HANUKKAH IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST-MASS

Daniel chapter 12




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2 Chronicles 32:15




Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive H5377 you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?









DECEIVE






Today we look to the word-DECEIVE-H5377 nasha'-- to beguile, deceive to be beguiled









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




Genesis 3:13




And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, H5377 and I did eat.







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





Jeremiah 9:5




And they will deceive H5377 every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.






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





2 Kings 18:29




Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive H5377 you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:




When our Messiah returns there will be a war just like in the Maccabean Revolt where he will be like Judah Maccabees and his army. The armies that follow Yahusha at his return are “clothed in fine linen fine and clean” and this is his bride in her new resurrected body. The bride will fight alongside with him to take back the Temple of The Most High and to overthrow the false Messiah and his Abomination of Desolation. If you add 75 days to 1,260 days (which culminates on Yom Kippur), it lands on the 25th day of the 9th month of Kislev on the Hebrew Calendar---in other words Hanukkah!




Listen to what the angel said in Daniel 12:12 “Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days” (1,335 days). The angel was essentially telling Daniel:




“Blessed is he who waits until Hanukkah when the Temple and the altar of Yahusha will be rebuilt and dedicated!”




It will take 75 days to destroy the old Temple where the Abomination of Desolation, was sitting and to also to rebuild the new one where our Messiah will rule and reign for 1,000 years! This dedication will take place on Hanukkah because it will be 75 days following Yom Kippur---in other words 1,335 days!




Two Trees in the Garden Representing Two Opposing Celebrations

Some people within the Hebraic Roots Community have falsely stated that Hanukkah is a pagan holiday just because there are some people who have tried to “paganize” it by adding man-made traditions to it.




But just because Satan has tried to add Talmudic man-made traditions to this remembrance in history, does not make the entire thing pagan.




The logic behind treating Christ-Mass & Hanukkah as the same thing is like saying that the two trees in the Garden of Eden are the same just because they look similar and they are both trees. Both trees were in the garden, and both were created by Yah. But we know that these two trees represent two completely opposing ideas. The “tree of life” is symbolized by the seven-branch menorah and it represents our Messiah as he is the middle branch (the 7th one) and his bride represents the other six branches who are attached to him (the vine). Conversely, the Christ-Mass tree is represented by “the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” It represents Satan & Nimrod who were both “cut down like a tree” (Isaiah 14:12, Luke 13:7).




Both trees were in the Garden of Eden were together. One was genuine, and the other counterfeit. Our Messiah is called “The Righteous Branch” in prophecy, but Lucifer who also manifested as Nimrod is called “The abominable branch” in Yeshayahuw (Isaiah) 14:19.




In Ezekiel 8:17, Yah showed Ezekiel these abominations that the people of Judah were doing in his Temple. They were “putting the branch to the nose” in honor of Nimrod. This was mistletoe, which is used at Christ-Mass time. Now just because one branch is evil and one branch is good, do we throw out all shadow pictures pertaining to the branch or the tree?




Since the children of Yisra’el worshiped the golden calf does this mean that we can no longer eat beef now? You see, we are commanded to worship the creator and not the created things (Romans 1:25). That is what this all boils down to. We must worship the Father by using the patterns of what he has set forth in his Torah (instructions). Alternatively, Satan has tricked people into worshiping him using the very same metaphors but he causes them to take their eyes off of Yahusha and instead fix their eyes on the created things of this world, i.e. Christ-Mass Trees, holly, mistletoe, etc.




Are You Celebrating a Wedding or A Divorce?

A man named Bill wrote to me and he asked me to share what the differences are between Hanukkah & Christ-Mass. He was under the false impression that they are the same thing, but here is what I said to him:




“Let me give you an example. Let’s say that March 10th for you represents the day that your wife left you for another man and began cheating on you. That date will always represent something painful to you----right? Now let’s just say that you continued to pray for your wife and almost one year later she broke up with the other guy and totally repented and came back to you. And let’s just say that on March 5th on the following year, that you both renewed your wedding vows and started all over again. Now even though both of these dates fall within the same week, March 10th represents the day your wife cheated, and March 5th represents the day that you renewed your vows and rededicated yourselves to one another. Now let’s say that your wife’s former lover’s name was Wally. So every year on March 10th she says to you, “Merry Wally’s Day, Honey!”




