HANUKKAH IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST-MASS

Revelation chapter 21




Today we are walking in: Hanukkah Is The Opposite Of Christ-Mass






Job 36:4


For truly my words shall not be false: H8267 he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.







FALSE



Today we look to the word H8267 sheqer--lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood; deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)











The Torah testifies...............




Exodus 20:17


Thou shalt not bear false H8267 witness against thy neighbour.



Exodus 23:7


Keep thee far from a false H8267 matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked



Deuteronomy 19:16


If a false H8267 witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;







The prophets proclaim..................



Jeremiah 5:31


The prophets prophesy falsely, H8267 and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?





Jeremiah 23:32


Behold, I am against them that prophesy false H8267 dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.



Jeremiah 37:14


Then said Jeremiah, It is false H8267; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.







The writings bear witness...........................



Psalm 7:14


Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. H8267



Proverbs 11:1


A false H8267 balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.



Proverbs 14:5


A faithful witness will not lie: but a false H8267 witness will utter lies.





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 “Hanukkah” 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 Hanukkah, 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 Hanukkah 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 (Hanukkah):




Yahuwchanon (John) 10:22-23 And it was at Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) the feast of dedication, (Hanukkah) and it was winter. And Yahuw-shuwa walked in the Temple in Solomon’s porch.


*****Why is Hanukkah 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 “Hanukkah” which literally means “rededication & initiation:”


#2597. chanukka’ chan-ook-kaw’ (Aramaic) corresponding to 2598; consecration:--dedication.


#2598. Hanukkah 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 Hanukkah that meets the eye.


This is why I believe that this 8-day miracle of the oil is embedded into the celebration of Hanukkah. 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.


Hanukkah, 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 Hanukkah 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 Hanukkah 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.