I marveled at how many Christians seemed to have no inter-est in finding out when the Messiah was born, nor could they see why this was a matter of extreme importance. I can’t even begin to count how many times I have heard this rationale being ex-pressed as many would declare: “It doesn’t matter when our Messiah was born---what matters is that he was born.” But what if the birth date of the true Messiah of Yisra’el was a key identifier in being able to separate him from all of the impos-tors? What if his date of birth was the only “sign” that we had to determine that he alone was the true Messiah and all of the others were “thieves and robbers?”
(John) 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
1st (John) 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that Anti-Messiah shall come, even now are there many Anti-Messiahs; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Before our Messiah Yahwah was born, there had already been “many Anti-Messiahs” who had come and gone. What does the word “anti” mean in Greek?
#473. anti an-tee’ a primary particle; opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to):--for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.
If there have already been many impostors to the real Messiah, then how can we be certain that we have the correct one? Well, one of the ways that we can tell is that he would fulfill all of the Towrah (Law) & Prophets:
(Luke) 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spoke unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Towrah (law) of (Moses), and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
You will notice that there are “two or three witnesses” that testify of the true Messiah: Towrah, Prophets, & Psalms.
In Genesis 1:14, there are also “three witnesses” in the sky that tell us what time it is. These three witnesses are “the sun, the moon and the stars,” and they were all testifying of his authenticity on the night when he was born. You see the heavenly luminaries are what divide the daytime from the nighttime, hence the truth from the lies:
(Genesis) 1:14 And Yahwah said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
(Luke) 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
(Joseph) was a prophetic “type” of Messiah and he was given a dream wherein the “sun, moon and stars” were all bowing down to him:
(Genesis) 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Why only eleven and not twelve stars? Joseph was one of the tribes (sons) of Jacob in Genesis 48-49 and eleven of his brothers (represented as stars) were going to bow down to him in the future. This was a prophetic picture of all twelve tribes of Israel (including the tribe of Joseph) who will later on in history; bow down to the true Messiah of Israel in his future millennial reign. On the night when our Messiah Yahwah was born, a “sign” was seen in the heavens and all three luminaries testified that he was the gen-uine awaited Messiah.
Let’s begin with a most revealing prophecy in scripture that will lead us to know when the true Messiah was born:
(Revelation) 12:
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered…
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto Elohim, and to his throne.
This prophecy in Revelation 12 is showing us the Hebrew constellation of Bethuwlah (Virgo the Virgin) and she has the first crescent moon under-neath her feet. This took place on “Yom Teruw’ah” or the “Day of Blowing” aka the “Feast of Trumpets” on the 1st day of the 7th Hebrew month of Tishri. You see, the Feast of Trumpets is nick-named “The Day That No Man Knows,” because it is the only feast that is determined by the first sighting of the crescent “new moon” by two witnesses on the walls of Jerusalem.
The wise men had heard about the “star in the east” that would show them where the “King of the Yahuwdiy”(Jews) would be born, by the appearance of these “signs” in heavens:
(Matthew) 2:
1 Now when Yahwah the Messiah was born in Bethlehem of (Judaea) in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to (Jerusalem),
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the (Jews)? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
This “woman” is none other than (Mary) the mother of our Messiah, who was a virgin when she gave birth to him. But she also represents Sarah, and the city of Jerusalem which is called the “mother of us all” (Galatians 4:26). Jerusalem has a “crown of twelve stars” because she is the capital city of the nation of Israel & Judah. In this prophecy, we see that Mary (the mother of our Messiah) and also Jerusalem (the holy city) was giving birth to not only a “man-child” who was going to rule all nations in the future, but his offspring (his followers) who would later on become a “corporate man-child” referred to as “one new man” (Ephesians 2:15). On one particular night in history, this “sign” was seen in heaven and it was telling us a story and painting a picture of when the true Mashiyach (Messiah), Yahwah Ha Mashiyah was being born.
In Revelation 12:1, the Apostle John sees a “great wonder” in heaven. That word in the Greek Strong’s Concordance for “wonder” is as follows:
#4592 – sēmeion: a sign, mark, token; that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and is known; a sign, prodigy, portent, i.e. an unusual occurrence, transcending the common course of nature; of signs portending remarkable events soon to happen; of miracles and wonders by which God authenticates the men sent by him, or by which men prove that the cause they are pleading is God’s.
Where have we seen this “sign” first prophesied about in the TaNaKh (Old Testament)?
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore YHWH himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
You see, there is a direct correlation between this prophecy in Isaiah about the “sign” of a virgin bearing a son and the “sign” of the “woman” giving birth to a man-child in Revelation 12! The Hebrew word for “sign” in Isaiah 7:14 is as follows:
#226 – owth: sign, signal, a distinguishing mark, banner, remembrance, miraculous sign, omen, warning, token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof.
The sign that YaHWaH promised to give us was this constellation of Bethuwlah (the Virgin) giving birth to a man-child who was to rule all nations!
Now, before I continue to illustrate exactly when our Messiah was born, it is also important to understand that this prophecy in Revelation 12 has a “two-fold” application, as we will soon learn. This was a “sign” in the heavens for when the true Messiah would be born, but it is also a future sign for when the corpor-ate “man-child” will be born of the “woman” which is (Jerusalem) the capital city of Yisra’el. This “man-child” described by the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) in Ephesians 2:15 is the body of Messiah (Jewish & Gentile believers) who will be born into “one new man” when they are resurrected at the end of the tribula-tion.
The first time that this prophecy was fulfilled was with the literal “woman,” the virgin, Mary as she was giving birth to a literal man-child, the Messiah of Israel. You see, this prophecy will be repeated on a corporate scale in the end of days, and so it is extremely important that we understand it’s significance. The Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) explained that “born-again” believers are going to follow in the same pattern as their Savior in the way that they are “born” into immortality:
(Romans) 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by immersion (baptism) into death: that like as Mashiyach (Messiah) was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
This means that our Messiah was resurrected (born-again) in the very same way that we shall be resurrected and born into our incorruptible bodies! The bride will be resurrected also on the Feast of Trumpets at the “last trump!” (1st Corinthians 15:51-53).
