Jesus Christ born in Maccabean era
by Damien F. Mackey Part One: Jesus is the Lord of History “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, ‘who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty’.” Revelation 1:8 Introduction The Advent of Jesus Christ has split human history right in twain. “ More people in the world have based their lives on Jesus than any person or religion that has ever existed …. The birth of this man became the turning point of history. It’s the point where BC, the time before Christ, became AD”. Jesus Christ is the Lord of History, “the Alpha and the Omega” (Hebrew: “ the Aleph and the Tav” ). He is “the First and Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:13). In 1979, pope John Paul II, anticipating the beginning of the new millennium, the year 2000, allowed for the fact that Jesus Christ may not have been born exactly when has been thought (Encyclical: Redemptor Hominis , #