Gezegend Chanoekah gewenst!
Celebrate Yeshua and the
Festival of Lights.
Festival of Lights.
'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" (John 8:12)
On the Hanukkah menorah (called a hanukkiah), the shamash (servant candle)
sits higher than the other eight candles and is used to light them.
sits higher than the other eight candles and is used to light them.
Yeshua said: Even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
What a wonderful picture of how Yeshua, the Light of the World,
gives us the "light of life," through Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
gives us the "light of life," through Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah
All over the world, the Jewish People will be lighting their hanukkiahs (Hanukkah menorahs) in remembrance of the miracles that God performed about 2200 years ago in the Holy City of Jerusalem.
The first miracle was God's deliverance.
After years of being oppressed by the Syrian/Greeks, who desecrated the Holy Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar, enforced idol worship, and forbade Jews from reading and following the Torah.
After years of being oppressed by the Syrian/Greeks, who desecrated the Holy Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar, enforced idol worship, and forbade Jews from reading and following the Torah.
God delivered the Jewish people through Jewish priest name Mattathias and his sons who led a small group of Jewish men to rise up against the 25,000 soldiers of the Syrian/Greek army.
When the Jewish priests entered the Temple to re-dedicate it and light the Menorah, only one small bottle of oil was found — enough to last only one day.
Miraculously, that tiny supply of oil lasted eight full days.
This second miracle gave the priests enough time to create more sanctified oil to keep the Temple Menorah burning, as it had to be lit 24 hours a day.
In the Brit Chadashah (New Testament), Yeshua was at the Holy Temple on Hanukkah when He was asked directly, "Are you the Messiah?"
"Then came the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) at Jerusalem. It was winter and Yeshua (Jesus) was in the Temple area walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
"The Jews gathered around him, saying, 'How long will you keep us in suspense? "If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.'” (John 10:22-23)
A father lights the hanukkiah (eight-branched menorah) with his child.
We will be thinking of YOU Tonight, as we light the first candle
on the hanukkiah. Let us Rejoice in God's miracles of Hanukkah
and the miracles that He is doing today in our lives.
and the miracles that He is doing today in our lives.
May your holiday season be illuminated with the
Light of the World — Yeshua HaMashiach.
Light of the World — Yeshua HaMashiach.