Seven Annual Feasts
Before progressing in this study, it is necessary to give a brief over-view of the seven annual feasts that all born-again believers are commanded to keep “forever” as part of our eternal covenant with our Creator. All seven of these feasts are outlined in Leviticus 23 as follows:
1.) Passover (Pesach) Leviticus 23:5
2.) Unleavened Bread (Chag Matzah) Leviticus 23:6
3.) First-Fruits (ha’Bikkuwriym) Leviticus 23:10
4.) Pentecost (Shabuwoth) Leviticus 23:15-16
5.) Trumpets (Yom Teruw’ah) Leviticus 23:24
6.) Atonement (Yom Kippur) Leviticus 23:27
7.) Tabernacles (Sukkoth) Leviticus 23:34
The three Spring Feasts mentioned above is the season of our Messiah’s death, burial, & resurrection. He was sacrificed for us on Passover, and then the next day, he was buried on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and three days later, he resurrected on First-Fruits (not on Easter Sunday).
The three Fall Feasts mentioned above is the season of the nativity of our Messiah. They are: The Feast of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement & The Feast of Tabernacles. These three feasts commemorate the time of year when our Messiah came into the world as the Savior.
The three Fall Feasts mentioned above is the season of the nativity of our Messiah. They are: The Feast of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement & The Feast of Tabernacles. These three feasts commemorate the time of year when our Messiah came into the world as the Savior.
Ushering In the King with the Tekiah
The Feast of Trumpets is called “a memorial of blowing trumpets” in scripture:
(Leviticus) 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing trumpets, an holy convocation.
The word “convocation” in this passage is the Hebrew word “miqra” which means “a rehearsal.” What are we commanded to rehearse for? Our future resurrection---our rebirth!
It should also be noteworthy to understand that all of the Kings of (Judah) were ushered into their office and coroneted on this particular feast day called “The Feast of Trumpets” or “Yom Teruw’ah.”
On the Feast of Trumpets, there are four trumpet blasts that are tradi-tionally sounded. They are as follows:
1.) Tekiah
2.) Shebariym
3.) Teruw’ah
4.) Tekiah Gedolah.
The first trumpet sound called the Tekiah, is a pure unbroken sound that calls man to search his heart, forsake his wrong ways, and seek forgiveness through repentance. This is the sound that is used to “usher in the king” when he is about to be crowned as king. This was the announcement from the Heavenly Father as he was intro-ducing his Son into the world.
The next sound called the Shebariym is a broken staccato trembling sound which is sup-posed to typify a man crying in repentance. This would have been when Mary “cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered” according to Revelation 12:2. The next trumpet sound is called the Teruw’ah and it is a wave-like sound of alarm calling upon man to stand by the banner of Elohim.
The Teruw’ah is a sign, a signal, or a banner!
And what exactly is this “banner?” We just discovered that the Hebrew word for “sign” (owth) also means “a banner!” That banner is the “scarlet thread” that was placed on the hand of Tamar’s twin when he stuck his hand out in Genesis 38:29-30. This twin is named Zarah or “Zerach” in Hebrew (#2226), and he is a prophetic “type” of Messiah whose name means “rising of light.” On Yom Teruw’ah, the first sliver of the crescent moon is rising until it reaches it’s full light on the 15th of the month (at it’s peak) on the Feast of Tabernacles. But this twin stuck his hand out first as a “sign” or a banner that he was the “first-born!”
Listen to the similarity of the wording from Genesis 38:28 to Revelation 12:2:
(Genesis) 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
(Revelation) 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
You see, Tamar giving birth to twins is a symbol of the Two House of Israel: Ephrayim & Judah. And who was her first-born? It was (Zarah) who was given the sign of the “scarlet ribbon” on the hand.
That first-born son of Tamar was a prophetic picture of the “first-born” son of Mary who also became the “first-born” from among the dead.
(Luke) 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
(Romans) 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
(Colossians) 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the (congregation): who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have preeminence.
You see the first-born son of Tamar bore the scarlet thread to symbolize our Messiah who is also the first-born from among the dead. His blood flowing out of his hands when he was nailed to the tree was the scarlet thread:
(Psalm) 22:16 “…..they pierced my hands and my feet.”
The Hebrew word for “scarlet thread” in Genesis 38:29 is #8144 “shaniy” which means:
scarlet, crimson; the insect ‘coccus ilicis,’ the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson.
This female insect is an illustration of the woman giving birth to a man-child with the scarlet thread!
(Isaiah) 1:18 “… though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
In this verse from Isaiah, the Hebrew word for “scarlet” is once again, “shaniy,” which refers to this insect, “coccus ilicis.” The word, “crimson” (towla #8438) is often used in conjunction with the word “scarlet.” They are synonymous with each other, but “towla” refers to the worm, more than the color. This grub, or scarlet worm, is found in a species of oak trees around the Mediterranean and is about the size of a pea. The female has a very round shape and red color. This Hebrew word crimson (towla) is also translated as “a worm, a grub, a maggot” in scripture.
There is a fascinating story behind this little worm, which will explain the profound meaning of this verse. When the life of the female coccus ilicis, (or scarlet worm) is nearing the end of her life, she climbs a tree and attaches her body to it, fixing her-self so firmly and permanently, she virtually impales herself on the tree, and never leaves again. Just before she dies, her eggs hatch and she gives birth to her young. The eggs deposited beneath her body are now protected from predators. Then, after the larvae hatch they are able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother dies, crim-son fluid from within her body, stains her own body and the surrounding wood she is attached to. She makes the ultimate sacrifice and because of her own death, her offspring are given new life. From the crushed, dried dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the scarlet dye is extracted and used to dye wool red.
This dye is referred to in the Bible as simply “scarlet” (the color), or “crimson” (the worm).
(Psalm) 22:6 speaks of Messiah:
“But I am a worm, and not a man, A reproach of men, and despised by the people.”
The word “worm” in this verse, is also “towla” (the word crimson) which is the color of blood. This verse is actually saying, “But I am crimson,” referring to the coccus ilicis as a metaphor for his very own blood that would be shed for us. He was impaled on a tree just as the female worm was for her young so that we might live!
In addition to this, the crushed “coccus ilicis” contains a chemical that is an anti-bacterial agent which is why it was used in two types of purification ceremonies:
1.) When there was a plague, scarlet was included in the purification of the house. “And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet” (Leviticus 14:52).
2.) The scarlet worm was also used in the formula with the ashes of the red heifer “And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer” (Leviticus 19:6).
These ashes were used to cleanse a person when they came into contact with a dead body (a host for bacteria). This crimson, the worm coccus ilicis, was necessary to make one clean, which is symbolic of the blood of Yahwah the Messiah removing the sin of disease and death from us.
(Isaiah) 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised [crushed] for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
(Hebrews) 9:13-14 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Mashiyach (Messiah), who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to Elohim, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?
