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To: roamer_1
Using which calendar? Yeshua was Hebrew. Use the Hebrew one? Was it the Gregorian or Julian? December used to be the tenth month at one time - decem - meaning ten. The original Roman calendar had 10 months. It was changed to honor Julius and Augustus Caeser-hence July and August. It also made months 30 days apiece with adjustments using 31 days in some and 28 in February to accomadate leap year. The months September through December were kept in name if not in number.

Things got moved around a bit.

The extrabiblical evidence from the first and second century is equally spare: There is no mention of birth celebrations in the writings of early Christian writers such as Irenaeus (c. 130–200) or Tertullian (c. 160–225). Origen of Alexandria (c. 165–264) goes so far as to mock Roman celebrations of birth anniversaries, dismissing them as “pagan” practices—a strong indication that Jesus’ birth was not marked with similar festivities at that place and time.1 As far as we can tell, Christmas was not celebrated at all at this point.

Good reading here:http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/how-december-25-became-christmas/

113 posted on 12/11/2014 7:08:24 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: SkyDancer; roamer_1

Yehova’s days fall only on the Biblical calendar, which revolves around the beginning of the agricultural year, the new moon immediately preceding the aviv barley in Jerusalem.

Passover is completely dependent on this event, and all other events flow from Passover.

The seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth biblical months usually fall close to September, October, November, and December, but the relationship is never exact because God’s calendar is agricultural, while man’s follows sun god worship,the solstices and the equinoxes.

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116 posted on 12/11/2014 7:20:18 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SkyDancer
Using which calendar?

YHWH's calendar, of course.

122 posted on 12/11/2014 8:14:15 PM PST by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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