6 Things You Didn't Know About the Birth of Jesus | Beyond the Words | Luke 2

[@Natalia-nx5nu]

My husband just got saved so these have been so great to watch together. I'm learning so much. Non Christians say being a Christian is boring but it's fun! We're having fun, I hope we never lose this flame 🔥

[@BrandonRobbinsMinistry]

That’s so awesome! I praise God for his salvation!

[@elizabethdixon2413]

I feel the same way . I've only been in my walk for a year and a half . And it has been amazing ! And Brandon Robbins is very descriptive and makes it easy to understand .

[@p.johnson9502]

We go from revelation to revelation, from glory to glory! HalleluYAH

[@michaelsamuel1069]

"FUN" ?? In what manner/way, if I might ask....

[@queencleo1151]

Praise God for His everlasting Word and promises. Above all we praise and thank Him for His only begotten Son, our Lord and Saviour. Being a born again Christian myself, I can tell you that the road to everlasting life is not easy, but if you stay firm in your faith and trust in the One who will never leave you, the journey will be worth it. Hope to see you and your husband some day on the other side. God bless!

[@patsysmothermon7861]

JESUS saved me 46 years ago. On Nov 23,1975, to be exact. PRAISE & BLESS HIS HOLY NAME !! I had been a lost church member for 20 years at that time. That means that I have Always been So Grateful to Him that I finally understood. In all this time, no matter what has happened to me & my family good or bad, I have turned to HIM, not away. Loosing a child in a car wreck, having a stroke, & being forced to get a divorce after the stroke - HE is the ROCK of my Salvation !! THANK YOU JESUS !! 🙏🦋

[@kstewart3052]

Thank you for a beautiful witness!

[@bettyschneider5268]

Iam sorry for your loss! 🙏 💒⛪⛪⛪🥀🌈

[@lacedariel777]

Amen. All Glory And Praise Be To God.

[@wendie8290]

All these things turn for our good when we look to Jesus Christ and Hear Him.

[@meisuicheong1721]

Great enlightening... Thank you..

[@sallypitts7659]

The important thing is that Jesus was born. Do we need to know the specifics? Maybe. But Jesus was born of Mary, His mother. And He truly was the Son of God.

[@artdimino1626]

What you say is true, but this too is important. It validates the birth and life of Jesus, which also validates scripture as a whole.

[@r.s.lemusu8309]

@@artdimino1626yes we need and must be told the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ …it will be a blessing as well for the new believers 😊

[@damali.]

When I love someone, I want to know every detail about them. The more we learn about someone, the more we understand them, the better we can relate to them.

[@artdimino1626]

This is very heavy teaching. Fabulous details of Jesus's birth that validate why HE is the passover Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

[@pilargracia7012]

I love the anointing to teach His Word, that the Lord has bestowed upon you, Brandon.

[@kamelhaj6850]

When I first was saved, I started reading the Bible. I was very curious on the how and why of things, so I read it again... twice. Then I read two other Bible versions twice (just so I would not miss things). The things I discovered just from the Word were amazing in that they showed God had a plan in everything, even the obscure details! Your meaning of the swaddling cloths to the shepherds was something I would not have known if you didn't show me. Again, another example of God revealing His plans in small details we would have overlooked!! Thank you for your ministry!!

[@Ghoulza]

here's something that will help you, read the bible then analyze it with modern research, and study ancient history you'll learn the bible is a collection of stories stolen from mostly ancient Sumeria. even the Jewish god is an old Sumerian god. the tale of Noah and the flood is an old Sumerian tale from around 4000 years before Noahs story.... people who read the bible and believe it;'s true really have not clue about history and reality

[@HarryNicNicholas]

saved in what way? and how do you know you are saved, does god send memos? and saved from what?

[@kamelhaj6850]

@@HarryNicNicholas It sounds like you already have knowledge of what salvation is.

[@lincherry6920]

Thank you for a beautiful explanation of Jesus Nativity. I am humbled that Jesus died on the cross to pay for my sins. I am joyful that he is seated at the right hand of God. When I die I look forward to bowing down before him, Jesus the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

no one knows jesus birthday, even christians will tell you that. what new nonsense is this channel?

[@r.s.lemusu8309]

@@HarryNicNicholasah God shows and reveal to only those who believe in His Son Jesus Christ and i believe this Channel is telling the truth❤

[@desriameseoghene-akpodonor2668]

This was a great eye-opener. Our culture and thinking has changed us from the true meaning of the Bible. God bless you, Sir. Love :)♥️

[@Sandysanddra]

Me and my family we got saved 2019 thank you lord Jesus Christ with all are hearts we love you we are waiting for you lord Jesus Christ amen 🙏

[@leorozeriley]

Praise God for salvation and redemption through the blood of Jesus 🤗

[@virginiawright961]

I'm so happy for you and excited may you and your family be Blessed . Welcome home 🥰

[@usaisajokeusaisajoke3385]

Lol

[@boem3021]

Jesus Christ died 2000 years ago. That's when redemption of people happened. Your family didn't get saved, you just decided to follow Jesus and you must chose Him every day to achieve eternal salvation, because that is guaranteed to anyone. There's he'll for those, who waste their time and refuse God day after day.

