Who Is The Child?
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord (Yahuah) Himself will give you a sign:
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
The name of the Child was and still is… Immanuel.
Who Were The Parents?
Yahuah, God the All Mighty Creator, fell in love with the thought of Humanity. He created the Heavens and the Earth and all that was in them so His children Adam and Eve would flourish. Since God is omniscience, He knew that Adam and Eve would sin and taint the minds of their children to come. In time to come He planned to come back in the flesh as a man to take back the sins of mankind upon Himself in order to save mankind from spiritual death.
Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows:
After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God”.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Yahuah, God the All Mighty Creator, is a spiritual entity that is Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence and of Omnibenevolence. Through His love of humanity the Holy Spirit evolved. Yahuah, God, the All Mighty Creator, manifested Himself in the flesh, when Immanuel was born through Mary (Myriam). Hence Elohim was and still is, with us.
Note: (With Reference to the History of Joseph the Carpenter of the New Testament Apocrypha and The Synaxarium)
Joseph (Yosef) sprung from a family of Bethlehem, a town of Judah of the city of King David. Joseph (Yosef) was a righteous man and lived for 111 years. He died on the 26th of the month Abib, which answers to the month Ab. (The first month of the year, the month of Passover).
Joseph (Yosef) lived 40 years unmarried; thereafter his wife remained under his care 49 years, and then died. (Hence Joseph was 89 years old when she died). He begot for four sons and two daughters. His son’s were: Judas (Yəhūda), Justus (Yardin), James (Yaakov), and Simon. The names of the two daughters were Assia and Lydia.
Mary (Myriam) was 3 years old, when Joachim (Yoyakim) and Anne took her to the Temple in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and dedicated their child to God (Yahuah). She remained in the Temple of Yahuah for 9 years. When Mary (Myriam) was 12 years old and able to conceive, Zechariah the priest wanted to find a suitable man who could take care of her.
A year after the death of Joseph’s (Yosef’s) wife, Mary (Myriam) was entrusted to Joseph (Yosef) by the priests. He was to keep her until the time of her marriage. (Hence Joseph was 90 years old when entrusted).
Justus (Yardin) and Simeon, the elder sons of Joseph (Yosef), were married and had families of their own. Both the daughters were married and lived in their own houses. Only Judas (Yəhūda) and James (Yaakov) the Less remained in Joseph’s (Yosef’s) house.
Mary (Myriam) found James (Yaakov) the Less in his father’s house, broken-hearted and sad on account of the loss of his mother and she brought him up. Hence Mary (Myriam) was called the mother of James, (Luke 24:10). There after Joseph (Yosef) left her at home, and went away to the shop where he wrought at his trade of a carpenter.
After Mary (Myriam) had spent two years in his house, her age was exactly 14 years, including the time at which he received her. Mary (Myriam) in her second year in Joseph’s (Yosef’s) house conceived through the Holy Spirit.
Three months after her conception, Joseph (Yosef) returned from the place where he worked at his trade. He found her pregnant and was greatly perplexed by this matter. The angel Gabriel advised Joseph (Yosef) to take Mary (Myriam) as his wife, for she had conceived of the Holy Spirit and will bring forth a son. She was just fourteen years old when she was espoused to Joseph (Yosef).
Some time after that, there came forth an order from Augustus Cæsar the king, that all the habitable world should be enrolled, each man in his own city. The old man Joseph (Yosef), rose up and took the virgin Mary (Myriam) and came to Bethlehem, because the time of her bringing forth was at hand.
In the third year of her stay with Joseph (Yosef), in the 15th year of her age, she brought Immanuel forth on earth by a mystery which no creature can penetrate or understand, except Yahusha, and his Father Yahuah and the Holy Spirit, constituting one essence with Yahusha. (Hence Joseph was about 93 years old when Immanuel was born).
Luke 2:1-7 New King James Version
Christ Born of Mary
1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
2 This census first took place while Quirinius (Publius Quinctilius Varus) was governing Syria.
3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger (feed trough), because there was no room for them in the inn.
Summary:
It appears that Joseph (Yosef) was born in Bethlehem and lived there until he married. He would have left his fathers house and settled in a place near where he worked. According to the apostle Luke, Joseph (Yosef) settled in the city of Nazareth of Galilee.
Immanuel and Yahusha, being the same entity, called Yahuah his Father, his Father in Heaven. He referred to Joseph (Yosef) as being his father and Mary (Myriam) as being his mother. He respected both Joseph (Yosef) and Mary (Myriam) as being his parents.
Mary (Myriam) was the mother of Immanuel and Yahusha the Messiah, a virgin undefiled. Mary’s (Myriam’s) time of death is unknown. Other historical records estimated her age at death to be between 64 and 72 years of age.
