What's It About?
חֲנֻכָּה Chănukkâh| Hanukkah| Feast of Lights| Feast of Dedication is a Holy Day reminding us of the fight led by Jonathan Maccabee against the tyranny of the Greeks and re-dedicating the temple to The Most High.
Key Information
Background Insight:
Shemoth (Exodus) 13:2; Vayiqra (Leviticus) 12; Bemidbar (Numbers) 6, 7, & 12; Mishlei (Proverbs) 22:6; Divrei Hayamiym Sheniy (2 Chronicles) 5 - 7; Makkabiym Ri'Shon (1 Maccabees) 4; Makkabiym Sheniy (2 Maccabees) 1
Chanukkah| Hanukkah| חֲנֻכָּה chănukkâh
Chanukkah is a way of life that was established by Yahuah in the Garden of Eden. It's very function is submerged in the discpline that produces a healthy way of living and longevity in accordance to Yah's Commandments. It has the essence of training one up in the ways of dedication, and consecration. Bible scriptures help us to see this woven into the fabric of Torah in the Old and New Covenant. In the book of Makkabiym Sheniy (2 Maccabees), the Greeks began to profane the temple and make it illegal for the children of Israel to follow the commandments of the Most High. This challenged the discipline and training and the way of life for them. The fight led by Jonathan Maccabbees insight to the significance of upholding Torah and the true function of dedication.
How to Observe
How do we observe/celebrate?
We celebrate the feast day by having a Holy Convocation (gathering), reading the scriptures, and lighting the menorah for eight days.
Are these Feasts of him done away with?
NO.
Qolasiym (Colossians) 2:16-17: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath day: things which ARE a shadow of things to come; but the body of Messiah.Feast Days - Should we observe them?
Should we still observe these feasts?
YES.
In Vayiqra (Leviticus) chapter 23 we're told four different times that these feast days are to be a "statute forever, throughout your generations" (Lev 23:14, 21, 31, 41).
Sources: Cepher Bible with Apocrypha | Hebrew Israelites, Biblical Feast Days by Unknown Hebrew | Hebrew Lexicon | Blue Letter Bible
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