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Barachot v'Shalom Mishpocha,
Something wonderful has happened. Adonai has shown me something amazing - again. I was reminiscing about something He showed me long ago. Then He did a new thing. He showed me something wonderful, something I had never heard of before. So I wanted to share it with you. This all started with my wife and what she did.
It was years ago now. My wife Shirley, being the very tender-hearted soul that she is, was devastated when she first learned that Christmas may not be the anniversary of the birth of Messiah! Anyway, she came home from Service and unbeknownst to me, went to the bedroom and threw herself on her face before the Lord, sobbing and begging forgiveness for having taught error to the children. During her prayers, she asked He show me the true birthday of Messiah Y'shua. She wanted for me to be able to explain it to her in detail. But she didn't tell me any of this until later. She only told me after I revealed what happened to me the following morning.
During that time I had been building a study of 'Sevens' in scripture and spent most of my time in TaNaK and in research. But the morning directly after her prayer, I sat down to study and my scriptures literally fell open to the 1st chapter of Book of Luke. It seemed unusual and I recall getting the distinct impression that I needed to read it. I felt His presence.
This post will be lengthy as it is, so I'm skipping over the first 23 verses about '...Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah. And his wife (...) Elisheḇa.' I'm sure you are all familiar with the story. So here we will start with verse 24:
ISR 1998, 'The Scriptures', Luke, Chapter 1, verses 24-56:
24 And after those days his wife Elisheḇa conceived. And she hid herself five months, saying, 25 “יהוה has done this for me, in the days when He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.” 26 And in the sixth month the messenger Gaḇri’ĕl was sent by Elohim to a city of Galil named Natsareth, 27 to a maiden engaged to a man whose name was Yosĕph, of the house of Dawiḏ. And the maiden’s name was Miryam.
Christian commentators have long contended that the phrase, 'in the sixth month', refers to Elisheba's pregnancy. However, it is simply an assumption. It just doesn't seem that anyone considered that the phrase 'in the sixth month' might just mean 'in the sixth month' (of the year). Don't you think that strange?
EDIT NOTE: Since the time of this post, the details of the Zadokim calendar have been validated in parchment fragments of the DSS. I now believe that this is key to understanding these verses.
The Messiah and His talmidim never used Babylonian or Canaanite lunar months names or Roman names for days of the week. They are names of false gods and forbidden by Torah. So they simply used numbers, e.g., 5th day of the 10th month. That would be consistent with this context. Also, the calendar of the Zadokim is based on solar months whose start is predicated on the Vernal Equinox. So let's consider that moving forward.
28 And the messenger, coming to her, said, “Greetings, favoured one, the Master is with you. Blessed are you among women!” 29But she was greatly disturbed at his word, and wondered what kind of greeting this was. 30 And the messenger said to her, “Do not be afraid, Miryam, for you have found favour with Elohim. 31 “And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name יהושע. 32 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And יהוה Elohim shall give Him the throne of His father Dawiḏ. 33 “And He shall reign over the house of Ya‛aqoḇ forever, and there shall be no end to His reign. 34 And Miryam said to the messenger, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?” 35 And the messenger answering, said to her, “The Set-apart Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you. And for that reason the Set-apart One born of you shall be called: Son of Elohim. 36 “And see, Elisheḇa your relative, she has also conceived a son in her old age. And this is now the sixth month to her who was called barren, 37 because with Elohim no matter shall be impossible.” 38 And Miryam said, “See the female servant of יהוה! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the messenger went away from her.
So, does this event ('the Set-apart Spirit shall come upon you') happen soon and is it noted in adjacent scripture? Well yes, it does. Assuming this occurs in the 6th month and her visit with her cousin Elisheba at or near the beginning of the 7th month, this starts to make sense. We might also note how many weeks are in 6 months, a little over 24, the number of week in a full rotation of the priestly order. Consider the popular misconceptions concerning the Priestly order of Abiyah.
If we are considering that Luke was referring to the 6th month (of the year), we should also consider that this is the time of 'teshuva'; a time of 'turning back' or repentance, fasting, prayer, supplications and the healing of relationships with both man and Elohim, prior to Yom Teruah (the Day of Shouting or Trumpets), the Days of Awe and Yom Kippur.
