King Herod the Great died in 4 BC, that's all you need to know. The "wise men" inquired of Herod and Herod ordered all male children under the age of 2 to be slaughtered (to protect his "throne").
So your answer is that all I need to do is blind myself to historically attested facts and "just beleeve" what you say is true after blinding yourself to historically attested facts? Perhaps you yourself might need to know a whole lot more, eh?
It was not literal babies of two years and under that Herod took away, and they were not literally physically murdered but rather "adopted", that is, rounded up by Herod just before his death and sequestered in the hippodrome, ("hedged in" as Micah puts it in the Septuagint version). While it is certainly true that they were marked for death by Herod, Salome instead released them and let them go free upon the death of Herod and, as prophesied in Micah and Jeremiah, they returned to their brethren the sons of Israel, (the story is fully documented in Josephus). Once a new convert was immersed under the Teacher of Righteousness, (Yochanan the Immerser), for the first year after immersion the new convert was considered nothing more than a "babe", (proselyte), while undergoing a preliminary induction into the teachings and rules of the community. After the first year of preliminary induction, (as a proselyte), if so be that the convert was found teachable and having an acceptable spirit, the convert then underwent another year of training and induction, (as a first year inductee or apprentice). After that a second year of induction training into the community continued for another year. After three years, (possibly "three years and the half"), the convert could then become a full fledged member of the community of Israel and was given the oath. The age group for the first level proselyte was generally 19-20, (and up from there). That was entry level age of immersion, (19-20), which are the babes or proselytes, (in the milk of the Word as Paul often says). For a second year inductee or apprentice the earliest age was generally 20-21, and thus, the earliest age barrier for the third year apprentice was generally the age of 21-22. This is why the word used for the children in the Matthew account is not a word meaning infants or babies but rather manchild servants, (anywhere from pre-teen childhood to the entry level age of entry into the community and possibly the priesthood). "Two years and below" is thus only understood within the context of first century Jewish/Hebrew customs, (and particularly those laid forth in what we now find in the DSS from the Qumran Community). That is also likely why Herod was so urgent about the situation: he knew he was about to die, and wanted his kingdom left to his sons according to his, (most recent), will and testament; but suddenly there was someone else of ruling age now foretold in both the prophets, and by the arrival of the magi, and whoever it was he was at least a two year inductee, and about to become a full-fledged member of the community of Israel. The story you get from Matthew now rendered into English clearly shows that what is described would not have been any kind of threat whatsoever to either Herod or his sons which were about to take over his kingdom.
1QS 6:13-23
[1st level — Postulant] And every man from Israel who freely volunteers to join the Council of the Community, he shall be examined on his intelligence and his deeds by the man who is the overseer at the head of the Many; and if he is suited to the discipline, he will bring him into the Covenant that he may be converted to the truth and turn away from all perversity: he shall instruct him in all the ordinances of the Community.
[2nd level — First Year Novice] And when he later comes to present himself to the Many, they shall all consider his case, and according to whatever fate decrees, following the decision of the Many he shall either approach or depart. And when he approaches the Council of the Community, he shall not touch the pure food of the Many until he has been examined concerning his spirit and deeds, and until he has completed one full year. Also, let him not mingle his property with that of the Many.
[3rd level — 2nd Year Novice] Then when he has completed one year in the midst of the Community, the Many shall consider his case concerning his intelligence and deeds with regard to the Law, and if fate decrees that he approach the Company of the Community, following the decision of the priests and the majority of the members of their Covenant, his property and also his wages shall be handed over to the overseer of the revenues of the Many; but it shall be inscribed to his credit, and shall not be spent to the profit of the Many.
[4th level — Professed Member] He shall not touch the drink of the Many until he has completed a second year in the midst of the members of the Community. When he has completed the second year, they shall examine him. According to the decision of the Many, and if fate decrees that he approach the Community, he shall be regularly inscribed in his rank in the midst of his brethren in whatever concerns the Law and justice and purity and the mingling of his property; and he may give his opinion to the Community together with
his judgment.
http://www.metaphysicspirit.com/boo...d the Personages of Earliest Christianity.pdf
PDF Pages 37-38 (Book Pages 27-28 [Chapter 2])
Perhaps you need to know much more instead of ignoring historically attested facts, such as the census of Quirinius, which no doubt occurred when Archelaus was deposed, that is, circa 6-7AD, and likewise at the end of that same census Ananus ben Seth was installed by Quirinius as the Kohen Gadol, and at the same time the first uprising began under Judas the Galilean. All these historically attested facts entirely refute your assertion that Yeshua was born around 6BC some twelve years earlier. The reason most do not understand is because the virgin birth infancy narratives and allegories are just that: allegories, with supernal meanings. You've got a thousand miles to go but you will never get there by telling yourself you have already arrived.
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