The scarlet cord (thread) is also referred to in the book of Joshua, when Rahab the harlot, hung a “scarlet” thread from her window, which preserved her life from the Yisra’elite invasion to come.
(Joshua) 2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Here, the scarlet cord that had been dyed using the scarlet worm’s body, is used to identify the home of Rahab, who befriended the Yisra’eli spies, and it spared her life and her family from destruction. In the same way, we are chosen and identified by YaHuWaH, through the blood of Yahwah ha’Mashiyach that washed our sins away. The last words of our Messiah when he died on the tree are also deeply profound in light of this metaphor of the ilicis worm:
(John) 19:30 When he had received the drink, Yahuwah the Messiah said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Interestingly, that word in Latin, “ilicis“ literally means….“it is finished!“
(Isaiah) 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, says YHWH: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
(Hebrews) 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people…
The bride of Messiah is typified as the woman in Proverbs 31:21 whose household is clothed in scarlet: “She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet (coccus ilicis).”
This means that the bride of Messiah is “covered” in the blood of the lamb!
The prophecy that (Jacob) spoke over his son (Judah) in Genesis 49:11 says that he would “Bind his foal unto the vine, and his donkey’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.” This same prophecy is seen again in Revelation 19:13 about our Messiah, the Lion of the Tribe of (Judah) and it says that “he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of Elohim.”
In Isaiah 63:1, the Messianic prophecy says that Messiah will come from “Edom” which is a word that means “scarlet red,” and it goes on to say that he “dyed his garments.” You see that “banner” or that “sign” was the scarlet thread and that is when this third trumpet blast is sounded on the Feast of Trumpets! Mary gave one last shout as she pushed the baby out of her womb!
And when did our Messiah die on the tree? He was nailed to the tree at the 3rd hour of the day (9:00 a.m.). And he died at the 9th hour of the day or 3:00 p.m.! He was also in the heart of the earth for “three days and three nights!” Can you see the witness of three yet for his birth on the Feast of Trumpets? He was resurrected (born-again) from the dead on the third day!
Why did I go down this seemingly mysterious path to show you what the Teruw’ah trumpet blast signifies? It is because I aim to illustrate why our Messiah was born on the “Day of Blowing” and how the word for “Teruw’ah” (blowing) is a “sign, a banner, and a signal” of the promised Messiah.
Now, let’s take a look at the Hebrew word for “blowing:”
#8643 truw`ah ter-oo-aw from 7321; clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarm, blowing of the trumpets, joy, jubilee, loud noise, rejoicing, shouting, high, joyful sounding.
The root word for this word is as follows:
#7321 ruwa` roo-ah a primitive root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy):--blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Are you making the connection yet? Let’s take a look at what the angels were doing on that same day when Messiah was born:
(Luke) 2:
9 And, lo, the angel of YHWH came upon them, and the glory of YHWH shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of (David) a Saviour, which is Mashiyach (Messiah) YHWH.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger (sukkah).
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising Elohim, and saying,
14 Glory to Elohim in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Do you see this yet? The angels were shouting and rejoicing on the Feast of Trumpets with the trumpet sound of the “Teruw’ah!” This is a “banner” or a “sign!” That sign shown to the shepherds was a babe lying in a manger (sukkah) in swaddling clothes!
But then the final trumpet sound, the fourth and last one on the Feast of Trumpets is called the Tekiah Gedolah, which is a prolonged, unbroken sound typifying a final appeal to sincere repentance and atonement. This is when he would have actually been born---at the last trumpet!
And when will the future bride, the “one new man” be born into immortality? At the last trumpet!
1st (Corinthians) 15:
51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Do you see the pattern yet? The Messiah was born at the “last trumpet” on the Feast of Trumpets and the future bride will also be “born” into incorruption at the last trumpet on the Feast of Trumpets!
Why is this significant? Because it shows the pattern and the typology for Yahuwah the Messiah being born at the last trumpet on the Feast of Trumpets!
You see, our Messiah came to us in the 4th Millennium from creation, and he also died on the 4th day of the week (Wednesday), before he resurrected three days and three nights later on the evening of the 7th day, Sabbath. It is no surprise then, that the 4th trumpet blast is what brought about his arrival into the world. The number “4” in scripture symbolizes the “four corners of the earth” and YaHWaH our creator will harvest the earth at the second coming of Messiah. His bride will also be resurrected at the beginning of the seventh millennium (the 7th day).
It is fitting therefore that Messiah would be born on this day, since YaHWaH was announcing his son into the world as the Malkiy-Tzedeq in Hebrew, “King of Righteousness.” Dr. Ernest L. Martin cites the many discoveries which reveal the exact date when our Messiah was ushered into the world.
The entire book can be downloaded for free at the link below:
The video below gives an illustration of the planetary alignment that took place that night when our Messiah was born:
How can we know for sure that Yahuwah the Messiah was born on September 11th in 3 B.C. on “Yom Teruw’ah?” In his book entitled “The Star That Astonished the World,” Dr. Ernest L. Martin shows that the planetary alignment which occurred that year when Yahwah the Messiah was born was from the prophecy in Revelation 12.
On no other day except on September 11th in 3 B.C. do we see this planetary alignment taking place. On this day and never before this date nor ever again afterwards, has this same configuration of the planets and stars been seen.
The Hebrew word for “virgin” is “Bethuwlah” which is what this constellation is named after. The pagans renamed these constellations after pagan deities, and they assimilated this “virgin” to their false mother goddesses, but it’s origin has always pointed to only one “mother” which is Jerusalem “the mother of us all.”
The constellation was renamed in Latin as “Virgo the Virgin” and she had 12 stars around her head (for the twelve tribes of Yisra’el), and the moon was under her feet. The sun was “mid-body” and so she was “clothed with the sun.” She was also giving birth to “Ariel,” the Lion of the Tribe of (Judah). The planet Jupiter was also seen inside this constellation which is called Malkiy-Tzedeq (King of Righteousness) or Melchizedek. The pagans renamed this planet after the pagan deity from Greece (Zeus) or Jupiter (Roman).
It has become customary within Messianic Judaism to believe that our Messiah was born on the Feast of Tabernacles rather than on the Feast of Trumpets. I must admit, that when I first began this research I grappled with the idea of his birth being on Tabernacles (Sukkot) or on Trumpets (Teruw’ah). But the more I studied the scriptures surrounding these two feasts, it became apparent that our Messiah actually fulfilled all three of the Fall Feasts at his birth and all four of the Spring Feasts at his death. That was a revelation that truly astounded me, and you will soon learn why.