[@lovesandservesjesuschrist6752]

@@boem3021 That's not true. Redemption happens every single time a soul is saved from this world, whether 2 minutes after Jesus ascended, of 20 zillion years later - not that His coming will take that long. Salvation is by grace through faith in Him. Following Him is a sign of salvation, not the means to it! If we save ourselves, we are saving ourselves for hell, that's all what humans are capable of.

[@denvaz68]

I facilitated a group at church today on the topic of The Christmas Story and used this video as a resource and the group loved it. Praise God! Thank you Pastor B. Robbins! 💙✝️

[@HarryNicNicholas]

folks will swallow anything eh.

[@SocialBurrito3]

I've never heard the account written nearly 200 years later. I grew up on Luke 2. Good work brother, keep spreading the Gospel.

[@lisawillis8227]

Me too. Never heard of this either

[@HarryNicNicholas]

@@lisawillis8227 probably cos it's all nonsense. this is all some new "can i make some money from youtube" malarky.

[@rosinaampah7963]

Once again, thank for your findings and helping us understanding some aspect of the Bible.

[@toadchannel9619]

Amen Jesus is the greatest

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

Thank you for sharing a lot of details that I've never heard about the birth of Jesus, such as the idea that the shepherds were social outcasts. This video certainly put a new, much-more detailed slant on the Christmas Story.

[@JeanettsFarm]

This is where spiritual understanding is NEEDED as FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT! The Word of God is INSPIRED! Do not add to or take away from the Scriptures.

[@michaelogrady232]

Something does not have to be inspired in order to be true.

[@maureenklopfenstein4559]

Usual expectations are shattered by God and we receive the greatest gift by totally unexpected means. It is a humbling experience that blesses us by God's Amazing Loving Redemptive Ways. PTL!

[@ciannacoleman5125]

I love that you brought in the Gospel of Caesar, we are studying Thessalonians and that was a big focus in chapter one. I highly suggest reading Tower of the Flock which tells more about where Jesus was born and why the shepherds knew where it was. Something interesting that I noticed just recently is that the cherubim were the warrior “angelic beings” and a “host” is a group of warriors so it is very possible that when the heavenly host appeared with the angel it was a large group of cherubim which I imagine would have been terrifying.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

@Pat Ludwa yeah, lol.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

you do realise jesus wrote NOTHING don't you?

[@graceandpeace3031]

In my Complete Jewish Bible, it says in Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="127">2:7</a>, "... because there was no space for them in the LIVING-QUARTERS.".

[@vgil1278]

Thank you for the incredible videos. They really flesh the Bible out. I love knowing the truth about every small thing!

[@almapowell883]

Everything stated here is important to live in Jesus Christ. Our savior.

[@siminans6305]

Honestly, I am blessed by this video. My eyes were opened to the significance of every detail of the birth of our LORD, JESUS. Thank you and may the LORD bless you real good.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

no one has a clue when jesus was born, what is this all about?

[@maxinericheson9210]

The magi came when Christ was about 2 years old! When God told Joseph in a dream to take the child (not baby) into Egypt! God wanted to say “I called My son out of Egypt!” Hosea <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="661">11:1</a> “When Israel was a child then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt 🇪🇬!

[@jamesmaybury7452]

The only reason that I have heard to suggest that the Magi arrived when He was 2yrs old was that Herod killed all those under 2. Logically though herod would have wanted to kill a wider age range of children to make sure he killed the newborn. The Magi (mentioned in heroditus’ histories as coming from Babylon, aka ‘the east’ who where arguably the descendants of the same ‘wise men/ magicians’ that Daniel ended up leading) would have been able to make that journey along the trade routes in 4-6 weeks easily and the signs could well have appeared before the birth, so I see no reason to expect the wise men to arrive two years later.

[@howardtucker2423]

RIGHT ON

[@howardtucker2423]

HEROD ACTUALLY DIED IN THE YEAR 1BC. NOT 4BC. THE ORGIONAL ERITINGS OF JOSEPHUS STATE THE YEAR 1BC. YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

[@kimberlyguzan2613]

I agree with you. It explains why Harod targeted children two years old and under. Scripture says the wise men came to the Christ child in a house, not a manager or any cave. Yeshua was about two when the Angel of God came to him in a dream and told him to take the CHILD to Egypt

[@yokalder3677]

Another witless historian who thinks he was there.