We might also want to consider the Moedim as having special significance to the ministry of Messiah Y'shua. For instance, we know that He was called, 'The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world' (aka, the Passover), and 'The Firstfruits of the resurrection', so it makes sense that we should examine the other appointed times for similar relationships. How many times were Messiah or His Talmidim reported as saying that He did this or that, so that scripture would be fulfilled? We really should look a bit closer into these matters...
39 And Miryam arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Yehuḏah, 40 and entered into the house of Zeḵaryah and greeted Elisheḇa. 41 And it came to be, when Elisheḇa heard the greeting of Miryam, that the baby leaped in her womb. And Elisheḇa was filled with the Set-apart Spirit, 42 and called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 “And who am I, that the mother of my Master should come to me? 44 “For look, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 “Blessed is she who believed, for that which יהוה has said to her shall be accomplished!”
The Set-Apart Spirit was with Miryam as she greeted her cousin, Elisheba. So too was the Set-Apart Spirit with Elisheba! Notice the exchange between them. Elisheba had supernatural knowledge not only of Miryam's pregnancy, but also Who she carried within her! It is only through the Set Apart Spirit that Elisheba knew to pay homage to her Lord and King!
46And Miryam said, “My being makes יהוה great, 47and my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Saviour. 48“Because He looked on the humiliation of His female servant. For look, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. 49“For He who is mighty has done wonders for me, and set-apart is His Name. 50“And His compassion is from generation to generation, to those who fear Him. 51“He did mightily with His arm, He scattered the proud in the thought of their hearts. 52“He brought down rulers from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. 53“He has filled the hungry with good items, and the rich He has sent away empty. 54“He sustained Yisra’ĕl, His servant, in remembrance of His compassion, 55as He spoke to our fathers, to Aḇraham and to his seed, forever.” 56And Miryam stayed with her about three months, and returned to her home.
How deeply and thoroughly do these words speak to the students of His Word and to a people waiting on their Messiah.
Miryam, Zeḵaryah's wife's cousin, came to care for Elisheba, as she was both stricken in years and well advanced with child. It is known that the priestly orders follow a 24 week course whose rotation under the Pharisees is independent from the solar calendar. But because 1) a lunar month has 29.5 days and 4 weeks (or 7s) equals 28 days, the priestly order loses (1.5x6) 9 days in each cycle (as this would be the case because the Pharisitic dogma aligned with Babylon's and Persia's Lunar worship calendar) and 2) the Zadokim solar calendar would likely not align with the Pharisees calendar and might also be off by more than a month in some cases; the student of these matters should be diligent in searching out these details. Should the events early in Luke 1 have happened within the context of the correct observance of Pesach, that would put 'Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah' back in the Mishkan around Yom Teruah. So there is that.
But why did Miryam depart for Ein Karem, a small village, 'with haste'? Perhaps because Yom Teruah was approaching and caravans to the area were booked in advance. She certainly would not travel all the way from Natsareth alone. The countryside was the realm of desperate men and fugitives, victims of Herod's oppressive taxations or brutal verdicts. Or perhaps she knew her elderly and very pregnant cousin would be alone while her husband completed his Temple service. Perhaps she departed 'with haste' at the urging of the Set Apart Spirit, that she might arrive at the Appointed Time? We don't really know - yet. What we do know is that She journeyed through Galilee, Samaria, the Jordan River Valley, and finally through the Mountains of Judea either with or on a Donkey and likely in a caravan for safety's sake.
Concerning the location and the journey, there is this from Wikipedia: "In the Byzantine period, as part of the establishment of the “Liturgy of Jerusalem", Ein Karem was identified with the "Visitation", an event mentioned in the New Testament where Mary, expecting Jesus, encountered her cousin Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist.[10] Byzantine sources link Ein Karem with the residence of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, a place not specified in the New Testament.[10] In around 530 CE, the Christian pilgrim Theodosius places Elizabeth's town at a distance of five miles (8.0 km) from Jerusalem,[20] which suits Ein Karem.[citation needed]"
...and this from Aletiea.org: "
St. Luke makes it sound like Mary slipped out the front door, opened the gate, turned right, took a walk beside a park for a block or two and showed up on her cousin Elizabeth’s doorstep; nothing more than a stroll. All the Gospels portray ancient travel as undemanding. One begins here and ends there, as easy as teleporting off The Enterprise.
