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Jan 4, 2022 · Although this Jewish festival in not mentioned in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), it is referenced in the Talmud: “On the 25th of Kislev are the days of Chanukkah, which are eight... these were appointed a Festival with Hallel [prayers of praise] and thanksgiving” (Shabbat 21b, Babylonian Talmud).
- Isaiah 52:10-11. Looking at this in its context, we see that it is speaking first of the exodus of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon, but it is also a prophecy, speaking of a future exodus from a future captivity—from the Babylon that is now forming in this present age.
- Haggai 2:10-23. The Bible contains the record of one extended family of people and its checkered history with God. The book of Genesis reveals the beginning of Israel through the fathers, and Exodus shows their first faltering steps.
- Haggai 2:10. Within the pages of the Bible, relatively few dates are mentioned. Because of this, and because God works in similar patterns and many of the prophecies have a dual fulfillment, when prophetic dates are mentioned, they take on a special significance.
- John 10:22-23. This festival was a Jewish national festival and is not one of God's commanded festivals—under any covenant! Even in this, He set us a perfect example by showing us that it is not wrong to observe national holidays that do not do service to paganism.
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The Festival of Lights would’ve reminded the people of the heroic leadership of Judas Maccabeus. Yet, in John 10, one greater than Judas stood among them. Jesus’s identity looms large in this passage and throughout John’s Gospel. John’s purpose statement, found in 20:31, reads, “But these [things] are written so that you may believe that Jesus is t...
While the people rejoiced and celebrated the cleansing and rededication of the temple, one greater than the temple stood in their midst (Matt. 12:6). The temple in which the Jewish people took such great pride would be destroyed by the Romans in AD 70. And from the point of view of Jesus’s first followers, the temple was replaced in AD 30, decades ...
The imagery of light plays an important role in Hanukkah because the light of the temple was extinguished during the Syrian desecration and then was restored by Judas Maccabeus. But John wants us to see that Jesus is the light who shines brighter than Hanukkah’s lights. In John 8:12, Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will...
- Jesus (his name in Hebrew is Yeshua) went up to the Temple during Hanukkah. The word Hanukkah means “dedication” and it was known as the “Feast of Dedication”, a Jewish national celebration to commemorate the victory over the Greeks as well as the reclaiming and re-dedication of their Temple.
- The story of this revolt is in the book of 1 Maccabees, especially chapter 4. Feel free to read this as extra-biblical resource for understanding the political times.
- Dreidel is a game played by Jewish people all over the world which dates back to the time of the Maccabees. Traditionally the four-sided dreidel has the Hebrew letters: Nun, Gimel, Heh, and Shin.
- Read Daniel Chapter 8. Daniel 8 starting at verse 3 tells the prophesy of Hanukkah. It tells the story of how Judah will be defeated by a type of anti-Christ, known as the “abomination of desolation”.
Dec 3, 2023 · Traditional Jews may know that Hanukkah lasts eight days because that miraculous cruse of oil lasted that long. But the story begs the question: why eight days? A brief passage in 2 Maccabees provides a meaningful explanation for why the festival lasts eight days per se:
Nov 17, 2009 · Jesus declared that He was the fulfillment of Hanukkah by saying the Father “sanctified” the Son of God and sent Him into the world (10:34–36). The Father was in Him, and He in the Father (10:38). If the Greek word “sanctified” were translated into Hebrew, it would be “dedication,” or Hanukkah. A Biblical Perspective.
Dec 10, 2020 · We need to be very careful with the text here - John 10:22 only says that Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast Dedication which most understand to be "Hanukkah", the historic celebration of the Maccabean Revolt and rededication of the temple. However, there would be only two reasons for Jesus to be in Jerusalem at this time of year:
