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We celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas - but WHEN was Jesus born?

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  “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated,  'God with us'             Isaiah 7:14           🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 It's that time of year!!  And the older I get, the faster the years go by... like toilet paper at the end of a roll!  Last Christmas seemed like just a few months ago!   Most of us know that December 25 is not the date Jesus (Yeshua) was born in a stable in Bethlehem.  It came to be "Christmas" because of traditions such as the winter solstice and Roman festivals. But have you ever wondered when the Savior of the world was actually born?  Some say it doesn't really matter, but God has appointed times for everything He does!  I've always been curious, so I did a little digging... Almost everyone agrees that winter would not have been the time, because angels announced His birth to shepherds who were out in the fields watching over the flocks