When was Jesus Born

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN
So, then, in expectation of His coming we worship facing towards the
East.
It is a strong tradition since the Apostolic times and it has biblical
foundation: “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far
as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man” (St. Matthew
24:27).
In its prayers, the Church awaits the Second Coming from the east.
During the birth of Jesus, signs were seen in the east (St. Matthew 2:2).
“…the Sun of justice shall arise from the east” (Malachi 4:2).
The glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east
(Ezekiel 43:4).
The gate facing the east shall be opened during worship (Ezekiel.
46:12).
There are references in the Apostolic Constitution, Martyrdom of
Polycarp and other patristic writings about the Church in the early days
praying facing the east.
" And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he
put the man whom he had formed ( Gen. 2:8). Eventually Adam and
Eve, after their act of disobedience were sent out from the Garden of
Eden in the East. According to Christian interpretation, since the time
of this expulsion of the first parents by the eastern gate of paradise
(=garden), all children of Adam and Eve look back to their lost home,
the paradise in the East, with a deep sense of spiritual home sickness.
So salvation is understood partly as a return to the original home.
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