Scripture never names December 25. It never describes a winter birth, and it never commands a birthday feast. But it does something better: it leaves a trail of dates in plain sight. A priest's work schedule. A six month head start for one miraculous baby over another. A ministry length the scholars broadly agree on. Follow those numbers with your own finger and they land, twice, in the same place: the seventh month, at the Feast of Tabernacles. This lesson walks the whole calculation slowly. Do not take our word for a single step. Check every verse.
Scripture never names December 25. It never describes a winter birth, and it never commands a birthday feast. But it does something better: it leaves a trail of dates in plain sight. A priest's work schedule. A six month head start for one miraculous baby over another. A ministry length the scholars broadly agree on. Follow those numbers with your own finger and they land, twice, in the same place: the seventh month, at the Feast of Tabernacles. This lesson walks the whole calculation slowly. Do not take our word for a single step. Check every verse.