1) Zacharias, a priest, was serving in the Temple during the course of Abia, which was the 8th week of priestly duties. 2) His wife Elizabeth conceived after he completed his service, around week 12. 3) Mary was told she would conceive Jesus in the 6th month, while she visited her relative Elizabeth.

1. THE BIBLICAL NATIVITY (BIRTH) OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
~ ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 1 & 2 ~
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
NISAN IYAR SIVAN TAMMUZ AB ELUL TISHRI HESHVAN KISLEV TEVET SHEVAT ADAR
MAR./APRIL APRIL/MAY MAY/JUNE JUNE/JULY JULY/AUG. AUG./SEPT. SEPT./OCT. OCT./NOV. NOV./DEC. DEC./JAN. JAN./FEB. FEB./MAR.
13 (IN LEAP
YEARS)
ADAR I
4. ACCORDING TO LEVITICUS 23 WE CAN FIND OUT WHEN THE FEASTS OF DEUTERONOMY 16:16 APPEAR IN THE HEBREW CALENDAR:
4a. 4b. 4c.
FEAST OF
UNLEAVENED
BREAD STARTS
ON NISAN 15
(LEVITICUS
23:6-8)
FEAST OF
WEEKS
(PENTECOST)
FIFTY DAYS
LATER AFTER
UNLEAVENED
BREAD
(LEVITICUS
23:15-22)
FEAST OF
TABERNACLES
STARTS ON
15TH DAY OF
SEVENTH
MONTH
"TISHRI"
(LEVITICUS
23:33-44)
NISAN IYAR SIVAN TAMMUZ AB ELUL TISHRI
MAR./APRIL APRIL/MAY MAY/JUNE JUNE/JULY JULY/AUG. AUG./SEPT. SEPT./OCT.
THE LIE: 3 MONTHS LATER AT DECEMBER 25
THREE (3) MONTHS
TRUTH DECEPTION (LIE)
ACCORDING TO GOD's
(See Mark 7:7-9)
(1)Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O
house of Israel: (2)Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of
the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for
the heathen are dismayed at them. (3)For the customs of the
people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the
work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (4)They deck
it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with
hammers, that it move not. - JEREMIAH 10:1-4 (SPEAKING OF
IDOLATRY BY GOD's PEOPLE)
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ACCORDING TO MAN'S
CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
9. NOW ELISABETH'S FULL
TIME CAME THAT SHE SHOULD
BE DELIVERED; AND SHE
BROUGHT FORTH A SON …
(LUKE 1:57)
SIX (6) MONTHS
11. CHRIST IS BORN ~ (4)And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; [FULFILLMENT OF
PROPHECY IN MICAH 5:2] (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) (5)To be taxed
with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. (6)And so it was, that, while they were
there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. (7)And she brought forth her
firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there
was no room for them in the inn.
12. JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD IS BORN AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
IN THE MONTH OF TISHRI. THERE WAS ALSO NO ROOM IN THE INN DUE TO THIS
BEING THE THIRD FEAST ... Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy
God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of
weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: -
DEUTERONOMY 16:16, ANDTHEY WERE TO STAY IN BOOTHS AS WE READ ... (41)And ye shall
keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your
generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (42)Ye shall dwell in booths seven
days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: (43)That your generations may know
that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of
Egypt: I am the LORD your God. - LEVITICUS 23:41-43
10. JOHN THE BAPTIST BORN AT THE PASSOVER IN THE MONTH OF NISAN - AT
THE JEWISH PASSOVER SEDER TABLE THE JEWS KEEP A SEAT OPEN AWAITING
ELIJAH TO COME ANNOUNCE THE COMING CHRIST, BUT OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST SAID TO THE TWELVE THAT ELIJAH HAS ALREADY COME AS WE READ
IN MATTHEW 17:10-13 - (10)And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say
the scribes that Elias must first come? (11)And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. (12)But I say unto you,
That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him
whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
(13)Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the
Baptist. AND IN LUKE 1:17 WE READ ABOUT JOHN - And he shall go before him
in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a
people prepared for the Lord. THIS WAS IN FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY IN
MALACHI 4:5,6 AS WE READ - (5)Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: (6)And he shall
turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to
their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
8. MARY AROSE IN THOSE DAYS (LUKE 1:39)
AND WENT AND VISITED HER COUSIN
ELISABETH AND ABODE WITH HER ABOUT
THREE MONTHS … (LUKE 1:56)
1. THE STARTING POINT:
A CERTAIN PRIEST NAMED
ZACHARIAS OF THE COURSE
OF ABIA (LUKE 1:5)
2. THE COURSE OF ABIA WAS
THE EIGHTH COURSE
ACCORDING TO THE LAW
WRITTEN IN 1 CHRONICLES
24:10 - THAT WOULD BE WEEK
EIGHT
3. ACCORDING TO DEUTERONOMY 16:16 - THE LAW OF THE FEASTS - Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast
of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: THEREFORE ALL THE PRIESTS HAD TO APPEAR TOGETHER AT
THESE THREE JEWISH FEASTS TO MINISTER IN THE TEMPLE
5. SO ZECHARIAS' LOT OF BURNING INCENSE IN THE TEMPLE IS ABOUT WEEK TEN WHEN HE GETS A PROPHECY FROM THE ANGEL GABRIEL
THAT HIS PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH WOULD BEAR A SON TO BE NAMED JOHN (LUKE 1:9-13)
6. WE READ IN LUKE 1:23,24 - (23)And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own
house. (24)And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, (25)Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the
days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. AND SO CONCEPTION TOOK PLACE ABOUT WEEK TWELVE
CONSIDERING POSSIBLY ALSO THE ISSUE AMONG WOMEN (LEVITICUS 15:19,25) - THE END OF SIVAN AND THE BEGINNING OF TAMMUZ
7. IN THE SIXTH MONTH THE ANGEL GOES TO
MARY TO ANNOUNCE THE CONCEPTION OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (LUKE 1:26-38)
SIX (6) MONTHS