But it was a 90-mile walk to the village of Ein Karem, John the Baptist’s traditional birth place, and only five miles to Jerusalem from the southwest.
Mary traveled alone, Luke implies (though likely in caravan), and she was newly pregnant (think morning sickness). What St. Luke calls “hill country,” other references call “the Judean mountains.” It wasn’t a walk in the park. She stayed about three months with her cousin and then, one might guess, walked back for a chat with Joseph."
As I mused about all of these matters, I was also trying to reconstruct my lost research on Sevens. There seemed to be some overlap, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. So I started counting weeks (sevens) and seeing where it might lead. I also started re-examining the Moed again and that is where some things started to click.
Yom Teruah is the Seventh new moon of the year, it is the Moed that can only begin by the sighing of the 'horned moon' or the first sliver of the new moon, hence the term, the 'Day and Hour No Man Knows but the Father'. The Moedim are times when we are to 'meet' with Elohim, each Appointed Time with a different theme and purpose. And we are admonished not to come before Him 'empty' (as in empty-handed). But it's not just that. Because everything with the Father is about matters of the heart too.
Concerning Yom Teruah, OneForIsrael offers this observation: "Shofars and trumpets in Scripture have many connotations and are mentioned almost 80 times in different contexts: summoning the tribes to the door of the tabernacle, getting ready to up-tents and move on, as a warning, an announcement, inaugurating a new king, building, event or era, as a battle cry, a victory shout or the sound of rejoicing… Through the sound of the shofar, God calls His people to turn their minds and attention back to Him, back to heavenly matters."
Now let me back up a moment.
We are examining a letter to 'most excellent Theophilos' about the earthly life and ministry of Messiah Y'shua.
The story of Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah and his wife Elisheḇa, and all the attendant miracles of those events.
Then the visitation of the betrothed maiden Miryam by Gaḇri’ĕl and the announcement of the miracles to come by the hand of Elohim.
Then the hasty departure for Ein Karem near Jerusalem and the meeting between Miryam and her cousin to Elisheba and the subsequent miraculous events and prophetic utterances that occurred there.
We are reading of the one coming in the spirit of the prophet, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight..." and who said, "Behold the Lamb slain from the foundations of the world!" and of the conception and birth of the Messiah!
Could this message be any more important, exciting or joyous? Look at what these stories all share; they share a theme of miraculous conceptions and pregnancies. So maybe I should ask a few questions about these topics, like how long is a healthy, miraculous, perfect pregnancy? Turns out it's 40 weeks according to most specialists and academic journals on the topic. So I took a leap of faith and started counting weeks.
Since we are very near a Moed (Yom Teruah), just for grins I started counting there and ended up in the middle of nowhere in terms of the Hebrew calendar and the Appointed Times. But then I had another thought. What if its a year with an intercalary month (a leap year)? Bingo! I found something! Next I considered the Zadokim calendar. That is where things got really interesting!
Now before we get bogged down in a heavy-duty calendar controversy, let me just say this. I am not an expert on calendars. This need some independent investigation. So I'm not saying that it DID happen. But I am saying that it COULD have happened. But only in certain circumstances, where the calendar correctly align with Pesach and thus starting the Omer at the right time, the conception COULD have happened on Yom Teruah and the birth COULD have happened on Shavuot. But miracles are our Father's purview!
Think of that for a moment. The Conception on the 'Day and Hour that No Man Knows but the Father', a Day of Joyous Shouting, a Day of Auspicious Announcements, followed on Shavuot by the Birth of the Word Made Flesh that Came Down to Dwell with Man on the anniversary of when Elohim first gave the Word to Prophet Moshe who brought the Word to His Chosen at Sinai.
When I had occasion to revisit all these things recently, His Spirit took me back to the beginning, to the days of Creation and showed me something about that too. That has since changed the way I see many thing in scripture, because of what He show me there. But my hands are tired and my neuropathy is bothering me, so I am going to stop here. However, I'll show you something really amazing in part 2 of this post that ultimately ties everything together.