[@martanegron3425]

First seek our father in heaven and his justice and everything will be added

[@kenballuff8117]

Always believe the bible,give the bible the benefit of the doubt,psalm 12 v6+7 historians come and go ,the bible is the word of God. Preacher ken

[@ruthastree1364]

Jesus is my rock. And I thank God him and the holy spirit.

[@anneshields2010]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@peterchristie1096]

Jesus primarily saves us from ourselves and enables us to go on to be better people if we follow his example.

[@ChildofGod-g8f]

Bless you Matthew. I pray for protection

[@PaulineTMG]

Great expository. I love that deep understanding of the scripture

[@HarryNicNicholas]

there's nothing deep about fairy tales.

[@JG4Germany]

2000 years later the town of Nazareth is still small. Good inspiration that the greatest man on earth came from "nowhere". If you get to Israel it's a small town and a little out of the tourist routes. Merry Christmas!

[@beatlesrgear]

Herod died in April of 4 BC. Jesus would have been about 1.5 yrs old. He was born in late September/early October of 6 BC. Not in winter time. The shepherds would not have been out in the fields in wintertime. Jesus was crucified in mid April of 28 or 29. We are about 7 years away from the 2000th anniversary of Jesus' crucifixion/resurrection/rise into Heaven.

[@GasparCortez13]

Types and Shadows, more like the Passover in April time frame. Agree with what you said above. Born close to Rosh Hashanah or even possibly Shavuot (since He is the Word).

[@kuriasilva4519]

Though the bible does not state his day of birth stating the lambs could not be in the fields is not correct. Israel is not cold in winter, like it is in northern countries. December is the rainy season I was warned to watch out in December as rains could flood dry beds but is was warm and I went swimming in the sea also. The lambs would be born in December to January because then is the time of the rains and the hills turn green with new grasses giving feed to the ewes and the lambs

[@peterhussey-yeo9041]

Jesus was crucified in the month of Abib so his birth would probably been in the same time of the year

[@MyChihuahua]

Herod was ill and his sons took over his reign in 4 BC, but he didn't DIE until about 1 AD. There would have been a census to delineate the areas of rule for the sons. Luke 1 - The angel came to Mary 'in the sixth (Hebrew) month' means YHUShA was born 9 months later in the 3rd month which is the time of the Feast of Weeks/Pentecost. This is why there was no rooms available. If it was Sukkot they would have been required to stay in a sukkah in Jerusalem not Bethlehem. The giving of the Word at Sinai The giving of the Son - birth The giving of the Spirit - Pentecost all fall on the same day in YHUHs cycle. He would have been born around 2 BC.

[@MyChihuahua]

And, He would have been crucified in 31 AD, which is the only year the days fall correctly by an accurate reckoning of the calendar of YHUH.

[@robertgorton3856]

I like how you spark one to see things in biblical accounts in a new refreshing way that one doesn't often see or understand. The message I feel about the Shepherds receiving the message about the birth of Jesus and them going and finding things just as it was told them it would be. Is one the Shepherds show us God loves and accepts all of us no matter who we are and that we can come to God to Jesus just as we are. We don't have to be perfect, sinless, holy. We can be accepted by God just as we are because God already knows who we fully are, the person we actually are not who others feel we are. The second thing about the Shepherds being told about the birth of Jesus, their finding things as they were told. Is the gospel message is meant for everyone to hear and believe. Also the Shepherds show us that the gospel teaches can be believed, that it is real and life changing and that we will find things real just as the Bible teaches us, that it's not make belief.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

it's a story, it's not true, you ought to realise that.

[@sandraderoubaix734]

I taught today, Christmas 2022, on what a Christmas card/ meme should actually look like( no snow, funny stable structures, three wise men on camels , a bunch of men at the delivery of a baby etc). Driving to church I realised that Jesus had been given very expensive gifts. Could it be that the Father had made financial provision for Joseph to flee to Egypt using the gifts to sustain them for quite some time? What was the tradition regarding such gifts?

[@tm13tube]

That’s why the Gnostics are important. We need to remember the assemblage of all the books and stories in the New Testament. What writings came before?

[@davidjclarke506]

Thank you for a very clear and accurate presentation of the gospel.

[@chadb6964]

I just read the woman’s comment below and thought… Anyone who says being a Christian is boring hasn’t experienced the fullness of God’s grace, like Peter did after the rooster crowed and he repented. Praise God for you and your husband getting to live this journey together. It’s not boring and it surely isn’t easy, but this is a light and momentary ride at the end of which we’ll receive an unbelievable inheritance and sit in the presence of GOD Himself, and how amazing is that? Thanks for these informative and insightful videos.

[@bigrudyilwu38619]

That's why I love documented history...it brings facts to biblical references.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

there are no facts about god and certainly none about jesus, you do realise he didn't write a single word don;t you.

