Did you know that Hanukkah is in the Gospels?
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Hanukkah is not mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures because the story of Hanukkah happened after the last book of the Tanakh( Old Testament) had been written.
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However, Hanukkah is mentioned in the Apostolic Scriptures.
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Yeshua went to the Temple for the Feast of Hanukkah. If Hanukkah matters to Yeshua, shouldn’t it matter to us?
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Did you know that Hanukkah is a story of religious persecution? It is a story of religious persecution and standing up for faith in God.
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Yeshua tells us we can expect persecution, but He also tells us that we must stand firm in our faith. If that’s what the story of Hanukkah is about, shouldn’t it matter to us?
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Did you know that Yeshua talked about Hanukkah? He warned His disciples that the things that happened in the story of Hanukkah would happen again (Mark 13:13–16, Matthew 24:15–18).
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To understand what He was saying, His disciples had to know the story of Hanukkah. If Yeshua talked about the story of Hanukkah, and His disciples knew the story,shouldn’t it matter to us?
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Did you know that Hanukkah commemorates the dedication of God’s Temple?
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Hanukkah means “dedication.” It is a remembrance of when the Jews rededicated God’s Holy Temple to serve only Lord .
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The Apostolic Scriptures tell us that we are God’s Temple.
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If Hanukkah is a festival about the dedication of God’s Temple, and we are God’s Temple, shouldn’t it matter to us?
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Did you know that Hanukkah is the Festival of the Light of the World?
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It celebrates the relighting of the menorah lamp that burned in God’s Holy Temple. In rabbinic terminology, the menorah was called the “light of the world.”
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Yeshua said, “I am the Light of the world,” and another time He told His disciples, “You are the light of the world.” If Hanukkah is the Festival of the Light of the World, shouldn’t it matter to us?
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--- FFOZ
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Hanukkahcommemorates the victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army, over the Syrian Greeks in 165 B.C. as well as the subsequent rededication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem. These rebels became known as the Maccabees, or Hasmoneans.
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According to Jewish law, Hanukkah is one of the less important Jewish holidays. However, Hanukkah has become much more popular in modern practice because of its proximity to Christmas. Because many Jews live in predominately Christian societies, over time Hanukkah has become much more festive and Christmas-like. Many parents hope that by making Hanukkah extra special their children won't feel left out of all the Christmas festivities going on around them.
Hanukkah happened after the last book of the Tanakh( Old Testament) had been written.
How can that be if Hanukkah is mentioned in 1 and 2 Macabees which is in the Old Testament. The Jewish canon was not settled until the second century A.D.
Hanukkah is also mentioned in the Catholic bible, [Luther removed these books from the Protestant bible] books of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees. 1 Maccabees states: "For eight days they celebrated the rededication of the altar. Then Judah and his brothers and the entire congregation of Israel decreed that the days of the rededication... should be observed... every year... for eight days. (1 Mac. 4:56–59)" According to 2 Maccabees, "the Jews celebrated joyfully for eight days as on the feast of Booths."
The martyrdom of Hannah and her seven sons has also been linked to Hanukkah. According to 2 Maccabees, a Jewish woman named Hannah and her seven sons were tortured and executed by Antiochus for refusing to worship an idol, which would have been a violation of Jewish law.
Yeshua went to the Temple for the Feast of Hanukkah.
Where in the scriptures do we read this?
Did you know that Yeshua talked about Hanukkah? He warned His disciples that the things that happened in the story of Hanukkah would happen again (Mark 13:13–16, Matthew 24:15–18).
No He didn’t, He talked about what happened under Antiochus and He draws from this episode and projects it forward to announce that Temple’s ultimate destruction by the Roman army in A.D. 70. There is no indication in the Scriptures that Jesus was talking about the festival of Hanukkah.
The 'Apocrypha' books are not part of the main books the Jewish people use. They found them to be uninspired.
They may use some of those books as a reference but they seen no need to have those books as part of their Tanakh (as I have studied on).
I am not responsible for how others celebrate Hanukkah. If they want to make it more "Christmas like", that's not my problem.
The Catholic church 'canonized' the Apocrypha for their use.
The Jewish community did not see a need to have those books in their Tanakh.
The Apocrypha is not found in the Hewbrew canon and are never quoted or referred to by Yeshua or His disciples, but I am not going to argue about Apocrypha vs. no Apocrypha.
Hanukkah is also called the Feast of Dedication and our Saviour celebrated it. Read John 10:22-23.
Mark and Matthew do not say anything about Hanukkah...you are right...lol. Then whoever wrote that article is misguided, unless they know something we do not.
I posted that really quick the other day and ran out the door.
I don't really have much interest in blogging much so I don't check it as often as I should.
With all due respect (you know I love ya Dawn!) but this seems contradicting.
You said: "I am not responsible for how others celebrate Hanukkah. If they want to make it more "Christmas like", that's not my problem."
Yet you label Christmas as a Pagan holiday. So to say that we who do believe in celebrating it are not true interpreters of the Scripture.
Wouldn't that also come into play with those to make Hanukkah more "Christmas like?" I mean I don't think Hanukkah was originally meant to be celebrated as it is today. Do you view those who are blood lined Jews that celebrate it in a "Christmas like" fashion to not be true to the work of their scripture?
We could get into a heated debate on whether the dates of Hanukkah are as accurate as the dates of Jesus' birth in correlation with Christmas and when we celebrate that.
I have been "Apostolic" all my life
and we always viewed Hanukkah as a strictly "Jewish" holiday. Very much not a Christmas celebration.
I can confirm that it was and is a celebration of the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire (and the rededication of the Temple). This of course has nothing to do with Christians. This completely is a "Jewish" holiday.
Not that there is anything wrong with the holiday but to intertwine Christians as if we have a reason to celebrate a very Jewish holiday is to me falsely leading the flock.
Like I say, I can understand the reasoning behind the keeping of the Sabbath though I am still stuck on the day issue, but this one seems to not even be debatable.
Let the Jews have what is the Jews and let the Christians have what is the Christians when it comes to the celebration of holidays. We're all going to get completely confused LOL!
Interesting views though. Enjoy reading them.
Christine
Christine,
Christmas is indeed a pagan holiday. I will not deny that. It has nothing to do with GOD, JESUS, or the Bible and basic research on where *we* got it from will prove me correct.
The information is out there, at the touch of a mouse click.
But many don't want to hear it. That's the problem.
You said:
"Wouldn't that also come into play with those to make Hanukkah more "Christmas like?" I mean I don't think Hanukkah was originally meant to be celebrated as it is today. Do you view those who are blood lined Jews that celebrate it in a "Christmas like" fashion to not be true to the work of their scripture?"
Christine, I don't know what you mean. The Jewish people can celebrate how they want to, they are responsible for their own souls.
If they want to celebrate it with a carnal, worldly care, go ahead, who am I to say otherwise.
If you want to celebrate Christmas, have at it, but the truth is that it is indeed pagan and has nothing to do at all with the Word of GOD, Jesus or GOD.
Why would we mock our Saviour like that?
Christine,
Yahweh in His Word tells us what Biblical holidays to keep. They are not Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day and whatever else is out there.
Those are man made holidays steeped in nothing but paganism.
This is what is wrong with Christianity.
It has become so anti semetic.
Christianity has divided the Word of God, OT being "Jewish" vs NT being "Christian".
Are you grafted into the vine like the Bible tells Gentile believers in Romans 11?
Believers in Yahshua are grafted in with the Israelites. There is no Jew or Gentile in the eyes of GOD when we become His children.
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