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"Blessed art thou O Lord, our God, king of the universe, who at this season did great miracles for our fathers in days of old" That is the prayer that is said for the great miracle that occured in 165 B.C with a great victory. It show God protects His chosen people.
Gos made a promise to Abraham in Genesis chapter 12:3 " I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
The times they havn't been protected were times they trangressed the laws of God.
Why it is called the feast of rededication.
Alexander the great in the 4th century {about 350 B.C} with his Greek armies conquered the middle east. His empire was divided into 4 parts. The Hellenistic, Syrian king forced all people to give up their religeon to the polytheistic religeon of the Greeks. This was another attempt of "Lucifer to destroy the Jewish people to defeat God's plans with them that have been prophesied. Ultimately, in the final battle, he will not suceed. Through the Syrian king he orders Temple worship to cease. He invades the Temple and desecrates it. He built a statue to Zeus.
A priest in a small village, "Mathias Maccabee" {sorry if I mispelled, I'm not the best speller}, and his five sons atacked the Syrian soldiers that were forcing Jewish people to begin to sacrifice to pagan gods. They began a three year war. One of the sons, Judah {the hammar, nicknamed because he was a powerful warrior} Maccabee and his small band of men with primitive weapons defeated the powerful, well trained Syrian army of a major world power. They liberated Jerusalem and reclaimed the Temple.
After reclaiming the Temple they cleansed it and REDEDICATED it. They began to offer sacrifices again to the Lord.
Why it is called the feast of lights.
Another miracle is when they went to light the Minorah, the great candlestick of the Temple, the eternal flame which should be kept lit at all times. They did not have enough oil. They only had enough oil for one day but miraculously the oil continued for eight days.
Mathias Maccabee wanted this miracle to be celebrated so in honor of that day there is a lighting of the candles for eight days.
The Chanakah candlestick has nine candles instead of the traditional seven candles. Eight are for the eight days of Chanakah and the ninth, the servant candle, is to light the other candles.
The servant candle is used to light the first candle on the first day and the first and second candle on the second day and so on...
In Israel there are giant Chanakah minoras that are lit on the top of hills and you cans see them for miles around.
There is a theme of light and darkness in this feast.
Micah 7:7 "I will look onto the Lord, I will wait.
This victory by Israel brought independence from all world powers, from domination by Persia {modern Iraq}, and from Greece {representing all Europe}. They had independence for 100 years.
Daniel 11:21-35 prophesies about a Syrian king
"And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
verse 23
"And after the league made with him, he shall work deceitfully, for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small people."
verse 24
"He shall enter peaceably..."
verse 25
"And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army but he shall not stand for they shall forecast devices against him."
verse 27
"And both these kings's hearts shall be to do mischief and they shall speak lies at one table but it shall not prosper for yet the end shall be at the time appointed."
verse28
"Then shall he return into his land with great riches and his heart shall be against the holy covenant."
verse 30
"...and have indignation against the holy covenant, ... he shall even return and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant."
verse 31
" ...and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily sacrifice and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."
verse 32
"And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries but the people that do know their God shall be strong."
There is a similarity between this individual and the Hellenistic Syrian king at the time of the Chanukah miracle in that he pollutes or desecrates the sanctuary or Temple and takes away the daily sacrifice and places an abomination there. The Hellenistic king placed a statue of Zeus in the Temple.
The difference of this vile person and the Hellenistic Syrian king is that this vile person spoken of in Daniel "enters peacably", with "flattery". This seems to be a future tyrant. He will fulfil the prophesies that the other didn't. It seems to be an end time message.
These kings are a type of Lucifer or antimessiah who desecrate the Temple and sets up an idol to be worshipped.
The GOOD NEWS is
Amos 9:14
"And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them and they shall plant vineyards..."
The Lord will not allow Israel to be overcome again. Israel will not be defeated.
This is a future miracle for the Jewish people.
"He that keepeth thee {Israel}" will not slumber."
