Why do we celebrate Christ’s birth on December 25th? The date was established by Pope Julius I around AD 350. However, this is not the actual day or month of Christ’s birth. The scriptures reveal the actual month but not the specific day. Why haven’t people grasped this? Because they prefer to be taught by men rather than by God. Listen carefully to what is declared within the scriptures. To begin understanding this, we must know that the Hebrew year ran from Passover month to Passover month. This was the first month of the Hebrew year, as told to Moses in Exodus 12:1. We must start counting from the Passover month. Now, let’s consider the time of Herod, the king of Judaea. There was a priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia. Zacharias officiated in the Temple as part of the course of Abijah during the 10th week of the Jewish calendar, which typically falls around late May or early June. At the time Zacharias received the message that Elizabeth was going to have a child, Elizabeth was already pregnant. How do we know this? Because when Gabriel came to Mary, he informed her that Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy. This means John was conceived in the month of Passover, which is the first month of the Hebrew year. Mary’s visitation from Gabriel occurred in the sixth month, which would have been the month of Elul, typically falling around August to September. Luke 1:36 “And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her,” Now after Mary was told that her cousin Elizabeth was pregnant she went to her and stayed with her for about 3 months. When Elizabeth greeted Mary she said “blessed is the fruit of your womb. Revealing to us Mary became pregnant with the Son of God in the sixth month. Luke 1:42 “And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.” (See comment for the rest)