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The Birth Of Christ Was On This Wise
By: Minister E. J. Kolenda
All Bible Book Names, Chapters, and Verses will be in bold type to make it easier for you to find them quickly as you study.
In Isaiah 46:10,11 The Heavenly Father
Speaks in this manner to The Prophet.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and
from ancient times the things that are not
yet done, saying, My council shall stand,
and I will do all my pleasure:
Verse 11 Calling A ravenous bird from
the east, the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country: yea I have
spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I
have purposed it, I will also do it.
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The birth of a holy thing. Silent Night,
Holy Night! the bringing forth at last is
taking place. The Birth! The body is now
prepared and ready to come forth.
Joseph and Mary drew near to Bethlehem
and could find no room at the Inn.
There were two reasons why they were
unable to find a place to stay. First, it
was the great Feast of Tabernacles, the
Feast of Lights. It was in the month of
Tishree, our month of October.
On this Holy Night, large crowds of
people were gathered in Jerusalem. The
overflow of Jerusalem crowded the town of
Bethlehem. There was no room in the inn.
Secondly it was the time to pay tax.
Israel was taxed and the people came to
pay and render unto Caesar what belongs to
Caesar.
Luke 2: 1-5
It was customary, on the feast of
lights, to place lights or flares on the
roof tops of every house, along side of
the house, and everywhere there were
lights burning. Jerusalem was all ablaze
with lights. It was the feast of lights.
How precise and how thoughtful of GOD.
Jesus was born on The celebration of this
Feast Of Lights! Jesus Our Savior.
On this Feast of Tabernacles there were
certain rules GOD gave Moses as to how
this Feast was to be celebrated.
In Leviticus 23:33 it tells us that
this feast was to last seven days.
The first day and the eighth day were to
be days of Holy Convocation.
On the first day of this feast, the
first convocation, Jesus was Born.
At The Time Of Jesus Death, there was also a feast.
On the eighth day of the feast- another
Holy convocation- the day after the
Sabbath, Jesus was Resurrected from the
dead. He was Resurrected very early in the
morning, the day after the Sabbath.
Luke 24:1
On this Feast Day Israel was to bring
offerings unto The LORD. In verse 38 it
tells us that gifts, vows and free will
offerings were to be made.
Even to this our day, gifts are given to
one another. How did it start? Back there
in the celebration of The Feast of Lights
or Tabernacle, Israel was told to bring
gifts.
The Christian
World still brings gifts to celebrate The
Birth Of Christ Jesus.
In Verse 40 GOD told Israel to
celebrate The Feast Of Tabernacle with
Branches.
“And ye shall take you on the first day
the boughs of goodly trees, branches of
palm trees and the boughs of thick trees
(spruce, balsam and evergreens) and
willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice
before The LORD your GOD Seven Days.”
Celebrate! Rejoice before The LORD our
GOD with branches of green trees, thick
trees. Cut down their branches and bring
them into your midst to celebrate, The
feast Of Tabernacle, The Birth Of The LORD
Jesus Christ- Which Is Called The Branch.
In Isaiah 11:1 the prophet said, “And
there shall come forth A rod out of The
Stem Of Jesse and a Branch shall grow out
of his roots.”
In Zechariah 6:10 “And speak unto him,
saying, This speaketh The LORD of Host
saying, Behold the Man Whose Name is the
Branch: and he shall grow up out of his
place and he shall build The Temple Of
GOD.
Is it not wonderful how GOD called this
new born child The Branch so that Israel
would be able to identify Him, Christ Jesus,
at His Birth?
Jesus had to be born on this Feast Day
when GOD told Israel to cut down thick
green branches and celebrate the birthday of
The Branch.
Yes, it is true, Israel, despite all
this, when Jesus The Branch was born,KNEW
HIM NOT! He came to his own and his own
received him not.
Israel, Christian Israel, still
celebrates Christmas, The Birthday Of
Jesus, with thick, large branches and
green trees. We now call it Christ Trees
Or Christmas Trees and how few know why
they are doing it! This custom of having
trees cut down or branches brought into
the celebration of The Feast of Tabernacle
started in Israel, commanded by GOD,
through Moses. It is an identification of the worship
of Israel and Israel’s Customs. We do it
here in America and wherever in this wide
world Israel is today. The Christian world
is still identified as Israel by this
custom.
