He will be great and will be called the
Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father
David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; his kingdom
will never end."
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel,
"since I am a virgin?" The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon
you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one
to be born will be called the Son of God. Even
Elizabeth your relative
is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren
is in her sixth month.
1 Chronicles 24,3
With the help of Zadok a descendant of
Eleazar and Ahimelech a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into
divisions for their appointed order of ministering.
1 Chronicles 24:7-19
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
the twenty-third to Delaiah and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
This was their appointed order of ministering
when they entered the temple of the LORD, according to the regulations
prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of
Israel, had commanded him.
The descendants
of Abijah, which included Zechariah, got the 8. lot for their temple ministering.
This means, they where on duty during the 4. Month (Tammuz). Six month
later (Elisabeth was in her sixth month), the angel Gabriel came to Mary,
and she got pregnant. Jesus was born 9 month later of course, which means
in the month of Tishri, the seventh month. Tabernacle is appointed for
the days between the 15. - 21 Tishri. Therefore, Jesus
was borne around the feast of Tabernacle.
Luzius Schneider 18. June
1999