## [43] The dates of Jesus' birth and death

### Jesus was born on Tishri10, 2 BCE (October 9, 2BC)
Jesus died on Good Friday, 33Nisan14 (April 1, 33AD)

We need these two key dates in order to calculate the date of Armageddon. Section I44 shows some of the ways in which we calculate the last day of this system to be 2008Nisan14 (March 21st 2008). We are the last true Christian church and it is our responsibility to make people aware of the date when this system ends and when the Kingdom of God begins. Please read I8 and possibly U4 to familiarize yourself with the Biblical Lunar Calendar (BLC), which is rather different from the Gregorian Solar Calendar which we all use today.

The Quarterly Journal of Royal Astronomical Society 32, (Sept. 1991), pp 301-304 says:

http://johnpratt.com/items/docs/newton.html

Newton began by dating the baptism of Christ in AD 29 during the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar (Luke 3:1, 21). He then cited evidence for a total of five (rather than four) passovers during the ministry, implying an AD 34 crucifixion. Then Newton did the calendrical analysis almost exactly as has been done since: determining in which years the crucifixion day, 14 Nisan on the Judean calendar, could have been a Friday (John 19:14, 42) ...

Thus, Newton first narrowed the possible years (for crucifixion) down to AD 33 and AD 34; had he preferred AD 33, his reasoning would probably have been researched sooner because that date now appears to be correct.

1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was district ruler of Galilee, but Philip his brother was district ruler of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was district ruler of Abilene,
2 in the days of chief priest Annas and of Caiaphas, God's declaration came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
3 So he came into all the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins (Luke 3).

21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized (Luke 3).

We know that Augustus Caesar died on 19 August 14 CE (Julian calendar). Tiberius became Princeps at that time. So his first regnal year was 15 CE (he became Pontifex Maximus on March 10th 15 CE. So his 15th regnal year was 29 CE (Cambridge Ancient History). So this was the year in which John started baptising.

Now both John and Jesus were under the law of Moses, which stated as regards all priests that:

3 From 30 years old upward to 50 years old, all those going into the service group to do the work in the tent of meeting (Numbers 4).

So the Hebrew year starting Nisan 29 CE would have been John’s 30th year, since he had to start his priestly duties then. So he would have been born in the year starting Nisan 2 BCE. A Jew was considered one year old for the whole of his first year, which was the first year in which he was alive on Nisan1 - see U5.

Now we can work out the precise month in which John was born as follows:

5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there happened to be a certain priest named Zechariah of the division of Abijah, and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth (Luke 1).

13 However, the angel said to him: Have no fear, Zechariah, because your supplication has been favourably heard, and your wife Elizabeth will become mother to a son to you, and you are to call his name John (Luke 1).

23 When now the days of his public service were fulfilled, he went off to his home.
24 But after these days Elizabeth, his wife, became pregnant (Luke 1).

Now we have been told here that Elizabeth conceived after the days of service of Zechariah at the temple. So we should be able to deduce when these days of service were, in order for this scripture to be of any use to us. Well, Zechariah was in the priestly division of Abijah, which was the 8th out of 24 priestly divisions which spanned the 12 months of the Hebrew year:

3 And David, and Zadok from the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar proceeded to make divisions of them for their office in their service (1 Chronicles 24).

7 And the lot proceeded to come out: the first for Jehoiarib; for Jedaiah the 2nd,
8 for Harim the 3rd, for Seorim the 4th,
9 for Malchijah the 5th, for Mijamin the 6th,
10 for Hakkoz the 7th, for Abijah the 8th....

18 for Delaiah the 23rd, for Maaziah the 24th.
19 These were their offices for their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to their due right by the hand of Aaron their forefather, just as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him (1 Chronicles 24).

So a division of 360 by 24 reveals that each service period was half a month long or 15 days long. So that 24 of them spanned the 360 day Biblical Lunar Calendar - see I8. So the 8th division would be the last half of the 4th month in the Hebrew year which was Tammuz. So Elizabeth, who conceived ‘after these days’, must have fallen pregnant early in the 5th Hebrew month of Ab. Next we read:

57 The time now became due for Elizabeth to give birth, and she became mother to a son (Luke 1).

This is really an incredible scripture. The holy spirit is telling us that John the baptist was a full term baby!! This is because the Holy Spirit wants us to use this information in a chronological calculation for the birth of John. Look! God's spirit wants us to use our heads! To serve him with our whole minds!

37 He said to him: You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind (Matthew 22).

So her pregnancy was of standard duration, i.e. 266 solar days from conception (check mean human gestation period on www.google.com). Now Adar30, 3BC was 9th March 2BC Gregorian (from the BLC program). And Nisan1, 2BC was 3rd April 2 BC. There was a intercalary month at the end of this Hebrew year which is not represented by the BLC. Ab1 in 3BC started at 6pm on July 13th 3BC (Gregorian Calendar). So 266 solar days after this was 5th April 2BC which was Nisan3, 2 BC. So Elizabeth would therefore have given birth at the beginning of Nisan in 2BC.

To verify this for yourself. Please download the BLC program, install it, and type 1 Ab and 3 BC into the BLC date boxes, then type 266 into the "No of Days" box, then choose 'Gregorian', then hit the plus button to the right of the "No of days" box. This moves the date 266 Solar/Gregorian days forward. The new date will be Nisan3, 2BC.

But now we read that:

26 In her sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent forth from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth (Luke 1).

31 And, look! you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you are to call his name Jesus (Luke 1).

36 And, look! Elizabeth your relative has also herself conceived a son, in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her, the so-called barren woman;
37 because with God no declaration will be an impossibility (Luke 1).