Circumcision Typology on Yom Kippur
I can understand why most Messianics and others within the Hebraic Roots Community have concluded that our Messiah was born during the Feast of Tabernacles. It is because a manger is called a sukkah in Hebrew, and it is a temporary shelter that we dwell in for seven days during this feast called Sukkoth in Hebrew. And then on the 8th day or the last day following this feast, it would seem fitting that he was then circumcised, because a baby boy is to be circumcised on the 8th day from his birth. But there are several reasons why he could not have been born on the Feast of Tabernacles, and you are going to understand why if you follow my reasoning with the scriptures that I will present. So please bear with me and pay close attention. I am going to illustrate for you now, why I believe he was circumcised for Yom Kippur rather than the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles as traditionally taught.
Since ancient times in Yisra’el, traditionally, Yom Teruw’ah has always been celebrated for two days due to the fact that the sighting of the first crescent moon demanded two credible witnesses. By the time that the new moon was finally sanctified (set-apart) by the Sanhedrin, half of the day was already spent, and so the entire next day on the 2nd day of Tishri, the Feast of Trumpets continued to be celebrated.
It is also interesting to realize that like the new moon, no man can know the day or the hour when it will make its sudden appearance. So it is with a baby whose gestation can be approximated but no man knows the day or the hour when this baby will suddenly decide to make his appearance into the world. The baby’s head first appears as it begins to make its way out his mother’s birth canal. The moon likewise begins to show its first crescent.
On the first day of Yom Teruw’ah, Yisra’el reads Genesis 21 where Sarah conceives (Isaac) and they also read 1st Samuel 1-2:10 where Channah cries out to YaHWaH for a son, and she conceives and gives birth to the prophet Samuel. This is not a coincidence that the scriptures being read on this feast relate to conception and birth, even though Orthodox Jews do not believe that Yahwah is the Messiah! Can you imagine the shock they will experience when they will one day learn that these verses were being read as a symbol of their Messiah who was also born on this feast day? Messianic Jews also read 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18 where it speaks about the second coming of Messiah and 1st Corinthians 15:51-54 about the catching away of the bride when she is reborn (resurrected). Once again, the typology here speaks of birth and rebirth.
On the second day of Yom Teruw’ah, it is called the Akedah, (the binding of Isaac) when they read Genesis 22:1-24. On this day, they read the account of Abraham offering up his son (Isaac) on the altar and then YaHWaH providing a ram as a substitute offering. Isaac was for all intent and purposes “dead” even though he was not killed. Abraham had to “die” in his heart to his son. He had to die to his own desires and let go of his son before he was ready to plunge that knife into him. Isaac also had to accept the idea of death, and so in his heart he “died” and was willing to give up his life for the love of his father and his Creator. When the angel then appeared to Abraham and stopped him from killing Isaac, we could then say that he was “born-again.” This was essentially the birth of his new destiny as the son of promise!
The people of Yisra’el also read Jeremiah 31:1-19 where it speaks of the restoration and salvation of Israel at the second coming of Messiah. Why is it important to explain this? Because as we uncover the details of when Messiah was born, we will be able to see that the traditions practiced by the House of (Judah) on this particular feast all point to the birth of their long-awaited Messiah, if they will only have eyes to see! Mary went into labor on the evening of the 30th day of Elul, (the last day of the 6th Hebrew month). Then as the sun went down, began the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishri, and she was in labor all that day as these four trumpets would have been sounded. By the evening of the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishri, just before it became the 2nd day of Tishri, at sundown, he was born at the last trumpet!
At this website, by Hillel ben David (Greg Killian) he explains why Yom Teruw’ah was and still is celebrated for two days.
Originally….the New Moon was not fixed by astronomical calculations, but was solemnly proclaimed after witnesses had testified to the reappearance of the crescent of the moon. On the 30th of each month, the members of the Sanhedrin assembled in a courtyard in Jerusalem, named Beit Ya’azek, where they waited to receive the testimony of two reliable witnesses; they then sanctified the New Moon based on their calculations and the testimony of these two witnesses. If the moon’s crescent was not seen on the 30th day, the New Moon was automatically celebrated on the 31st day (which was the first day of the next month).
Normally we know several days in advance, the date of the next festival. However, there is one festival which actually falls on the new moon. The only festival that falls on a new moon is….Yom Teruah….
Yom Teruah, therefore, is the festival that, “No one knows the day or hour that it starts, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” Until the Sanhedrin sanctifies the New Moon of the seventh month, no one know when Yom Teruah will begin….
….These days of Yom Teruah are called “yoma arichta” (one long day) to indicate that the sanctity of both is not a doubtful sanctity, but a definite one….The reason that we celebrate for two days is because if we waited to start our celebration until after the new moon had been sanctified, we would have missed half the celebration because the new moon can only be sanctified during daylight hours. The new moon is also very difficult to see on the first day because it can be seen only about sunset, close to the sun, when the sun is traveling north. So, looking for a very slim faint crescent moon, which is very close to the sun, is a very difficult thing to do....
These two days are celebrated as though it is just one long day of forty-nine hours from candle lighting time, eighteen minutes before sundown; to havdalah time, forty-two minutes after sundown....
*Note by Maria Merola: Could it be that these “forty nine hours” used to celebrate this feast represents the “seventy sevens” or shebuwah (forty nine years) of when Daniel’s 70-Week prophecy cycles around? If 70 X 7 = 49 and 70 “shebuwah” (weeks) equals 490 years, can we see a pattern of 70 X 7 equaling how many times we must forgive our brother? (Matthew 18:22).
Now according to the testimony of Ernest L. Martin, the birth of Messiah took place at sundown on the Feast of Trumpets around 6-7 p.m. The Towrah tells us that on the ninth day of the seventh month of Tishri, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is to begin at evening:
(Leviticus) 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening unto evening, shall you celebrate your sabbath.
We should then be able to count eight days following his birth until his circumcision just before Yom Kippur. So let us count:
Messiah born at sundown 1st of Tishri just before the 2nd of Tishri
2nd of Tishri sundown: day #1
3rd of Tishri sundown: day #2
4th of Tishri sundown: day #3
5th of Tishri sundown: day #4
6th of Tishri sundown: day #5
7th of Tishri sundown: day #6
8th of Tishri sundown: day #7
9th of Tishri sundown: day #8 Messiah circumcised.
9th of Tishri @ sundown becomes the 10th of Tishri, Yom Kippur begins (Leviticus 23:32).
Now it makes sense that he was circumcised at the on-set of the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) just as the ninth day of Tishri was about to end and the tenth day was beginning. Then five days later he also dwelled in the sukkah (manger) as a new-born with his parents during the 7 days of Sukkot.
The typology of a Yom Kippur circumcision is a much better fit, because the foreskin is like a veil to our hearts and Yom Kippur is nick-named “face-to-face.” Why is it called face-to-face? It is when the priest goes behind the veil once per year and he comes face-to-face with YaHWaH. This is when Ya’aqob (Jacob) wrestled with YaHWaH all night long, and by morning he had declared that he had seen Elohim “face-to-face” (Genesis 32:30). Jacob’s wrestling was likened unto a baby coming out of the birth canal. He had to “die” to his old sinful nature, and by morning he was reborn into a new man who had an encounter with his maker. His new name accompanied his “born-again” experience as he went from being called Ya’aqob to Yisra’el.
At the future Marriage Supper of the Lamb, the House of (Judah) will finally see their Messiah “face-to-face” and they will finally recognizes him as prophesied in Zechariah 12:10. The veil will then be lifted from their eyes so that they can see him face-to-face! Since, the blood of the lamb is sprinkled on Yom Kippur “behind the veil,” on the altar, his circumcision was being portrayed as a “type and shadow” of his ultimate sacrifice which would “cover” (atone for) our sins once and for all. The word “atonement” in Hebrew is “kippur” but it comes from another root word:
#3722 kaphar kaw-far’ a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:-- appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconciliation.
What gets “put off” during a circumcision? The foreskin! And what is “covered” during Yom Kippur? Our sins! The Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) spoke in this very same prophetic language:
(Colossians) 2:11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off, the body of sins in the flesh by the circumcision of Mashiyach (Messiah).
Do you see this? The word “atonement” is “kippur” which comes from the root word “kaphar” which means to “put off the body of sins in the flesh by circumcision!”
The infant of Yahwah's blood was released at his circumcision as a foreshadowing of him being the Yom Kippur sacrificial goat in the future. The blood of the goat enables us to have the “veil” (foreskin) removed from our hearts so that we can “see” him face-to-face!
The “covering” of the heart is called a foreskin in scripture. We are commanded to “remove the foreskin of our hearts” in Deuteronomy 10:16 & Jeremiah 4:4. And when this “veil” or foreskin is removed, we are able to come “FACE-TO-FACE” with our Creator!
This is why the Jewish people have nick-named the Day of Atonement aka Yom Kippur as “face-to-face!”
This is when the High Priest in the Temple would go behind the veil into the Holy of Holies and sprinkle the blood of the lamb on the mercy seat once per year on Yom Kippur. This would bring him “face-to- face” with YaHuWaH as he interceded for Yisra’el. The fact that the blood of a goat was used for Yom Kippur to be sprinkled on the mercy seat by the High Priest, (behind the veil) was being foreshadowed here at Yahwah's circumcision.
Our eternal High Priest after the order of Melchizedek, was having his foreskin removed on the 8th day following his birth as a picture of the veil in the Temple being torn as well as the veil to our hearts being removed by his once-and-for-all sacrifice. His blood was being released through circumcision (covenant) on Yom Kippur as a sign that only his blood could atone for our sins!
In the future, when the bride is “born” into immortality, she will also have the “veil” of her mortal flesh removed. The bridegroom will remove the “veil” from her face as is done in a traditional wedding ceremony, and she will come face-to-face with him at last!
It is prophetically fitting that he would be circumcised on Yom Kippur, and then five days later he would have “dwelled” in a “tabernacle” or sukkah (manger) with his parents for seven days.
Why He Was Not Born on the Feast of Tabernacles
Another reason why it does not seem plausible for the birth of Messiah to have been on Sukkot, is that according to Luke’s Gospel, Yahuwceph (Joseph) and Miryam (Mary) had to travel to Bethlehem to be taxed. While they were there, Mary gave birth to Yahwah the Messiah:
(Luke) 2:
4 And (Joseph) also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into (Judaea), unto the city of (David), which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with (Mary) his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
*Note: This is very important because there are three pilgrimage feasts that every Yisra’elite man must travel to Jerusalem to keep each year. According to the Towrah commandment in Deuteronomy 16:16, they are: Passover (Pesach), Pentecost (Shavuot or Feast of Weeks), and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot).
But since Jerusalem is 6 miles away from Bethlehem, we know that (Joseph) and (Mary) could not have been in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles if Messiah had been born on that day. Had he been born on the Feast of Tabernacles, he would’ve been born in Jerusalem six miles away (not in Bethlehem).
(Joseph) had to appear before YaHWaH in the Temple in Jerusalem and bring an offering on the Feast of Tabernacles according to Exodus 23:19-20. But if (Joseph) was in Bethlehem 6 miles away helping his wife give birth in a sukkah (manger), how then could he go to Jerusalem to make on offering for the Feast of Tabernacles? You see, he could not be in both places at once, and (Joseph) would not have left Mary there alone giving birth while he went to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices in the Temple. Also, there is an ancient adoption custom that says that whoever helps the woman give birth to the child gets to adopt the child and bring him into his tribe! Hence, the reason we are able to determine that our Messiah came from the line of Levi (his mother’s tribe) and the line of Judah (Joseph’s tribe) according to Matthew 1:16! That means that Joseph had to be there for the birth to adopt his son into the tribe of Judah! Melchizedek is both a priest (Levi) and a king (Judah).
The shepherds were also told to go to Bethlehem to see the child, but they were not told to go to Jerusalem. If this was the Feast of Taber-nacles, the Angel of YaHuWaH would’ve told them to go to Jerusalem to keep the feast in Jerusalem (not to Bethlehem).
(Luke) 2:
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which YHWH has made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found (Mary), and (Joseph), and the babe lying in a manger.
Actually, there is clear proof that Yahuwah the Messiah could not have been born at any of the three pilgrimage Feasts of Passover, Pentecost or Taber-nacles. These were times when all Yisra’elite men were required by biblical law to be in Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 16:6, 11, 16). Yet Luke tells us that during the time of Messiah’s nativity “everyone went into his own city” (Luke 2:3). Besides, the Romans would not have selected the three primary festival seasons for a census when most of the Jews in Palestine were required to be in Jerusalem.
