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WAS CHRIST
BORN "B.C:'?
You hove probobly reod thot Jesus
wos
born in 4
B.C. Yet B.C.
meons
"before Christ"! How could
Jesus Christ hove been born "BEFORE Christ"?
T
HE REAL
rime of che birrh of
Chrisr has mysrified millions!
You may have been puzzled
when you were in school - especially
at Chrisrmas rime - and read char
Jesus was bom in
4
B.C. Bur how
could chis be' How could Jesus Chrisc
have possibly been born in che year
4
"Before Chrisr"?
Wbere Did W e Get
Our Calendar?
Think a moment. Did all che
world suddenly begin ro reckon time
differendy at che birtb of Jesus? Did
everyone announce chac from chis
poinr on chey would begin year A.D.
1
(Anno Domini, or "In che Year of
Our Lord") ? Did che whole Wesr–
ern world suddenly begin counting
time che same way you have counred
time?
Why, of course noc. King Hcrod
himself didn't know che exacc rime of
Jesus' birrh when he ordered all che
children up
co
rwo years of age ro be
killed. He muse have been guessing
by as much as or more chan one full
year.
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Reod the surprising onswer!
by
Garner Ted Armstrong
Remember, at che birth of Chrisc,
the wise men, or
magi,
saw a star.
They followed che star (che Bible uses
scars as symbols of angels - Rev.
1:20; 12
:4)
ro che place where Jesus
Christ lay. When Herod che king
cried ro have Jesus killed, he soughr
ro find from che wise men NOT che
date of Chrisc's birth, buc che time
wben che scar appeared (Mace.
2:7).
God very carefully obscured che exact
date of che birrh of Jesus. When
Herod cried co kili Jesus by having all
che babies slain, he included
"all
che
children chat were in Bechlehem, and
in all che coascs chereof, from rwo
years old and under, according
co
che
rime which he had diligently inguired
of che wise men" (Macchew
2:16).
The Jews wcre chcn counring rime
according to che rcgnal years of cheir
rulers (Luke 3:1). The Romans
counred cime from che founding of
cheir
city.
The Chinese counc time
cocally differendy chan did che Jews or
Romans, or chan we do coday.
In che so-caJJed "Christian" world,
we are now supposedly living in che
year One Thousand Nine Hundred
Sevency-cwo afcer Chrisc. But are we
really?
A Pagan Calendar
Believe ir or noc, our whole
mechod of counring rime is com–
plecely pagan. AU your plans, your
calendar markings, and your "dates"
wich friends have always been ser
according ro
pagan
days and seasons.
Did you ever analyze che very
names of che days? SuNday is che
chief day of che professing Christian
world - or che day specially dedi–
caced ro che SUN god, NOT che Son of
God! MoNday is che second day of
che week, and che day of che MOON
god. In Romance rongues, che word
lunes
(having che same Larin rooc as
our word "lunar") is used. TuEsday
comes nexr. lr's an old pagan Teuto–
nic namc for che day dedicared ro
MARS. In che Spanish language, che
word for Tuesday is MARees. Then
comes WEDNEsday. Did you ever
have crouble learning ro spell che
name of chis day? Why? Didn 'c you
think che N should come before che
o?
But it can't. Because ir muse prc-
PLAIN TRUTH
September-October
1972