IMPORTANT NOTICE! (x10.0t527.193)

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            THE HISTORICAL CALENDAR OF JESUS

The time of our Lord's Birth, Ministry, Crucifixion and 
Resurrection is hereby historically identified. These 
calendar dates are established by *every* scriptural-
historical and scientific evidence examined! There is NO
other compendium in the world which has successfully dated
ALL of these events correctly! Be sure to read accompanying
literature(which will be posted en masse to the Usenet over the next several months) for a detailed analysis of each
item listed, with literally 100s of historical citations,
descriptions and concise commentary which altogether prove
these ancient calendar dates are accurate and historical,
thereby proving ALL detractors merely a laughingstock!

1) Ezra left Babylon bound for Jerusalem with Artaxerxes' 
decree[Ezra 7:6-9] on the Hebrew calendar date of 1 Nisan 
3304, which was Tuesday, March 26, 457 BC. This "going forth" 
of the decree started the prophetic clock ticking down 
Daniel's 7 plus 62 weeks-of-years[49 + 434 years] to
Messiah the Prince, Jesus the Nazarene[Dan 9:24-27].
(NOTE: the seventh year of the achaemenid Persian king 
Artaxerxes was counted beginning 1 Nisanu through 29 Addaru 
on the Chaldean-Babylonian calendar, which was April 8, 458 
BC through March 26, 457 BC by the old civil(proleptic 
Julian) calendar. But this gentile king's seventh year was 
counted from 1 Tishri 3304 through 29 Elul 3304 on the 
ancient Hebrew civil calendar recognized by the Hebrews, 
placing Ezra's 7th year for Artaxerxes precisely from
October 2, 458 BC through September 20, 457 BC.)

2) John the Baptist was born on 1 Nisan 3758, which was 
Sunday, March 17, 3 BC.(NOTE: John's father, the priest 
Zechariah, served in the eighth [8-day] course of Abijah, 
which started on the weekly sabbath of 7 Sivan 3757, which 
was June 2, 4 BC; the archangel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah 
after 9 AM that same morning[Luke 1:5-25]; Pentecost was 
"fully come" 9 Sivan[Acts 2:1], but various sects of the 
priesthood observed this earlier. Jesus was conceived on the 
first day of the sixth month of Elisabeth's pregnancy with 
John[Luke 1:36]. Normal gestation to full term is 266 to 270 
days, so if Jesus and John were both carried an average term 
of 267 days, then John was conceived on 28 Sivan 3757, which 
was Saturday, June 23, 4 BC, placing Jesus' conception in 
Mary by the Holy Spirit exactly five Hebrew calendar months 
plus one day[148 days] later, on 28 Cheshvan 3758, which was 
Sunday, November 18, 4 BC. Note that procreation was 
permitted on the weekly Sabbath[Gen 1:27-28].)

3) Jesus was born before sunrise 1 Elul 3758, which was 
Monday, August 12, 3 BC.
(NOTE: this Jupiter-Venus conjunction in Leo was 4.2 
arcminutes in separation. The wise men[Magi] saw Jesus' star 
at its rising in the east, thus their own witness to this 
conjunction near the "king star" Regulus was judicially 
construed as our Messiah's true date and approximate
time of birth, 4 AM JST.)

4) Jesus was visited by the Magi on the eve of 16 Tammuz 
3759[Mat 2:1-12], which was Tuesday evening, June 17, 2 BC; 
Jesus was ten and a half months old at the time.
(NOTE: this near-perfect Jupiter-Venus conjunction in Leo was 
six arcseconds from concentricity. When Venus is sufficiently 
elongated from the Sun, and the sky is crystal-clear, Venus 
can barely be seen with the naked eye in broad daylight. This 
dazzling conjunction was significantly brighter than Venus 
alone, thus was certainly visible in broad daylight in a 
clear sky--and we know that the sky was clear by the Magi's 
own testimony! Extant historical and astronomical evidences 
have further proven incontrovertibly that Herod "the Great" 
died within 3 weeks after the "blood red" total lunar eclipse 
of Saturday, January 10, 1 BC.)

5) John the Baptist's 30th birthday was 1 Nisan 3787, which 
was Thursday, March 27, 27 AD, when "the word of God came 
unto John[the Baptist]"[ref. Luke 3:1-23].
(NOTE: this date was exactly four hundred eighty-three[483] 
true Hebrew calendar years after the date that Ezra left 
Babylon with Artaxerxes' decree to restore levitical rule
and the people to Jerusalem; this included the restoration of 
government and taxation, and also "set up the walls thereof, 
and joined the foundations"[Ezra 4:12]. No other kingly 
decree satisfies this literal, true Hebrew calendric 
chronology; John's preaching is told by all four gospels; 
John the Baptist is rightly known as the Elijah of prophecy.)

6) Jesus' 30th birthday was 1 Elul 3787, which was Friday, 
August 22, 27 AD. (NOTE: at age 30, Jesus eligible for priesthood and temple service. This is why John the Baptist
asked of Jesus: "...I have need to be baptized of thee, and
comest thou to me?"[Mat 3:14]. One lunation later, i.e. one
calendar month later 1 Tishri 3788, was exactly four hundred
eighty-three[483] true Hebrew calendar years after the date
that Ezra observed his first Rosh Hashanah(1 Tishri, Day of
Trumpets, "New Year's Day") in Jerusalem, but more
importantly, that prior year of 3304[458-457 BC], was a
Jubilee Year[Lev 25:9-17ff], so the new year of 1 Tishri
3305[Sept 21, 457 BC] started Daniel's 49-year countdown
to the next Jubilee, which was 3354, clearly emphasizing
the Atonement in Christ crucified and Life Everlasting
in Christ Jesus.)

