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<v Speaker 1>What is happening and what is up? Hold out your

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<v Speaker 1>glass Merry Christmas, guys. Hope everyone's enjoying their time off

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<v Speaker 1>from work. I hope they're enjoying their time with their family,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope you guys are remembering the reason for

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<v Speaker 1>the season. Now. I'm of the belief that December twenty

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<v Speaker 1>fifth is not actually Christ's birthday. We've missed it by

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<v Speaker 1>a few months. But I'm not a legalist. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that as long as you set aside a day to

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<v Speaker 1>honor the Lord and remember him, and your intentions are right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a legalistic pharisee. But for those that were

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<v Speaker 1>not aware, I wanted to re release this episode that

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<v Speaker 1>we did with the Dig in our first season. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is inspired by Michael Heiser and several other authors

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<v Speaker 1>in their books and their theories about the birthday of

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ. And this was really fascinating when I first

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<v Speaker 1>discovered this. So we go through and we lay out

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<v Speaker 1>a timeline with the Bible, and we give you not

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<v Speaker 1>only you know, a biblical timeline for a date that

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<v Speaker 1>we believe is the true birthday of Christ, but then

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<v Speaker 1>we even give you some astronomical signs from the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Revelation that you can plug into a computer and

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<v Speaker 1>where the stars continually take the same path year after year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a watch and you can wind those hands

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<v Speaker 1>back and pinpoint a date with accuracy that's so close

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<v Speaker 1>it's within a two minute window. And I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 1>Revelation twelve, where the woman clothed in the sun, twelve

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<v Speaker 1>stars on her head, the moon under her feet, and

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<v Speaker 1>the dragon laying in wait to devour the child. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a very beautiful revelation. For those that have not

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<v Speaker 1>heard this, prepare to have your mind blown. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you have heard this already, just sit back, relax, and

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy this journey once again. And I'm releasing this. It

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<v Speaker 1>is now Christmas Eve. If you guys are with your family,

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<v Speaker 1>put this on play. Let them hear this. Send this

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<v Speaker 1>to your friends and your family and your loved ones

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<v Speaker 1>on Christmas and let them share in the amazement of

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<v Speaker 1>this story which is the birth of our Lord and Savior,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ. I hope you guys have a very merry

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<v Speaker 1>and blessed Christmas and a happy New Year. I love

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<v Speaker 1>you guys. Sit back, relax and enjoy the journey.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys, we should read our bibles as men digging for

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<v Speaker 2>buried treasure.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Most High I gave of the nations their inheritance.

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<v Speaker 1>When he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of people's

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<v Speaker 1>according to the number of the sons of God.

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<v Speaker 3>In those days and for some time after, giant Nephilites

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<v Speaker 3>lived down to the earth. For whenever the sons of

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<v Speaker 3>God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children

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<v Speaker 3>who became the heroes and famous warriors.

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<v Speaker 4>Of ancient tides. Take no part in the fruitless deeds

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<v Speaker 4>of darkness, but yet expose that though a thousand and

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<v Speaker 4>fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these.

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<v Speaker 1>Ears will not touching lives of garden man. You gotta

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<v Speaker 1>dig it.

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<v Speaker 5>Hell, oh, fellow treasure hunters, welcome to the excavation. Side

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<v Speaker 5>unjust in alongside and when we got Ben, Stephen and

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<v Speaker 5>Chad will be your guides on this excursion. Hope you

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<v Speaker 5>brought your shovel in your compass, because we got the map.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's good, what Luke Chapter one, verse five through twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish

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<v Speaker 3>priest named Zachariah. He was a member of the priestly

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<v Speaker 3>order of Abajah and his wife Elizabeth, who was also

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<v Speaker 3>from the priests line of Erin. Zacharia and Elizabeth were

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<v Speaker 3>righteous in God's eyes, careful to obey all the commandments

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<v Speaker 3>and regulations. They had no children because Elizabeth was unable

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<v Speaker 3>to conceive and they were both very old. One day,

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<v Speaker 3>Zachariah was serving God in the temple for his order

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<v Speaker 3>was on duty that week. As was the custom of

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<v Speaker 3>the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the

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<v Speaker 3>sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense. While the incense

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<v Speaker 3>was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying well.

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<v Speaker 3>Zachariah was in the sanctuary, an angel of the Lord

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<v Speaker 3>appeared to him, standing to the right of the incense altar.