I do hope this blesses you...
Something wonderful has happened. Adonai has shown me something amazing - again. I was reminiscing about something He showed me long ago. Then He did a new thing. He showed me something wonderful, something I had never heard of before. So I wanted to share it with you. This all started with my wife and what she did.
It was years ago now. My wife Shirley, being the very tender-hearted soul that she is, was devastated when she first learned that Christmas may not be the anniversary of the birth of Messiah! Anyway, she came home from Service and unbeknownst to me, went to the bedroom and threw herself on her face before the Lord, sobbing and begging forgiveness for having taught error to the children. During her prayers, she asked He show me the true birthday of Messiah Y'shua. She wanted for me to be able to explain it to her in detail. But she didn't tell me any of this until later. She only told me after I revealed what happened to me the following morning.
During that time I had been building a study of 'Sevens' in scripture and spent most of my time in TaNaK and in research. But the morning directly after her prayer, I sat down to study and my scriptures literally fell open to the 1st chapter of Book of Luke. It seemed unusual and I recall getting the distinct impression that I needed to read it. I felt His presence.
This post will be lengthy as it is, so I'm skipping over the first 23 verses about '...Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah. And his wife (...) Elisheḇa.' I'm sure you are all familiar with the story. So here we will start with verse 24:
ISR 1998, 'The Scriptures', Luke, Chapter 1, verses 24-56:
24 And after those days his wife Elisheḇa conceived. And she hid herself five months, saying, 25 “יהוה has done this for me, in the days when He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.” 26 And in the sixth month the messenger Gaḇri’ĕl was sent by Elohim to a city of Galil named Natsareth, 27 to a maiden engaged to a man whose name was Yosĕph, of the house of Dawiḏ. And the maiden’s name was Miryam.
Christian commentators have long contended that the phrase, 'in the sixth month', refers to Elisheba's pregnancy. However, it is simply an assumption. It just doesn't seem that anyone considered that the phrase 'in the sixth month' might just mean 'in the sixth month' (of the year). Don't you think that strange?
EDIT NOTE: Since the time of this post, the details of the Zadokim calendar have been validated in parchment fragments of the DSS. I now believe that this is key to understanding these verses.
The Messiah and His talmidim never used Babylonian or Canaanite lunar months names or Roman names for days of the week. They are names of false gods and forbidden by Torah. So they simply used numbers, e.g., 5th day of the 10th month. That would be consistent with this context. Also, the calendar of the Zadokim is based on solar months whose start is predicated on the Vernal Equinox. So let's consider that moving forward.
28 And the messenger, coming to her, said, “Greetings, favoured one, the Master is with you. Blessed are you among women!” 29But she was greatly disturbed at his word, and wondered what kind of greeting this was. 30 And the messenger said to her, “Do not be afraid, Miryam, for you have found favour with Elohim. 31 “And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name יהושע. 32 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And יהוה Elohim shall give Him the throne of His father Dawiḏ. 33 “And He shall reign over the house of Ya‛aqoḇ forever, and there shall be no end to His reign. 34 And Miryam said to the messenger, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?” 35 And the messenger answering, said to her, “The Set-apart Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you. And for that reason the Set-apart One born of you shall be called: Son of Elohim. 36 “And see, Elisheḇa your relative, she has also conceived a son in her old age. And this is now the sixth month to her who was called barren, 37 because with Elohim no matter shall be impossible.” 38 And Miryam said, “See the female servant of יהוה! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the messenger went away from her.
So, does this event ('the Set-apart Spirit shall come upon you') happen soon and is it noted in adjacent scripture? Well yes, it does. Assuming this occurs in the 6th month and her visit with her cousin Elisheba at or near the beginning of the 7th month, this starts to make sense. We might also note how many weeks are in 6 months, a little over 24, the number of week in a full rotation of the priestly order. Consider the popular misconceptions concerning the Priestly order of Abiyah.
If we are considering that Luke was referring to the 6th month (of the year), we should also consider that this is the time of 'teshuva'; a time of 'turning back' or repentance, fasting, prayer, supplications and the healing of relationships with both man and Elohim, prior to Yom Teruah (the Day of Shouting or Trumpets), the Days of Awe and Yom Kippur.
