The Manger's Untold Tale: Archeological Insights into the Nativity
This episode was released on December 21, 2024.
In this captivating segment, Byron Stinson shares remarkable insights about the discovery of the ancient manger in Bethlehem. Learn how archaeological evidence has confirmed the biblical account of the shepherds and the birth of Jesus. Stinson explains the significance of the double manger, used for raising the sacrificial lambs destined for the temple, and how this physical location connects to the prophecies in Micah. Uncover the hidden details that shed new light on the nativity story and the divine plan woven throughout Scripture. This is a must-see for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the historical and spiritual truths behind the manger in Bethlehem.
0:00 Byron Stinson, it's great to have you back and this time we're not talking about the red heifer sacrifice. We're talking about another sacrifice Or another sacrificial system that happened about 2000 years ago Uh where there was a particular flock of sheep? That shepherds were keeping watch over and it's these this type of sheep That was actually supposed to go to the temple for other sacrifices, but god's given you some not just revelation about it, but actual physical manifestation from this So I know that's a bit cryptic here But you got to stay tuned for what Byron's about to tell you because this is going to change your whole understanding of a way in a manger My Byron, welcome back to Charisma John always good to be with you and uh, I hope your audience Uh enjoys learning about this. It's a it's a little hard on us as Christians to learn new things But I think it's very important that we do that and I believe god is helping All of us to come closer to him by knowledge that's coming and a lot of us by artifacts that are in Israel so in 2007 I was invited to go to israel and by the lord's hand I got connected to an amazing uh man named Moshe Bronstein Who explained to me that when Solomon was building the first temple He had to have a special place to raise up everything for the temple sacrifice He had to be the animals the oil the wheat the even the water everything had to be somewhere
1:34 Produced and then shipped over to the new temple He was building and so what he chose to do was go to the place that we see in Micah 5 It says blessed are you Bethlehem Ephrath that for unto you shall be the place where this messiah will be born So he went to the place in 1000 bc that was the farm where his where his family lineage came from the farm where You see boaz you see ruth you see obed you see jesse and then you see David and then you see solomon and you see that whole line of the kings of juda Come from that very place which is in the fields of bethlehem. It's not up on top of a mountain And it's down in the fields. This is what the frat means the fruitful place And in bethlehem the fruit of bethlehem is the wheat and barley we see that all through the bible So in this place of the frat or the fruitful place solomon went and He had made a facility in pure limestone Running from east to west just like the tabernacle tent and the same size of the tabernacle tent divided like the tabernacle tent with a outer court a holy place and a holy of holies And in that place is where the special lambs of god that were raised up for one year before they would be taken to the temple both the Passover lamb and the azazel or the the yom kippur lambs were raised in this place and they were raised by the
3:07 the priests from the line of king david To be prepared and to go to this new temple that solomon was building So that place was all made of stone all the implements that the priests used were made of stone. So those those artifacts they Continue to exist And and to this day we can still see them because they were made of limestone and as it turned out because of my friendship and relationship with with these Archaeologists in the land i've been able to take many pastors church leaders and help teach in the fields of bethlehem The very place where solomon did all of that and see the place where the actual manger Which was made of stone and by the way, it's a double manger because it has two animals you're raising And so the double manger was found there in this exact place so it's the place that confirms what the bible tells us about this Extraordinary event of angels coming and saying to the shepherds which are priestly shepherds Be happy be joyful for unto you is born the one that is going to bring salvation to the world And so we can know by this physical thing that is actually true So it was a double manger. So there was place for two Two little sheep to be there. So uh, two sheep or maybe one child
4:38 Is that uh, is that probably about the best representation of that? So what happened when they would select this perfect lamb they would take these claws And they would wrap them and they were called swaddling claws. They would swaddle the lamb to make sure it didn't get any blemishes That it didn't get hurt and they would keep it swaddled until time to go to Uh for the sacrifice the special sacrifice in the temple of the lord God already through these laws and through these commands of the of the bible showing us the way back to Him back into eternal life through the through the savior through and by the way yeshua's name his name We call him jesus, but his name his mother called him yeshua And the reason she did that because the angel specifically said name him yeshua And so most christians don't understand but in hebrew that word means salvation or the savior And so she actually named him our savior and he is the savior of all the believers Savior of all that believe in him from anywhere in the world That is who he is and he was laid in that very manger and wrapped in the same swaddling claws Meant for the lambs of god so that he would be protected in that manger And so these shepherds weren't just um shepherds out in the fields abiding They were the They were the priestly shepherds that were in charge of the flock that was for the temple sacrifice I mean, so these are the the shepherds of shepherds, I guess
6:11 Absolutely. They were set aside for that work specifically trained for that work specifically and uh And by the way where a lot of the training happened for them Was four miles away from a little city up in the galilee called nazareth And there's a city up there that was that got destroyed by uh volcanic action And 325 ad is called zapori. You can actually go and see the training synagogue to train you on what to do and how to do it In that very synagogue and in the synagogue on the temple mountain or the temple itself So this is a very complex and wide-ranging thing that was being done by the kings Of the house of juda. This was not a small project This is huge and all of this evidence is coming out of the ground and we're able to see it and learn from it As this happens god wants us to know the reality of who he is Physically things are happening in the earth today So how did this evidence come out of the ground and what makes you really believe that this is what you say it is?