The reason there was no room at the inn was not because the people were crowding into the Jerusalem area for ceremonial purposes, but, as Luke tells us, they were there to be registered for the census. According to the Towrah commandment in Leviticus 12, (Mary) had fulfilled her 40 days of puri-fication following the birth of a male child and then they brought the child to Jerusalem to be dedicated to YaHWaH. If he had been born in Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles, they would not have had to travel there following her days of purification because she would’ve already been there for his birth and for the remaining 40 days afterwards.
(Luke) 2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the Law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to (Jerusalem), to present him to YHWH.
According to the Towrah, a woman is considered unclean for 7 days following the birth of a male child. But she is considered unclean for 14 days following the birth of a female child:
(Leviticus) 12:
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
What this means is that she had to remain separated for seven days following the birth of Messiah. This means that she could not celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with Joseph in a sukkah (manger) because this would render his celebration of this holy feast as unclean. Also, during the Ten Days of Awe, Yisra’elites would fast and pray leading up to Yom Kippur to cleanse and purify themselves. Mary had seven days of being unclean and then the male child would be circumcised. It is fitting that Mary was “unclean” during the first seven days of the “Ten Days of Awe,” but by Yom Kippur she was cleansed so that she could go to the Temple for her son’s circumcision. She would not be allowed into the sanctuary for 33 more days, but she could at least be in the outer court of the Temple for Yom Kippur to observe the circumcision of her baby boy.
(Leviticus) 12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
Why was there no room in the Inn?
Because even though the Feast of Tabernacles was the only “pilgrimage feast” out of the three Fall Feasts, many people were traveling and coming to stay in the surrounding cities of Jerusalem early in order to observe all three of the Fall Feasts. And as I stated previously, it was because of the census also, that every-one returned to their home town, so that the Inns were booked up.
Messiah fulfilled an intermediate fulfillment of all three Fall Feasts at his first coming:
1.) Announcement: Yom Teruw’ah, ushering in the King.
2.) Circumcision: Yom Kippur, removal of the veil (foreskin) called “face-to-face.”
3.) Dwelling with us: Sukkot; dwelt with us in a corruptible body.
Messiah will fulfill all three Fall Feasts at his second coming:
1.) Husband Ushering in the Bride: Yom Teruw’ah.
2.) Husband removes veil from the bride’s face: Yom Kippur.
3.) Husband consummates the marriage with the 4th cup: Sukkot; Dwells with bride for 1,000 years of Sabbath rest.
In this study, I am going to be using the research of several different sources in order to narrow it down to precisely when Yahuwah the Messiah was born. I first want to show the evidence from scripture that absolutely proves that Yahwah the Messiah was NOT BORN ON DECEMBER 25th, and it can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. The website below by Michael Schiefler shows the time-line charts for the schedule of the priest-hood set up by King David in 2nd Chronicles 24. It is very easy to determine the date of when our Messiah was born simply by knowing that (John) the Baptist’s father (Zechariah) was a priest in the Temple of the division of (Abijah) as seen in Luke 1:5. This helps us narrow down the birth of Yahwah the Messiah to around sometime in September.
After we rule out a December 25th birth for Yahwah the Messiah using the scriptures presented by Michael Schie-fler, I will then follow with Dr. Ernest L. Martin’s astronomical research and then finally Roy Reinhold’s Bible Code Matrix research which absolutely narrows it down to The Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruw’ah) Sept-ember 11th in 3 B.C.
Judging from all the evidence and research that I will present here, I believe that we can actually show that Yahwah the Messiah fulfilled all three of the Fall Feasts at his birth as follows:
1.) Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruw’ah): day of birth.
*Note: I believe that the announcement came on September 11th, with the constellation appearing in the sky that night, and Mary began going into labor that night, but his birth actually took place by sun-down that evening just before the 2nd day of Tishri. This would mean that he was born at sundown on the 1st of Tishri just before the 2nd day of Tishri. As I noted earlier, since ancient times the Feast of Trumpets was traditionally kept for two days because two witnesses were required to sanctify the new moon. This would have left only 8 days until Yom Kippur when he would’ve been circumcised..) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur): circumcision.
3.) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot): dwelled in a manger/sukkah with his parents.
What follows is an article by Michael Schiefler who believes the birth of Yahwah the Messiah to be on the Feast of Tabernacles rather than the Feast of Trumpets. The Feast of Tabernacles is 15 days AFTER the Feast of Trum-pets each year. Michael Schiefler’s calculations are an “approximation” of the time of year that Yahuwah the Messiah was born during one of the Fall Feasts of YaHWaH in September. His calculations are based on an undetermined “gestation period” which could set the date anywhere within a “window” of about 15 days between the Feast of Trumpets & the Feast of Tabernacles.
Michael Schiefler’s research is being used here only for the purpose of showing the biblical evidence of the approximate time of year that the Angel Gabriel visited John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah and this helps us to know when John the Baptist was born. From there, we can count 6 months (180 days forward) to find out exactly when Yahwah the Messiah was born. I am also using the charts below to show the time of year when Gabriel visited /Mary (the mother of Yahuwah the Messiah) to announce that she would conceive.
*The following research comes from Michael Shiefler’s website, but I took the liberty of restoring the sacred names of deity in his article.
3.) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot): dwelled in a manger/sukkah with his parents.
What follows is an article by Michael Schiefler who believes the birth of Yahwah the Messiah to be on the Feast of Tabernacles rather than the Feast of Trumpets. The Feast of Tabernacles is 15 days AFTER the Feast of Trum-pets each year. Michael Schiefler’s calculations are an “approximation” of the time of year that Yahuwah the Messiah was born during one of the Fall Feasts of YaHWaH in September. His calculations are based on an undetermined “gestation period” which could set the date anywhere within a “window” of about 15 days between the Feast of Trumpets & the Feast of Tabernacles.
Michael Schiefler’s research is being used here only for the purpose of showing the biblical evidence of the approximate time of year that the Angel Gabriel visited John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah and this helps us to know when John the Baptist was born. From there, we can count 6 months (180 days forward) to find out exactly when Yahwah the Messiah was born. I am also using the charts below to show the time of year when Gabriel visited /Mary (the mother of Yahuwah the Messiah) to announce that she would conceive.
*The following research comes from Michael Shiefler’s website, but I took the liberty of restoring the sacred names of deity in his article.
2.) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur): circumcision.
3.) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot): dwelled in a manger/sukkah with his parents.
