We are walking in today: Chanukkah Is The Opposite Of Christ-Mass!! Part 2
Witness consecrate throughout the Bible: H6942 qadash--to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
Exo 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate H6942 him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
The Torah testifies...............
Exo 28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify H6942 them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
The prophets proclaim..................
Ezr 3:5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, H6942 and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
The writings bear witness...........................
2 Ch 26:18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated H6942 to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall
it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
Exo 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate H6942 them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Haggai was the first out of ten Minor Prophets to prophesy after the Babylonian Captivity. At the time when Haggai was given this prophecy about the 24th of the 9th month (Kislev), this date was not even an important date in Hebrew history yet! He was being shown a future prophecy about the “Feast of Dedication” aka “Chanukkah” hundreds of years before it was instituted by Judah Maccabees after the revolt!
This means that The Most High himself foretold about the future conception (incarnation) of our Messiah which was going to take place on Chanukkah, the Feast of Dedication!
Haggai also foretold of the future dedication of the Tabernacle of Dawiyd (David) during the Millennial Reign of Messiah. After the 1,000-year Reign of Messiah, there will be a third fulfillment of Chanukkah when The Most High Elohiym himself and the “Lamb” will become the everlasting Temple in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:22).
Now we know why this feast was very important to our Messiah. It has a “triple fulfillment” with his body as the Temple in the womb; his body (his bride) as the Temple in the millennium when he returns; and the final fulfillment is when the New Jerusalem will come down, and he will be the permanent Temple! We read in John 10:22, about our Messiah attending this celebration at the Temple in the winter on the Feast of Dedication (Chanukkah):
Yahuwchanon (John) 10:22-23 And it was at Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) the feast of dedication, (Chanukkah) and it was winter. And Yahuw-shuwa walked in the Temple in Solomon’s porch.
Why is Chanukkah Celebrated for Eight Days? Truth or Tradition?
I for one, had previously been taught by others within the Hebraic Roots Community to believe that the “eight-day miracle of the oil” was simply a myth and that it could not be substantiated in the book of Maccabees.
Although many have previously thought that this 8-day miracle of the oil is just a man-made Hebrew tradition, historically, I believe we can find sufficient evidence to conclude that it actually did occur. While I do not view the Talmud (oral traditions) equal to the inspired scriptures, we can certainly refer to the Talmud as historical record which I will be using as part of my research to show that this eight-day miracle did indeed take place.
As I began to research this further, I discovered several proofs from the scriptures that a Temple rededication always lasts for seven days, and then it is considered rededicated on the eighth day. This is the standard, because the number eight points to the 8th millennium from creation (in the future) when the New Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) will come down out of heaven in Revelation 21. In 2nd Peter 3:8 we read that “one day is like a thousand years with The,” and so we can look to the future “eighth millennium” from creation as “the eighth day” when our Creator, The Most High will cause the “first heaven and the first earth to pass away.”
At that time, “the new heaven, the new earth, and the New Jerusalem” will come down out of heaven. This will happen as an “initiation” into eternity on the 8th day or the 8th millennium. The number “8” in scripture always represents “new beginnings” and initiation. A baby boy is circumcised and dedicated to The Most High Elohiym on the 8th day from his birth according to the Towrah.
Correlating to the idea of “new beginnings,” is the very meaning of the word “Chanukkah” which literally means “rededication & initiation:”
#2597. chanukka’ chan-ook-kaw’ (Aramaic) corresponding to 2598; consecration:--dedication.
#2598. chanukkah khan-ook-kaw’ from 2596; initiation, i.e. consecration:--dedicating (-tion).
Even the name “Enoch” in Hebrew comes from the same root word and it means the same thing:
#2585. Chanowk khan-oke’ from 2596; initiated; Chanok, an antediluvian patriarch:--Enoch.
The 8th millennium (after the 1,000-year reign of Messiah on earth) is going to be the initiation of “the new heaven & the new earth.” Yahuwshuwa ha’Mashiyach’s body will then be the Temple on the 8th day or the 8th millennium, and this is why there is much more to Chanukkah that meets the eye.
