There are…some who believe that it was likely during the Feast of Tabernacles that Jesus was born. While we celebrate Christ’s birth on December 25, most scholars acknowledge that this tradition was begun in the fourth century AD by the Roman Catholic Church and that the exact day of Jesus’ birth is unknown. Some of the evidence that Jesus might have been born earlier in the year during the Feast of the Tabernacles includes the fact that it would be unlikely for shepherds to still be in the field with their sheep in December, which is in the middle of the winter, but it would have been likely they were in the fields tending sheep at the time of the Feast of Tabernacles. The strong possibility that Jesus was born at the time of the Feast of Tabernacles is also seen in the words John wrote in John 1:14. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” The word John chose to speak of Jesus “dwelling” among us is the word tabernacle, which simply means to “dwell in a tent.”

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains		Abm, Misc	1	Loaf

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Water
2	c	Bread Flour
1	tb	Powdered milk
1/2	ts	Salt
1	tb	Butter
1/4	c	Lemon yogurt
1 1/2	tb	Honey
1/4	c	Almonds, toasted, sliced
2	ts	Lemon peel, dried
2	tb	Poppy seeds
1	ts	Lemon extract
2	ts	Yeast

INSTRUCTIONS

Place all ingredients in machine and push Start!
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #300
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 20:46:02 PST
From: jlewis1@juno.com (Julie L. Lewis)

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