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| Jerusalem sky the eve of Sep 11, -3BC |
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| Sep 11, -3BC {crescent moon} |
According to my research in Stellarium, Jesus' birth would have been on Sep 11, -3BC; add those three years to 27AD and he would have been "about thirty years old" {Luke 3:21-38 KJV} when He started His ministry, which I believe was also in either the summer or the fall months; 3-1/2 years later He would have been about 33-1/2, which would have been around April 1st, 30AD, the year of His death/resurrection; and exactly 40 years later the 2nd Temple was destroyed in 70AD. From the year of His birth in -3BC to 2018 is 2021 years. From the year of His death/resurrection in 30AD to 2018 is 1988 years.
Notice in Psalm 22, speaking of the rejection of Jesus as Messiah, followed by His agonizing crucifixion & death ... the "seed" is Jesus and "him" is God, and though Jesus earthly life was "cut off" {Daniel 9:26 KJV} in 30AD, God gave Israel another 40 years to repent. Add the year 30AD and 40 years you come to the destruction of the 2nd Temple and the disbursement of Israel in 70AD: "A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation." {Psalm 22:30 KJV}
Notice in Isaiah 23, "seventy years" ... "according to the days of one king", Jesus IS that King: "And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot." {Isaiah 23:15 KJV} ~ It is my belief that Tyre is a cloaked reference to Jerusalem, and that this is a dual fulfillment prophecy whereby the end -in our modern time- will be the second fulfillment of that seventy years ending on May 14, 2018. I've written an article about Jerusalem being "that great city" spoken of in Revelation 14, Revelation 17, and Revelation 18; you can read it here https://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/12/120516-where-is-that-great-city.html
This also aligns with my article of My Revised Chronology, I don't think we can tinker with the years any differently and still come out with the same results. You can read it here https://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2018/02/022018-my-revised-biblical-chronology.html
BTW, 1988 years (30AD to 2018AD) is divisible by 7 coming out to 284 years per each of the 7 periods. I don't know what the significance of that is ... except, perhaps ... it's some sort of veiled reference to "seven times" of 284-day gestation periods. If not, then I don't know what (if anything) that could mean.
There is a *discrepancy* with Stellarium regarding the fact that there is no "year zero", therefore the year counted as zero would have actually been year -1BC, and -1BC in Stellarium should actually show as -2 BC, and therefore -2BC in Stellarium should actually be -3BC. So although Stellarium shows -2BC, Sep 11, it was actually -3BC. That is the year that the King Planet (wandering star ~ Jupiter) came into alignment with the King Star (Regulus) in the King Constellation (Leo, the Lion). Stellarium is aware of the discrepancy and say they are using "astronomical units" (AU) not BC/AD, you can read more on their FAQ page here https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/wiki/FAQ#There_is_no_year_0_or_BC_dates_are_a_year_out
Meanwhile, Virgo, "the woman" is "clothed with the sun" (hanging off her arm as it were) and the moon is "at her feet". The two joining stars as we can see are the planet Jupiter (the word "planet" means wandering star) and Leo's brightest star, Regulus, which, in conjunction with each other, made one gigantic star shining brightly in the near moonless night sky; this conjunction is what was over the little town of Bethlehem that the wisemen saw, telling them that THE prophesied King had been born {Micah 5:2 KJV, Matthew 2:1-12 KJV}. That King was, and is, and is to come, Jesus/Yeshua, the One and Only Son of God.
We don't know for sure whether or not the crescent moon was visible on the night of Jesus' birth but my honest opinion is that it was seen, and if it was seen by two witnesses then that would have begun the seventh month of Tishri; in other words, Sep 11, -3BC, would have been Tishri 1 (-3BC).
I believe that our current Gregorian calendar (based off of the Julian calendar before it) begins when Jesus was a toddler and the wisemen came bearing gifts (1AD), it doesn't start from his birth (-3BC) because those that set His birth date from the Julian calendar didn't know for sure when He was born ... therefore they likely guesstimated. I would think that Herod had some sort of record as to when the wisemen came since he intercepted them while attempting to find the Child {Jesus} Who by then was probably 3 years old. So, remember, Stellarium will show the year as -2BC but that is incorrect (it's short by 1 full year) as I've already pointed out.
You can d/l and use #Stellarium for free here ... http://stellarium.org/ ... current version as of this writing is 0.18.0 ... there is also a beta version for the more adventuresome stargazers. And please NOTE: Astronomy (the study of the stars) is NOT the same as astrology (attempting to tell a person's future using the stars). Astronomy is good, it's biblical, it's how the wisemen knew when the King of kings {Jesus/Yeshua} would be born ;o}
OK so, yes I could be wrong by up to 3 years but this is what my research has brought me to. In short ... keep looking up, our redemption draws nigh (near)!
