Birthday of Jesus Christ at Christmas? When is Jesus Christ born?

Birthday of Jesus Christ and Christmas Info

When is the birth date of Jesus Christ?

Maybe especially around the time of Christmas many people might ask, when is Jesus Christ born? When is about the birthday of Jesus Christ? Where is Jesus Christ born? Is Jesus Christ born at the time around Christmas? Or similar questions. Is there a way to find out? You can find the answers to these and other questions on this page about Jesus Christ, the birthday of Jesus Christ and Christmas.

Can the Bible help to find out if Jesus Christ is born on Christmas Day?

The Bible is a source of many Informations about Jesus Christ. In the Bible book 2. Timothy it is written: "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness" (Chapter 3 Verse 16). So, do we find information about Jesus Christ for setting things straight about the question if the birthday of Jesus is really on Christmas Day?

Birthday of Jesus Christ not in December

The information in the Bible gives us sound reason for the Conclusion that the birthday of Jesus Christ was really not in December or Christmas Day. Why can we say this? They are several reasons for this conclusion. Here is one:

At Jesus birth shepherds living out of doors at night

The Bible clearly tell us, that at the time of Jesus birth in Bethlehem: "There were also in that same country shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks". In the area of Bethlehem the Jewish months of Chislev (November/December in our calendar) was a time with cold and rainy weather. December and January, around the time of Christmas, is a time with even the lowest temperatures in the year. Even snow in the Highlands is possible. But the Bible states clearly, that the shepherds were living out of doors, also during the night. The shepherds were not just strolling outside during the day. If you read in the Bible Ezra 10:9, 13 and Jeremiah 36:22, you will know, how unlikely it is, that shepherds and their flocks were living out of doors in the night ("... It is the season of showers of rain, and it is not possible to stand outside...", Ezra 10:13)!

Let's calculate the time of birth of Jesus Christ together

God´s Word, the Bible, tell us exactly the day when Jesus Christ died. Jesus Christ died on Nisan 14 (biblical calendar). This is April 1, 33 (calendar of the Western Hemisphere). According to the Bible prophecy we know, that Jesus Christ started his special ministry three and a half years earlier at his baptism. So, we can calculate the time of the beginning of Jesus special ministry. When Jesus Christ was baptized, and became the Christ, which means anointed one. When the Holy Spirit came down upon Jesus (Bible Book Luke 3:15-22). Let's calculate first that. Afterwards we can calculate the time of the birth of Jesus Christ. Please calculate: calculate from April 1 (33 CE), 6 months before, you come to what date? It is beginning of October 32 CE. Now calculate three years before, beginning from the start of October 32 CE. Then you come to what date? So, we know exactly and for sure the day when Jesus died: April 1, 33 CE. Also for sure, from Bible prophecy (Bible book of Daniel) we know exactly the time of the special ministry of Jesus Christ: 3 1/2 years. We can calculate from April 1, 33 CE 3 1/2 years backwards and come to the beginning of the special ministry of Jesus Christ and of the baptism of Jesus Christ. What Date do you have? 3 1/2 years before Jesus died on the torture stake and begun his special ministry we come to fall 29 CE, about September-October 29 C.E. (Bible months Ethanim).

Birthday of Jesus Christ September October of the year 2 B.C.E.

Now we know for sure the time when Jesus was baptized and started his special ministry of 3 1/2 years: September-October 29 C.E. For the next step of our calculation of the birth date of Jesus Christ, or the time when Jesus Christ was born, we need some more information from the Bible about Christ Jesus. When Jesus Christ commenced his special ministry, Jesus was about 30 years old (according to the Bible book Luke 2:23). Now calculate from about September-October 29 C.E. 30 years before. And remember: there is no Year 0. From September-October 29 C.E. till September-October 1 CE is 28 years. From September-October 1 CE till September-October 1 B.C.E. is only one year (you remember why?). So together we have 29 years. One more year we are coming to the time when Jesus Christ is born in Judea, David's city, which is called Bethlehem (Bible Book Luke 2:4-7). So Jesus Christ was born about September-October 2 B.C.E. in Bethlehem. About 30 years after Jesus was born he began his special ministry (his special work) here on Earth. Of course, this was just a short summary of the proof, that the birthday of Jesus Christ was not at Christmas time. But about September-October 2 B.C.E. in Bethlehem. But it is clear now, that Jesus Christ was clearly not born at Christmas. And do you know what? Now, with this little information, you no more as many, many people in the world. Maybe you will find it also interesting to learn a little more about Christmas and birthday of Jesus Christ

Christmas and the birthday of Jesus Christ

The World Book Encyclopedia states: “Christmas is the day on which Christians celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ...The early Christians did not celebrate [Jesus’] birth because they considered the celebration of anyone’s birth to her be a pagan custom.”

