Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!
That would be impossible. The winters in the area we know today as Israel are incredibly harsh and bitter. Severe winds, bitter blizzards, snowfall, and biting temparatures are the norm during the winter months. It would have been impossible for Mary and Joseph to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem in such conditions, let alone everyone else travelling for the census. In Joseph and Mary's time intra-provincial travel would have been nearly impossible from late November to early March.Originally posted by robycop3:
I believe Doc Cassidy had found some evidence leaning toward a Dec. 25 date. As was said above, we cannot affirm nor deny any date now.
Many years ago I heard a chapel speaker say the same thing while at Tennessee Temple University. Makes me wonder.Originally posted by robycop3:
I believe Doc Cassidy had found some evidence leaning toward a Dec. 25 date. As was said above, we cannot affirm nor deny any date now.
I Like that answer!!Originally posted by Mexdeaf:
He was born at the RIGHT TIME-
(Gal. 4:4- But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
That would be impossible. The winters in the area we know today as Israel are incredibly harsh and bitter. Severe winds, bitter blizzards, snowfall, and biting temparatures are the norm during the winter months. It would have been impossible for Mary and Joseph to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem in such conditions, let alone everyone else travelling for the census. In Joseph and Mary's time intra-provincial travel would have been nearly impossible from late November to early March. </font>[/QUOTE]John...think about what you are saying. Is anything impossible for God Almighty? I usually don't get involved in these kinds of discussions, because for the most part, the Bible is silent on this.Originally posted by Johnv:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by robycop3:
I believe Doc Cassidy had found some evidence leaning toward a Dec. 25 date. As was said above, we cannot affirm nor deny any date now.
And it's going to be 47 here in Alaska tomorrow. So what? The average weather at that time is treacherous enough that a census would not be held at that time.5 of 7 December 25ths in Bethlehem are MILD enough for sheep to be in the fields.
God protected Noah and family while the storm ravaged the world but He couldn't bring a warm spell in December to protect the human family of the Lord?It's possible for God to set the date whenever he wants. However, after the fact, we can look back and see that it was impossible that the date he chose was December 25th. Using the "Anything is possible" argument for something that has already happened is like arguing that Pearl Harbor day could be June 16th because anything is possible