This is why I believe that this 8-day miracle of the oil is embedded into the celebration of Chanukkah. Oil is a symbol for the anointing of the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) in scripture. This miracle of the oil could be telling us that the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) is taking us to that final “8th day” in the future which will take us into eternity.
Chanukkah, the Belated Feast of Tabernacles
Now it is also important to understand that the first time when this celebration took place, (in the year 164 B.C.), the Temple had not been cleansed in time that year for the House of Yahwudah (Judah) to keep the Feast of Tabernacles on the 15th day of the 7th month of Tishri according to the commandment in Leviticus 23:34. We read in the account in Maccabees that they celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles two months late that year on the 25th day Chislev:
2nd Maccabbees 1:8 And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto The Most High, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. 9 And now see that you keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu (Chislev).
18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu (Chislev), we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that you also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Nĕchemyah (Nehemiah) offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the temple and the altar.
You see, the Feast of Tabernacles is a “seven-day” feast and then on the “eighth day” it is called “La’Shanah Rabbah” which means “The Last Great Day.” Another name for this “eighth day” of the Feast of Tabernacles is called “Shemini Atzeret” literally translated as “The Eighth Day of Assembly.”
This is why Chanukkah was first celebrated for eight days that year. Not only were they celebrating a belated Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) but they also had to cleanse the altar which takes seven days and then on the eighth day it is cleansed. Hence, they had a “double reason” for celebrating Chanukkah for eight days that year, and you are soon going to learn why this is important.
The Maccabean Revolt began in 167 B.C. and for 3 ½ years, the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) experienced “great tribulation” until finally they successfully defeated their enemies and took back the Temple for The Most High. In the year 164 B.C., the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) had to wait until the 25th day of the 9th month of Kislev in order to keep the Feast of Tabernacles because the Temple had been defiled on the 15th day of the 7th Hebrew month of Tishri that year.
The question comes to mind “Why would The Most High have allowed them to have to wait two months to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles?” Was he doing this on purpose to show us a prophetic picture of something in the future? I submit to you that the reason why he allowed this is because our Messiah had to be born on the Feast of Trumpets and therefore, his conception had to take place nine months earlier which falls on Chanukkah. Because his conception pictures the future Temple in the New Jerusalem, there is a much deeper reason for why he allowed the Feast of Tabernacles to be celebrated two months late that year!
In Hebrews 7:12 it says that the “priesthood was changed,” during the earthly ministry of Yahuwshuwa Messiah. After he was baptized by John, the office of the Kohen ha’Gadowl (High Priest) after the sons of Aharown (Aaron) was now coming to an end. John was the High Priest that year in the eyes of Yah, and now he was transferring his role of the High Priest back to the order of Melchizedek when he immersed Yahuwshuwa in the Jordan River. Forty days later, after his fasting in the wilderness, he emerged and went to the Synagogue on Yom Kippur where he read the Isaiah 61 scroll declaring “The Acceptable Year of The Most High” (Luke 4:19).
This language that he used pertains to the Kohen ha’Gadowl (High Priest) who once per year would “cast lots” to determine if the nation was either “accepted” or they were “not accepted” (Leviticus 16:8).
Yahuwshuwa was now fulfilling the role of the Kohen ha’Gadowl after the order of Melchizedek. The temporary office of the High Priest after the sons of Aharown (Aaron) was now about to end with the death of Yahuwchanon (John) the Immerser.
The Feast of Tabernacles is a seven-day long feast because it is a miniature representation of the 7,000-year plan of salvation for mankind. This began at creation and it will culminate at the 7th millennium when our Messiah returns to set up his kingdom here on earth for 1,000 years. The 1,000-year reign of Messiah will be a larger scale of the Feast of Tabernacles where we will experience 1,000 years of resting on this temporary earth. And then on the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, it is a representation of the end of the millennium (the end of the 7th day going into the 8th day) when the “new heaven & earth” will come down taking us into eternity or the 8,000th year from creation.
