead for a little less than four days. Condemned to death by Pilate at Noon on Wednesday - Crucified at Nine AM Thursday dead before 6 PM and in the Grave until Sunday AM. He rose the Third Day of UNLEAVENED BREAD. RBFoster
DeleteI pay a visit day-to-day some websites and sites to read articles or reviews, however this weblog offers feature based articles.
ReplyDeleteAlso visit my weblog :: Http://Ulog.Ir/Index.Php?Do=/Blog/4280/Payday-Cash-Loans-Without-Credit-Check-True-Financial-Friend
I am the second coming of Jesus Juda tribe # born is to take the lead over the people September 27,1970 Sunday american in the circle Fort Pierce Fla 34950 is below each circle in the center of american seven sealed broken in 23,2011 when banker tried to kill me the scroll meaning a form seven lumber spine cord bulged T1 T2 fse L3/4 L 4/5 disc bulge central left without justice under old heaven by the police was not left up by the people as the new heaven was set 12-22-2012 my name Kent in i am in a wheelchair 2013
ReplyDeleteHello, after reading this amazing post i am also happy to share my know-how here with mates.
ReplyDeletemy webpage :: com.ar
It is difficult for the Messiah to be born after the death of Herod (Spring of 4 BC) You are correct about what you call the Feast of Trumpets as the Birthday of Christ. Dec. 25th 6 BC was His Conception day. A Jewish child is considered to have begun at conception - not birthday. Jesus of Nazareth was born in the fall of 5 BC. He began His Ministry at the physical age of 29 - Jewish age of 30 if adding the 9 mos. When He died is best guessed as the Day of the Passover 14 Nissan 30 AD. We have no factual data to claim He only Ministered for let's say 3 1/2 years except from the number of Passovers recorded in the Gospel of John. It could have been as many as fifteen. John being built around five themes - and not Chronological like Matthew and Luke. He was under 50 years of age. There is no so called Rapture of Believers. The Bride of Christ includes the Jewish People who are Israel (The Chosen of God) which is the original Olive Tree which non-Jews are grafted into. The Fullness of the Gentiles is not a good thing. It is like the Amorites - the time when the iniquity of the Non-Jewish world builds up against the Jew and they try to exterminate them and us. This fullness has nothing to do with a number of saved non-Jews. Jesus said He would not Return until the Jewish People cried out to Him for Salvation and Deliverance. And Jerusalem is under complete Jewish control. Matthew 23 Armageddon has little to do with Megiddo - except by mis-translation of the Hebrew. The Place of God's Justice/Judgment AND The Place of God's Salvation/Deliverance. It is a dual meaning HEBREW word. Jesus will Return on the Fast Day of Yom Kippur. The location is the Mount of Olives and He judges the armies of the world outside Jerusalem first and then Delivers Jerusalem and those who have obeyed His Words by fleeing to the Mountain. (Mt. Sinai in Saudi Arabia and also the Temple Mount)Jordan will be destroyed for all of the remaining years of this Earth. The Feasts of Sabbaths of G-d outline His Plan for the Ages. The Jewish People, The New Covenant Church, and the Future.
ReplyDeleteResurrection not Rapture. Salvation and Deliverance not Condemnation and Judgment. LOVE Him and your Neighbor. RBFoster rbf1234@hotmail.com
I totally agree with this. Christ was born on Sept.11,3BC. I just wish a lot of other Bible believing Christians were on board with this. I know Christ and God's heart must break for the Christians who do celebrate the pagan "Christianized" holidays. This is why I don't celebrate them anymore, because of doing research on the holidays.
ReplyDeleteI just thought I would let you know about the revelation 12 sign that is happening on sept. 23, 2017. There are some youtube info which one of them also states Yeshshua was born on sept. 11, 3bc. That night there was a sign in the heavens, announcing his birth. check them out!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this awesome info! I was trying to find the actually Hebrew calendar showing the dates of his birth when I came a crossed your web site!
I have finished a research in 2008 about birthdate of Jesus in Islam. I have gotten/proved the below date.
ReplyDeleteJesus born on Yom Kippur 19 Sep 3BC (as Geogrian calander).
in 2020 I have added brief in youtube: https://youtu.be/rKmHwuKgv7I
I agree with everything you've done in your research. Maybe the date is just a little different. I found on the Hebrew Calendar the date of Tabernacles started on the 15 of Tishri in 3 BC. Here is where I have acquired this information.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cgsf.org/dbeattie/calendar/?roman=3bc
Where to Bet on Sports To Bet On Sports In Illinois
ReplyDeleteThe best sports bet ventureberg.com/ types and apr casino bonuses available in Illinois. The ford fusion titanium most common sports betting options available. Bet $20, 토토 사이트 도메인 Win $150, https://deccasino.com/review/merit-casino/ Win $100 or