Jesus' Birth: Traditional vs. Historical Theories

Despite the familiar Christmas traditions, there is no exact historical record of the specific day or location of Jesus' birth. The Gospels of the New Testament (the primary sources) do not provide a calendar date, and they offer differing accounts of the setting.

Because of this, the answer depends on whether you are asking for the religious tradition or the historical scholarly consensus.

1. The Date of Birth

• Historical Estimate: c. 6 BCE – 4 BCE Most historians place Jesus' birth in this window. This is primarily because the Gospel of Matthew states Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great, who died in 4 BCE. If Jesus was born shortly before Herod's death, he would have been born around 6 to 4 BCE.

When Everything Seems Gone, The Gospel is still there!

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TThis is the testimony from my deceased brother. I wanna share this great testimony with the whole world.

My brother, that is my elder brother was a good and kind hearted person. He is a kind of person who cannot say not to drugs. When he was in the high school, he come to contact with his school mates. Oneday, his friends invited him to have smething that he have not touch in his life. He could resisted in the first time, but fall to its trap in the following days. He keep on doing it, and become 100% drug addict.

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He try to behave himself in front of our dear father and mother, he however failed one day. After a few years of his practice. His days were counted on the bed. He regreeted but useless. My mom keep on praying that he might be bron again. He even said that everything is gone and the world is meaningless to him.

One day on his sick bed, he wanna pray to God and ask for his forgiveness. He did and after two days of his intense thinking about his worthless living, he suddenly burst out of joy and said "Gos is good, he died for me and saved me" after that he closed his eyes and died.

Here is my point: Everything seems to be meaningless and you may be thinking of releasing your life, may be you hate your life and wanna kill yourself. You may think that no one in this world loves you. You may think that the world hates you. But, there is a big but because of the Loving God. He is always there for you. Gos is there for you even the world turn its back from you. God loves you even your friend, families and church hates you.

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