When Jesus was Born Again

Jesus was born, begotten, in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod.    But this life into which this human baby had been born ended in Jerusalem when he hung dead upon a cross.  He had been born into a life which had come to an end.  He was dead and he was buried.

In order to come to life again, Jesus needed to be born again a second time, begotten again, and this did happen when God raised him out of the dead:

God raised him from the dead and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.     And we bring you the Good News that what God promised to the fathers,  that God has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus just as also it is written in the second psalm, "You are my son, TODAY I have begotten you."
Acts 13:30-33.

Paul proclaimed that Psalm 2:7, "Today I have begotten you," was fulfilled when God raised Jesus from the dead.  God's only begotten son had died and was dead.  But he was begotten again, begotten to life out of the dead, born again a second time.   And for this reason, Jesus is called the firstborn out of the dead and the firstborn among many brothers.  When God raised him from the dead, he was bodily born again into a new life, resurrection life, a new creation.

And when he ascended on high, the birth of God's Son was celebrated by God when men received gifts, gifts of God.

And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-12.

Jesus had been begotten in Bethlehem.  But he had died to that life into which he had been born of the virgin Mary.  Now, when God raised him from the dead,  he had been begotten again a second time from above by the Spirit of God.  He was born again unto life, resurrection life, born from above into the presence of his Father.  If Jesus had not died to that life into which he was born in Bethlehem, and if Jesus had not been begotten again a second time when God raised him from the dead, there would be no way for us to die with him and be raised up with him as new creations, born again a second time from above by the Spirit of God into the resurrection life of Jesus.  He had died to his first life into which he had been born, he had now been born anew, born again a second time and because of Jesus' death and resurrection, we can die together with him and in him and be born again a second time together with him and in him into the divine power and glory of his resurrection life, the Holy Spirit of God.  Praise the name of Jesus.

Because we have been born again into the Kingdom of God, we are no longer of this world with its times and seasons and so we set our eyes on things above, the things of the Kingdom, and not the things of this world.  There is no calendar in the Kingdom of God.

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.   Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.  For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.    Colossians 3:1-3.

Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?   You observe days and months and seasons and years.  Galatians 4:9-10.

The birth of Jesus which really matters is his resurrection when he was born out of the dead unto life.  His birth in Bethlehem was a birth to a life which came to an end.  His second birth in his resurrection is to a life which will never end.  This is the birth which Jesus' disciples celebrate with every breath they take, those who died with him and were born again in him into his resurrection life poured into their hearts.

From now on we regard no one according to the flesh.  Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we regard him in this way no longer.    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:16-17.

Having been raised from the dead, begotten out of the dead, Jesus was begotten into the presence of his God and Father.  The death he died, he died to that life into which he had been born in Bethlehem.  He was dead.  He was put to death but made alive in the Spirit.  We no longer regard him according to the flesh because that life and worldly existence ended on the cross.  We regard him according to the Spirit by/in which he was bodily raised and begotten by God into the glory of the Kingdom of God and immortal life.  That's the birth of Jesus that matters.