God sent His Son, born of the virgin Mary, at the perfect time in history. We needed Him then, and we need Him now. I want people to know that His birth is more than a date on a calendar, and that it is most importantly the culmination of God’s eternal plan for our salvation. As Peter says, “He was foreknown before the foundation of the world” (1 Peter 1:20).
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And yet the date still matters. It is widely known that the date of the birth of Jesus was not on December 25, 1 AD. However, historians have not presented an alternative historical date with any confidence. Indeed, some believe there is no definitive historical evidence at all that will point us to it. I disagree.
In one sense it is true that the date doesn’t matter, because a person can understand the Gospel without knowing the date. However, I have come to realize that the actual date (not December 25, 1 AD) is stunning beyond belief because it demonstrates that God implemented His plan exactly when He intended to. And that is something to rejoice about!
In 500 Year Journey, I make the case that God told us in His word exactly when Jesus would be born, and that His Son came at exactly the right time in history.
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Hope came at just the right time and this theologically rich paradigm shift in the way we think about the birth of Christ will strengthen your confidence in the truthfulness of the word of God, and how Christianity is deeply integrated with the Jewish faith.
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“Your book is so conversational, I feel like we’re just sitting in a coffee shop, sharing God’s touch on our lives….I really have trouble putting your book down. I’m on page 167, learning a lot and loving it.” John Voehl, Abraham Lincoln presenter and historian.
“Finished your book, it was seriously phenomenal. I loved it from beginning to end and was kind of bummed when I hit the end.”-Scott Putnam, President/CEO of Apex Technology Management
“Book has been read. Oh, my! What a journey. You’ve invited your readers to consider well-researched conclusions all within a humble, enticing presentation of historical, astronomical scientific facts. Your mind must be overwhelmed but you “got er done.” May God be blessed and may this book be widely read and appreciated.” Bonnie, Woman of God
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My granddaughter Claire is one of your students. She gave me your book {500 Year Journey} for Christmas and I finished it today Dec 27. It was facinating and I learned many things which I will have to ponder. Jesus 40 years old? Harod exiling a high priest to Babylon and the obvious greater travel and communication between Babylon and J’lem then I had imagined. But it was with some consternation that there were no references to a 2015 book by Colin Nicholl, “The Great Christ Comet”. I would love to see you two authors communicate. Colin Nicholl is a dedicated Christian like yourself and I believe that your two books can be reconciled and combined. Colin was interviewed by Eric Metaxas which you can view at socratesinthecity.com–go to watch and it is on the third page. Let me know if I am the first to allert you to Colins book–I can hardly believe that to be possible.
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Wonderful to hear from you, Hal. I’m sure you are very proud of Claire. She’s amazing! I’m humbled that you read it in two days! Many of the people who have contacted me after reading it, tell me that they are going to read it a second time and do a bunch of highlighting. Let me know if you have any other observations after you read it a second time 🙂 There are some VERY unexpected conclusions I draw that absolutely need some due consideration. One of those is the way I lay out the appearances of two different comets. I did buy Colin Nicholl’s book, “The Great Christ Comet” and it was early in my research and I was totally captivated by what he said. I even watched one of his presentations on Youtube. I thought deeply about what he said and it led me on a chain of thinking that was helpful, but as you probably noticed, I came to a bit different conclusion. I don’t think there needed to be a comet that would have been visible for a year, and I believe exegetically my conclusion is sound. Also, a comet doesn’t have to be big and bright to be noticed by astronomers. It could have been, so I don’t dismiss his idea, but there simply is no historical reference to any comet as bright and as long as he describes in 7 BC. There could have been, but my only real concern with his book is that he admits in the introduction that the comet he describes is completely theoretical. It could have been real and the comet he describes could have existed, but since his book only describes his theoretical model, I simply set it aside for some of his other information about comets in general that was useful. I’m not being critical of him, but I also decided to stay within the parameters of my belief that the Bible teaches that the magi saw “his star” while they were in the East, but it was a short appearance comet that appeared at the right time according to Daniel’s prophecies. Therefore, the reason they went to Jerusalem was not because a comet led them to Jerusalem, but because it was the logical place to go visit the recently born king of the Jews. Intriguingly (although I don’t talk about this in the book) the Chinese have a record of a comet that was visible sometime in 5 BC. If that is true, then I would say that the second comet the magi saw on their way to Bethlehem after visiting Herod, could have been that comet. In other words, it didn’t lead them to the manger on the night he was born, but it did lead them to the house of the holy family a year or two after his birth. Since Herod killed all the boys less the two years old, many scholars believe the magi took a year or two to get there. This would fit within that timeframe. That is a different scenario that Nichol’s presents, but we are definitely on the same page that “his star” was a comet. I just believe there were two of them and it was their timing that was so significant, not that it needed to be a long-term, bright extended appearance comet as he surmises.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and, again, thank you for reading and commenting! I truly appreciate it.
Blessings.
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