[@michelep1130]

Brandon, once your message hits home. I know Jesus loves me I am not sure why he would, but He does and I love Him. I am trying to be worthy of His love. I know all have sinned and come short of the glory. How can a person be a child of God and not grow? In some ways I have but I still feel like a baby christian. I hear Him saying get away I know you not. I fail at witnessing and know of nothing the Lord could use me for. The lepers and Christ resonated with me. Thank you so much. Even if I get left behind, I am so grateful He loved me and would never deny Him. Your explanations and books of the bible explain things so much more clearly. The bible is not hard to read but some words meant different things a long time ago and you mention what they would have been back then.

[@vgil1278]

Michele P-I thought you were talking about me. You are not alone. I have the same fears. It's either satan making us less than what we could be, or I'm not really saved. I think about this constantly. I'm sorry you have this uncertainty. It's no way to live.

[@timothyrush7647]

Wow, you had me tear up a bit. God bless you, and your viewers.

[@janetross1900]

The Holy Spirit was touching your heart

[@annbeth6730]

I personally think the advice that Jesus Christ gave to the people is the most important thing.

[@seanmurphy3030]

God bless all mankind in Jesus name amen.

[@garytrew2766]

It was , I believe, in the tower of the flock where Jesus was born and wrapped in swaddling clothes (these are tightly wrapped cloth around a new born to help it feel secure as well as what was put around lambs ready for the pass over), the shepherds were priestly shepherd , probably Levites, who were in charge of raising Passover lambs. Bethlehem was the place where they came from, Jesus was the Lamb of God who was sacrificed on Passover for the sins of the whole world. Making Him the Passover Lamb. Praise The Lord ,God Bless you brothers and sisters, Brother Gary

[@BunchyMan]

Messiah has come, is with us in Ruach HaKodesh and is returning! Maran Attah!

[@clintonlagdameo5452]

Kataluma... Yes.I was reminded how we Filipinos 🇵🇭 kind of have had houses like that, if I'm not mistaken especially in our provinces during the Spanish period in our country.

[@pegpollock63]

I traveled in Israel to the non-commercial site of the threshing floor of David outside of Bethlehem our guide was a very very old Jew from the 7-Day war who gave us this information it was the site of the first church of the nativity, it was also the threshing floor of David at the threshing floor there was a lower level and then a level that was even with the Earth but in between them they dug what we would call caves and he showed us how it really was according to Jewish tradition of the birth of Jesus. It is not popular or commercialized because it is not in a city where tourists like to go it was outside of Bethlehem. It made more sense to me than any story I ever heard about the birth of Jesus.

[@lorigearhardt2371]

Fascinating!

[@harpofudd9347]

Thank vyou pastor Brandon I will read Luke

[@helenpk237]

Thank you for this video dear Brandon robbins x I’m a little worried about a small pimple type wort on my back , I have seen a doctor & a hospital doctor & she says not to worry , she’ll cut it out n the new year! So that’s Farther God telling me not to worry & Blesed Jesus too! Who I came to LORDJESUS 2018 New Years. Eve x I was Baptised in the Baptist Church & I get a lot stronger in my trust n him Jesus , when I tell y good friends about my worries ,they say ask Dear Jesus to take your worries not his hands x because he loves us all x Amen I bless him my Saviour with all my heart xx thank you Lord Jesus xx Helen xx

[@BrandonRobbinsMinistry]

I just prayed for you, that you are fully well and receive nothing but good results in the new year. God bless.

[@helenpk237]

@@BrandonRobbinsMinistry Thank you Brandon for your Prayers x God bless you. Helen .

[@Benjamite_Bo]

Born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth

[@affischer890]

The truth will set us free

[@jameshenderson3238]

Amazing.....our pastor had a very similar message for the Christmas Eve Service. Dr Luke was an amazing author...

[@DuhanJohn]

Good man. Keep up the good work.

[@traciemcdaniel3660]

Good stuff man. I liked the part about swaddling cloth. Funny how even today the hospital wraps the new born like that & calls it swaddling. Learning the cloth was for the sacrifice makes it even more of a "sign". More humbling. This is why the scriptures say that the Word of God is alive & powerful. We continue to learn from it all of our lives. ♥️

[@benjaminrush4443]

Calendar does not jive with BC/AD. Governor in another district - BC. Some things get lost in translation unless you are a language expert. The father of John the Baptist - Zacharias - served in the temple twice a year. Messianic studies of the records of his service to determine John's birth. Also, the Shepherds in Bethelhem supplied unblemished lambs for the Temple. The lambs could not touch the ground & were wrapped in swaddling cloth. Johannes Kempler did some mathematical tabulations on the Consortium known as the " Star of Bethlehem ". Went back into time & tabulated a BC date of the formation of the two planets forming a " Star ". Bethlehem is freezing in late December. Shepherds are usually in the mountains from late Spring/Summer until the Fall Harvest. Don't shepherd the sheep in the snow or on frozen ground. They guess when Zacharias returned home, impregnated Elizebeth - visit from Mary - Birth of Jesus. Either pick around Passover or Rosh Hashana/First Fruits. Anyways, Mary may have been pregnant in late December ( 3 months ) when she visited Elizabeth ( 6 months ) . So, John was born around April/Passover & Jesus around September/Rosh Hashana. Definitely not Dec 25th. Thanks.