Interesting is also what the book "The Making of the Modern Christmas, by Golby and Purdue" writes about the birth of Jesus Christ: “Early Christians did not celebrate the birth of Christ. Birthdays in themselves were associated with pagan practices; the Gospels say nothing about the actual date of Christ’s birth.”

Reason why the birthday of Jesus is celebrated on Christmas

The reason why the birthday of Jesus Christ is celebrated on Christmas is not based on the Scriptures: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source. The fathers of the first three centuries do not speak of any special observance of the nativity.”-Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1981 reprint), by John McClintock and James Strong, Volume II, page 276.

Are the customs at Christmas Day connected with Christ Jesus?

No. Most of the customs related to Christmas Day are not genuine Christian customs, as the following Encyclopedia states: “Most of the Christmas customs now prevailing in Europe, or recorded from former times, are not genuine Christian customs, but heathen customs which have been absorbed or tolerated by the Church. . . . The Saturnalia in Rome provided the model for most of the merry customs of the Christmas time.”-Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics (Edinburgh, 1911), edited by James Hastings, Volume III, pages 608, 609.

The Church knows the origin of Christmas

But is the church not telling us, that Jesus Christ is born on Christmas Day? Could it be, that the church tell lies about the Birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day? Is it, that the church firmly beliefs that Jesus Christ has its birthday on Christmas Day? And in that way tell a lie about Christ Jesus Birth, but not willingly? To answer that question, it is interesting, what the magazine U.S. Catholic of December 1981, page 32, notes: “It is impossible to separate Christmas from its pagan origins.” The magazine further states: “The Romans’ favorite festival was Saturnalia, which began on December 17 and ended with the ‘birthday of the unconquered sun’ (Natalis solis invicti) on December 25. Somewhere in the second quarter of the fourth century, savvy officials of the church of Rome decided December 25 would make a dandy day to celebrate the birthday of the ‘sun of righteousness.’ Christmas was born.” So, more or less the people of the church know, that Christmas has pagan origins. Likely because of this, there was also a time in some areas in the world when Christmas was outlawed. The World Book Encyclopedia (1982) observes under “Christmas”: “During the 1600’s . . . Christmas was outlawed in England and in parts of the English colonies in America.”

Prophecy about Jesus Christ

In the Bible you will find many, many Prophesies about Jesus Christ. Some prophecy about Jesus Christ is very easy to understand and very, very clear. And some prophecy about Christ Jesus you can clearly understand with some insight. For example the following prophecy about Jesus Christ in Daniel 9:24-27. Can you calculate from the following prophecy about Jesus Christ (and reliable history information), when Jesus should appear as Messiah (Messiah means Christ)? How long the special ministry of Jesus Christ would take? When Jesus Christ should finish of sin by being cut off, with nothing for himself? And with that provide the needed ransom for mankind? If not, why not make an study of the Bible with someone who can tell you, explain you, what you don't understand so easily? So, here comes the prophecy of Jesus Christ. Look if you understand it very clearly or not: Daniel 9:24-27: "24 “There are seventy weeks that have been determined upon your people and upon your holy city, in order to terminate the transgression, and to finish off sin, and to make atonement for error, and to bring in righteousness for times indefinite, and to imprint a seal upon vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies. 25 And you should know and have the insight [that] from the going forth of [the] word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until Mes·si′ah [the] Leader, there will be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks. She will return and be actually rebuilt, with a public square and moat, but in the straits of the times. 26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Mes·si′ah will be cut off, with nothing for himself. “And the city and the holy place the people of a leader that is coming will bring to their ruin. And the end of it will be by the flood. And until [the] end there will be war; what is decided upon is desolations. 27 “And he must keep [the] covenant in force for the many for one week; and at the half of the week he will cause sacrifice and gift offering to cease. “And upon the wing of disgusting things there will be the one causing desolation; and until an extermination, the very thing decided upon will go pouring out also upon the one lying desolate.”"

Did you understand everything very clearly? Can you calculate the dates and answer the questions before the prophecy. If not, why not learn to understand easily and clearly all what the Bible really teach? It is really fascinating and interesting what the Bible, God's Word, has to say to you and all mankind. For a little better understanding of the prophecy: Messiah is the Hebrew word for Christ. Christ is an Greek word and means in English anointed one. The weeks are years of weeks (one week = 7 years).