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<v Speaker 3>Zachariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him,

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<v Speaker 3>but the angel said, what do the angels always say? Exactly?

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<v Speaker 3>Don't be afraid, Zacharig. God has heard your prayer. Your

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<v Speaker 3>wife Elizabeth will give you a son, and you are

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<v Speaker 3>to name him John. You will have great joy and gladness,

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<v Speaker 3>and many will rejoice at his birth. How far do

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<v Speaker 3>you want me to go?

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<v Speaker 6>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>Being you got yours pulled up. You want to you

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<v Speaker 1>just lost him.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll keep I can go twenty three, okay, For he

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<v Speaker 3>will be great in the Lord's eyes. He must never

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<v Speaker 3>touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled

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<v Speaker 3>with the Holy Spirit even before his birth, and he

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<v Speaker 3>will turn many. He will turn many Israelites to the Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>their God. He will be a man with the spirit

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<v Speaker 3>and the power of Elijah. He will prepare the people

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<v Speaker 3>for the coming of the Lord. And he will turn

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<v Speaker 3>the hearts of the fathers to their children. And he

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<v Speaker 3>will cause those who are the rebellious to accept the

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<v Speaker 3>wisdom of the godly. Zachariah said to the angel, how

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<v Speaker 3>can I be sure this will happen? I am an

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<v Speaker 3>old man now, and my wife is also well along

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<v Speaker 3>in years. That's really nice. He didn't say it call

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<v Speaker 3>his wife old. He just said she's he's got a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of years on it.

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<v Speaker 1>And one thing too, you know a bit. Some people's like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what does zachari and Elizabeth and John have to do

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<v Speaker 1>with Jesus. Well, Zachariah was the uncle to Jesus and

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<v Speaker 1>the father of John the Baptists, So we're creating a timeline.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what we're doing. Yes.

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<v Speaker 3>Then the angel said, I am Gabriel. I stand in

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<v Speaker 3>the very presence of God. It was he who sent

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<v Speaker 3>me to bring you the good news. But now, since

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<v Speaker 3>you didn't believe in what I said, you will be

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<v Speaker 3>silent and unable to speak until the child. I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>until the child is born, for my words will certainly

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<v Speaker 3>be fulfilled at the proper time. Meanwhile, the people were

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<v Speaker 3>waiting for Zacharia to come out of the sanctuary, wondering

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<v Speaker 3>why he was taking so long. When he finally did

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<v Speaker 3>come out, he couldn't speak to them. Then they realized

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<v Speaker 3>from his gestures and his silence that he must have

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<v Speaker 3>seen a vision in the sanctuary. When Zachariah is week

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<v Speaker 3>of service and the temple was over, he returned home. Afterward,

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<v Speaker 3>Elizabeth became pregnant and went into seclusion for five months.

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<v Speaker 3>How kind the Lord is, she exclaimed, He has taken

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<v Speaker 3>away my disgrace of having no children.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so that where are we at?

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<v Speaker 6>Right there?

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<v Speaker 3>That was Luke two five, and I actually went a

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<v Speaker 3>little further.

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<v Speaker 1>I finished chapter five through twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>I went through twenty five on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, that's fine. So we're trying to establish a timeline.

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<v Speaker 1>So we know Jesus's uncle Zachariah was a priest. He

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<v Speaker 1>was serving for the feasts and holy days. He was

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<v Speaker 1>told Visita by an angel said he'll conceive. He goes

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<v Speaker 1>back home.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't believe.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't believe. He was silenced. Then it gives you

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<v Speaker 1>a time, it says, so she concealed herself for how

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<v Speaker 1>many months? Five for five months, So pregnancy is nine months,

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<v Speaker 1>So we lacked four months. Right, We're going to fill

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<v Speaker 1>in that four month time gap with scripture. But right

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<v Speaker 1>here in my notes, I said her husband, the priest,

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<v Speaker 1>was the eighth course of Abja. He would have to

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<v Speaker 1>serve according to the Talmud, he would have to serve

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks in a row and serve for the week

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<v Speaker 1>of Pentecost June. So five months later puts Us at November.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay Luke chapter one, twenty six, twenty seven. That would

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<v Speaker 1>place Mary's encounter with the angel middle to the end

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<v Speaker 1>of December. This is the time of Honukkah, the festival

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<v Speaker 1>of lights. So Jesus, the Light of the world, was

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<v Speaker 1>announced during the festival of lights. How fitting is that

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<v Speaker 1>it says the Angel of the Lord told Mary of

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<v Speaker 1>elizabeths Now six month pregnancy, so she bolted to her

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<v Speaker 1>cousin's house. Luke chapter one, verse thirty nine. She remained there.