We might also want to consider the Moedim as having special significance to the ministry of Messiah Y'shua. For instance, we know that He was called, 'The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world' (aka, the Passover), and 'The Firstfruits of the resurrection', so it makes sense that we should examine the other appointed times for similar relationships. How many times were Messiah or His Talmidim reported as saying that He did this or that, so that scripture would be fulfilled? We really should look a bit closer into these matters...
39 And Miryam arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Yehuḏah, 40 and entered into the house of Zeḵaryah and greeted Elisheḇa. 41 And it came to be, when Elisheḇa heard the greeting of Miryam, that the baby leaped in her womb. And Elisheḇa was filled with the Set-apart Spirit, 42 and called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 “And who am I, that the mother of my Master should come to me? 44 “For look, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 “Blessed is she who believed, for that which יהוה has said to her shall be accomplished!”
The Set-Apart Spirit was with Miryam as she greeted her cousin, Elisheba. So too was the Set-Apart Spirit with Elisheba! Notice the exchange between them. Elisheba had supernatural knowledge not only of Miryam's pregnancy, but also Who she carried within her! It is only through the Set Apart Spirit that Elisheba knew to pay homage to her Lord and King!
46And Miryam said, “My being makes יהוה great, 47and my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Saviour. 48“Because He looked on the humiliation of His female servant. For look, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. 49“For He who is mighty has done wonders for me, and set-apart is His Name. 50“And His compassion is from generation to generation, to those who fear Him. 51“He did mightily with His arm, He scattered the proud in the thought of their hearts. 52“He brought down rulers from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. 53“He has filled the hungry with good items, and the rich He has sent away empty. 54“He sustained Yisra’ĕl, His servant, in remembrance of His compassion, 55as He spoke to our fathers, to Aḇraham and to his seed, forever.” 56And Miryam stayed with her about three months, and returned to her home.
How deeply and thoroughly do these words speak to the students of His Word and to a people waiting on their Messiah.
Miryam, Zeḵaryah's wife's cousin, came to care for Elisheba, as she was both stricken in years and well advanced with child. It is known that the priestly orders follow a 24 week course whose rotation under the Pharisees is independent from the solar calendar. But because 1) a lunar month has 29.5 days and 4 weeks (or 7s) equals 28 days, the priestly order loses (1.5x6) 9 days in each cycle (as this would be the case because the Pharisitic dogma aligned with Babylon's and Persia's Lunar worship calendar) and 2) the Zadokim solar calendar would likely not align with the Pharisees calendar and might also be off by more than a month in some cases; the student of these matters should be diligent in searching out these details. Should the events early in Luke 1 have happened within the context of the correct observance of Pesach, that would put 'Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah' back in the Mishkan around Yom Teruah. So there is that.
But why did Miryam depart for Ein Karem, a small village, 'with haste'? Perhaps because Yom Teruah was approaching and caravans to the area were booked in advance. She certainly would not travel all the way from Natsareth alone. The countryside was the realm of desperate men and fugitives, victims of Herod's oppressive taxations or brutal verdicts. Or perhaps she knew her elderly and very pregnant cousin would be alone while her husband completed his Temple service. Perhaps she departed 'with haste' at the urging of the Set Apart Spirit, that she might arrive at the Appointed Time? We don't really know - yet. What we do know is that She journeyed through Galilee, Samaria, the Jordan River Valley, and finally through the Mountains of Judea either with or on a Donkey and likely in a caravan for safety's sake.
Concerning the location and the journey, there is this from Wikipedia: "In the Byzantine period, as part of the establishment of the “Liturgy of Jerusalem", Ein Karem was identified with the "Visitation", an event mentioned in the New Testament where Mary, expecting Jesus, encountered her cousin Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist.[10] Byzantine sources link Ein Karem with the residence of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, a place not specified in the New Testament.[10] In around 530 CE, the Christian pilgrim Theodosius places Elizabeth's town at a distance of five miles (8.0 km) from Jerusalem,[20] which suits Ein Karem.[citation needed]"
...and this from Aletiea.org: "
St. Luke makes it sound like Mary slipped out the front door, opened the gate, turned right, took a walk beside a park for a block or two and showed up on her cousin Elizabeth’s doorstep; nothing more than a stroll. All the Gospels portray ancient travel as undemanding. One begins here and ends there, as easy as teleporting off The Enterprise.