I have presented the research of three men who have shown us that our Messiah could not have been born on December 25th and that there is no warrant what-so-ever for celebrating his birth at this time of year. We have looked at the evidence in scripture starting with the birth of (John) the Immerser (Baptist) and through this we can unequivocally prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that Messiah was born 6 months after his cousin (John) in the Hebrew month called Tishri (September-October).
We have also seen the prophetic scriptures in Revelation and the corroborating evidence of the constellations that were seen the night when our Messiah was born. This evidence is further substantiated by the Bible Code research done by Roy Reinhold. And then finally, we have more scriptural proofs that provide us with insights that show the prophetic significance of our Messiah being born on the Feast of Trumpets and his subsequent fulfillment of the other Fall Feasts of YaHuWaH during the season of his nativity.
The Wedding of Jacob, Leah & Rachel
It is important to understand that Ya’aqob (Jacob) married two differ-ent brides within the same 15-day period. The first bride was Leah (the first-born) who was a “type” and shadow of the House of Ephrayim, the Ten Northern Tribes of Yisra’el.
The wedding between Ya’aqob & Leah lasted for seven days (Genesis 29:28). I believe that these seven days were between the Feast of Trumpets & The Day of Atonement (Yom Teruw’ah & Yom Kippur).
The second bride, Rachel was the “second-born” and she typifies the Two Southern Tribes of the House of (Judah). Rachel was also married to Ya’aqob at the end of Leah’s week which would have been on Yom Kippur. Their wedding would have also lasted for another seven days during the Feast of Taber-nacles.
Why is this important? I believe that the season of our Messiah’s nativity begins at Trumpets and ends at Tabernacles, because his nativity symbolizes the rebirth of his future bride, the “Two Houses of Yisra’el” typified in Leah & Rachel. The first-born (born-again believers) typified in Leah & Ephrayim will be married to Messiah first on the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruw’ah) and the second bride typified in Rachel will be married to Messiah last on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). When these two brides become “one stick” in the hand of YaHWaH (one olive tree) according to Ezekiel 37:16, this will take place on Yom Kippur. And then both brides will become only one bride and will have the wedding reception during the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Do you see the pattern? The 15-day period of our Messiah’s nativity accurately portrays the rebirth of both brides into one bride which culminates at the Feast of Tabernacles! This is how we can tell that he fulfilled all three of the Fall Feasts of YaHWaH at his birth. He had to fulfill the “birth” of both brides, the Two Houses of Yisra’el! The “woman” in Revelation 12 is mother Jerusalem who will give birth to the “one new man.”
It has been generally taught that our Messiah did not fulfill the Fall Feasts yet, and that he will fulfill them at his second coming. But what most people have not seemed to figure out yet, is that all the Feasts of YaHWaH have more than one fulfillment, and they do not stand still in one era of time. If he is the one who “was and who is and who is to come” (past, present and future), doesn’t it make sense that his proph-etic feasts also keep on moving with time? Therefore we can now see that he fulfilled all seven feasts at his first coming and he will again fulfill them at this second coming!
The Clincher
As I grappled with the idea of whether or not our Messiah was born on the Feast of Trumpets or on the Feast of Tabernacles, I carefully weighed all of the evidence that I have presented here. But the pieces to this puzzle did not come together for me until I was studying about the “forty-day fast” of our Messiah, I was suddenly struck with the awareness that his forty days of fasting began on the 1st day of the 6th Hebrew month of Elul and it culminated at Yom Kippur. What made me come to this conclusion was when I read this account in Luke and realized that he was speaking in “Yom Kippur” language:
I have presented the research of three men who have shown us that our Messiah could not have been born on December 25th and that there is no warrant what-so-ever for celebrating his birth at this time of year. We have looked at the evidence in scripture starting with the birth of (John) the Immerser (Baptist) and through this we can unequivocally prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that Messiah was born 6 months after his cousin (John) in the Hebrew month called Tishri (September-October).
We have also seen the prophetic scriptures in Revelation and the corroborating evidence of the constellations that were seen the night when our Messiah was born. This evidence is further substantiated by the Bible Code research done by Roy Reinhold. And then finally, we have more scriptural proofs that provide us with insights that show the prophetic significance of our Messiah being born on the Feast of Trumpets and his subsequent fulfillment of the other Fall Feasts of YaHuWaH during the season of his nativity.
The Wedding of Jacob, Leah & Rachel
It is important to understand that Ya’aqob (Jacob) married two differ-ent brides within the same 15-day period. The first bride was Leah (the first-born) who was a “type” and shadow of the House of Ephrayim, the Ten Northern Tribes of Yisra’el.
The wedding between Ya’aqob & Leah lasted for seven days (Genesis 29:28). I believe that these seven days were between the Feast of Trumpets & The Day of Atonement (Yom Teruw’ah & Yom Kippur).
The second bride, Rachel was the “second-born” and she typifies the Two Southern Tribes of the House of (Judah). Rachel was also married to Ya’aqob at the end of Leah’s week which would have been on Yom Kippur. Their wedding would have also lasted for another seven days during the Feast of Taber-nacles.
Why is this important? I believe that the season of our Messiah’s nativity begins at Trumpets and ends at Tabernacles, because his nativity symbolizes the rebirth of his future bride, the “Two Houses of Yisra’el” typified in Leah & Rachel. The first-born (born-again believers) typified in Leah & Ephrayim will be married to Messiah first on the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruw’ah) and the second bride typified in Rachel will be married to Messiah last on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). When these two brides become “one stick” in the hand of YaHWaH (one olive tree) according to Ezekiel 37:16, this will take place on Yom Kippur. And then both brides will become only one bride and will have the wedding reception during the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Do you see the pattern? The 15-day period of our Messiah’s nativity accurately portrays the rebirth of both brides into one bride which culminates at the Feast of Tabernacles! This is how we can tell that he fulfilled all three of the Fall Feasts of YaHWaH at his birth. He had to fulfill the “birth” of both brides, the Two Houses of Yisra’el! The “woman” in Revelation 12 is mother Jerusalem who will give birth to the “one new man.”
It has been generally taught that our Messiah did not fulfill the Fall Feasts yet, and that he will fulfill them at his second coming. But what most people have not seemed to figure out yet, is that all the Feasts of YaHWaH have more than one fulfillment, and they do not stand still in one era of time. If he is the one who “was and who is and who is to come” (past, present and future), doesn’t it make sense that his proph-etic feasts also keep on moving with time? Therefore we can now see that he fulfilled all seven feasts at his first coming and he will again fulfill them at this second coming!