Israel was to rejoice with all this
before The LORD Their GOD!
Gifts at Christmas-Time. What A
wonderful custom.
We decorate the trees with lights. Why
not? It is The Feast of Lights. Israel had
millions of lights burning. Jerusalem was
illuminated. It was ablaze. Lights were
everywhere.
Light dispels darkness!
How wonderful the lights, because Jesus,
The Light Of The World, Was Born.
We put lights on our Christmas Trees.
Lots of lights, colored lights; red lights
that speak of His Saving Blood, blue
lights that speak of his royalty and
dignity, white lights that speak of His
Purity.
GOD put colored lights into the rainbow.
The colors around The Throne Of GOD are
the colors of the rainbow.
Yes, we Israelites still remember the
Feast of Tabernacles with Gifts, Trees
and Branches with lights- yes, even
colored lights.
Just drive through your city at
Christmas Time. It should be A Merry
Christmas. Christmas is for the children.
Why? It is The Time That The Christ-Child
was born.
On The Feast Of Tabernacles, Israel was
to take thick branches to Rejoice Before
The LORD. Rejoice with singing. We call it
caroling.
Oh, how we ought to rejoice and make A
joyful noise unto The LORD.
As we are all aware, Christmas has
become very commercialized. The rush of
holidays nearly drowns out the true
Christmas Spirit.
Some would insist that this is all
pagan, idol worship. Let me ask you, does
anyone bow down to a tree? Worship the
lights? Worship the symbols? Indeed Not!
Especially when you know the reality of
Christ in you.
I love the words of a chorus we often
sing:
In the morning I see His Face,
In the evening his form I trace,
In the darkness His voice I know;
I see Jesus everywhere I go!
Can you see Christ everywhere you go?
Can You See Christ In Christmas?
It is true, the masses do things and do
not know why they do them.
Has Israel ever dreamed why they did
what they did?
Has Israel ever understood why, in the
Feast of Tabernacles, GOD ordained them to
come unto the Feast with Green, thick
boughs and branches?
Did Israel understand why Jesus had to
be born on the Feast of Lights? Or why
they had to come with gifts rejoicing and
making merry.
Do you understand why?
Whether you know it or not, you are a
descendant of the stock of Abraham, an
Israelite. Have you removed the veil from
your eyes?
Just because you enjoy the reality of
The Christ, don’t speak evil of the Feast
of Tabernacles. It is GOD Ordained.
Everything, yes, everything points to The
Christ!
Notice that poem again:
In The morning I see his face:
In the morning of your life, as A small
child, you must steadily see or behold
mother’s face.
In the evening his form I trace.
Now this child is growing up; he needs
only to see the outline (the form) of his
mother, to sense her presence.
In the darkness his voice I know.
Now the time has come in this child’s
life when it is maturing and needs only to
hear the voice of it’s mother.
I see Jesus every where I go.
Now the child stands in the place of
parenthood himself and sees the principle
of life itself.
So also is Israel. First the symbol, the
patterns, shadows, and types. Then comes
the new birth.
Afterward we know His Voice, “my sheep
know my voice”. So we see Jesus everywhere
we go. Isn’t that wonderful? Let us take
look at Christmas again.
THE WISE MEN
Here they come with gifts to worship,
gifts to lay at his feet. Wise men, even
today, STILL WORSHIP HIM!
They came! But where did they find him?
It was not in a king’s palace. Neither was
it just a horse stable or together with
mules, horses, and cows. NO Indeed NOT!
Bethlehem, Oh Bethlehem Ephratah, though
thou be little among many thousands of
Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth
unto me, that is to rule in
Israel...”Micah 5:2
Bethlehem, a suburb only
four miles from Jerusalem.
In Jerusalem stood The Temple. In The
Temple the Sacrifices were made. Here the
Levitical Priesthood functioned. The City
People brought their sacrifices to be
offered on the altars. The sacrifice had
to be without blemish, tested, and set
apart for that purpose.
In Bethlehem there was situated a
Temple Farm. Here The animals for
sacrifice were kept. Sheep and lambs were
kept there.
