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When did Jesus get born?

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Matthew 2:1-2

This December 24 and 25, the Christian church faces its greatest challenge of faith: Should I celebrate Christmas? Is it permissible for us to be involved in the dynamics of gifts, Christmas dinners, and Christmas services?

The situation is complicated, because it is not only a religious custom that was conventionally chosen as the date to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

It is a custom that was born within the pagan religiosity of the Roman Empire, and that for strategic convenience, government and territorial hegemony, the Roman Catholic Church adopted as an approved date for the celebration of the birth of Jesus.

Why was the date of December 25th chosen? A fairly widespread explanation is that Christians chose the day because, since the year 274, December 25 was celebrated in Rome as the dies natalis Solis invicti, the day of the birth of the undefeated Sun, the victory of light over the longest night of the year. This explanation is based on the fact that the Christmas liturgy and the Fathers of the time establish a parallel between the birth of Jesus Christ and biblical expressions such as “sun of justice” (Matthew 4:2) and “light of the world” (John 1:4 ff.). However, there is no proof that this was the case and it seems difficult to imagine that the Christians of that time wanted to adapt pagan feasts to the liturgical calendar, especially when they had just experienced persecution. It is possible, however, that in the course of time the Christian feast was assimilated to the pagan feast.[1]

Accepting this date, and the celebration of what was based on a pagan, idolatrous custom, contaminates us and makes us vulnerable to the forces of darkness that seek to position themselves over entire regions.

The Bible warns us that accepting a pagan custom such as Christmas makes us allies of darkness and separates us from communion with God,


To accept Christmas and celebrate it as a religious holiday accepted by the Scriptures is to accept an apostate doctrine. It is a doctrine that numbs the discernment, that dissipates the senses, and that subjects us to the demonic hosts that operate in the heavenly regions.

It is a doctrinal conflict that disrupts the holiness of the call and faith in Jesus, and is not resolved by giving a light answer, that it does not matter the date, that what counts is the celebration of the birth of the Savior of the world; a celebration on a date that does not correspond means “moving” the cycles of Revelation, and consequently, opening spiritual doors through which darkness has access.

When was Jesus really born? Is it possible to know? What is the use of determining that?

Yes, it is possible to determine. The Bible presents us with a way to do it. Determining the date serves to denounce the evil of a pagan date that establishes spiritual rule over entire regions, and is the cause of the deterioration of many of our faith communities.

Jesus was born on the day of Yom Kippur, the 10th day of the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar, in a Jubilee year.

In general terms, this day is presented in the Scriptures as the day of atonement. We know it more as the day of remission of sin. The day when the High Priest entered the Most Holy Place and offered sacrifice for the sins of the entire nation.


However, the one-year day of atonement corresponding to a Jubilee year had even greater spiritual value:


The Jubilee year was a holy year, and the Day of Atonement had a unique spiritual value, repeated only every fifty years. It meant a day of forgiveness for sins. It was a day for proclaiming freedom to all its inhabitants. A day to recover pawned possessions. A day to regain freedom for those who had fallen into slavery. Day of remission of debts. Day of readjustment of prices. In general terms, the day of atonement for a Jubilee year meant a day to close cycles of disgrace.

If we compare all this meaning with the statement of the prophet Isaiah quoted by Jesus on the day He practically began His Messianic ministry, we will see that much of what the prophet pointed out prophetically is a summary of the meaning of the day of atonement,

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. Isaiah 61:1-3 (Luke 4:17-19)

If we look at the text of the Prophet Isaiah, the acceptable year of the Lord it is precisely the year of Jubilee, for it is the year in which the reason why God brought them out of Egypt becomes clear,


On that day, at the beginning of the day, that is, at sunset, the decree was issued that everyone would recover what had been lost: the slave would regain his freedom, the debtor would be forgiven his debt, and those who had given up their property because of poverty would get it back.


Comparing this last text with the purpose of Jesus’ coming to earth, we notice that the establishment of the purpose of the day of atonement is the same purpose of Jesus’ presence on earth; the parallelism leads us to understand that Jesus’ birth took place precisely on the night that was proclaimed that every man return unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family,

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. Matthew 18:11; Luke 19:10

All in Jesus return to the condition of Grace under which God constituted them as God’s image and likeness.

The Bible presents the following facts as evidence that the night of Jesus’ birth corresponded to the day of atonement,


Compare this with the provisions of the Law on the recovery of estates,


Jesus is born in Bethlehem. Joseph and Mary travel a great distance, from Nazareth of Galilee in the north to Bethlehem in the south, not so much because they are complying with the census edict of Augustus Caesar, but because spiritually they are obeying and fulfilling the stipulations of the Word of God, to return to their possession, and to their family.

The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem that night also fulfills the proclamation of freedom that the Law required for the Day of Atonement,


That night the proclamation of freedom was declared in a very singular way, by the presence of the Angel of the Lord together with a heavenly choir proclaiming the coming of the lamb that takes away the sin of the world. Let us compare the events described in the gospel.


The proclamation that the choir of angels established that night is similar to that set forth in the Law of Moses,


Shepherds and angels in a great manifestation of Glory and Power establish the proclamation of freedom, announcing the beginning of the Lord’s pleasant year, the acceptable time to come before Him and take stock.

6 but Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, 8 harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Hebrews 3:6-8

The apostle John, describing the magnitude of the greatness of this fact, wrote


And later, he adds:


Jesus born on the day of atonement, it was the day when the nation took from His fullness, and by the Grace of God sins were atoned for. Jesus testified that all these facts were written in the Old Testament,


Jesus was born on the tenth day of the seventh month of a year dedicated as a jubilee year. A day dedicated to exalting the greatness of an Almighty God who cares for his people and removes everything that threatens their integrity.


A people chosen and called to establish the Kingdom of God through the places to which they were sent,


This is the faith challenge facing the church that confesses His name.

We cannot expect God to give us revelation if we are not first willing to let go, to abandon, to denounce, idolatry and institutional religious paganism.


It is necessary to cleanse our faith, our beliefs, our proclamation in Christ from filth. The Spirit urges us to live by what the Word of God has established as the wisdom of our strength.

What are we to do? The time of definition has come.

Submit to pagan, idolatrous customs, clinging to them and seeking ways to make them holy, when they are not; or suffer for the sake of the Name, and live according to the purity of the Word?


The evil of the date of December 24th and 25th is revealed. The apostasy into which many Christian congregations and churches have entered is exposed. It is denounced the folly and vanity of many pastors who preach, teach and proclaim what God did not say, nor send them to preach, nor to establish.

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: Titus 2:1

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All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

Pastor Pedro Montoya

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