hey welcome back what is Hanukkah and
should we celebrate it it's time to
unlearn the lies Daniel prophesied about
the desecration of the temple that took
place approximately 200 years before
Yeshua was born during this time
Metallica's epiphanies wanted to
assimilate the jews into greek culture
so he outlawed torah scrolls forbid
circumcision and ordered jews to eat
unclean things it was also during this
time that he ordered that a pig be
sacrificed on the altar in the temple
which fulfilled Daniels prophecy about
the desecration interestingly Yeshua
makes reference to this prophecy and
says that a similar event will happen
again therefore when you see the
abomination of desolation spoken of by
Daniel the prophet standing in the Holy
Place whoever reads this let him
understand then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains so if these
events are prophesied to repeat then we
should probably take note of them so
that we know what to look for there are
a lot of different theories about what
this future desecration might look like
but unfortunately we will not know for
sure until it happens I find it very
interesting to note that an Antiochus
original name was myth rotties meaning
given by the deity Mithra and it was
during the midwinter celebration that he
ordered the desecration of the temple
Mithra was a Sun God and in some pagan
cultures the death and rebirth of the
Sun God was celebrated in midwinter this
has led some scholars to conclude that
Christmas might have some connections to
Mithra worship it's also interesting to
note that the word Hanukkah means
dedication and it is a celebration of
the rededication of the temple after
being desecrated I find this extremely
fascinating because the Bible refers to
us as being the temple of the holy
spirit this is why I now choose to
celebrate Hanukkah because it
commemorates the rededication of the
temple to God it is a great time for us
to rededicate our lives back to God and
remove any out
Dola tree that is crypt in the bible
makes a point to mention that Yeshua was
present at the temple during the feast
of dedication in the Gospel of John now
it was the feast of dedication Hanukah
in Jerusalem and it was winter and Jesus
walked in the temple in Solomon's porch
some people have argued that he might
not have been there to celebrate
Hanukkah
but the Gospel of John makes it pretty
clear that Yeshua only traveled to
Jerusalem for the feasts and that he
stayed around Galilee the rest of the
time we also know that during Passover
Yeshua had a very strong reaction
against something that he disapproved of
and he took a whip and drove out the
money changers in the temple because of
his zeal for the temple now the Passover
of the Jews was at hand and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem and he found in the
temple those who had sold oxen and sheep
and doves and the money changers doing
business when he had made a whip of
cords he drove them all out of the
temple with the sheep and the oxen and
poured out the changers money and over
turned the tables and he said to those
who sold doves take these things away do
not make my father's house a house of
merchandise then his disciples
remembered that it was written zeal for
your house has eaten me up so if there
was something about Hanukah that he did
not approve of he would have said or
done something about it because of his
zeal for the temple however the Bible
simply tells us that he was at the
temple during Hanukkah walking around
the courtyard he does nothing to oppose
the celebration of Hanukkah and it seems
that he made a special trip to Jerusalem
so that he could be at the temple during
the celebration so if you sure did not
oppose Hanukkah then we should have no
objection to celebrating it there is
also an interesting connection between
Hanukkah answer coat did you know that
the original dedication of Solomon's
Temple took place during the feast of
Sukkot at that time
Solomon kept the feast seven days and
all Israel with him a very great
assembly from the entrance of a mouth to
the brook of Egypt and on the eighth day
they
had a sacred assembly for they observed
the dedication of the altar seven days
and the feast seven days on the 23rd day
of the seventh month he sent the people
away to their tents joyful and glad of
heart for the good that the Lord had
done for David for Solomon and for his
people of its people Israel it is no
coincidence that both Sukkot and
Hanukkah are a day celebrations this was
done intentionally to connect the two
celebrations listen to what is written
about Hanukkah in second Maccabees and
they kept the eight days with gladness
as in the Feast of Tabernacles
remembering that not long before they
had held the Feast of Tabernacles when
as they wandered in the mountains and
dens like beasts
therefore they bear branches and Fair
boughs and palms also and they sang
songs unto him that had given them good
success in cleansing his place
they are deigned also by the common
statute and decree that every year those
days should be kept of the whole nation
of the Jews Sukkot is a temple
celebration but they were not able to
celebrate in the temple that year
because of the Greek occupation of it
therefore when they regain control of
the temple they immediately held Asako
style celebration in honor of the
rededication of the temple this is why
Hanukkah is an eighth day celebration
and it has nothing to do with legends
about oil however the connection with
the menorah has led to Hanukkah also
being called the festival of lights this
title was noted by the Jewish historian
Josephus which means the title was well
known during the first century when
Yeshua was celebrating Hanukkah I
celebrate Hanukkah because it reminds me
about how God rescued me from
assimilation into pagan religion and how
he rededicated me to service it also
reminds me that you schewe is the light
of the world and we should celebrate him
with the festival of lights let your
light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your
father in heaven
let your light shine this Hanukkah by
your kindness and good works
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