Psalms 121:3
Daniel 8:18 speaks of the Syrian king {metaphorically}
Gos made a promise to Abraham in Genesis chapter 12:3 " I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
The times they havn't been protected were times they trangressed the laws of God.
Why it is called the feast of rededication.
Alexander the great in the 4th century {about 350 B.C} with his Greek armies conquered the middle east. His empire was divided into 4 parts. The Hellenistic, Syrian king forced all people to give up their religeon to the polytheistic religeon of the Greeks. This was another attempt of "Lucifer to destroy the Jewish people to defeat God's plans with them that have been prophesied. Ultimately, in the final battle, he will not suceed. Through the Syrian king he orders Temple worship to cease. He invades the Temple and desecrates it. He built a statue to Zeus.
A priest in a small village, "Mathias Maccabee" {sorry if I mispelled, I'm not the best speller}, and his five sons atacked the Syrian soldiers that were forcing Jewish people to begin to sacrifice to pagan gods. They began a three year war. One of the sons, Judah {the hammar, nicknamed because he was a powerful warrior} Maccabee and his small band of men with primitive weapons defeated the powerful, well trained Syrian army of a major world power. They liberated Jerusalem and reclaimed the Temple.
After reclaiming the Temple they cleansed it and REDEDICATED it. They began to offer sacrifices again to the Lord.
Why it is called the feast of lights.
Another miracle is when they went to light the Minorah, the great candlestick of the Temple, the eternal flame which should be kept lit at all times. They did not have enough oil. They only had enough oil for one day but miraculously the oil continued for eight days.
Mathias Maccabee wanted this miracle to be celebrated so in honor of that day there is a lighting of the candles for eight days.
The Chanakah candlestick has nine candles instead of the traditional seven candles. Eight are for the eight days of Chanakah and the ninth, the servant candle, is to light the other candles.
The servant candle is used to light the first candle on the first day and the first and second candle on the second day and so on...
In Israel there are giant Chanakah minoras that are lit on the top of hills and you cans see them for miles around.
There is a theme of light and darkness in this feast.
Micah 7:7 "I will look onto the Lord, I will wait.
This victory by Israel brought independence from all world powers, from domination by Persia {modern Iraq}, and from Greece {representing all Europe}. They had independence for 100 years.
Daniel 11:21-35 prophesies about a Syrian king
"And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
verse 23
"And after the league made with him, he shall work deceitfully, for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small people."
verse 24
"He shall enter peaceably..."
verse 25
"And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army but he shall not stand for they shall forecast devices against him."
verse 27
"And both these kings's hearts shall be to do mischief and they shall speak lies at one table but it shall not prosper for yet the end shall be at the time appointed."
verse28
"Then shall he return into his land with great riches and his heart shall be against the holy covenant."
verse 30
"...and have indignation against the holy covenant, ... he shall even return and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant."
verse 31
" ...and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily sacrifice and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."
verse 32
"And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries but the people that do know their God shall be strong."
There is a similarity between this individual and the Hellenistic Syrian king at the time of the Chanukah miracle in that he pollutes or desecrates the sanctuary or Temple and takes away the daily sacrifice and places an abomination there. The Hellenistic king placed a statue of Zeus in the Temple.
The difference of this vile person and the Hellenistic Syrian king is that this vile person spoken of in Daniel "enters peacably", with "flattery". This seems to be a future tyrant. He will fulfil the prophesies that the other didn't. It seems to be an end time message.
These kings are a type of Lucifer or antimessiah who desecrate the Temple and sets up an idol to be worshipped.
The GOOD NEWS is
Amos 9:14
"And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them and they shall plant vineyards..."
The Lord will not allow Israel to be overcome again. Israel will not be defeated.
This is a future miracle for the Jewish people.
"He that keepeth thee {Israel}" will not slumber."
Psalms 121:3
Daniel 8:18 speaks of the Syrian king {metaphorically}