Or perhaps it was during the Feast of Tabernacles. This could very well be the
case. During the Feast of Tabernacles, the children of Israel leave their homes
and live in tents, when the Lord became flesh, the Hebrew word for ìdweltî in John
1:14 means tabernacled.
The Bible states of Jesus:ìIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was GodÖand the Word became flesh, and dwelt
(tabernacled) among us.î John 1:1; 14
Because the Hebrew calendar is based on the phases of the moon and not the
rotation of the sun, the number of days in each year varies. It could very well be
that Jesus was born on Rosh Hashanah because it is the time for new beginnings,
or during the Feast of Tabernacles because he lived in a tent of flesh among us.
The Apostle Paul also confirms that the body of flesh is considered to be a
tabernacle.
ìFor we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavensÖFor we that are in this tabernacle
do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed,
but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.î
2 Corinthians 5:1; 4
But whatever the date was for the birth of the Savior, it WAS NOT December
25 th. By that fact alone we can see that there is absolutely no biblical standard to
observe the day called Christmas as the birth of Christ.
ìÖour Lord was not born on the 25th of December, when no
flocks were out in the fields; nor could he have been born
later than September, as the flocks were still in the fields by
night. On this very ground, the nativity in December should
be given up.î 3But as previously stated, there is a great emphasis for believers to remember
the Lord's death and resurrection by partaking of the Lord's Supper. For it is by
His death and resurrection that man can be saved from eternal damnation.