Send
Close Add comments:
(status displays here)
Got it! This site "creationpie.com" uses cookies. You consent to this by clicking on "Got it!" or by continuing to use this website. Note: This appears on each machine/browser from which this site is accessed.
Luke 2:1-6 Some cents about the need for a census
1. Luke 2:1-6 Some cents about the need for a census
2. Luke 2:1-6 Some cents about the need for a census
Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. ) [kjv]
2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [kjv]
When they came to their
senses, Joseph told Mary it was time to travel on a
taxing journey. No
"taxi" to go register for
"taxes".
3. Luke 2:4 Bethlehem
Luke 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David: ) [kjv]
Bethlehem: "House of Bread".
Main industry: producing sacrificial lambs for the passover.
Fields of Bethlehem: Boaz met Ruth, grandmother of King David.
Who is the "
passover lamb" born in the "
House of Bread" who "
broke the rules" for you and me?
4. Death by taxes
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin (American scientist, inventor, philosopher, statesman) .
Which gets worse over time?
☐ Death gets worse over time.
☐ Taxes get worse over time.
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. Benjamin Franklin.
What does Jesus say about taxes (yokes of compulsion) by religious institutions?
5. Ecclesiastes 1:9 Capital punishment
Ecclesiastes 1:9 … that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. [kjv]
Capital punishment is when the government taxes you to get capital so that it can go into business in competition with you, and then taxes the profit on your business in order to pay its losses. (source unknown)
The English word
"tax" comes, through French, from the Medieval Latin word
"taxo" ≈ "feel, charge, judge" and is related to the English word
"task" .
The (often stated) temporary (for emergency only) income taxes were effectively made permanent by the 16 Amendment in 1913.
[mugger in DC]
6. Evading or avoiding tax jokes
Evading taxes is illegal and not prudent.
Avoiding taxes is legal and prudent.
Sign:
THE IRS thinks that it is all
THEIR$.
Where do rich people who are homeless live?
In tax shelters.
Why are taxes like golf?
You work hard on the green to end up in the hole.
Why did the IRS audit the church?
They had false profits. It was a church for profits.
7. Taxidermy
1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. [kjv]
παντα δε ευσχημονως και κατα ταξιν γινεσθω [gnt]
Exodus 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, [kjv]
και δερματα κριων ηρυθροδανωμενα και δερματα υακινθινα και ξυλα ασηπτα [lxx]
The word
taxidermy comes from the Greek words for
class or
order (
taxonomy) and
skin or
fur as in (
dermatology).
Mark Twain (Author and Humorist, alias Samuel Clemens)
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector?
The taxidermist takes only your skin.
8. Taxidermy
English: O Christmas Tree [fractal tree]
German: O
Tannenbaum (O fir tree)
The German word
"tannen" ≈ "fir" as in a covering or "
hide".
Why did the Christmas tree idea start?
For (fir) starters, people wanted to spruce things up to forever have a grin (evergreen) on their face.
9. Tiberius Caesar and sheep
Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, … [kjv]
Emperor
Tiberius Caesar (on taxes):
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
At the same time, Jesus was walking and teaching in Judea. Jesus had a different idea about what it meant to be a
"good" "shepherd".
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. [kjv]
εγω ειμι ο ποιμην ο καλος ο ποιμην ο καλος την ψυχην αυτου τιθησιν υπερ των προβατων [gnt]
10. Census
Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
εγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην [gnt]
… edictum … describeretur universus orbis [v]
What is a "
census"?
The ancient Greek word "απογραφη" ≈ "census".
The Latin word "census" ≈ "census".
Napoleon in the early 1800's had France do a
census, for taxes and estimation of soldiers capable of fighting, based on statistical sampling. Laplace was the mathematician that worked out many statistical concepts still taught and used today.
The modern Greek word
"απογραφή" (a-po-gra-FEE) ≈ "census".
11. Constitution and the census
12. 1890 Census
The United States constitution requires a census every 10 years to determine representation of states in the House of Representatives, taxation, etc.
The 1890 census was going to take more than 10 years. Herman Hollerith, using punched card technology from the Jacquard looms for weaving patterns, with cards the size of a dollar bill (before it was later shrunk), automated the census.
Later, he was a founder of a company called
IBM (International Business Machines).
13. Numbers 2: Algorithms and the camp of Israel
Numbers 2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. [kjv]
The book of Numbers is named for the detailed
census appearing in Numbers 2. The details can be boring but are part of an "
algorithm" provided by God for their camp in the desert.
If the Israelites in the desert had followed the "
algorithm" provided by God as how to precisely camp, their camp would have been laid out in the shape of a cross from the point of view of the "
rising sun" in the morning.
14. Camp in the desert
15. Augustus
Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. ) [kjv]
2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [kjv]
2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David: ) [kjv]
2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. [kjv]
Historically, Augustus made three decrees for a census: 28 BC, 8 BC, and 14 AD. News happened much more slowly in those days. It could have taken several years for news to be disseminated and actions taken for such a census.
16. Luke 2:1 The decree
Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
εγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην [gnt]
… edictum … describeretur universus orbis [v]
17. Luke 2:1
KJV: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Greek: εγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην
Latin: factum est autem in diebus illis exiit edictum a Caesare Augusto ut describeretur universus orbis
18. Luke 2:2
Luke 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. ) [kjv]
αυτη απογραφη πρωτη εγενετο ηγεμονευοντος της συριας κυρηνιου [gnt]
19. Luke 2:2
KJV: (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. )
Greek: αυτη η απογραφη πρωτη εγενετο ηγεμονευοντος της συριας κυρηνιου
20. Luke 2:3
Luke 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [kjv]
και επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την εαυτου πολιν [gnt]
21. Luke 2:3
KJV: And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Greek: και επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την ιδιαν εαυτου πολιν
22. Luke 2:4
Luke 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David: ) [kjv]
23. Luke 2:4
KJV: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David: )
Greek: ανεβη δε και ιωσηφ απο της γαλιλαιας εκ πολεως ναζαρετ εις την ιουδαιαν εις πολιν δαβιδ δαυιδ ητις καλειται βηθλεεμ δια το ειναι αυτον εξ οικου και πατριας δαβιδ δαυιδ
24. Luke 2:5-6 Mary with child
Luke 2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. [kjv]
απογραψασθαι συν μαριαμ τη εμνηστευμενη αυτω ουση εγκυω [gnt]
2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. [kjv]
εγενετο δε εν τω ειναι αυτους εκει επλησθησαν αι ημεραι του τεκειν αυτην [gnt]
25. Luke 2:5
KJV: To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Greek: απογραψασθαι συν μαριαμ τη μεμνηστευμενη εμνηστευμενη αυτω γυναικι ουση εγκυω
26. Luke 2:6
KJV: And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Greek: εγενετο δε εν τω ειναι αυτους εκει επλησθησαν αι ημεραι του τεκειν αυτην
27. End of page
