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New Testament History |
The incarnation of Christ
A.C.E. saw the incarnation of Christ at midnight[1] Saturday/Sunday 24/25 February 1821.[2] That night comes nine months before the night of Saturday/Sunday 24/25 November 1821, on which night A.C.E. saw the birth of Christ. Sunday 25 February 1821 relates to Sunday factual Julian 27 February 1 BC = actual 26 February = 5 Adar II. Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy (Luke 1:36):[3] the conception of John the Baptist on 27 Tishri (= factual Julian 24 September) 2 BC came five Jewish months + eight days (and five Julian months + three days) before the incarnation of Christ on 5 Adar II (= factual Julian 27 February) 1 BC. Liturgy celebrates the incarnation one month later, on 25 March, because it celebrates the birth of Christ one month after the historical date (on 25 December instead of 25 November).[4] Moreover, theoretical Julian 25 March 1 BC coincided with 1 Nisan, such that a commemoration of the incarnation on 25 March linked the event with the start of the Jewish religious year (on 1 Nisan).[5]
[1] A.C.E., Mary, 144. [2] A.C.E., Visionen März 1821, 112; A.C.E., Mary, 140, 165. [3] A.C.E., Mary, 146: “[Elizabeth] was now six months with child.” The sixth month in Luke 1:26 does not denote the sixth month of the Jewish calendar (i.e. Elul) but the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy: Luke 1:24 mentions five months of hiding, and Luke 1:26 relates what happened after those five months, in the sixth month. [4] Similarly, liturgy celebrates the Immaculate Conception (on 8 December, actually on factual Julian 20 November) nine months before the birth of the Holy Virgin (on 8 September, actually on factual Julian 5 August), one month later than the historical dates. [5] m. Roš Haš. 1.1. |