When Was Jesus Born – Really?
The Sign of the Woman and the Birth of Messiah
Revelation 12:1-5
In ancient times, scholarly minded wise men developed the science of astronomy to understand how the alignment of the sun, moon and planets and stars in our solar system influenced the weather, the four seasons, agriculture for planting and harvest, telling time, etc. They organized heaven according to twelve constellations (an area of stars) which they could observe. The signs of the Zodiac come from these constellations. The observable science of astronomy was later perverted for the masses into what we know today as astrology. Whenever there is truth, Satan will develop a counterfeit. The astronomers were able to observe the path of the sun, moon, and planets and their alignment with the stars as they traveled through the heavens along the ecliptic (an imaginary path in the sky of our solar system). They came to understand that the position and alignment of these heavenly bodies were often signs from God communicating that major events are to take place on the earth. In John’s time astronomers understood these celestial signs. These were the “wise men” of Matthew 2.
One of the constellations is Virgo which is the only sign of a woman in the heavenly bodies. Virgo is Latin for virgin. So we have a sign in heaven of a virgin who is pregnant and about to give birth to a son who will be caught up to heaven and who will rule the nations with a rod of iron. (Psalm 2:9; Rev. 2:27; 19:15) The woman is clothed with the sun, has the moon at her feet and twelve stars on her head.
The head of Virgo slightly overlaps into the constellation Leo and her feet slightly overlap into the constellation of Scorpio/Libra. The Zodiac sign or shape for Leo is a lion and for this reason, Leo is considered the royal or kingly constellation. The brightest star in Leo is Regulus, Latin for Rex, royal, king. Regulus is considered the royal or kingly star. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and is considered to be the king or royal planet. At a certain time, the path of Jupiter is in the head of Virgo/Leo and then passes through Virgo between her legs. This was a sign that the virgin would give birth to a king So we have the king constellation, the king star and the king planet in the head of Virgo at the same time with the sun in her mid-section and the moon under her feet. The sign or shape of Scorpio/Libra is a scorpion with claws. For this reason, Scorpio is known as the dragon constellation. Notice this constellation is at the feet of Virgo meaning that the dragon will strike the feet of the virgin born king (Genesis 3:15).
When viewed from the earth, the sun, moon and crown pass through Virgo at various times. Their alignment allows those knowledgeable to read time as their alignment is God’s celestial clock. This celestial sign describes the time of the year and month and day and time when the sun, the moon and twelve stars with Jupiter will be in the constellation of Virgo exactly as described in Revelation 12. Using astronomy software, we learn that the sun “clothes the woman,” meaning in her mid-section, for a twenty day period from August 27 through September 15 in the year 3 B.C. Furthermore, the alignment tells us that the moon is a new moon. During the twenty day period, the moon is positioned under her feet for only ninety minutes from 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm.
The only time all of these alignments were in place in the year 3 B.C. was September 11, a Wednesday, which was the New Moon Feast of Trumpets, Yom Teruah, the Day of the Blowing of the Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah, Tishri 1. As the “Horn of our Salvation” (Psalm 18:1-3, Luke 1:67-71), Yeshua/Jesus was most likely born on this day, the day kings were crowned (1 Kings 1:39). The wise men did not come to celebrate the birth of Jesus but to acknowledge Him as the future King of Israel.
For almost two years, the “wise men” observed the movement of the heavenly bodies towards this alignment which is why Herod killed all the baby boys two years old and under. On September 11, 3 BC, the heavenly sign of perfect alignment stood over Bethlehem according to Micah 5:2.
This alignment will be seen in the future on September 23, 2017 and September 17, 2050.
