When is Jesus’ true birthday? March or April!

Wouldn’t it be nice to celebrate Jesus’ birthday quietly, apart from the typical rush of the holiday season that the world re-defined with Seasons Greetings? There are good reasons to consider reconsidering our traditions.
Most Bible scholars agree that Jesus was not born on December 25. In fact it is generally understood that this date was chosen by church leaders sometime around 400 A.D. so they could celebrate the birth of Christ and still appease the non-believers by coexisting with some of the traditions of the pagan Saturnalia festival. That spirit of appeasement continues today as the words “Seasons Greetings” have replaced “Merry Christmas” in advertisements, verbal greetings, and even our Christmas cards.
Serious biblical scholars have taken clues from Luke 2:8 in which we learn that shepherds were watching their flocks at night. From that verse they have determined that the Christ child was probably born in the spring, the time of year when lambs are born, a most critical time when shepherds closely guarded the sheep to protect the newborn lambs from predators. It is highly unlikely that shepherds would keep their sheep on the hillsides in wintertime.
Bethlehem is only about five and a half miles from Jerusalem. Bethlehem was the place where the very finest sheep were kept, as every year the sacrificial lamb would be selected for the Jewish Passover in Jerusalem.
Christian Jewish Rabbi, Jonathan Cahn, studied the Scriptures and other historical documents from ancient times and discovered numerous valid reasons to believe that Christ was born on Nissan 1, which in 2021 falls on March 14. Like Easter, the date is determined by the Hebrew calendar which is based on the phases of the moon, so on our calendar it doesn’t fall on the same date every year. This year Nissan 1 falls 3 weeks before Easter. Last year it fell on March 26, a Thursday. A simple search of the Internet will give you the date for any given year, but it will always fall within a week or two before Palm Sunday.
Nissan is the first month of the Jewish calendar. The word Nissan means “the beginning.” Nissan 1 corresponds with the date the Israelites first erected the tabernacle under Moses’ leadership. See Exodus 40:1-2. The tabernacle represented God’s presence with the Israelites.
Evidence exists in Vatican records that before the Christians took December 25 to represent Christ’s birthday, the most recognized date was Nissan 1. At the time the new date was chosen, the date Nissan 1 was censored out of most early church writings.
I can only scratch the surface of the information Jonathan Cahn shared in an interview in December 2014 in which he gives much more convincing evidence that Nissan 1 is the true birth of Christ Jesus. I have included the link at the end of this article for your consideration.
I personally look forward to the opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ without having to live up to or rise above the world’s expectations and demands. I believe a quiet retreat into an otherwise unnoticed day might offer depth of meaning that has been drowned out with packages and the whirlwind of busying traditions. We don’t have to give up those December traditions. After all, the wise men were the first to come bearing gifts, and they didn’t find baby Jesus in a manger. The star guided them to a house. And based on King Herod’s killing of all male children in Bethlehem two years old and younger, Jesus may well have been almost two years old at the time. We can still celebrate giving gifts and remembering the Christ Child any time of the year. But the thought of having another day set apart and away from the eyes of the rest of the world for celebrating the real birthday of Christ Jesus seems very appealing to me.
by Janice D. Green, author of Baby Jesus . . . Messiah! released February 17, 2021.

Double click the link below to watch Jonathan Cahn’s interview about the true date of Christ Jesus’ birth. The link will take you the YouTube video. https://youtu.be/ptlsXtTf6n0
Interesting. Totally agree with that last Line. I do not celebrate the peganism associated with Christmas or Easter. My choice.
Thank you. It is the paganism that I am trying to steer clear of.
I love this information, Janice, it is fascinating and thought provoking! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Crystal!
Truth! I chose to celebrate that God took on our flesh so we could draw near to him 24/7/365. I would love to check out your book!
Thank you Candice.
Thank you, Janice, for this wonderful article. It’s amazing how many people think Jesus was born on December 25th. It’s nice to differentiate between fact and fiction.
Thank you Lee Ann! I hope people will take seriously the option of observing this day in a new and more reverent way.
This is fascinating! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Thank you Nancy!
Thank you Janice for finding this information for us. I had heard discussions before of a spring birth but didn’t have any definitive information. As Christians, we always need to make sure we don’t give nonbelievers any reason to question our faith. The pagan winter festival is often a topic of contention. Your post is spot on.
Thank you for your encouraging response, Gail.
I have heard that Jesus’ birthday was actually in the spring. It makes total sense. I love the idea of celebrating his birth in a more quiet forum. Our Christmas’ are special as we make much of it with our family, but it is also very busy. Great post, Janice! 🙂
Thank you Marcie!
So informative!
Thank you, Janice!
Thank you Ava!
What a great idea — it’s so neat to learn new information about all of this! Thanks, Janice.
Thank you Jessica!
It’s a fascinating discussion that may lead us to understand the Christ is THE Passover Lamb.
Yes, I surely hope so. Thank you Nancy.
This is great. Thanks Janice. I eould like chat and catch up. I lost your phone mumber. Please call me or put your number in my email.
Thanks Ardella. I’m glad you found my post, and will send you my phone number shortly. It would be good to catch up on what’s happening.