I want to commend John Milor for his writings on the facts of Yeshua (See John Milor's article: A 4.6 Billion Year Old Prophecy). Yeshua was not born on Christmas as John mentioned, but probably in the spring, summer or fall, as they were probably traveling in a caravan. A man and his wife travelling alone were vulnerable to attack by many roving bands of thieves. As they traveled there was no Christmas at that time because no Jew ever celebrated their birth. As John Milor pointed out, and rightly so, there was no mention of how many of them there were, it could just have been 2 or 22, nobody really knows.
Much to the whole Christian cannon, there was no star that appeared to the magi. In the oldest text, all it said was, "A bright light appeared." No angels singing, no pronouncement to the Magi and no magic to the whole mystery. The magi followed the light that stopped over the house, which John pointed so aptly out.
Again, as John so aptly stated, Hebrew prophecy from the beginning of the Bible tells us that YAHWEH demanded strict devotion to him alone. So did these other tribes and nations follow YAHWEH? I doubt it. Or would Yahweh let the pagans use their beliefs involved in Yeshua's birth? I think not.
The nation of the first Israelites did not involve any; idol worshipping, worshipping the stars, the heavens or anything made by YAHWEH! The Holy Scriptures are plain on that, which was not the case with these other cultures.
Most people do not know who the Essences were. They were a cult of mostly men, but there were also some women and servants who lived there. They had their separate communities, which were a scant 3-5 miles away from Jerusalem in the desert, waiting for the coming of the New Jerusalem. They were there waiting for Harmigedo and to fight in it. There is enough evidence that Jesus was an Essene.
Another fact is that the Sabbath for the Essenes was on a Friday, as they believed that the Jews in Jerusalem had their Sabbath set up wrong. So the Sabbath for the Essenes started on a Thursday night at sunset! There is some speculation that Jesus healed on a Saturday because he was an Essene and that is why the Jews from the city despised him. However, there were some small bands of Essenes living in Jerusalem. This is the answer for the riddle of why they asked Jesus where the Passover was held. He told them to follow the man carrying a large jug of water.
Where was Jesus during the ages of 12, to about 28 years old? The Essene cult might hold that answer, but either way, the Jews had nothing to do with any other cultures or their religious habits and beliefs, which the whole Bible is adamant about.
To say that Jesus was somehow tied in to the belief of Mirtha, or any other God or Divine Creator is a blasphemy to the God of the Jews! The whole Bible from front to back testifies to that fact. Read the ten words (commandments). In the Old Testament there are over 600 laws that pertain to the Jews and what they could not do as the other nations (or belief systems) do. In the Old Testament; Jeremiah, Daniel and other prophets yelled out against following the ways of the other nations. If you follow what the Old Testaments tell us, then we could not, nor should we, have Christmas, New Years and even Easter celebrations, as worshiping the sun (as it rises) and/or the old traditions of the Norse cultures (of the Yule log) or other "unclean" practices that most Christians do. Just as bowing down to any statue or anything made of hands. Read Deut chapters 9, 10 and 11. Jesus himself said, "I do not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it." When you fill something you do not throw it away, but use it. Do you fill a bottle full of water and then throw it away? I think not.
Read the whole book of Jeremiah and JOB and see what they have to say about it. You will be amazed what the Churches do not tell you.
Most tell you, "It does not matter." Really! What do the pagans and the religions of other cultures have to do with the God of the universe? I think if you read the Bible, then we can be ascertain what John Milor says is truth and that other belief systems can say what they want. The Bible tells us, "For me and my house we will worship YAHWEH."