7:19 so the I I can't tell you before I became involved in 2007 when I uh uh Became friends with these jewish teachers and archaeologists and and rabbis And they started helping me understand these things. They needed a place to secure the artifacts That had been in the united states for a long time And so they asked me to watch over them starting in 2007 And so i'm still involved in in trying to help make sure the world gets to see all these artifacts And we have over 2 000 of them that came from this very place that uh That verify that all this happened and where it happened And the reason i'm going to tell you something And and please think this through so important to understand harrod Was a representation of something to come in the future. He was a representation of the antichrist Right everything about harrod. He hated christ He was ruling he was he was over the temple So when you see christ come and make a whip and drive out the money changers He's directly flying in the face of the antichrist He's he's defying him and saying this is my father's holy mountain and my father's temple And it will always be the father's temple even if the antichrist is there it still belongs to the lord god And jesus showed us that when he was driving out harrod
8:52 And and the priest that harrod had placed in place so when you see kyphus and them and you see the contention between him and jesus it's not the The jewish priest from the line of king david that he's having contention with It's priesthood that's been put in place by an antichrist named harrod This by itself helps you start understanding some of the things that we read in the new testament And we can understand those things because of archaeology in israel today and and people that understand what happened at that time So you said that these Artifacts are in the united states and not in israel and there's about 2 000 of these things How how did they get to the united states and why didn't they stay in israel?
9:37 I really can't speak to exactly there are a couple three stories of how that happened And I don't want to speculate which one of those stories. I can't tell you more than I was Asked to protect them for my friend moshe. They belonged to him He had been given that Through however that happened. I don't know was before I knew moshe And he needed to protect these artifacts and they were in the u.s And he asked me to be the one that would protect them. And so as a friend I've done this and I also and he wanted them not to ever be sold Not to ever make money off of them. He just wanted the world to understand That this messiah actually comes from the line of king david and he wanted us to understand more about The importance of us as jews and christians becoming one person together one new man So that god could be honored through our loving each other and caring about each other and that's what these artifacts are for Not to divide us. It's to bring us together and help us understand the true under story of what happened in the past because much of it because of the desire by the church I'm talking about the early catholic church which was headed by titus and moving on Wanted to murder every single jew today that anti-semitism is still within the church And the church itself has to realize that's not god's plan god
11:08 Spoke to abraham and promised to his seed that they would have salvation And that then it was too that was too small a thing just to give them salvation He offered that salvation to the entire world. He certainly didn't take it away from our fathers the jewish Faith and so at this point it's so important that the church Do all we can to connect back to the fathers of faith and these artifacts are there for that Connecting they're there to bring unity And so that's that's what I hope they're able to do and I believe that's god's plan is to use them for his glory of the father god And uh and to connect us together So this field which was used for the raising of these sacrificial Lambs, which are there for the temple sacrifice. There was the tower there then this Um this tower the foundations of this have been found Um, tell us about this tower of the flock So we see in genesis the first uh references to it is called mcdall edder That means tower of the flock And so this is an ancient ancient tower. I believe was even there be pre flood And this place is the actual place of the the stone Uh that is on a mountain that resembles God's holy mountain what I believe in reading in the book of mica it took it and mica 4 It refers to this mountain as the daughter of zion Zion is the mountain of god and this is the daughter of zion and god is represented in my heart
12:42 as both a god of judgment Which you see on the holy mountain of god his laws and a god of grace Which you see in the blood of jesus christ And together they come together in perf and perfection Where god through jesus can both be just And be merciful and do that perfectly And so these two hills that are separated by about four miles Everything happened there that is now being revealed for us to see the perfection of god through the temple That has been uh foretold would be built In the last days on the temple mountain by the way, let me tell you real quickly. I've started a new foundation It our new non-profit is called Build the temple.com And we're just asking christians worldwide to donate seven dollars and 77 cents a month towards that It's a building fund the money will be used for one thing and that will be to help build the temple when it becomes time And so if you feel anyone feels led to give to that, uh, it's going to be very transparent open every dollar The only thing we're going to spend money out of it for will be for uh, or professional fees like uh, you have to have your CPA and you have to have attorneys whatever for professional fees and we'll advertise that the That the fund is there through websites things like everything else No one will take a penny and uh, i'm going to be over that making sure
14:14 That that money becomes available to the fathers of faith when they're ready to build a temple You see we as Gentiles tore down the temple If you look at our past It was our lineage through the romans. They was tore down and I think wouldn't it be wonderful as we Trusting in this jewish messiah named yeshua That we would help put back a temple And why what is the temple the temple is and every jewish leader will tell you this It's it's not just for the jewish people to worship the lord It's called a house of prayer for all the nations that love the lord And this is where we will go as it says in micah 4 To worship him see him and watch him bring peace to the earth on this holy mountain It's not meant to be destructive. It's meant to be build us all together And show that we trust the god of the bible that he is the one and only and that when he promises Things they come to pass even if it's two thousand three thousand four thousand years later. He doesn't fail Amen. Amen. He doesn't fail and you can see in his word and in all these archaeological digs and findings that we've that we've Uncovered recently that things that we're seeing now have been laid out in scripture has been laid out in the past and we're seeing the completion Of the fulfillment or the even the replaying of some of these things so byron, thank you so much for taking some time to share us to share with us about the This special manger and the tower of the flock