🎺 September 11 — Could This Be the Real Birthday of Jesus?
🎺 September 11 — Could This Be the Real Birthday of Jesus?
We’ve sung the carols. We’ve told the Christmas story our whole lives.
But what if the angels’ song over Bethlehem wasn’t in December… but on September 11, 3 BC?
And what if the enemy knew it — and marked that same date in our generation with one of the most horrific tragedies in modern history?
🌌 The Heavenly Signs That Night
Bible scholar Dr. Michael Heiser, building on the work of astronomer-theologian Ernest L. Martin (The Star That Astonished the World), points to the sky over Bethlehem at twilight on September 11, 3 BC:
Sun setting in Virgo (the virgin)
A new moon at her feet
This rare arrangement mirrors Revelation 12:
“A woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.”
And that date wasn’t random. It fell on Tishri 1 — the Feast of Trumpets — a holy day proclaiming the King’s arrival.
📖 Book of Mormon Witness
Samuel the Lamanite prophesied:
“A new star shall arise… and there shall be many signs and wonders in heaven.” (Helaman 14:5–6)
When the prophecy was fulfilled:
“At the going down of the sun there was no darkness… and they knew that the day had come that the Lord should be born.” (3 Nephi 1:15, 19)
A night without darkness. A new star. Signs in the heavens.
If the September 11 sky alignment marked Christ’s birth in the Old World, these same signs were being witnessed in the Americas.
📜 Doctrine & Covenants Echoes
D&C 88:92 speaks of “the sound of the trump” as a prelude to the Lord’s coming — the very theme of the Feast of Trumpets.
D&C 20:1 counts the years “since the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the flesh.” Elder James E. Talmage interpreted this as pointing to an April 6 birth in BC 1 — a tradition still repeated by some. But April in Judea is the tail-end of the rainy season, and shepherds wouldn’t have been “abiding in the field” overnight. That was a fall practice, aligning more with September.
📜 The Nemenhah Records
The Nemenhah prophets bear strikingly similar testimony:
Book of Mahnti, Chapter 8 — “Lights in the firmament and signs among the stars” heralded the Peacemaker’s birth.
Mohrhohnahyah’s Writings — The heavens would testify at both His first and second comings.
Across oceans and centuries, the pattern is the same: the sky itself bears witness.
⚖️ April 6 vs. September 11
April 6 has symbolic and liturgical weight — it’s the date of the Church’s organization in 1830, and it aligns with Passover season in some years.
But September 11 fits:
Shepherds in the fields in autumn
Astronomical signs in perfect alignment
Multiple scriptural witnesses from both hemispheres
🕳️ The Dark Counterfeit: 9-11 in Our Time
If God marks His works with precise appointments, Satan marks his rebellion with corrupt counter-appointments.
On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers fell in smoke and fire.
On September 10, 2025, conservative leader Charlie Kirk was gunned down at a public event in Utah — a chilling act of political violence just as this season approached.
It just goes to show: the adversary knows the times and seasons. He cannot touch the Light without trying to counterfeit or obscure it. And often, blood is spilled in the shadows of the very dates that once proclaimed the King’s birth.
🪞 Why It Matters
Even if we can’t absolutely prove the date, the witness is overwhelming:
| Source | What It Adds |
|---|---|
| Revelation 12 / Sky alignment | Literal cosmic picture on Sept 11, 3 BC |
| Book of Mormon | New star and night without darkness |
| Doctrine & Covenants | Trumpet imagery and early Restoration dating |
| Nemenhah Records | Continental prophetic testimony |
| Fall-season context | Fits shepherding patterns |
| Satan’s counterfeit | Modern 9-11 tragedy as date inversion |
🕊️ Final Thought
Today, on this very date, remember:
Long before it was a day of smoke and falling towers, it was a day of shofars and angelic choirs.
A day when heaven and earth welcomed the King.
The darkness will always try to claim the calendar — but it cannot erase the Light.
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