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<v Speaker 1>It says three months six plus three is nine months.

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<v Speaker 1>So Luke chapter one, verse fifty six, she stayed for

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<v Speaker 1>the birth of John the Baptists. By now a passover

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<v Speaker 1>had come, so she might as well stay in Jerusalem. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>This puts John the Baptist's birthday during past over week,

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of March, first week of April. This

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<v Speaker 1>place is Jesus' birth mid September, first of October, right

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<v Speaker 1>around the time of the Feast of Tabernacles. And how

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<v Speaker 1>fitting feast of Tabernacles is. You know, when they celebrated

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<v Speaker 1>that God dwelt among them when they were leaving Egypt.

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<v Speaker 1>He tabernacled with them, He dwelled with them. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>when Moses was handed the law. That's you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>they were in the wilderness, you know, and they built

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<v Speaker 1>the tabernacle, the holiest of holies, and the presence of

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<v Speaker 1>God rested.

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<v Speaker 3>Now God rested on the ark of the Covenant.

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<v Speaker 1>That was so yeah, So now God is physically dwelling

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<v Speaker 1>among them. You know, I'm a firm believer. God's of

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<v Speaker 1>the divine architect and put stuff together so perfect, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like a perfect you know, Hollywood thriller, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean. It just makes too much sense not to

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<v Speaker 1>be real.

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<v Speaker 3>And the part is, it's like, you don't it's it

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<v Speaker 3>almost seems so common sense. But when you look at it,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't. Like a good movie, you don't see the

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<v Speaker 3>twist until it happens at the end. You don't see

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<v Speaker 3>it coming that. God's like, we look at this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. And the thing is too about any movie. You're

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<v Speaker 1>a good story, you got to know the beginning really

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<v Speaker 1>well before you can understand the ending, because there's always

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<v Speaker 1>that big twist and you're like, why is it doing this?

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<v Speaker 1>At the first in the movie, this makes no sense,

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<v Speaker 1>And then you go through it, and then all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden there's that big plot twist, and then the

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<v Speaker 1>ending comes and you're like, oh, that makes so much

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<v Speaker 1>sense now exactly you know? So, and right here I

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<v Speaker 1>got Luke Chapter two. Do you believe the God of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible had all this pre planned? Well, of course

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<v Speaker 1>he did. Do you think he would have had Joseph

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<v Speaker 1>and Mary, who were the light of the world his

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<v Speaker 1>only son on a forty mile trek alone in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of winter, riding a donkey while nine months pregnant

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<v Speaker 1>in the freezing temperatures. No, he planned the trip when

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<v Speaker 1>the weather was beautiful. Yeah, where they would enjoy the

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<v Speaker 1>trip with the entire townsfolk joining in to help during

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<v Speaker 1>the time of great celebration. Yes, Yeshuah was not born

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<v Speaker 1>on Christmas Day.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, so Luke chapter two and verse seven it says,

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<v Speaker 1>and she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped

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<v Speaker 1>him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger

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<v Speaker 1>because there was no place for them in the end. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>the town had mentioned four large candles when I keep

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<v Speaker 1>mentioning the town. But that's a Jewish text that the

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<v Speaker 1>priests and stuff would keep, you know, documentation on their feasts,

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<v Speaker 1>how they practice, you know what I mean. It's basically

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<v Speaker 1>like a historical document. But the talment mentions four large

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<v Speaker 1>candlesticks with four golden bowls at the top of each

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<v Speaker 1>in the women's court. The wicks were made from worn

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<v Speaker 1>verse forty three through forty five. You know, that's when

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<v Speaker 1>up in the caravan, you know. So that showed you that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they went to these feasts and holy days

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<v Speaker 1>together in groups. You know. Yeshia was wrapped in linen

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<v Speaker 1>stripes cut from the priestly garments, blood stained by the

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<v Speaker 1>sacrifices offered up on our behalf to draw us near

