M M NINAN FOUR METHODS 1 Analysis based
M. M. NINAN
FOUR METHODS 1. Analysis based on Revelation astrological studies 2. Analysis based on the Lord's festivals and implications of what they mean. 3. Calculating backwards from Crucifixion 4. Analysis based on the temple service of Zechariah
I ANALYSIS BASED ON ASTROLOGICAL STUDIES Revelation 12: 1 -5 If this represents the Virgin Birth of Jesus Rev 1: 1
II Analysis based on THE LORD'S FESTIVALS and Implications of what they mean.
The Dates of the Three Festivals Christmas ? Second coming
II A Argument Based on Jewish expectation of arrival of Elijah.
Elijah as fore runner of Mesiah Elijah was expected to come on the day of Passover
Lord's Annointed Feasts
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord" Malachi Matthew 17: 10 -13. “And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all t hings. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples undeerstood that He spake unto them of John the Baptist. ”
"If John the Baptist was born at Pesach, Jesus must have been born during the Succoth (Feast of the Tabernacles) (40 weeks later). In Luke 1: 26, 36 Jesus was six months younger than John. "
II B
• "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him. . (Matt. 1: 23, a quotation from Isaiah 7: 14). " John 1: 14 The Word became flesh and Tabernacled among us.
John 1: 14 The Word became flesh and Tabernacled among us.
Can I come to your house like this?
Can you hear me? God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets (throuth immaterial media) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son (directly), (Heb 1: 1 -2)
The Son recoded for himself a new form
III CALCULATING BACKWARD from CRUCIFIXION 3 1/2 YEARS 30 YEARS
Crucifixion was on a Friday Passover Day Which we know as Nissan 14 6 months before Nissan 14 Tishri 14 30 YEARS Luke 3: 23 3 1/2 YEARS
Christmas falls on Days of Tabernacles
IV TEMPLE SERVICE OF ZACHARIAH AND LUKE’S DATING
If we can identify the end of the service of Zechariah’s temple service when he met with the Angel: (We should also allow a week or two for Zechariah to travel back to his village home and for Elizabeth to conceive. ) Annunciation of Mary took place after 150 days John’s Birth took place after 280 days Jesus’ birth took place after 430 days Vision of Zachariah Jesus born End of Service of Zachariah John born Zachariah reach back home Elizabeth become pregnant
Luke 1: 5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron So here are the possible dates on which Zechariah might have served before the altar. 1. Week 3( Feast of the Unleavened Bread) POSSIBLE DATE OF BIRTH in Tammuz June/July 2. Week 9 (Feast of Pentecost) Elul / Tishri (Feast of Booths) 3. Week 10 Elul/Tishri (Feast of Booths) 4. Week 29 (Feast of Weeks) 5. Week 35 Tevet/ Dec/Jan Adar/Feb/Mar (Purim)
Weeks 9 , 10 December/ January Week 29 May Week 3 September
Narrowing the Date
Luk 1: 3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus; Luk 1: 4 that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things Zachariah the Priest
The end of Zechariah's temple service + _ 7 days Annunciation of Mary took place after 150 days John's Birth took place after 280 days Jesus' birth took place after 430 days
Luke 1: 8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
Where did the Vision take place?
Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the ve
Luke 1: 21 indicates that while Zachariah was inside the temple, people were anxiously waiting outside. Outside what? Why could not they go in and bring him out? No one except the High Priest could enter in this Holy of Holies that on the Day of Atonement Only People can be in these places Holies outer Court
The only possible place of vision is the Holy of Holies Heb 9: 1 - 7 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. . . . Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. . . . When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, . . .
Lev. 16: 12 -13 • He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain. He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
The Feast of Sucoth lasted from the 15 Tishri to the 21 st of Tishri, culminating on 22 nd Tishri, the Great Day – Hoshana Raba also known as Rosh Hashanah. The Last Great Day – Rosh Hosanah- falls on 22 nd Tishri. His service ended on 22 nd of Tishri on the Eighth day a Sunday.
According to the Bible Calendar, the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri) is the Day of Atonement. The Jews call it Yom Kippur. We know this date for certain. It comes once a year only Yom Kippur will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar: Jewish Year 5766 : sunset October 12, 2005 - nightfall October 13, 2005 Jewish Year 5767 : sunset October 1, 2006 - nightfall October 2, 2006 Jewish Year 5768 : sunset September 21, 2007 - nightfall September 22, 2007 Jewish Year 5769 : sunset October 8, 2008 - nightfall October 9, 2008 Jewish Year 5770 : sunset September 27, 2009 - nightfall September 28, 2009
Luke 1: 23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. + 7 days? After this wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion.