7) Jesus was baptised by his cousin John at the river Jordan 
on 1 Tishri 3788, which was Saturday, September 20, 27 AD. At 
One with God[John 10:30], Jesus commenced His Divine Ministry 
"confirming the covenant with many"[Dan 9:27].
(NOTE: the 70th and final week of Daniel's prophecy commenced 
with the preaching of John the Baptist and with the Ministry 
of Jesus. Just as the Hebrew day is counted by "evening and 
morning," divided by the Earth's rotation with respect to the 
Sun, the Hebrew year is similarly divided by the spring and 
fall equinoxes, with a "1:1" correspondence of Holy Days:
1 Nisan[New Moon]/1 Tishri[Rosh Hashanah], 10 Nisan[lamb 
selected]/10 Tishri[Atonement], Feast of Unleavened Bread[15-
21 Nisan]/Tabernacles[15-21 Tishri], and so on. Gabriel's 
conspicuous "dual emphasis" on John and Jesus was best 
answered by John himself, at the moment Jesus was baptised: 
"this is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is 
preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him 
not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore 
am I come baptizing with water"[John 1:30-31]. And Jesus' own 
words: "before Abraham was, I AM"[John 8:58], and His [own] 
Angel "...I AM the root and the offspring of David...the 
bright and morning star"[Rev22:16]. The prophesied Messiah of 
the Old Covenant Scriptures[TaNaKh] was made flesh in Jesus.)

8) Jesus rode into Jerusalem 10 Nisan 3791, which was 
Saturday, April 21, 31 AD.
(NOTE: this "Palm Sunday"[ref. Zec 9:9] was 187 calendar 
weeks[3 1/2 calendar years] after His baptism.)

9) Jesus was crucified at 9 AM on the Passover, 14 Nisan 
3791[Mark 15:25], which was Wednesday, April 25, 31 AD; 
suffering pain-unimaginable, Jesus died shortly after 3 PM 
that dark afternoon[ref. Mat 27:45-50; Mark 15:33-37; Luke 
23:44-46].
(NOTE: "Messiah the Prince" had been "cut off" literally in 
the "midst of the week"[Wednesday], in the midst of the 
seventieth sabbatic year[ref. Dan 9:24-27], just as the 
prophecy had foretold 568 years before in ancient Babylon[Dan 
9:1ff]. Jesus' body was taken down from the cross near sunset 
and was entombed after sunset the eve of the High Sabbath of 
the Feast of Unleavened Bread[Mat 27:57; Mark 15:42; Luke 
23:54; John 19:42]. The paschal lamb, the one "without 
blemish, a male of the first year" was selected 10 Nisan[Exo 
12]. This was the Passover meal[pesah proper] Jesus shared 
with His disciples the eve of His crucifixion. The second 
pascha, the afternoon [hagigah]sacrifice was starting at the 
time Jesus died, from 3 to 5 that afternoon. Jesus was God's 
Lamb for both Passover offerings, and His sacrifice left all 
others of none effect: Jesus had literally become the 
Passover, the chosen Lamb of God[John 1:29,36]. The 
destruction of the temple on 15 Av 3830, which was August 10, 
70 AD--not the faulty "9 Av" of Talmudic tradition--fulfilled
"he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease..."
[Dan 9:27]; this divine cause was Jesus' crucifixion nearly 
40 years prior to that date.)

10) Jesus was resurrected three days and three nights[Mat 
12:40] after His body was entombed, which was Saturday 
evening, April 28, 31 AD, counted as Sunday, the FIRST DAY of 
the Hebrew calendar week[Mat 28:1; Mark 16:2,9; Luke 24:1; 
John 20:1,19]; His resurrection was discovered at sunrise[5 
AM], early Sunday morning.
(NOTE: Covered by a swath cloth['Sudarium of Oviedo'], then 
wrapped in linen['Shroud of Turin'], His body was sealed in a 
nearby, newly-hewn stone sepulchre of the disciple Joseph of 
Arimathaea[Mat 27:57-60]. Joseph, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene 
and Mary mother of Joses prepared and wrapped Jesus' body, 
arranging flowers and preparing spices according to the 
ancient custom as time permitted. These flower arrangements
--clearly evident in the Turin shroud--were not at first 
completed that fearful evening of 15 Nisan, but were 
completed on Friday following the High Sabbath, with the 
final spices and ointments to be applied early Sunday 
morning, but of course, that final preparation was not
to be: JESUS WAS RISEN!)

        Jesus the Nazarene was 11,944 days of age
        at His crucifixion. He'd lived 32 years,
        36 weeks, 4 days. Now He reigns forever:
         HE IS King of kings and Lord of lords!

                written and published by:
                 Ma'aminei YHSH ha-Notsri
            Copyleft 1999, no rights reserved
          (presented free to the public domain)