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<v Speaker 1>to God. That's where the swaddling clothes come from. Now

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<v Speaker 1>why was there no room for them in the Because

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<v Speaker 1>it was the feast of Tabernacles. Josephus wrote that two

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<v Speaker 1>point five million people were competing for space. Most of

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<v Speaker 1>and so on would have arrived a few weeks earlier

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<v Speaker 1>during the dead of winter. Common sense dictates that this

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we're following all this, putting our timelines together

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<v Speaker 1>and establishing that well, the shepherds in the field, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So the shepherds in the field, that's verse eight says

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<v Speaker 1>field keeping watch over their flock by night. So there

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<v Speaker 1>are no shepherds in the fields in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the night during the dead of winter. No shepherds would

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<v Speaker 1>out of the elements. December through January is the rainy

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<v Speaker 1>seven days of rain. And also another thing too, to

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<v Speaker 1>back that up. If you read Jeremiah thirty six through

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<v Speaker 1>let's see thirty six twenty two. Let me pull that up.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremiah thirty six twenty two. It says here it says

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<v Speaker 1>in the firepot before him. So I mean that shows

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<v Speaker 1>you that that's the winter time. But when you go

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<v Speaker 1>angel said, fear not. Once again that fear not Uh

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<v Speaker 1>shows up. But it must be pretty scary, you know, intimidating.

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<v Speaker 1>But he says, you know, I fear not. I bring

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<v Speaker 1>you tidings of great joy, you know, you know. The

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<v Speaker 1>Feast of Tabernacles was known as the season of our

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<v Speaker 1>Joy to the Hebrews. The people were commanded to rejoice

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<v Speaker 1>for the entire week. If you read Deuteronomy of sixteen fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>God even Uh pre planned the birthday song Psalm one eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>They would recite this at the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus's

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<v Speaker 1>name Yeshua means salvation. So imagine two point five million

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<v Speaker 1>Jews unwittingly reciting this psalm and replace salvation with Yeshua

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<v Speaker 1>at his birth. Yeshua is the is in the tabernacles

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<v Speaker 1>of righteousness. Only God. Luke goes on to say, suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>there was an angel with the multitude of heavenly host

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<v Speaker 1>praising God and saying glory to God in the highest

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<v Speaker 1>and on the earth piece goodwill toward men Luke chapter two,

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<v Speaker 1>verse thirteen through fourteen. It's no wonder as they look

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<v Speaker 1>down at the handiwork. He is truly the master conductor

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<v Speaker 1>of the universe, coordinating, coordinating everything from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 3>That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 6>A lot of depth right there, a lot of backing

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<v Speaker 6>it up right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, And even the gifts, you know, because it

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<v Speaker 1>talks about the wise men, but the wise man is

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<v Speaker 1>not in Luke. You gotta go to Matthew for that.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you go to Matthew chapter two, that's where

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<v Speaker 1>you have the wise men encounter.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's see, Well, each of the gifts had a different meaning,

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<v Speaker 3>and like the gold being for a gift for a king,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, that would be a gift for a king, right,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I'm trying to remember the murrh and frankensons.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, yeah, you know, gold was the kingship. Frankincense

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<v Speaker 1>was the symbolizing the deity and the death.

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<v Speaker 3>That was what you part of the embalming. Part of

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<v Speaker 1>So uh with the wise men. And here's where you

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<v Speaker 1>get into the astrology part of it that ties it

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<v Speaker 1>even together. Even more June seventeenth to b C, Venus

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<v Speaker 1>one bright star. There was also a full moon on

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<v Speaker 1>this day. From both sides of the dome of the

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<v Speaker 1>sky was lit brightly. The wise men of Babylon noticed

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<v Speaker 1>and went out to follow this star and find the

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<v Speaker 1>birth of this king that was in the stars, that

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<v Speaker 1>was foretold in the stars. And three months later, because

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<v Speaker 1>of course they're not going to find it instantaneously, they

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<v Speaker 1>had to travel for a way. This was like a

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<v Speaker 1>like a bat signal pretty much said to go find it,

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<v Speaker 1>and it says. And three months later, on September the eleventh,

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<v Speaker 1>one year. Three months later, September eleventh, three BC, they

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<v Speaker 1>did Mike Hauser's Reversing Hermon and the Star that Astonished