Luke 1: 26 -33 On the sixth month (of Civil Calendar – Elizabeth’s pregnancy) God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, . . You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
• Luke 1: 23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. After this wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion
5 months Elizabeth Conceives 280 days of Gestation Period Mary conceives 20 March 2 BC DAY OF ATONEMENT Birth of Jesus 25 December, 2 BC 7 days 10 Tishri Second half of September + 7 days? In BC 6 using Gregorian Calendar it falls exactly on Dec 25 th
Annunciation Of Mary 6 8 5 4 9 Birth of John the Baptist 3 Zachariah goes Home 7 Tammuz 3 2 1 June third week
On the sixth month would then well be "on the sixth month i. e. Adar " which is also the "sixth month of pregnancy of Elizabeth. " From 23 rd Tishri adding 280 days of gestation period we arrive at (7+30+29+30+29+30+3) Tammmuz 3 June 20 Birth of John the Baptist. + 7 days _
Tammmuz 3 Birth of John the Baptist Adding 6 more months we arrive at Teveth 3 which is around December end + _ 7 days
Annunciation Of Mary 1 2 Birth of Jesus 3 9 4 5 8 6 7 Birth of John the Baptist Tammuz 3 June third week
10 Tishri: The Day of Atonement - Zachariah’s Vision Week 29: 15 -21 Succoth (22 nd – Feast of Conclusion : The Great Day) 10 Tishri 3758 is 29 Sept 4 BC 10 Tishri 3759 is 17 Sept 3 BC 10 Tishri 3760 is 6 Sept 2 BC Zachariah Gets Off Duty 8 days – Zachariah gets back home and Elizabeth become pregnant with John the Baptist
8. Cheshvan (Bul) (29 days) (October/November) 9. Kislev (30 days) (November/December) 10. Tevet (29 days) (December/January) 11. Shevat (30 days) (January/February) 12. Adar (29 days) (February/March) (8+29+30+29 +30 +29 =155) Sixth month of Elizabeth’s Pregnancy. Mary conceives sometime here 10 Adar 3758 is 25 Feb 3 BC 13 Compensatory days Adar II (Intercalary month – uncertain number of days depending on the year. )
• • • 1. Nissan (Aviv) (30 days) (March/April) 2. Iyar (zif) (29 days) (April/May) 3. Sivan (30 days) (May/June) 4. Tammuz (29 days) (June/July) 5. Av (30 days) (July/August) 6. Elul (29 days) (August/Septemebr) 7. Tishri (Ethanim) (30 days) (Sepetember/October) 8. Cheshvan (Bul) (29 days) (October/November) 9. Kislev (30 days) (November/December) (30+29 +30 =266) • 10. Tevet (29 days) (December/January) Tevet 14 completes 280 days. Jesus was certainly born sometime in this month If we extrapolate the Gregorian Calendar the Hebrew month of Tevet falls in the months of December/January whatever the year of Jesus’ birth was.
Birth of Jesus must have been Tevet 14 (+/-)15 is between Tevet 29 and Tevet 1 is between 15 th of December and January 15 th.
CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED ON January 7 by many Orthodox churches, January 6 by the Armenian Apostolic Church January 19 by the Armenians of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. This date corresponds to the modern Dec. 25 Jewish Megillot Taanit states that the 9 th of Tevet is considered the day of Christ’s birth
Ethiopian Ganna Celebration Jan 6 th
Dec 25, Jan 6, 7 and Jan 19 Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25 th, but others mark the birth of Jesus on a variety of dates including January 7 th and January 19 th. It depends on which calendar the particular church follows December 25 th on the original Julian calendar falls on January 7 th of our calendar. Armenian orthodox Christians use the revised Julian calendar and their Christmas falls on January 19 th of our calendar.
Earliest reference to Dec. 25 Theophilus of Antioch (circa 171 -183) was the first to identify December 25 as the birth date of Christ. Hippolytus (circa 170 -236) also claimed that Jesus was born on December 25.
14 Nissan = 15 th March (Julian) Date of Creation of Universe = Date of word becoming flesh = Death of Jesus Birthday Dec. 25
Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus (c. 130– 202) identified the conception of Jesus as March 25 and linked it to the crucifixion at the time of the equinox, with the birth of Jesus nine months after on December 25 at the time of the solstice. There are several ealy Fathers who assert this.
Julian and Gregorian Calendar Corrections Julian year =365. 25 days Gregorian year =365. 2425 days difference of 0. 002%. True Astronomical year. =365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45. 51 seconds Pope Gregory XIII decreed the following: In A. D. 1582, October 5 th will be called October 15 th. The Julian calendar should be shortened by 3 days every 400 years, by making the centenary year a normal 365 -day year, not a leap year, except if its number is divisible by 400. Thus the year 1600 remained a leap year as usual, while 1700, 1800 and 1900 had only 365 days each and the year 2000 was a leap year of 366 days. This new calendar came to be known as the Gregorian calendar, and is the common civil calendar in use in our world today. Christopher Clavius (1538– 1612), one of the main authors of the reform
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