Shema selah what is it that we have done?? Are you actions prescribed according to scripture? https://youtu.be/BIZi5QhkoXY
Witness consecrate throughout the Bible: H6942 qadash--to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
Exo 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate H6942 him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
The Torah testifies...............
Exo 28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify H6942 them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
The prophets proclaim..................
Ezr 3:5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, H6942 and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
The writings bear witness...........................
2 Ch 26:18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated H6942 to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall
it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
Exo 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate H6942 them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Haggai was the first out of ten Minor Prophets to prophesy after the Babylonian Captivity. At the time when Haggai was given this prophecy about the 24th of the 9th month (Kislev), this date was not even an important date in Hebrew history yet! He was being shown a future prophecy about the “Feast of Dedication” aka “Chanukkah” hundreds of years before it was instituted by Judah Maccabees after the revolt!
This means that The Most High himself foretold about the future conception (incarnation) of our Messiah which was going to take place on Chanukkah, the Feast of Dedication!
Haggai also foretold of the future dedication of the Tabernacle of Dawiyd (David) during the Millennial Reign of Messiah. After the 1,000-year Reign of Messiah, there will be a third fulfillment of Chanukkah when The Most High Elohiym himself and the “Lamb” will become the everlasting Temple in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:22).
Now we know why this feast was very important to our Messiah. It has a “triple fulfillment” with his body as the Temple in the womb; his body (his bride) as the Temple in the millennium when he returns; and the final fulfillment is when the New Jerusalem will come down, and he will be the permanent Temple! We read in John 10:22, about our Messiah attending this celebration at the Temple in the winter on the Feast of Dedication (Chanukkah):
Yahuwchanon (John) 10:22-23 And it was at Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) the feast of dedication, (Chanukkah) and it was winter. And Yahuw-shuwa walked in the Temple in Solomon’s porch.
Why is Chanukkah Celebrated for Eight Days? Truth or Tradition?
I for one, had previously been taught by others within the Hebraic Roots Community to believe that the “eight-day miracle of the oil” was simply a myth and that it could not be substantiated in the book of Maccabees.
Although many have previously thought that this 8-day miracle of the oil is just a man-made Hebrew tradition, historically, I believe we can find sufficient evidence to conclude that it actually did occur. While I do not view the Talmud (oral traditions) equal to the inspired scriptures, we can certainly refer to the Talmud as historical record which I will be using as part of my research to show that this eight-day miracle did indeed take place.
As I began to research this further, I discovered several proofs from the scriptures that a Temple rededication always lasts for seven days, and then it is considered rededicated on the eighth day. This is the standard, because the number eight points to the 8th millennium from creation (in the future) when the New Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) will come down out of heaven in Revelation 21. In 2nd Peter 3:8 we read that “one day is like a thousand years with The,” and so we can look to the future “eighth millennium” from creation as “the eighth day” when our Creator, The Most High will cause the “first heaven and the first earth to pass away.”
At that time, “the new heaven, the new earth, and the New Jerusalem” will come down out of heaven. This will happen as an “initiation” into eternity on the 8th day or the 8th millennium. The number “8” in scripture always represents “new beginnings” and initiation. A baby boy is circumcised and dedicated to The Most High Elohiym on the 8th day from his birth according to the Towrah.
Correlating to the idea of “new beginnings,” is the very meaning of the word “Chanukkah” which literally means “rededication & initiation:”
#2597. chanukka’ chan-ook-kaw’ (Aramaic) corresponding to 2598; consecration:--dedication.
#2598. chanukkah khan-ook-kaw’ from 2596; initiation, i.e. consecration:--dedicating (-tion).
Even the name “Enoch” in Hebrew comes from the same root word and it means the same thing:
#2585. Chanowk khan-oke’ from 2596; initiated; Chanok, an antediluvian patriarch:--Enoch.
The 8th millennium (after the 1,000-year reign of Messiah on earth) is going to be the initiation of “the new heaven & the new earth.” Yahuwshuwa ha’Mashiyach’s body will then be the Temple on the 8th day or the 8th millennium, and this is why there is much more to Chanukkah that meets the eye.
