Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-02-23
CoRRECTs ERROR

Editor News:
I wish to correct an error in my re-
cent article ON our Lords birthday.
BY inadvertence l was made to say
that Jesus birthdate was about six
months after John the Baptist was
thirty years old, April first, A. D. %.
The sentence should have read: so,
then, John was thirty years old in A.
D. 80, about April first, consequently
he was born B. G. 2, about April first.
And Jesus birthdate, about six
months later must have been B. c. .,
about October first.
To omit Johns birth date makes
nonsense. To get the force of this
simple Scripture problem. we should
notice that Jew was not considered
of age according to Scripture until he
was thirty years old, at which time, if
he was Levite, his service in "holy
things began. For proof, see Num-
bers, 4:3, 80, AZ; Luke 1898.
To find our Lords birthdate is one
of the most simple problems of Scrip
ture, and yet like all sacred truth, it
must be searched for as for hidden
treasure.
If our Lord began his ministry when
at about thirty years of age, and was
crucified at the time of the Passover
in the month Nissan (Jewish time) cor
responding to April, then it is easy to
count backward and find that he was
born about October fist.
Then, if Jesus ministry lasted three
and half years, and ended in April
las is commonly accepted), it is easy
to see that his ministry began in Octo-
Der, at which time he began to be
about thirty years DID," i. e., when
he reached his thirtieth birthday his
majority according to the Scripture
cited.
Again, if John the Baptist was
thirty years old and began to preach
Gin the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, which year was A.
D. go. it is easy to count backward
and find that he was born B. G. 2,
about April first. Well, if John was
six months older than jesus and be-
gan to preach six months earlier, it is
a small problem to count backward
and locate our Lords birthdate at
about October first.
The difference between Jewish lunar
time and our solar time would be
few days, SO that we might not hit
upon the exact day, but October first
B. G. 2, is about correct
If we know our Lord 8 age when he |
was baptized and began to preach, the
length of his ministry, and the month
in which he was crucified, we have
the key to this bit of knowledge And |
these are given, to-wit: Our Lord |
age at his baptism at about thirty.
The length of his ministry we agree
was three and half years, though
this is shown in symbolic prophecy.
Daniel 9:a4-26 Our Lord was cruel
fed during the Passover season which
began OH the fourteenth day of the
first month "Nisan", and this we
dSIcc OuEfcbIObucu W Apfll, tUOuS0
owing to differences between Jewish
lunar time and orr solar time, the cor
responding date sometimes comes in
March. For proof of the above see
Exodus 1919, 8, tS; Esther 3:7.
Read the account in Exodus 10, con-
corning the institution of the Jewish
Passover, and remember that our Lord
died as the Antitypical Passover
Lamb at the close of the fourteenth
day of the month Nissan" He was
1.-THE Lamb of God which taketh away
the sin of the world The above is
in the main, correct.
thank the Editor very much for
making this correction. and for pre-
senting this more condensed solution
Of Jesus birthdate. beg of you all
to remember that truth is precious,
no matter where you get it, and that
the truth unfolds gradually as we re-
ceive it.-Proverbs Ais
L. ID. BARNES.
Washington, d. G.