How are you going to feel knowing that was the day that she ripped your heart out? And not only is it bad enough that she wants to remember her former lover on this day, but she expects you to be merry about it! But if she suddenly realizes how much this hurts you and she repents, and she stops saying “Merry Wally’s Day” on March 10th each year, but instead she says to you on March 5th “Happy Rededication honey!” Now, she acknowledges the date of when you both took your marriage vows again and rededicated yourselves one to another. Do you see the difference? Do you see that Hanukkah & Christ-Mass represent two completely opposite things? And even though they fall around the same time of year, you still don’t want your wife celebrating March 10th as “Merry Wally’s Day,” but instead you want her to remember the day that she came back to you, and she rededicated herself to the marriage on March 5th.”




My explanation to this man named Bill is very similar to what the nation of Yisra’el did to their husband The Most High. They committed idolatry over and over again in the Tanakh (Old Testament), and that is why Yah divorced then in Jeremiah 3:8. But at this point in history, during the Maccabean Revolt, the House of Judah showed themselves to be faithful as a nation. Many of these faithful Yahuwdiym (Hebrews) obeyed the covenant and they refused to disobey the commandments, even at the expense of their own lives and the lives of their children.




They were martyrs for their faith in The Most High and his loving instructions. And so Hanukkah celebrates their dedication to the Heavenly Father, and their willingness to lay down their lives for him. Hanukkah celebrates their victory over idolatry and the rededication of the Temple back to the Father in Heaven.

HANUKKAH IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST-MASS

1 Peter chapter 3







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Numbers 7:88

And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication H2598 of the altar, after that it was anointed







Dedication


Today we look to the word-H2598-Hanukkah--dedication, consecration





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

Numbers 7:84

This was the dedication H2598 of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:








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

Nehemiah 12:27

And at the dedication H2598 of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication H2598 with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.






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







2Chronicles 7:9

And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication H2598 of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.





The Eighth Day into Eternity



So far, I have illustrated that the number “7” is the number that takes us to the “end of sins,” because our Messiah resurrected at the end of the 7th day Sabbath going into the “8th day,” called “First-Fruits.” This pattern will be repeated when the bride will also resurrected “at the last day” of the 6,000 years within creation week. At the end of the 7th millennium, it will take us to the 8th millennium and then the bride will be changed into the New Jerusalem. Thus we can see that the number “8” brings our entire cosmos to salvation and resurrection.


We can also see in the scriptures below that the number eight represents “salvation,” because on Noah’s ark, only eight people were saved:


1st Keefa (Peter) 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of Elohiym waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.


2nd Keefa (Peter) 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.


Why did Keefa (Peter) call Noah the “eighth person?” It is because Noah went into the ark last, as he allowed his family to go in first, and then he being the “eighth person” symbolically means that The Most High was putting an end to the defiled population of the earth and he was “re-dedicating” the earth with water baptism and cleansing it!


We also find in the Torah that whenever the altar became defiled, in order to “rededicate” the Temple altar, it must remain unclean for seven days before it could be cleansed and rededicated. Thus we can see the same pattern with the earth as it will be cleansed at the end of the 7th millennium and rededicated to The Most High by the 8th millennium.


The Cleansing of the Altar takes Seven Days and on the
8th Day it is Dedicated


Shemoth (Exodus) 29:
35 And thus shall you do unto Aharown (Aaron), and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded you: seven days shall you consecrate them.
36 And you shall offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you have made an atonement for it, and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
37 Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy.


Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 43:
25 Seven days shalt you prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says The Most High Elohiym.


2nd Dibre ha’Yamiym (Chronicles) 7:9
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.


Nine Branches or Seven Branches?
In the Torah, in Numbers 8:2, we see the instructions given to Mosheh for the Temple menorah and it was to be fashioned with only seven branches and not nine branches. The reason why a nine-branch menorah is used is because the Torah commands us not to replicate any articles from the Temple to be used away from the Temple.


But there is much controversy among the rabbis as to what this commandment exactly means.


There are three views in the early commentaries in regard to the extent of the prohibition. Some hold that only an exact replica is prohibited. Any slight change from the original in the Mishkan is permitted. Others hold that any menowrah which would have been considered kosher b’dieve, is prohibited. Other poskim are even more stringent. They hold that any seven-branched menorah, made out of any metal, regardless of its shape or form, is prohibited.


