The Relationship of Hanukkah
With Christmas
Hanukkah and the lighting of the nine candle menorah take place for eight days in memorial of the miracle that happened at the rededication of the temple on the 24th of Kislev around 160 BC. Although the miracle of the oil is an awesome act of God, it is the opinion of this ministry that the greater miracle was the preservation of the Jews.
My point is that if the Maccabee’s had not prevailed for the three years that they did, against the evil Emperor Antiochus of Syria, the Jewish people would have become extinct. God however intervened, and helped this small band of freedom fighters that were out-numbered seven to one in order to preserve the blood line that Yeshua (Jesus) was to come through. Therefore, without Hanukkah there could be no …show more content…
Many wondrous things have occurred on the dates that the Lord has appointed for our observance.
Now listen to this, for 30 days the shofar would have been sounded, calling the people to repentance. The sound of the shofar is heard before the morning service every day. Psalm 27 is read at the morning service and at the evening service for these 30 days. This Psalm begins, “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” This Psalm was read on the day of His birth. He is our light and our salvation. His Hebrew name Yeshua means salvation and He himself proclaimed to be “the light of the world.”
Another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom Teruah: the sound of the waking blast. The idea of course is to wake up and return to God. Keep in mind also that the sound of the shofar is heard at the coronation of a King. The sound of the shofar is sounded as a battle cry when war was waged upon a dangerous enemy. It is thought in some circles that not only was Yeshua’s birth on the first day of the seventh month which was also the beginning of the new moon, and it could very well have been in the year of Jubilee as
With Christmas
Hanukkah and the lighting of the nine candle menorah take place for eight days in memorial of the miracle that happened at the rededication of the temple on the 24th of Kislev around 160 BC. Although the miracle of the oil is an awesome act of God, it is the opinion of this ministry that the greater miracle was the preservation of the Jews.
My point is that if the Maccabee’s had not prevailed for the three years that they did, against the evil Emperor Antiochus of Syria, the Jewish people would have become extinct. God however intervened, and helped this small band of freedom fighters that were out-numbered seven to one in order to preserve the blood line that Yeshua (Jesus) was to come through. Therefore, without Hanukkah there could be no …show more content…
Many wondrous things have occurred on the dates that the Lord has appointed for our observance.
Now listen to this, for 30 days the shofar would have been sounded, calling the people to repentance. The sound of the shofar is heard before the morning service every day. Psalm 27 is read at the morning service and at the evening service for these 30 days. This Psalm begins, “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” This Psalm was read on the day of His birth. He is our light and our salvation. His Hebrew name Yeshua means salvation and He himself proclaimed to be “the light of the world.”
Another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom Teruah: the sound of the waking blast. The idea of course is to wake up and return to God. Keep in mind also that the sound of the shofar is heard at the coronation of a King. The sound of the shofar is sounded as a battle cry when war was waged upon a dangerous enemy. It is thought in some circles that not only was Yeshua’s birth on the first day of the seventh month which was also the beginning of the new moon, and it could very well have been in the year of Jubilee as