How The Ides Of March Led To Jesus Being Born In Bethlehem

The Reason For My Faith ^ | 3/15/21 | Chuck Ness

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What is so interesting about today, March 15, in Christian history?

Now I agree this is a bit of a stretch, but in the scheme of things it does makes some sense. If for no other reason than to bring it up for discussion. They say that the more you know the more you do not know, so here is a tidbit to consider.

Today is "The Ides of March",which is the fateful day in 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was assassinated. Why is it interesting to note?

Well, the man who succeeded Caesar is Emperor Augustus who brought peace and stability to Rome after Julius Caesar was assassinated known as the Pax Romana.

"Pax Romana,", or Roman peace, which was a time in the Roman Empire that lasted from about 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. It was said that an old women could ride a mule with a bag of gold from Jerusalem to Spain and not get attacked due to the fear of Romes retribution on those disrupting the stability of the Empire.

Augustus is also the man who ordered the census that was the first of its kind in Rome, but it took a few years for the Jews to be counted because they appealed to Rome due to the law of Moses that said thou shalt not count the people. You may remember Kings David getting into trouble for counting the people in 2 Samuel 24. Well, the Jews did not succeed in stopping the census, and eventually had to be counted. This caused Joseph to bring his pregnant wife, Mary, to Bethlehem where Jesus was born.

If the Jews had not appealed the census to Caesar and the Roman Senate, the census would have been much earlier and the prophecy of the Messiah being born there would not have been fulfilled.

So in 8 BC, Quirinius was made governor of Syria by Augustus, and after the ruling from Rome that the Jews had to be counted. Rome ordered Quirinius to finally count the Jews which coincided with the time that Mary was pregnant with Jesus.

So this day is somewhat important to the history of Christianity because it was on this day that Caesar was assassinated on the Senate floor in Rome, which ultimately set things up so our savior would be born in Bethlehem to fulfill the prophecy of the Prophet Mica.

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands for Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting." Micah 5:2

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