Boy To Youth
When Was The Child Born?
Luke 1:26-33 Gabriel came to Mary in the sixth month.
Luke 1:36-38 Elizabeth her aunt was also six months pregnant, in the sixth month.
Luke 1:39-45 By the time Mary visited Elizabeth she was pregnant.
Luke 1:56 Mary remained with Elizabeth for about three months and returned to her house just before John the Baptist was born.
Allowing nine months for a pregnancy, Immanuel was born between the third and fourth month of the following year.
The Biblical year starts in Abib, “the month of young ears of grain”. All the months’ start with New Moon Day and end on either the 29th or 30th day, depending upon lunation.
Exodus 12:1-2 The month of Passover was to be the first month of their year.
Spring (in the Northern Hemisphere) is in the first three months of the Biblical Year.
So! Immanuel was born in either late Spring or in the first month of Summer.
Passover can take place in either March or April on the Roman calendar.
So! Yahusha was born between May and June on the Roman calendar.
Do you see the disparity of the months? Biblical times can only be accurately found by using the Biblical Calendar. The Church of Rome changed the biblical times and dates.
The Winter solstice takes place Midwinter; it is the Shortest Day and the Longest Night. It usually happens on December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere. December 25 is the pagan day of rebirth, the day for the worship of Tammuz.
The Messiah Yahusha birth date, given as the 25th of December, is a fallacy of the Christian Church. It is a carry over from the Church of Rome.
Now think about this….
Exodus 12:3-5 The taking of an unblemished lamb or goat for the household on the tenth day.
Immanuel could have been born on the tenth day of the third month, in the last month of Spring. In Spring, flowers form and fruit develops allowing harvest from spring plantings in mid to late summer.
Immanuel became Yahusha for the harvesting and threshing of mankind. He will sort the sheep from the goats. Immanuel was called Yahusha after he was baptised by his cousin John (Yohanan) when he was able to become the Messiah.
Praise Yahuah for the offer of salvation through Yahusha.
Yahusha means: Yah Saves or Yahuah Saves.
Establishing The Year Of Birth
Herod I or Herod the Great (72 BC – 4 BC)
Herod was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea including the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of its base including the Western Wall. Herod died in either March or April in 4 BC.
Alexander (35 BC – 7 BC) and Aristobulus IV (31 BC – 7 BC) were brothers and the sons of Herod and Mariamne I, his first wife. During his latter life, Herod’s madness became obvious. Herod had Alexander and Aristobulus strangled on charges of treason in 7 BC.
Herod also appears in the Christian Gospel of Matthew as the ruler of Judea who orders the Massacre of the Innocents about two years and younger.
The Bible also references three other sons of Herod. They were Herod Archelaus (23 BC – 18 AD) and Herod Antipas (4 BC – 39 AD). They were brothers and sons of Herod and Malthace, his fourth wife. Herod’s third son referenced was Philip (the Tetrarch) (26 BC – 34 AD) by his fifth wife, Cleopatra of Jerusalem.
Upon Herod’s death in 4 BC, the Romans divided his kingdom among three of his sons and his sister, Queen Salome I (65 BC – 10 AD). Herod Archelaus became ethnarch of Judea, Samaria and Idumea. Herod Antipas received the tetrarchy of Galilee and Peraea. Philip became tetrarch of the territories north and east of the Jordan River. Salome I was given a toparchy including the cities of Jabneh, Ashdod, and Phasaelis. Salome Alexandra was the last regnant Queen of Judea.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (also known as Octavian) (63 BC – 14 AD)
Was the founder of the Roman Empire. He reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. Emperor Augustus respected the terms of Herod’s will, which stipulated the division of Herod’s kingdom among three of his sons.
Augustus recognised Herod’s son Herod Archelaus as ethnarch of Judea, Samaria and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD. Augustus then judged Archelaus incompetent to rule, removed him from power and combined the provinces of Samaria, Judea proper and Idumea into Iudaea province.
Gaius Sentius Saturninus (1st century BC – 1st century AD )
Was a Roman senator and military officer who was appointed Roman consul in 19 BC. Saturninus played a major role in the Saecular Games of 17 BC. In 14 or 13 BC, Saturninus was appointed the proconsular governor of Africa.
From 9 BC – 7 BC Saturninus served as Legatus Augusti pro praetore (imperial governor) of the Roman province of Syria. During his time as governor of Syria he was involved in the intrigues of the Herodian family. Under instructions from Augustus, he convened a council at Berytus to rule on accusations of treason made by Herod the Great against his sons Aristobulus and Alexander.
Saturninus suggested a ruling of mercy, supported by his staff, which included Saturninus’ three sons, who were his legates. However, the procurator, the chief financial officer of the province, along with the majority of the council, voted against Herod’s sons, resulting in their condemnation and execution.
