Birth of Yeshua

Birth of Yeshua

Courses:  When David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded, among the last acts of his life, with the assistance of Zadok and Ahimelech, to organize the priestly and musical services to be conducted in the house of God.

    (1.) He divided the priests into twenty-four courses (1 Chr. 24:1-19), sixteen being of the house of Eleazar and eight of that of Ithamar. Each course was under a head or chief, and ministered for a week, the order being determined by lot. Each course was named after a prominent member of the family, was subject to its president. Zacharias, John the Baptist's father, belonged to the eighth division, that of Abia (Lk 1:5)
     (2.) The rest of the 38,000 Levites (23:4) were divided also into twenty-four courses, each to render some allotted service in public worship: 4,000 in twenty-four courses were set apart as singers and musicians under separate leaders (25); 4,000 as porters or keepers of the doors and gates of the sanctuary (26:1-19); and 6,000 as officers and judges to see to the administration of the law in all civil and ecclesiastical matters (20-32). This arrangement was re-established by Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:2); and afterwards the four sacerdotal courses which are said to have returned from the Captivity were re-divided into the original number of twenty-four by Ezra (6:18).

     In 1962 while excavating a synagogue at Caesarea archaeologists discovered fragments of a marble inscription that originally named the 24 priestly courses and the city where each moved after the destruction of the temple in 70 ACE. Nazareth is listed as the city of the 18th course, the town's earliest mention outside the Fulfilled Covenant.

    Listed below is this course:

The Feast of Tabernacles and Birthday of Yahshua (Jesus Christ)

Number English Jewish  Days  Course of Description of Period                 Day

       Month   Month        Priesthood Gestation                                                                                   Days

1.   Mar-Apr   Abib     30   Jehoiarib   -1     Spring\Barley Harvest               

                             Jedaiah     -2

2.   Apr-May   Iyar     29   Harim       -3

                             Seorim      -4

3.   May-June  Sivan    30   Malchijah   -5     Summer\ Wheat Harvest          

                             Mijimin     -6   Zachariah of the Course of Abijah, Lk 1:5

4.   June-July Tammuz   29   Hakkoz      -7   Elizabeth Conceived John         14

                             Abijah      -8 

5.   July-Aug  Ab       30   Jeshua      -9   Elizabeth 1st month complete     30

                             Shecaniah   -10

6.   Aug-Sept  Elul     29   Eliashib    -11  Elizabeth's 2nd month completed  29

                             Jakim       -12

7.   Sept-Oct  Tishri   30   Huppah      -13  Elizabeth's 3rd month complete   30

                             Jesebeah    -14  Fall\Fruit Harvest

8.   Oct-Nov   Heshnev  29   Bilgah      -15  Elizabeth's 4th month complete   29

                             Immer       -16

9.   Nov-Dec   Chislev  30   Hezir       -17  Elizabeth's 5th month complete   30

                             Aphses      -18

10   Dec-Jan   Tebeth   29   Pethahiah   -19  Elizabeth's 6th month complete  LK 1:36 29

                             Jehezekel   -20     Chanukkah      Virgin Mary's Vision (1st month)

11.  Jan-Feb   Shebet   30   Jachin      -21   Elizabeth's 7th month complete  30

                             Gamul       -22                           Mary's 2nd month complete

12.  Feb-Mar   Adar     29   Delaiah     -23   Elizabeth's 8th month complete  29

                             Maaziah     -24                           Mary's 3rd month complete

1.   Mar-Apr   Abib     30                     Elizabeth's 9th month complete  30

                                     Spring\Barley Harvest Mary's 4th month\ Birth of John  280

2.   May-June  Iyar     29                       Mary's 5th month complete     29

3.   June-July Tammuz   30                       Mary's 6th month complete     30

4.   July-Aug  Ab       29                       Mary's 7th month complete     29

5.   Aug-Sept  Elul     30                       Mary's 8th month complete     30

6.   Sept-Oct  Tishri   29                       Mary's 9th month complete     15

                                                 Total Number of Days          280

Note: As per Medical Sciences--It takes 280 days for a healthy male child to be born.