Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
That the Birth and Baptism of our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ should be at this time of the Feast of Tabernacles, is as Considerable, as that his Passion should be about the time of the Jewish Passover. He was Sacrificed for us at that time, when by God’s appointment the Pascal Lamb was to be offered as his Type: And at the Feast of Tabernacles he came to pitch his Tent in our nature, to tabernacle in our Flesh, and dwell among us.
The Sceptre was so far gone from Judah that the Jews were compelled by a foreign Power, instead of observing the feast of the Tabernacles at Jerusalem, every one to repair to his own City to be taxed, as the Emperor Augustus had commanded, (and ’tis not very likely he would appoint that in the depth of Winter, the time of our Christmas) and now was the Season for Shilo to appear.
For the reference, see John Shower on Christ and the Old Testament festivals.
The Sceptre was so far gone from Judah that the Jews were compelled by a foreign Power, instead of observing the feast of the Tabernacles at Jerusalem, every one to repair to his own City to be taxed, as the Emperor Augustus had commanded, (and ’tis not very likely he would appoint that in the depth of Winter, the time of our Christmas) and now was the Season for Shilo to appear.
For the reference, see John Shower on Christ and the Old Testament festivals.