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<v Speaker 1>the World by Ernest Martin, or two books you can

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<v Speaker 1>look at that goes into great detail about this. This

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<v Speaker 1>was no single star that they followed, but a set

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<v Speaker 1>of stars slash constellations. Revelation twelve is a description of

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<v Speaker 1>the birth of Jesus. It's not just metaphoric but physical

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<v Speaker 1>in the heavens. It was constellations, Psalms, nineteen one says,

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<v Speaker 1>the heavens declare the glory of God in the sky above,

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<v Speaker 1>declares his handiwork. It pours out speech and reveals knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>Romans ten Paul tells us the heavens communicated the coming

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<v Speaker 1>of Jesus. Ancient people have been mapping the stars forever,

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<v Speaker 1>the same stars they saw back then and documented we

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<v Speaker 1>still see today. Genesis says God created the sun moon

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<v Speaker 1>to separate day from night, and the stars and signs

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<v Speaker 1>and seasons Genesis one fourteen. The sun tells the hour,

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<v Speaker 1>the moon tells the month, the stars tell the seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a perfect time peace or watch where they

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<v Speaker 1>all take the same path continuously. And the ancient people

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<v Speaker 1>documented these things so well that we can actually rewind

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<v Speaker 1>those hands on that clock. So like the Revelation twelve

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<v Speaker 1>breakdown is, you know where it's clearly astronomical. The sun, moon,

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<v Speaker 1>and stars are mentioned are on her cloth in the sun,

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<v Speaker 1>the twelve stars on her head, and the moon under

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<v Speaker 1>her feet. You know, cloth in the sun simply means

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<v Speaker 1>the sun being in the midst of the constellation's virgo

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<v Speaker 1>between the neck and the knees, which I believe the

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<v Speaker 1>womb she is pregnant with the Sun, who turns out

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<v Speaker 1>to be God after all. But the Sun would have

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<v Speaker 1>to be located between one hundred and fifty to one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and seventy degrees along the ecliptic. This clothing of

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<v Speaker 1>the Sun in Virgo occurs for a twenty day period

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<v Speaker 1>each year. This twenty degree spread could indicate the general

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<v Speaker 1>time when Jesus was born, but the moon under her

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<v Speaker 1>feet really narrows the window. It's roughly a nine minute

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<v Speaker 1>window to astronomically pinpoint the birth of Jesus. The twelve

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<v Speaker 1>stars on her head is Leo, the lion king. Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>was also from the line of Judah, the prophesized line

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<v Speaker 1>of Judah. The dragon under her waiting to devour the

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<v Speaker 1>child is the constellation Hydra, who coincidentally has seven heads

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<v Speaker 1>like the one in Revelation. All these things lining up

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly to give us the date of the birth of Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>which is September eleventh, three BC. Oh, sorry that was

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<v Speaker 1>long winded. No that it takes.

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<v Speaker 3>That was all the info you got to give the

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<v Speaker 3>background to line it all up.

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<v Speaker 6>And I mean, if you look the sun, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>down into the southern hemisphere, all year long until it

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<v Speaker 6>comes to the southernmost point at December the twenty fifth,

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<v Speaker 6>and that's your saltus right there. And then perceivably the

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<v Speaker 6>sun stops moving after moving southbound all year long, after

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<v Speaker 6>goes three days of being stuck and moving south all

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<v Speaker 6>year alarm, it's perceivably aligned with what's called a constellation.

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<v Speaker 4>The crux.

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<v Speaker 6>And then after three days, the sun, after moving southbound

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<v Speaker 6>all your alms, starts to move northward. And this right

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<v Speaker 6>here is when the Sun's starting to become more powerful dominant.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course.

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<v Speaker 6>Then it rises up and goes into the hemisphere.

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<v Speaker 1>And just like the scripture says, you know the stars

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<v Speaker 1>for tell you know the glory of God and his handiwork.

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<v Speaker 1>The crux is a cross. Yes, so the sun goes

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<v Speaker 1>to the cross three days you said three days. Then

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<v Speaker 1>it ascends.

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<v Speaker 6>It's headed back to the northern hemisphere and after moving

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<v Speaker 6>southbound in your movies.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just a coincidence, I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, it's probably a conspiracy. Let just be honest about it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a bad word.

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<v Speaker 6>I love it though.

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<v Speaker 3>I was spot on.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, did a great job.

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