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-Birth of Emmanuel:.Matthew 1:16-25; Luke 1:26-38; 2:11

Emmanuel's birth by the virgin Mary. Why was He born?

The angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary of Emmanuel's birth:.Luke 1:5-25.

The wise men come to baby Emmanuel:.Matthew 2:9-11.

A strong case has been making the rounds for the past 18 years putting the birth of Christ in late summer of B.C.E. 3.

Ernest Martin, in his book, The Star That Astonished The World.(ASK Publications, Portland, OR, 1996).presents a well researched and argued case for this from astronomy and recent finds supporting the later date for the death of Herod.

As a result, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.(griffithobs.org) and many other planetariums no longer use the B.C.E. 4 constellations in their Christmas shows, but highlight the August/September B.C.E. 3 birth constellations and the December B.C.E. 2 skies, showing the "star of Bethlehem".

Emmanuel's Life: Emmanuel is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua. To distinguish him from others so called, he is spoken of as "Emmanuel of Nazareth".(John 18:7).and "Emmanuel the son of Joseph":.John 6:42

The life of Emmanuel on Earth may be divided into two great periods,.1).that of his private life, till he was about thirty years of age and 2) that of his public life, which lasted about three years. 

He was born of a virgin named Mary at Bethlehem.(Matthew 2:1,2), in the reign of the emperor Augustus. Mary was betrothed to Joseph, a carpenter:.Matthew 1:1; Luke 3:23; compare with John 7:42. His birth was announced to the shepherds:.Luke 2:8-20

Wise men from the east came to Bethlehem to see him who was born."King of the Jews".bringing gifts with them:.Matthew 2:1-12.

We can only speculate that the gifts included an invite to gain the wisdom of the famed, since Solomon's time.(1Kings 4:29-31), learned men of the East. 

Eighteen years pass in the life of Emmanuel since He was twelve.(Luke 2:42-47), of which we have no record and then he returns to Nazareth and "increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man":.Luke 2:52.

During these 18 years of which we have no record, Emmanuel probably did two things, one being helping his dad in carpentry and going on a trek to the East from where the magi.(Matthew 2:1,2).came from to see Him soon after He was born. Now Emmanuel had grown up with their wisdom in the form of gifts, which no doubt included books of wisdom and was heading to see them to share the wisdom of God He had learned and to see and to show how it all fit together.

Herod's cruel jealousy led to Joseph's flight into Egypt with Mary and the infant Emmanuel, where they tarried till the death of this king.(Matthew 2:13-23), when they returned and settled in Nazareth, in Lower Galilee.(verse 23; compare Luke 4:16; John 1:46). At the age of twelve years he went up to Jerusalem to the Passover with his parents. There, in the temple."in the midst of the doctors".all that heard him were."astonished at his understanding and answers":.Luke 2:41

He entered on his public ministry when he was about thirty years of age. It is generally reckoned to have extended to about three years.."Each of these years had peculiar features of its own. 1) The first year may be called the year of obscurity, both because the records of it which we possess are very scanty and because he seems during it to have been only slowly emerging into public notice. It was spent for the most part in Judea. 2) The second year was the year of public favor, during which the country had become thoroughly aware of him; his activity was incessant and his frame rang through the length and breadth of the land. It was almost wholly passed in Galilee. 3) The third was the year of opposition, when the public favor ebbed away. His enemies multiplied and assailed him with more and more pertinacity and at last he fell a victim to their hatred. The first six months of this final year were passed in Galilee and the last six in other parts of the land."....Stalker's, Life of Emmanuel the Christ, page 45. 

The only reliable sources of information regarding the life of Christ on Earth are the Gospels, which present in historical detail the words and the work of Christ in so many different aspects.
 


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