Messianic Jews & Jesus birth

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> The calculation of the time of Y'shua's birth begins with Z'chariyahu
> (Zechariah), the father of Yochanan (John) the Baptist. According to Luke
> 1:5 he was a priest of the order of Aviyah. He was performing his duties,
> burning incense in the Beit HaMikdash (Temple), when an angel appeared and
> said his wife Eli-Sheva would conceive and bear a son, and he would be
> called Yochanan (John).

This is incredible: I was reading the account in Luke of Christ's birth
when I thought the same thing, that perhaps the date of Christ's birth
can be guessed from the actions of John's father Zechariah!  Someone did
all the hard work for me already :-)

> joy that will be for all the people". (Luke 2:10). There are actually two
> clues here. Succot is a festival of joy, and it is also known as the
> "Festival of the Nations (or Gentiles)". The angel was actually giving them
> a greeting for the Festival of Succot. This is the only festival where the
> nations are positively encouraged to participate. (Z'chariyahu 14:16-19).

This part about the Feast of Tabernacles, though, I would have totally
missed.

One more thing this brings to mind though: if Christ had indeed been
born on such a significant festival day, wouldn't the writers have
mentioned it specifically?

Thanks for this fascinating and informative article!

Richard Masoner