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Was Jesus born in a different Bethlehem?
Times of Israel ^
| December 24, 2014
| Jessica Steinberg
Posted on 12/23/2014 7:51:22 PM PST by Squawk 8888
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Posted because I'm interested in feedback from those who know more than I do.
To: SunkenCiv
Over to you, professor :)
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posted on
12/23/2014 7:51:48 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
12/23/2014 7:51:48 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: Squawk 8888
Oh boy; here we go again.
The Bible plainly says that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem in Judah, where David was born. This is just another misguided attempt to discredit Jesus.
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posted on
12/23/2014 7:54:01 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Squawk 8888
They’re both wrong; our daughter in law texted us tonight from Mobile to say our 5 year old grandson said Jesus was born in Birmingham.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:02:24 PM PST
by
I-ambush
(Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning)
To: I-ambush
LOL — That’s funny, thanks for sharing it.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:07:43 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: I-ambush
I hear he just left Chicago.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:10:20 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: I-ambush; dfwgator
our daughter in law texted us tonight from Mobile to say our 5 year old grandson said Jesus was born in Birmingham.England?
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:10:26 PM PST
by
Mark17
(So gracious and tender was He. I claimed Him that day as my savior, this stranger of Galilee)
To: Mark17
year old grandson said Jesus was born in Birmingham. England?You mean Jesus and Black Sabbath came from the same place?
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:11:03 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: Squawk 8888
How would a woman who is nine months pregnant travel 175 kilometers on a donkey all the way to Bethlehem of Judea? First, where did you get the idea that she was traveling nine months pregnant?
The Bible does not say how far along she was only that she came to term while they were there.
The night they arrived or three months later. It does not say.
Next where did you get the idea that she went on a donkey? Once again, the Bible does not say.
When people try to disprove something and do not bother to read the original source documents which are freely available you should not toss their work aside lightly.
You should throw it, with great force. Preferable at their head.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:13:42 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: dfwgator
I would not be surprised if some LIV thought Jesus was born in Bethlehem, PA. Yea, he or she would say that Joseph worked in the steel mill and Mary worked at a diner off the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:17:37 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushes)
To: Squawk 8888
Without looking at text, I think Matthew says that everyone had to return to their place of origin - rather than their place of livelihood - to be taxed. That seems to me at least to present a huge logistical problem, and frankly, does not seem plausible at all.
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12/23/2014 8:21:54 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: Perdogg
Yea, he or she would say that Joseph worked in the steel mill and Mary worked at a diner off the Pennsylvania Turnpike.Sounds like the inspiration for Bon Jovi's 'Livin' On a Prayer.'....."Mary works the Diner all day...."
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:24:13 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: Squawk 8888
Wait-I`ll ask the Magi which one they went to.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:27:56 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(`("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))
To: Squawk 8888
It was spelled out in scripture, as it was not a secret which Bethlehem (there were two) that was required to fulfill the prophecy, even Herod’s ‘wise men’ knew were to look,
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2
There is also a tie in to the Book of Ruth and with Boaz, a love story and its culmination,
To: Squawk 8888
It makes much more sense that she would have traveled seven kilometers, the distance from Nazareth to Bethlehem of the Galilee. He is not considering the traffic, I have heard that road was a real bear, back in the day, with all the goat stops and such.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:39:01 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
To: I-ambush
And the disciples were Mexicans.
They were all in one Accord...
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:45:40 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: onedoug
Without looking at text, I think Matthew says that everyone had to return to their place of origin...No. They went to the place of their family name. Joseph was from the line of David so he took his family to the city of David, Bethlehem of Judea.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:45:52 PM PST
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: Squawk 8888
would have been nice if we has a pix of both sites.
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posted on
12/23/2014 8:47:17 PM PST
by
mosesdapoet
(Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
To: captmar-vell
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12/23/2014 8:48:07 PM PST
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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