In this sheltered place - The Temple
Barn- there was a manger, the feeding
place for sheep. This manger was three and
one half feet long, two and one-half feet
wide, two and one-half feet deep - the
same size as the ark of the covenant. It
was in this manger on the Temple Farm, in
this Ark, that the Baby Jesus was laid!
The Word Of GOD was Manifested in the
flesh! John 1:14
Like Moses of old built an Ark of wood
and laid the Word of GOD, the Ten
Commandments, into it, so now at
Bethlehem, the WORD was laid in the
manger, the ark.
No, it was not just any stable or common
place. It was Ordained of GOD. A Temple
Barn. Prepared by the Architect, the Great
Builder, Our GOD!
The Great “Lamb of GOD”, the Lamb for
the Sacrifice on the Cross, was laid in a
manger. There He too was numbered as a
lamb on the Temple Farm with all the rest
of the sacrificial lambs and sheep - lambs
and sheep intended to be laid on an altar
as a sacrifice to die.
Read Isaiah 53: 5,6,7,“...And as A
sheep before her sheerer is dumb, so he
opened not his mouth,...He was brought as
A lamb to the slaughter”.
The wise men found him there - in the
manger built the size of the Ark.
There was laid the Lamb of GOD, heading
straight from the Temple Barn to the
Cross, the Altar, to die for Remission of
sin for many.
Yes, Behold The Lamb Of GOD that taketh
away the sin of the world. John 1: 29
Let us look at Christmas again.
The Wise Men Saw A Star - HIS STAR!
How wonderful it is to see, to just be
able to see HIS STAR.
To see His Star, or A Heavenly
Manifestation is still more wonderful.
Abraham did not only speak of the sands
of the sea, but he also saw Israel as the
stars in the heavenlies... And He
Rejoiced.
Can you see His Star? Wise Men Saw His
Star! A Star In The Heavens! That Star had
never been there before - had Never been
seen before. But, now, at the Appearing of
Christ Jesus, His Star became visible! HIS
STAR!
May I ask, do you know the mystery of
the stars?
Please read this same question in
Revelation 1:20. Here it reads - The
Mystery of the Seven Stars.
In Revelation there are seven churches
and for each church the appearing of a
star - seven stars.
Did you know the seven appearances of a
star is the same Star Appearing seven
times. It is the same star -THE STAR OF
BETHLEHEM! HIS STAR!
The wise men first saw his star. In
every church of Revelation, Chapter 2 and
3 they saw the appearing of His Star. Oh,
the mystery of the star!
His Star Appeared the first time at His
Birth.
The second time it appeared was 314
years later - and was seen by Constantine.
Then, 314 years later, in the year 628 -
the same star was seen by Mohammed.
It was then seen in 942, in 1256, and in
the year 1884.
If you will add the life of Christ,
thirty years, to this last appearance
date, it will bring you to the year 1914,
the beginning of the end. The first world
war was declared in that year.
Add the three years of Christ Ministry
and you have the date 1917, the end of
World War 1
Please note list in comparison to the
seven churches of Revelation. (this list
is according to Astronomer George L.
Patterson).
First Appearance At Birth Of Christ
Compare with church Of Ephesis
Revelation 2: 1-7
Second Appearance 314 A. D.
Compare with church of Smyrna
Revelation 2: 8-11
Third Appearance 628 A. D.
Compare with church of Pergamos
Revelation 2:12-17
Forth Appearance 942 A. D.
Compare with the church of
Thyatira
Revelation 2; 18-29
Fifth Appearance 1256 A. D.
Compare with the church of Sardis
Revelation 3: 1-6
Sixth Appearance 1570 A. D.
Compare with church of
Philadelphia
Revelation 3: 7-13
Seventh Appearance 1884 A. D.
Compare with the Church of
Laodicea
Revelation 3: 14-22
This is the mystery of the seven stars
of Revelation 1:20.
The Star of Bethlehem orbits the
universe once every 314 years.
It takes our space men a little over an
hour to encircle our planet, the earth.
But there are millions of earths or
planets in our galaxy and it takes 314
years for His Star to encircle the entire
Galaxy.
Let us look at This Christmas Star
again!
The stars are GOD’S “time clock” of all
ages.The wise men saw His Star. This star was
seen seven different times or 6 x 314=1884
plus 30 years of the Life of Christ and we
have the beginning of the troublesome
times. World war one and the beginning of
the return of the Jewish Nation.