[@hotandsoursoup2664]

I said that, Sept or Oct

[@howardtucker2423]

ACCORDING TO MY STUDIES JESUS WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ON DEC 25TH AND BORN IN SEPTEMBER. THAT'S WHAT THE STARS SAY.

[@benjaminrush4443]

@@howardtucker2423 Makes sense. Nine months Dec to Sep .

[@hoganrichard9627]

Thank you so much for this fresh prospective on the ancient nativity story. The dates aren't that important. What's vital is that God loved us SO MUCH He was willing to shed His awesome glory, power and heavenly honor to live as a destitute human in mortal flesh. Then, He suffered ridicule and was ostracized from His own human relatives and community who called Him a bastard, blasphemer and even a lunatic. As if that wasn't bad enough, a horrible conspiracy and betrayal resulted in His suffering unspeakable agony and death by crucifiction although He was guilty of nothing. He did this WILLINGLY, simply out of His love for us. We owe Him EVERYTHING but He gave it ALL to us for FREE!! We need only accept the gift and in gratitude worship and follow Him. Don't delay! Judgement is coming VERY SOON.

[@patriciahall198]

I’m sure you didn’t mean to, but you affirmed the Catholic Church. Our faith is not just based on the Bible, but also traditions and words of mouth. Our stained glass windows were never a show of wealth but a way to teach the faith, because not everyone could read. And we’ve always been criticized. Thank you for this.

[@jameshenderson3238]

"And we have always been criticized" Really???

[@runningamok]

It's funny how we can hear a thing and then carry it around as "truth" for years and years without even knowing we carry it -- sometimes we don't even know what we "think" or "know" till we stumble over it like a lost toy! _("Oh! How did_ that _get there?)_ Great presentation, Brandon Robbins. You are so upbeat and informative and encouraging. I _so_ appreciate "positive energy" when "negative" is a constant tornado these days, looking for a place to touch down! If it wasn't for the peace of Jesus, we'd have no peace at all, would we? SMH. Oh, well, praise be to God for Jesus. Peace and Happy Holiday Season to you and your beautiful family. I don't "celebrate" anymore, but I have great memories ... and Christmas music is _da-bomb!_ Thanks for teaching & sharing. :-)

[@chickypooh73]

Christmas is my favorite holiday

[@beautyandpeace645]

Mansfield UPC is small but BIG on LOVE. Hope, Peace, Love, and Blessings to All God's Peaple!

[@deniserice1611]

So good to listen to your teachings, your knowledge so understandable. Thank You

[@louisebreen1726]

Only Jesus. He was here and still is in the Holy Spirit if we just let him enter into your heart.

[@mightysun89]

Thank you Brandon for this great explanation. It blows my mind as to how the God of creation, and Lord of every aspect came into this world in a lowly lonely place. He came for me, as I was like the shepherd discarded, and unwanted. He has blessed me, with His mercy and grace. At the same time I'm so angry at all these prosperity preachers taking this historic event as a joke. Jesus didn't have a place to sleep.

[@markfilippone3845]

You have done well Brother Brandon

[@DebiWeaver]

Enjoyed the truth of the passage. Emphasis on memorization so important. OH! That we would do so today!

[@paultin3302]

Brilliant information well said👍 I also realised that because all the babies were killed up to the age of 2 , Jesus was the only one of that age at the time he started his ministry. So growing up he would have played with others younger or older than himself. Bless.

[@sigalsmadar4547]

That was the babies in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and Egypt before that.

[@clarekuehn4372]

It was only in a town of a few thousand people, where babies were killed.

[@bonanderson9398]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="467">7:47</a> Approaching scripture fresh. Checks and balances. Great perspective!

[@timhaley3459]

