January 1, 2025 • 15 mins
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.
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(00:00):
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
(00:07):
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
(00:31):
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
(00:54):
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
(01:14):
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
Produced and then shipped over to the new temple
(01:37):
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
(02:00):
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
(02:26):
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
(02:51):
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
the priests from the line of king david
(03:15):
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
(03:39):
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
(04:04):
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
(04:29):
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
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
(04:54):
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
(05:18):
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
(05:39):
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
(06:01):
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
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
(06:22):
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
(06:43):
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
(07:04):
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?
so the
I I can't tell you before I became involved in 2007 when I uh
(07:26):
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
(07:47):
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
(08:07):
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
(08:28):
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
(08:48):
And jesus showed us that when he was driving out harrod
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
(09:12):
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
(09:32):
How how did they get to the united states and why didn't they stay in israel?
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
(09:55):
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
(10:19):
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
(10:43):
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
(11:33):
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
(11:56):
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
(12:17):
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
(13:04):
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
(13:25):
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
(13:51):
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
(14:35):
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
(14:56):
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
(15:23):
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
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
(00:07):
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
(00:31):
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
(00:54):
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
(01:14):
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
Produced and then shipped over to the new temple
(01:37):
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
(02:00):
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
(02:26):
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
(02:51):
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
the priests from the line of king david
(03:15):
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
(03:39):
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
(04:04):
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
(04:29):
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
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
(04:54):
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
(05:18):
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
(05:39):
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
(06:01):
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
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
(06:22):
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
(06:43):
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
(07:04):
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?
so the
I I can't tell you before I became involved in 2007 when I uh
(07:26):
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
(07:47):
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
(08:07):
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
(08:28):
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
(08:48):
And jesus showed us that when he was driving out harrod
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
(09:12):
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
(09:32):
How how did they get to the united states and why didn't they stay in israel?
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
(09:55):
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
(10:19):
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
(10:43):
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
(11:33):
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
(11:56):
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
(12:17):
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
(13:04):
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
(13:25):
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
(13:51):
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
(14:35):
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
(14:56):
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
(15:23):
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
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