In Leviticus, Chapter 26, GOD Said To
Israel that He would punish them seven
times. Please Note: Seven Times.
In Ezekiel 4:5,6 GOD told Israel that
GOD appointed one day for a year. If one
year has 360 days, and Israel will be
dispersed 7 times, then it would mean
7x360 days or 2520 years from the
beginning of the scattering, which was in
603 BC. Now subtract 603 years from 2520
years and you come to the same answer 1917
AD, or the beginning of the in gathering of
Israel, or The END-TIME.
The Star Of Bethlehem! What A Star!
GOD’S Timepiece! GOD’S Clock!
Jesus Is Coming Soon. Can you discern
the times and the seasons?
Isn’t 1917 AD A great memorial year? So
much so is it that even in Daniel 12:12 You Can
Read: “Blessed is he that waiteth and
cometh to the thousand three hundredth and
five and thirty days” or on the
Mohammedan calendar of 1335 years.
Strange you may say. Yet on this 1335th
year, The British General, Allenby, flew
over Jerusalem and Palestine away from The
Turkish Government and set in motion the
first move to give the Holy Land back to
Israel.
The Turkish Government, that year,
printed all their currency with two
calendar years; 1335 on the top of the
coin and 1917 AD on the bottom of the same
coin. They were fulfillingDaniel 12:12
for 1335 day-year is our 1917 AD
Watch The Star! It is the end-time!
The Wise Men Saw His Star.
They were not only wise men, but they
were kings, and representatives of kings
from every nation under Heaven. Psalms
68:29 and Psalms 72:10,11.
They said, “We have seen HIS STAR in The
East and have come to worship Him”.
Matthew 2:2.
The wise men were astronomers or
“Hisksos”.
Abraham was A noted astronomer. He
taught astronomy in Egypt.
Kings came to Bethlehem to worship and
give gifts to him, Jesus, who shall be The
King Of Kings.
Jesus was not a poor man or born of
common parentage.
Joseph was, in reality, a King-
dethroned king.
Jesus was born in a lineage that had
been kept for 4000 years. Matthew 1:1-17;
Genesis 11:10-26; Luke 3:23-38.
Some of the wealthiest people in the
world were in that line of kings -
Abraham, David, Solomon, etc.
Joseph, the husband of Mary, was A king,
member of royalty. That race of people
were called carpenters, or a better
translation is builders”. They were A
builder race of people.
We are told that Jesus worked in his
father’s little carpenter shop but he did
not. He was born a builder in a builder
Race of People.
He is the MASTER BUILDER. He was an
Israelite. Israel always was the builder
of our eternity, of civilization, our
life.
The shepherds were not just shepherds of
poor straggly sheep. The shepherds were
PRIEST . Royal
Priest. They too were looking for the
appearing of The Lamb of GOD and they found Him.
Jesus Said, “I am the good shepherd, I
am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of
the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24.
They were given a sign by the angel who
said, “and this shall be a sign unto you.
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes lying in a manger.”
Luke2:12
The Feast Of Tabernacles, The Appearance
of The Star Of Bethlehem, The Visit Of The
wise Men, the tax decree of Caesar, and
the reign of Tiberius Luke 3:1
Astronomically, historically, and
scientifically point to Jesus being Born
On The Eighth Day of The Feast of
Tabernacles or Feast of Lights.
Last but certainly not least, we can
enjoy this feast as we have The Feast of
Passover, our salvation; The Feast Of
Pentecost, The Baptism of The Holy Ghost
which we receive as they did on The Day of
Pentecost.
LOOK UP! We are facing A great
Feast. The Feast Of Tabernacles in
Fulfillment. For Jesus will come again and
set up the great feast of tabernacles for
1000 years, a reign of peace.
You see, Christmas is not to be
celebrated only in memory of His Birth at
Bethlehem. Christmas points ahead to the
time when He shall come again with all the
Sons of GOD, To setup a Kingdom...
forever. That is what The Word
“Tabernacle” means. He shall “live” or
“tabernacle” with man on earth.
The thick branches (Christmas Tree), the
willow branches, the gifts, the lights,
the rejoicing in Israel, all these find
their origin in GOD and means this to the
whole world.
Kolenda Ministries
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