She fell pregnant at the beginning of Ab, so her first month by Hebrew counting was Elul. Her first month is the first month wherein she is pregnant on the first day of that month. For more on Hebrew counting - see U4. So her sixth month was Shebat in 3BC. So Mary conceived in Shebat, which ran from 9th January to 7th February 2BC (2BC rather than 3BC, because the modern Gregorian year runs from January to January whereas the Hebrew year runs from Nisan to Nisan). She therefore gave birth around 266 solar days later, between October 6th and November 4th 2BC. This was between Tishri7 and Heshvan6 2BC. But during this period we find Tishri10, the festival of the atonement day. And what better day for Jesus, who was the greater atonement sacrifice to be born on?

27 However, on the 10th of this 7th month is the day of atonement. A holy convention should take place for you, and you must afflict your souls and present an offering made by fire to Jehovah (Leviticus 23).

We have assumed that Jesus too was a full term baby, but he was a sinless son of God, an unblemished lamb. So the concept of his being either late or premature is a non starter. We have only proved that Jesus was born between Tishri 7 and Heshvan 6, but since he certainly was the greater atonement sacrifice, Tishri10 is the only sensible option for his birth. We shall see later that he was actually born on this day, from the Midst Prophecy - see U100. Jesus too, being under law, would then have to start his priestly duties, his ministry, in his 30th year, which ran from 29Nisan to 29Adar as did John’s. But how long did his ministry last?

It is easy to see that Jesus attended at least 3 passovers in his ministry:

23 However, when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, at its festival, many people put their faith in his name, viewing his signs that he was performing (John 2).

4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near (John 6),

55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up out of the country to Jerusalem, before the Passover, in order to cleanse themselves ceremonially (John 11).

So he cannot have died on 30Nisan14 or on 31Nisan14. Secular records show that Caiaphas, the high priest who condemned Jesus, ceased his duties in 36 AD.

So this means that Jesus died on good Friday in either 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 AD.

The passover on which Jesus was the day before the sabbath. It ran from 6pm Thursday to 6pm Friday and Jesus died at the ninth hour on Friday, Good Friday, which was 3pm:

33 When it became the 6th hour a darkness fell over the whole land until the 9th hour.
34 And at the 9th hour Jesus called out with a loud voice: Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? which means, when translated: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Mark 15).

31 Then the Jews, since it was Preparation, in order that the bodies might not remain upon the torture stakes on the Sabbath, (for the day of that Sabbath was a great one,) requested Pilate to have their legs broken and the [bodies] taken away (John 19).

A great sabbath, was a sabbath as defined by a festival, which was also a sabbath by reason of being the 7th day of a week. In this case, Nisan 15 was the first sabbath of the festival of cakes, and the Jews have Friday 6pm to Saturday 6pm as their weekly Sabbath. So in which of the years did Nisan 15 begin on Friday evening??

Using the BLC, we find the following:

Hebrew Day | Starts 6pm on
30 Nisan15 | Thursday
31 Nisan15 | Tuesday
32 Nisan15 | Sunday
33 Nisan15 | Friday
34 Nisan15 | Wednesday
35 Nisan15 | Tuesday
36 Nisan15 | Saturday

So 33 AD is the only candidate. So Jesus died on Friday 33Nisan14 in the afternoon at 3:00 pm. This is the power of our BLC calendar.

Now the darkness for 3 hours from 12:00 to 15:00 Jerusalem time cannot have been a solar eclipse because these never last longer than 10 minutes. This may just have been a dark storm cloud system.

Now the scriptures say:

25 Also, there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations, not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea and [its] agitation (Luke 21).

30 And I will give portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
31 The sun itself will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and fear-inspiring day of Jehovah (Joel 2).

Satan is symbolised by the moon, a dead and poor reflection of the Sun which symbolises Jesus: I am the light of the World (John 8:12). Lunar eclipses do result in the moon looking blood red in colour.

There was a partial lunar eclipse on 33Nisan14 lasting 86 minutes with it’s maximum effect at 15:01 GMT or 17:01 Friday Jerusalem time. This was April 1 Gregorian, and April 3 Julian: (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEcat/LE0001-0100.html).

So this eclipse started just after Jesus died, and covered the period when Judas, who was possessed by Satan, committed suicide. So as the light of the world was temporarily extinguished so the skies were temporally darkened. And as Satan himself was eclipsed in glory by the loving sacrifice of the Christ, so the moon, the poor and dead reflection of the living sun was itself eclipsed.

In conclusion Jesus was born on Tishri 10, 2BCE, and he died on Nisan14, 33CE at 15:00 Jerusalem time. His life was therefore 33 years and 6 months long.

### Michaelmas Day

Do not think that we are working out anything that mankind has not known before. Firstly, the Michaelmas term is the Christmas term in many institutions. Also the name Michaelmas means birth of Michael, whereas Christmas means birth of Christ. The Catholic festival of Michaelmas is presently a feast celebrated on 29th September in the Catholic calendar. This is Tishri10 if the passover falls on April 6th. Michaelmas is presently billed as a feast to Michael and all the other saints. The church of England have corrupted it further by renaming it as All Saints day.

The Scottish tradition of Michaelsmas day is to feast and to kill and eat a lamb. There is only one candidate for such a lamb in Christian theology and that is Jesus.

So ancient traditions give very strong evidence that Jesus is Michael and that he was born around 3 months before Xmas. This means there has been a deliberate obfuscation by the church of the identity of Jesus as Michael and a deliberate changing of the day of his birth, in order to Christianize the pagan midwinter longest day of the year illumination festival - see U241 for more on the origins of Xmas.