A simple way of identifying the time of Jesus birth (besides using Quirinius as a governor of Syria) is by carefully noting that "in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea" (governor from 26 C.E. to 36 C.E.), that "God's declaration came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness".(Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="181">3:1</a>, 2; Note: John was about six months older than Jesus, see Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="86">1:26</a>-33, 41-43) The 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar went from about the autumn of 28 C.E. till the autumn of 29 C.E. (for Augustus Caesar had died on August 17, 14 C.E. according to the Gregorian calendar and Tiberius accepted the Roman emperorship from the Roman Senate on September 15, 14 C.E.), at which time John "went into the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins (against the Mosaic Law covenant)".(Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="183">3:3</a>) John fulfilled Isaiah <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2403">40:3</a>, as stated at Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="184">3:4</a>-6: "just as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘ Prepare the way of Jehovah ! (God's name, see Isa <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="722">12:2</a>, KJV) Make his roads straight. Every valley must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled; the crooked ways must become straight, and the rough ways smooth; and all flesh will see the salvation of God." So, in late spring through the warms weeks of autumn in 29 C.E., John was baptizing Jews in the Jordan river who felt a need to repent for sins against the Mosaic Law, at which time Jesus came from Galilee (Nazareth) to him to be baptized by him.(Matt <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="193">3:13</a>-17) Then Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="203">3:23</a> says that at this time, Jesus "was about 30 years old". If a person goes back 30 years from 29 C.E., they come to the date of 2 B.C.E., for there was no zero year, so that from 29 C.E. to 1 C.E. was 28 years, and then go back two more years and you arrive at 2 B.C.E.(or 1 C.E. to 1 B.C.E. was one year, with NO zero year, and then back one more year and 2 B.C.E comes up) Oh another thing, is that there were NO "wise men" that came to Jesus, but magi, most likely Babylonian astrologers who were, pagans. And the "star" they followed to Jerusalem was NOT from Jehovah God, but from his archenemy Satan the Devil, for it directed the unnumbered magi (three gifts but no mention of how many magi visited Jesus), NOT to Jesus in Bethlehem, but to the Edomite ruler, Herod the Great, who wanted no one to be another "king", so that when the magi did not return and give him Jesus "address", he went into a great rage......and had all the boys in Bethlehem killed, from two years of age and under."(Matt <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="136">2:16</a>) And one more thing, is that when the magi (Greek magos, meaning "an Oriental magician") came to Jesus, he was NOT an infant in a manger, but in a house when about 2 years old.(Matt <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="127">2:7</a>-12) So, the "story of Christmas" is based, not on the facts, but a mixture of twisted scripture and pagan festivities, such as Saturnalia that went from December 17-24 and was capped off with "the birthday of the invincible sun" called Mithra, the Persian god of light on December 25. Jesus told his eleven faithful apostles to observe, NOT his birth, but his death.(Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1339">22:19</a>, 20) This is in harmony with Ecclesiastes <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="421">7:1</a> that says: "A good name is better than good oil, and the day of death is than the day of birth". At birth, a person has not shown what type of person they will be, like a blank sheet of paper, but at death, their record of who they were, is well established, so that those who made a "good name" with Jehovah God, are assured of a resurrection from the dead.

[@maxinericheson9210]

Do you know about the Sabbath worship day? Saturday is the 7th day Sabbath when God rested!?

[@sigalsmadar4547]

Amen, sister! What a blessing it has been to observe God's weekly vacation! I don't know how anyone can think it's a burden! (If you do, you are listening to the traditions of the rabbis, what Yeshua fought against, rather than reading the Word of God.)

[@tinabaldwin961]

This is a very intriguing and quite enlightening. I love this channel.

[@queencleo1151]

Thank you so much for your teaching. Your words are always so soothing. I believe I needed to hear this at this very moment, because as you well said, though I believe and accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour, I have been praying for things to change in my life - in so many circumstances. What I've been inclined to do, is 'tell' God what to do because I simply can't see any way through it all, and time drags on... I'm often afraid to pray because I know, beyond the shadow of doubt, that I'll receive another blow from somewhere. There's just so much one can take... Phillipians <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="246">4:6</a>-7 says: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and suplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts through Christ Jesus." Therefore, I want to trust that the Almighty will take care of my needs, in His good timing. I have to learn to 'wait on God'. Patience is one of the Fruits of the Spirit we so often overlook...

[@BrandonRobbinsMinistry]

I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through such a tough time. I am happy to pray along with you. Let me know how I can be praying for you. (or if you'd prefer, you can email your prayer request to me at [e-mail])

[@angieponders3844]

“Help me Lord” works for me when I can’t say anything else.

[@queencleo1151]

@@BrandonRobbinsMinistry Dear Brandon, many thanks for your prompt reply, I so appreciate it. Yes, I have had and continue to have unbelievable circumstances happening to me. I have friends say to me that they don't know how I am where I am. I know that I have learnt a lot through my trials and there are times I can clearly see that the Lord is allowing unpleasant things or people hurt me, especially family. Most of the time I'm afraid to pray because after praying it's like a tornado was hovering by my door. I know it's the enemy, but as I get older I feel my strength and stamina deteriorating. Dear Brandon, thank you for offering to pray for me. I will definitely contact you via email. God bless you!

[@queencleo1151]

@@angieponders3844 Thank you very much Angie. I use the Lord's name as my mantra when I feel targeted by the enemy. His name is the most powerful weapon against every arrow. I have often thought of ending my life, but calling on His Holy name has kept me sane every time. God bless you!