Publius Quinctilius Varus (46 BC – 9 AD)
Was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus.
From 8 to 7 BC, Varus governed the province of Africa and then became legate of Syria. Varus put his name on the coins of the two cities, Hadrumetum and Achulla. Varius was then reappointed as governor of Syria, where he had the command of one-sixth of the Roman army.
In 7 BC, Varus arrived in Syria. Syria was one of the most important provinces of the empire as the four Roman imperial legions in Syria were the ones guarding the eastern frontier against the Parthians. Varius went to govern Syria until 4 BC with four legions under his command, where he was known for his harsh rule and high taxes.
Tertullian (160 – 225 AD)
Was a Christian law expert from Carthage in North Africa, he wrote that Jesus was born while Gaius Sentius Saturninus was legate of Syria. There was no Roman governor in Judaea at this time. Direct Roman rule came into force with the banishment of Herod’s son, Herod Archelaus in 6 AD.
Luke 2:1-7 New King James Version
Christ Born of Mary
1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
2 This census first took place while Quirinius (Publius Quinctilius Varus) was governing Syria.
3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger (feed trough), because there was no room for them in the inn.
Matthew 2:16-18 New King James Version
Massacre of the Innocents
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted,
Because they are no more.”
Note: (With Reference the to History of Joseph the Carpenter of the New Testament Apocrypha)
Joseph set out from home and took Mary, Immanuel and Salome (their fellow-traveller) and retired into Egypt. They remained there, the space of one whole year, until the hatred of Herod passed away.
Summary:
Herod’s madness became obvious when he had Alexander and Aristobulus strangled on charges of treason in 7 BC. Gaius Sentius Saturninus served as Legatus Augusti pro praetore (imperial governor) of the Roman province of Syria between 9 and 7 BC. Publius Quinctilius Varus became legate of Syria in 7 BC. According to the apostle Luke, Immanuel was born during his governance.
The Massacre of the Innocents would have taken place about 5 BC. Joseph (Yosef) and Mary (Myriam) left for Egypt before the massacre took place. Herod died in March or April in 4 BC. Joseph (Yosef) and Mary (Myriam) stayed in Egypt for a year and came back just after the news of Herod’s death.
Hence they left home in 5 BC after the Magi had left their home in Nazareth. Herod put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts from two years old and under. Hence Immanuel must have been under two years old at this time, perhaps between 12 months and 18 months old. Therefore, Immanuel was born between 7 and 6 BC, more likely 7 BC in the 3rd month of the biblical year.
Yahuah’s Saving Grace
Conclusion:
According to biblical scripture: Mary (Myriam) was told by the angel Gabriel that she was to conceive a child by the Spirit of God’s (Yahuah’s) humanity, the Holy Spirit. She was to call his name Immanuel before her conception.
Mary (Myriam) was 15 years old when she gave birth to Immanuel in a manger (feed trough), because there was no room for them in the inn at Bethlehem. Joseph (Yosef) was about 93 years old when Immanuel was born.
It appears that Immanuel was born in the 3rd Month of the Biblical calendar in 7 BC.
Mary (Myriam) would not have been able to travel back home to Nazareth on a donkey for at least two to three weeks after giving birth. During the first week she would have rested due to the Biblical Hebrew Laws of Impurity after childbirth, that being of seven days. Also a male child was to be circumcised on the eighth day. This would require 7 to 10 days for healing.
After Mary’s (Myriam’s) time of purification they went to Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) to present Immanuel in the Temple. There they met Simeon and Anna before returning to Nazareth. They could have stayed in Bethlehem for a month before going back home to Nazareth.
Only the shepherd’s saw Immanuel when he was in Bethlehem. The Magi (Three Wise Men) visited Immanuel as a child (between 1 and 2 years old) in Nazareth. The Massacre of the Innocents took place after the Magi left the area.
The biblical year starts in the month of the Passover, which is either March or April of the Roman calendar. Hence the 3rd Month equates to either May or June of the Roman calendar.
The Church doctrine of Jesus Christ being the Son of God and being born on the 25th of December is false in both name and date. The Christian Churches as a whole stemmed from the Church of Rome. They still hold on to the false doctrines and teachings of the Church of Rome.
Immanuel is how God (Yahuah) came to be one with mankind. Immanuel morphed into Yahusha when he was old enough to become the Messiah and save mankind from the sins of this world.
Praise Yahusha! Glorify Yahuah (God) by abiding in the Ten Commandments and walking in the “Way” of Yahusha, the Son of God (Yahuah). Salvation is given through the grace of God (Yahuah). Seek Yahuah and call upon His name.