This is why I believe that this 8-day miracle of the oil is embedded into the celebration of Chanukkah. Oil is a symbol for the anointing of the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) in scripture. This miracle of the oil could be telling us that the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) is taking us to that final “8th day” in the future which will take us into eternity.
Chanukkah, the Belated Feast of Tabernacles
Now it is also important to understand that the first time when this celebration took place, (in the year 164 B.C.), the Temple had not been cleansed in time that year for the House of Yahwudah (Judah) to keep the Feast of Tabernacles on the 15th day of the 7th month of Tishri according to the commandment in Leviticus 23:34. We read in the account in Maccabees that they celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles two months late that year on the 25th day Chislev:
2nd Maccabbees 1:8 And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto The Most High, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. 9 And now see that you keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu (Chislev).
18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu (Chislev), we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that you also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Nĕchemyah (Nehemiah) offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the temple and the altar.
You see, the Feast of Tabernacles is a “seven-day” feast and then on the “eighth day” it is called “La’Shanah Rabbah” which means “The Last Great Day.” Another name for this “eighth day” of the Feast of Tabernacles is called “Shemini Atzeret” literally translated as “The Eighth Day of Assembly.”
This is why Chanukkah was first celebrated for eight days that year. Not only were they celebrating a belated Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) but they also had to cleanse the altar which takes seven days and then on the eighth day it is cleansed. Hence, they had a “double reason” for celebrating Chanukkah for eight days that year, and you are soon going to learn why this is important.
The Maccabean Revolt began in 167 B.C. and for 3 ½ years, the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) experienced “great tribulation” until finally they successfully defeated their enemies and took back the Temple for The Most High. In the year 164 B.C., the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) had to wait until the 25th day of the 9th month of Kislev in order to keep the Feast of Tabernacles because the Temple had been defiled on the 15th day of the 7th Hebrew month of Tishri that year.
The question comes to mind “Why would The Most High have allowed them to have to wait two months to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles?” Was he doing this on purpose to show us a prophetic picture of something in the future? I submit to you that the reason why he allowed this is because our Messiah had to be born on the Feast of Trumpets and therefore, his conception had to take place nine months earlier which falls on Chanukkah. Because his conception pictures the future Temple in the New Jerusalem, there is a much deeper reason for why he allowed the Feast of Tabernacles to be celebrated two months late that year!
In Hebrews 7:12 it says that the “priesthood was changed,” during the earthly ministry of Yahuwshuwa Messiah. After he was baptized by John, the office of the Kohen ha’Gadowl (High Priest) after the sons of Aharown (Aaron) was now coming to an end. John was the High Priest that year in the eyes of Yah, and now he was transferring his role of the High Priest back to the order of Melchizedek when he immersed Yahuwshuwa in the Jordan River. Forty days later, after his fasting in the wilderness, he emerged and went to the Synagogue on Yom Kippur where he read the Isaiah 61 scroll declaring “The Acceptable Year of The Most High” (Luke 4:19).
This language that he used pertains to the Kohen ha’Gadowl (High Priest) who once per year would “cast lots” to determine if the nation was either “accepted” or they were “not accepted” (Leviticus 16:8).
Yahuwshuwa was now fulfilling the role of the Kohen ha’Gadowl after the order of Melchizedek. The temporary office of the High Priest after the sons of Aharown (Aaron) was now about to end with the death of Yahuwchanon (John) the Immerser.
The Feast of Tabernacles is a seven-day long feast because it is a miniature representation of the 7,000-year plan of salvation for mankind. This began at creation and it will culminate at the 7th millennium when our Messiah returns to set up his kingdom here on earth for 1,000 years. The 1,000-year reign of Messiah will be a larger scale of the Feast of Tabernacles where we will experience 1,000 years of resting on this temporary earth. And then on the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, it is a representation of the end of the millennium (the end of the 7th day going into the 8th day) when the “new heaven & earth” will come down taking us into eternity or the 8,000th year from creation.
Shema selah what is it that we have done?? Are you actions prescribed according to scripture? https://youtu.be/BIZi5QhkoXY
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