[@angieponders3844]

@@queencleo1151 May I ask a question?

[@richardbedard1245]

You filled in a lot "between the lines" for me. What I learned through you is material I wish was taught in church. I'll be looking for more. Thank you!

[@wendie8290]

Where is the like button? All I see is the word dislike. I really like learning more about the social aspect of the times the scripture. Amen to reexamining our lives to see where we are looking for healing in other things sort of modern day idols. When we look to Him in every aspect of our lives we recieve a little greater salvation. Over the years since I was saved I have come to know that our salvation and sanctification is a process of becoming like Him.

[@sooleng671]

Superb! Thats why i never missed the videos released by you & your team. Hallelujah.

[@elviras.2232]

Thank you very much for this "insights", Im so happy i ran into your channel, i will learn a lot. God bless! Greetings from Croatia 🙏🇭🇷

[@martiseelye6443]

The way you've told this story is exactly the way I was taught it, by Nuns in a Roman Catholic school. Thank you for verifying a TRUTH told in the CATHOLIC Church 😃

[@isaacescalante5858]

I pray to God that people not wait to last min please seek Jesus. He will make your path straight and will Give you understanding of all thing's accordingly to How He made you as a person. But only if you seek Him holdhardedly and steadfast keeping to His doctrine and that can only be found in the Bible.

[@q09876543]

The church I attend had the 1st celebration of Christmas last Sunday. The Pastor spoke on the manger and told us it was a feeding trough. I came to remember what Jesus said about himself, he was the manna that came from heaven. I also remember what God said to Adam. "Go to the animals and find yourself a helper, but he couldn't find one." So if God views man as an animal, and Jesus is the bread sent down from heaven, born in a feeding trough, doesn't the Christmas story make a lot of sense? Just think, when we take communion, we are essentially eating from that feeding trough.

[@Benjamite_Bo]

Christ didnt celebrate Christmas cause Elohim did not create Christmas. This is a man made Tradition birthed by pagans. Christmas is a mockery of Christ's MASSacre. Idolatry is real. We must come out from among then, and be Ye separate

[@joannbjorkman5399]

Only believe in Jesus, amen and amen. God bless you Brandon.

[@COCO_Y]

المجد لله في الأعالي، وعلى الأرض السلام، والرجاء الصالح لبني البشر المجد كل المجد لملك المجد يسوع المسيح 🙏💙

[@araeshkigal]

With humility...a fresh set of eyes...five years of studying Koine Greek...buddies who spent that much time or more studying Biblical Hebrew...that one Grad Student(tm) dedicated enough to tackle learning ancient Aramaic for those few verses actually recorded in that language.....

[@motomedic72]

This is a good lesson about seeking the kingdom while it may be found. Many people feel a need to declare their expertise when bringing people into their ministry. What this video importantly fails to tell the viewer is that the Messiah, whose name was/is not Jesus, wasn't born any time near the winter solstice. He was born during the feast of Sukkot which occurs around September/October. Which is important when it comes to shepherds who will still be warm and dry enough to watch sheep before the former rains come. It is also an important feast where the Yahudim ( Jews in modern English) come to their places of birth to observe the feast of Sukkot. Miriam and Yoseph would be going to Bethlehem as it was Yoseph's birth place being of the lineage of Davied. They would not find lodging in ANY type of Inn or hotel as the feast is observed in handmade dwellings covered with foliage like palm leaves and the like. They would have travelled lightly and only after Yom Kippur. The Angels do not declare that Christ Jesus is born. They refer to him as the Messiah. His name that he is to be called is only revealed to Miriam and only to the rest of mankind after the Messiah is presented for circumcision 8 days after his birth. It is VERY important for people to learn and remember that the Messiah was raised under the Laws of the Yahudim until it violated the laws of his Father the Creator. That he was as the son of man, of the tribe of Yahuda. He wasn't european, african, oriental or american. Luke also importantly mentions that Cyrenius was governor over SYRIA at the time of this tax census and not Jerusalem or Israel or Judea.

[@helenpk237]

I’m sorry in my previous statement my friends & the church says that Jesus WILL take my worries into his hands xxx God bless Jesus my Saviour xx Helen xx

[@mikenixon2401]

We enjoy, appreciate and are both intellectually and spiritually uplifted by your programing. Be a blessing.

[@michaelschaffran3948]

Fantastic Biblical picture of The Biblical Account Of Jesus Christ. The Lion Of Judah.

[@vincewyn1396]

Come, Holy Spirit, make me ready to receive the gifts you want to give. Ps <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2043">34:3</a>, Mt <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="61">1:1</a>-17 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Thus the total number of generations
from Abraham to David is fourteen generations;
from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;
from the Babylonian exile to the Christ,
fourteen generations.” 😇Lord Jesus, I trust in You!