The Clincher
As I grappled with the idea of whether or not our Messiah was born on the Feast of Trumpets or on the Feast of Tabernacles, I carefully weighed all of the evidence that I have presented here. But the pieces to this puzzle did not come together for me until I was studying about the “forty-day fast” of our Messiah, I was suddenly struck with the awareness that his forty days of fasting began on the 1st day of the 6th Hebrew month of Elul and it culminated at Yom Kippur. What made me come to this conclusion was when I read this account in Luke and realized that he was speaking in “Yom Kippur” language:
(Luke) 4:
14 And Yahwah the Messiah returned in the power of the Ruwach (Spirit) into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet (Isaiah). And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of YHWH is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the (gospel) to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of YHWH.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
You see the function of the High Priest each year on Yom Kippur was to act as the “kinsmen redeemer” for the nation. The High Priest represented the “husband” of the bride (Israel), and only he could “stand in the gap” for her and make atonement for her sins year-by-year. The temporary order of High Priests was given to the sons of (Aaron) after Israel sinned with the molten calf in Exodus 32. After their “transgression,” the “law of the high priest” was added because of transgression (Galatians 3:19). Moses made Aaron and his sons the new high priests to minister on behalf of the nation every year for Yom Kippur. But prior to that, the High Priest belonged to Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18).
Why did Mosheh (Moses) hand over that role of the “Kohen Gadowl” to the sons of (Aaron) instead of to the Tribe of (Judah) from where the Melchizedek Priesthood came? It was because Aaron was the originator of this transgression. He was the one who cause Israel to sin in the first place with the golden calf!
Therefore, the only way that Aaron and his sons could live, is if they were the ones who gave their lives as a ransom for the nation!
Each year when the High Priest performed the role of the kin-smen redeemer on Yom Kippur, he had to first “sanctify himself” with the blood of a bullock, and then he had to make a sacrifice for the nation of Yisra’el with the blood of a goat. The bullock was killed to symbolize that “golden calf worship” was being killed. And the goat was killed to symbolize Yisra’el being killed for her own sins after this transgression in Exodus 32. This act was to remind them year-by-year about the “great transgres-sion” in the wilderness (Psalm 19:13) which they would never again want to repeat.
So you see this “law” that made Levites (mortal men) into “High Priests” each year for Yom Kippur was now being changed when Messiah was baptized!
(Hebrews) 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Our Messiah came to restore the role of the High Priest (the husband and kinsmen redeemer) back to the order of Melchizedek from (Judah). And so when he was baptized by (John), who was a Levite, John was the “High Priest” in the eyes of YaHWaH. Caiaphas was selected by men (an impostor). John was the temporary “High Priest” until the “seed” (Messiah) would come (Galatians 3:19). When John immersed Yahuwah the Messiah, he was transferring the role of the High Priest back to the order of Melchizedek! That is why John had to die!
The nation of Yisra’el has a custom of fasting for forty days leading up to Yom Kippur to commemorate when Moses was on Mount Sinai for forty days. At the end of those forty days, Moses returned to find them in “transgression” with the molten calf. Moses then had to make atonement for them and that is when he instituted the “law” of the High Priests after the sons of Aaron.
This is the reason why the nation of Yisra’el to this day calls for “forty days of teshuwa” or repentance. This is why Yahwah the Messiah fasted for forty days leading up to Yom Kippur. He performed the role of the sacrificial goat at his baptism since baptism is a symbol of death (Romans 6:4). Then he was lead into the wilderness as the scapegoat by the Holy Spirit.
The term scapegoat literally means “the innocent party who takes the place of the guilty party.”
When he emerged from the wilderness after his forty days of fasting, he went to the Temple and he read the Isaiah 61 scroll. In this passage he is showing them that he is the “Mashiyach” (the anointed one) and he is declaring to them “the acceptable year of YaHWaH” which only the Kohen Gadowl could announce each year on Yom Kippur!
You see if the red ribbon turned white and the white stone came up, that meant that the nation was “accepted” by YaHWaH that year on Yom Kippur. It meant that their High Priest had atoned for his own sins and then he would have been a proper vessel to atone for the nation. That is why they were “accepted.” But if the High Priest was corrupt and he did not sanctify himself, then he was not fit to atone for the nation either and then he would have died behind the veil and they were “not accepted” that year!
When our Messiah declared “the acceptable year of YaHWaH” he was essentially saying to them:
“I am now your High Priest, your kinsmen redeemer, your husband, after the order of Melchizedek, and you are accepted because I have made atonement for you in eternity as the lamb slain from the foundation of the world!”
Now why did I go down this rabbit-trail? Because I aim to show that Yahuwah could not have acted as the High Priest that year on Yom Kippur unless his 30th birthday had already taken place. At his baptism in Luke 3:23 it says that he was “beginning to be about thirty years of age” but he had not turned thirty years old yet.
This means that while he was fasting in the wilderness, his 30th birthday had come. By the time he emerged from the wilderness to read the Isaiah 61 scroll on Yom Kippur, he had to already be 30 years old in order to be the Melchizedek Priest according to the Towrah (Numbers 4:3-47). What does this mean? It means that if he was born on the Feast of Tabernacles, which is five days AFTER Yom Kippur, then he would not have been able to act as the High Priest that year! Towrah requires all men to be at least 30 years of age before they can become a High Priest!
His birthday had to take place BEFORE Yom Kippur and that is what finally brought me to the realization that he was born on Yom Teruw’ah!
Now, that you have been shown the truth, you have a responsibility before YaHWaH to come out of “Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots and Abominations” as mentioned in Revelation 17.
Christ-Mass is none other than the recycled religion of Nimrod and his wife/mother Semiramis and there son Tammuz (Jesus) who was born on Dec. 25 from the Tower of Babel. Modern-day Christianity has adopted all of the pagan rituals of the Tower of Babel. The word “babel” means “confusion and mixture,” and we are told that YaHWaH is not the author of confusion. The same Messiah that many Christians claim to be worshiping on Christ-Mass has now called us out of this confusion and mixture.
(Revelation) 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.
I want to thank Maria Merola for the research she has done in this study. This has been years of research she has done to show us the truth of when Yahwah Ha-Mashiach was born. It was not December 25. It was Tishri 1 Feast of the Trumpets which falls in September on the Gregorian Calendar.
I want to thank Maria Merola for the research she has done in this study. This has been years of research she has done to show us the truth of when Yahwah Ha-Mashiach was born. It was not December 25. It was Tishri 1 Feast of the Trumpets which falls in September on the Gregorian Calendar.
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