Today is the last day of Kislev and the sixth day of Hanukkah. We’ve been addressing the essence of the story of Hanukkah because it is a microcosm of a greater message we see consistently throughout the Scriptures. Specifically, it is a story describing the struggle between two competing mindsets, eternally at war with one […]
It was on this day in 1496 that King Manuel I of Portugal ordered the expulsion of all Jews from his country. If you remember your history, this was just a few short years after Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain had done the same thing. Manuel’s queen was also named Isabella and was the daughter […]
Today’s the 28th day of Kislev and the fourth day of Hanukkah. When Antiochus IV ordered the erection of an idol in the court of the Temple of God followed by pagan sacrifices upon the altar, many in that era and beyond believed it to be a fulfillment of a prophecy from the book of […]
Today is the 27th day of Kislev and the third day of Hanukkah. As we have already shared, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple after it had been defiled by the Greeks under Antiochus IV, also known as Epiphanes. It was in the year 168 B.C. that the first pagan sacrifice was offered on […]
Today let’s address whether or not believers in the Messiah should keep Hanukkah. Some would say that we shouldn’t because it’s a Jewish holiday and is not biblically mandated. It is true that it is not a holiday that is commanded in Scripture but was instituted by Judaism in commemoration of something that happened in […]
A BIG GOD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE – Luke 2:1-5 Have you ever thought what an amazing thing it is that God ordained beforehand that the Messiah be born in Bethlehem (as the prophecy in Micah 5 shows), and that He so ordained things that when the time came, the Messiah’s mother and legal father were […]
Today is the 25th day of Kislev, the first day of Hanukkah, and it was on this day according to tradition, that construction of the Tabernacle of Moses was completed. It is also believed that on this day the first pagan sacrifice was offered on the altar of Zeus in the Temple in 168 B.C. […]
It was on this day in the year 520 B. C. that the foundation of the Second Temple was laid (Haggai 2:18). It was on that very same day that the Prophet Haggai declared the downfall of gentile nations and consequently, the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel. This is recorded in Haggai 2:20-22: And […]
As we approach the time of Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication, let’s look at how the story took shape. In its essence, the story of Hanukkah is about how different people responded to the edicts of a tyrant, Antiochus IV, also called Epiphanies, a title that means, “manifest god.” There were those who feared this […]
It was on this day in 1949 that the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), voted to transfer Israel’s seat of government from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This was logical seeing that Jerusalem had always been the eternal capital of the Israeli people. However, there have been very few nations who acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, […]