[@shema3579]

Stop celebrating Christmas 🎄 Pagan holidays give your life and clean your soul from world follow the Messiah Yeshua.

[@rentechpad]

The other reason we may have written later history documenting a censure a decade later than we think was Christ's birth but by a governor of the same name and the resulting confusion is that we sometimes fir get the back and forth of political leaders at that time and how often a governor would be assigned then removed, or if they were doing a good job of administering and settling down an area, reassigned elsewhere to do the same thing, and then later rewarded for doing well by being asked where they would like a new assignment and often picking an area to go back to they preferred. Because archeology often sees things in large chunks of time a governor or ruler at the start of one period of time and when the name is there at the end of a decade or two archeology often places them as the ruler the entire time, where in fact they may have been there, and moved elsewhere or even several places and then coming back. We often see this raising questions too if the name shows up elsewhere as to whether it was same person in two or more places at different times or different leaders with the same names or whether we are wrong in calculating the area over which they ruled or governed.

[@sarahg3500]

I want to share about my near-death-experience together with my deceased daughter. It's a NDE story about the way our lives are judged and measured and analyzed by ETERNITY. It's about the strength of forgiveness that can change everything for the better, even on the other side. It's a story of hope and blessings to everyone who is looking for a PROOF OF ETERNITY, and that's the title of my book PROOF OF ETERNITY by Alba Monn. It's a story of hope and blessings to everyone who is mourning about the loss of a loved one, especially for parents who have lost their own children. I came to testify that ETERNITY is a fact, that our loved ones live on on the other side, that they want for us to be comforted and completely consoled by the truth, because the truth will set you free. Blessings

[@jeffstumpf9129]

“Focus on Jesus.”

[@theblunttheorist]

I like it, just plain wonderful. David whispers "shhhhh, this is not my actual... idk... bye...", Next thing you know David walks outside and the heavens open up, and see that he had made a miracle

[@georgeherod4252]

This was just a beautiful message

[@alicevill2259]

This touched my heart you know there arw visionaries that have said that those poor shepherds suffered alot were persecuted before Jesus grew up. They were blamed for the after math when bethlehem got attacked and their new born to 3 yrs old babies were killed. After many years alot of those shepered finaly saw Jesus again and some became deciples.

[@jennyrose9454]

I'm glad for you who believe in Jesus but nobody is saved until they get to heaven. Every day is a struggle to keep faith and fight the devil. Don't let your guard down or get smug. The closer you are to God the more the devil wants to lead you astray. Jesus said the way is narrow and many seeds get lost or choked by weeds along the way. Blessed are they who persevere to the end .

[@Politixx]

Incredible

[@juanitaeb]

Luke was a contemporary of Jesus.

[@rogerehinger6694]

Some of this I have already heard, still an interesting video.

[@conquestrecordings]

Great video

[@conniedean9466]

Awesome, thanks!

[@goodnewsmusic.5638]

That is great news! I pray that God carries you through and that your faith and Love for the LORD stands and thrives through the thick and the thin😊🙏🏼God bless you.

[@kenandbevhargreaves7156]

Christmas as a feast was established by the church in about 200 AD. It replaced the pagan Roman celebration of "Saturnalia". But why were shepherds in the fields in mid-winter? Perhaps the true time was (as astronomers have suggested) in September.

[@jackdavis5071]

I have listened to him before and I still dont know where he has gone to church but things he accepts and says all Christians believe many times are things I have never heard about in 50 years being raised in the church and the 30 years I have been a follower. Never heard Jesus was born in a cave until now. Although it is shown the wise men, probably more than three, visiting at his birth. I have always known and been taught that was not the truth of it but a nice representation of the time of his early life. Also, like the Berean's I have always been taught to read the scriptures and Jesus was not born on December 25. He had him after they arrived not as they were arriving. The wise mine came sometime in the first few years before the killing of the children that was commanded to provide for Joseph and Mary to have money for the journey, etc.

[@troyrobinson9406]

Great explanation! Most people think "swaddling cloths" are just baby clothes.

[@Og-Judy]

Um no..... "most" people, especially mothers, know you swaddle (wrap)a baby in a blanket (rectangle of cloth) not clothes.

[@randymayfield]

Can you site anywhere in the Bible or elsewhere that speaks of shepherds "swaddling" their lambs?

[@BrandonRobbinsMinistry]

How do you define “elsewhere?” Scholarly resources or texts like the Mishnah? (Or both?)

[@crystalsharpe7451]

All Eastern women swaddled their babies. The Native Americans did the same. They believed that it made their babies grow stronger. It is more likely that Yeshua was born at a fall feast since the early Christians celebrated His birthday at Tabernacles. Yeshua was already 12 years old at Passover, likely His birthday was in the fall, a few months before this feast.

[@crystalsharpe7451]

@@BrandonRobbinsMinistry Randy asked if information was in the Bible.