The Timing of God's Visitations

Was Jesus really born on Christmas Eve, December 24, or January 6? When was Jesus's true birthday? When did he come into the world as the Lamb of God during his first visitation?
According to Luke, Jesus was born in 2 B.C. Was Luke wrong in saying that Quirinius took his first census that year? Did Luke actually mean to say that Quirinius took the census in 6 A.D., being the governor of Syria?
What political role did the Romans play in Judea in the years prior to Jesus's birth? How did Herod, a non-Jew, take the Judean kingdom and become the king of the Jews? What kind of a king was he? When did Herod die?
Are we living in the end-times? How will we recognize Jesus at his second visitation, when he comes again as the Lion from Judah? What will happen to the world during these end-times?
This book seeks answers to the above questions, and many others.