But it was a 90-mile walk to the village of Ein Karem, John the Baptist’s traditional birth place, and only five miles to Jerusalem from the southwest.
Mary traveled alone, Luke implies (though likely in caravan), and she was newly pregnant (think morning sickness). What St. Luke calls “hill country,” other references call “the Judean mountains.” It wasn’t a walk in the park. She stayed about three months with her cousin and then, one might guess, walked back for a chat with Joseph."
As I mused about all of these matters, I was also trying to reconstruct my lost research on Sevens. There seemed to be some overlap, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. So I started counting weeks (sevens) and seeing where it might lead. I also started re-examining the Moed again and that is where some things started to click.
Yom Teruah is the Seventh new moon of the year, it is the Moed that can only begin by the sighing of the 'horned moon' or the first sliver of the new moon, hence the term, the 'Day and Hour No Man Knows but the Father'. The Moedim are times when we are to 'meet' with Elohim, each Appointed Time with a different theme and purpose. And we are admonished not to come before Him 'empty' (as in empty-handed). But it's not just that. Because everything with the Father is about matters of the heart too.
Concerning Yom Teruah, OneForIsrael offers this observation: "Shofars and trumpets in Scripture have many connotations and are mentioned almost 80 times in different contexts: summoning the tribes to the door of the tabernacle, getting ready to up-tents and move on, as a warning, an announcement, inaugurating a new king, building, event or era, as a battle cry, a victory shout or the sound of rejoicing… Through the sound of the shofar, God calls His people to turn their minds and attention back to Him, back to heavenly matters."
Now let me back up a moment.
We are examining a letter to 'most excellent Theophilos' about the earthly life and ministry of Messiah Y'shua.
The story of Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah and his wife Elisheḇa, and all the attendant miracles of those events.
Then the visitation of the betrothed maiden Miryam by Gaḇri’ĕl and the announcement of the miracles to come by the hand of Elohim.
Then the hasty departure for Ein Karem near Jerusalem and the meeting between Miryam and her cousin to Elisheba and the subsequent miraculous events and prophetic utterances that occurred there.
We are reading of the one coming in the spirit of the prophet, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight..." and who said, "Behold the Lamb slain from the foundations of the world!" and of the conception and birth of the Messiah!
Could this message be any more important, exciting or joyous? Look at what these stories all share; they share a theme of miraculous conceptions and pregnancies. So maybe I should ask a few questions about these topics, like how long is a healthy, miraculous, perfect pregnancy? Turns out it's 40 weeks according to most specialists and academic journals on the topic. So I took a leap of faith and started counting weeks.
Since we are very near a Moed (Yom Teruah), just for grins I started counting there and ended up in the middle of nowhere in terms of the Hebrew calendar and the Appointed Times. But then I had another thought. What if its a year with an intercalary month (a leap year)? Bingo! I found something! Next I considered the Zadokim calendar. That is where things got really interesting!
Now before we get bogged down in a heavy-duty calendar controversy, let me just say this. I am not an expert on calendars. This need some independent investigation. So I'm not saying that it DID happen. But I am saying that it COULD have happened. But only in certain circumstances, where the calendar correctly align with Pesach and thus starting the Omer at the right time, the conception COULD have happened on Yom Teruah and the birth COULD have happened on Shavuot. But miracles are our Father's purview!
Think of that for a moment. The Conception on the 'Day and Hour that No Man Knows but the Father', a Day of Joyous Shouting, a Day of Auspicious Announcements, followed on Shavuot by the Birth of the Word Made Flesh that Came Down to Dwell with Man on the anniversary of when Elohim first gave the Word to Prophet Moshe who brought the Word to His Chosen at Sinai.
When I had occasion to revisit all these things recently, His Spirit took me back to the beginning, to the days of Creation and showed me something about that too. That has since changed the way I see many thing in scripture, because of what He show me there. But my hands are tired and my neuropathy is bothering me, so I am going to stop here. However, I'll show you something really amazing in part 2 of this post that ultimately ties everything together.
I do hope this blesses you...
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