The Shulchan Aruch rules [in the opinion of the Shach] in accordance with the second view, i.e., that even a menorah that is not made exactly like the one in the Mishkan but would be kosher b’dieved is prohibited. He rules, therefore, that if the menorah is not made from gold but from other types of metals; if the replica is made without the décorative cups, knobs, or flowers that were part of the original menorah; if the menorah is shorter than the 18 tefachim (4.5-6 feet) that the original menorah measured, it is still prohibited to replicate.


Despite these man-made traditions, I personally believe in using the seven-branch Temple menorah for Hanukkah, because it represents our Messiah who is called “THE BRANCH” in prophecy (Isaiah 4:2, Jeremiah 33:15, Zechariah 3:8, 6:12, John 15:4). In Revelation 1:20 our Messiah taught us the “mystery of the seven golden candlesticks in his right hand.” He told us that these represent the “seven assemblies.”


It is fitting that the seven-branch menorah represents our Messiah since he created mankind on the 6th day of creation and on the 7th day he rested. He will also return for his bride at the beginning of the 7th millennium, and so this will be the wedding day, the “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:7).


Therefore, six of the branches represent his bride, but the seventh branch (the vine) represents the bridegroom. The seven-branch menorah also represents the seven Feasts of The Most High that we are commanded to keep as part of our covenant with him. It also represents the “Seven Spirits” of The Most High seen in Isaiah 11:1-2, Revelation 1:4, 3:1, 4:5 & 5:6. The seven-branch Temple menorah is meant to resemble an almond tree as the scriptures teach us:


Shemoth (Exodus) 25:31-34 “You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lamp-stand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower-- and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.”


Patterns for the Number Nine
While I am convicted that we should use a seven-branch menorah, versus a nine-branch Chanukiah for Hanukkah, I can certainly see prophetic shadow pictures with the number “nine.”


In Leviticus 23, we are commanded to observe seven annual feasts of The Most High. However, Hanukkah and Puwriym (Purim) are two more additional festivals celebrated by the Yahuwdiym (Hebrew) people to commemorate when they were almost annihilated, yet, miraculously, The Most High saved them. Any time that Yah moves on behalf of his people to save their lives, is a good time to celebrate, and there is certainly nothing unbiblical or pagan about that!


We may be able to count the seven-branch menorah as the people of covenant (Yisra’el), and if we liken the additional two branches to the overcoming assemblies of Smyrna & Philadelphia, this may be a way of seeing the nine-branch Chanukiah in a fresh new way. If the two overcoming assemblies are gentiles who have been grafted into the olive tree (Yisra’el), the nine-branch menorah, may have some legitimate merits to it after all!


Thus, the nine-branch Chanukiah may be a prophetic picture of the House of Yisra’el, (with their seven feasts), and the two additional gentile assemblies being grafted into the seven by the two additional Hebrew feast day.


Additionally, our Messiah was conceived in the ninth month on the Hebrew calendar called Kislev, and he was born on Yom Teruw’ah in the seventh Hebrew month of Tishri. There are also nine gifts of the Holy Spirit described in 1st Corinthians 12:8-11, and nine fruits of the Holy Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23. There were also nine months of pregnancy for the body of Messiah to be completely formed in the womb.


Hanukkah Seen in End-Time Prophecy
Did you ever wonder why the period called “The great tribulation” is 1,260 days in Revelation 11:3 but then in Daniel 12:11 it says that the tribulation is 1,290 days? Daniel 12:11 reads: “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”


Why is there a 30-day discrepancy? Well, the tribulation period of 1,260 days ends on Yom Kippur in Revelation 19, when our Messiah returns with his army to overthrow the Anti-Messiah. However, there will be another 30 days after that to destroy the Abomination of Desolation.

HANUKKAH IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST-MASS

Genesis chapter 49




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Isa 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy H2254 the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.




destroy

Today we look to the word H2254 chabal--to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend




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

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

Isa 13:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy H2254 the whole land.

Isa 54:16

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. H2254





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

Pro 13:13

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: H2254 but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.




Melchizedek: a Priesthood of War

Because King Dawiyd (David) had shed much blood in war, The Most High would not allow him to build the Temple (1st Chronicles 22:8, 1st Chronicles 28:3). Instead, his son Solomon would be the one who would build the Temple for The Most High. David’s Tabernacle was a temporary structure like a tent akin to that of the Tabernacle of Mosheh (Moses). But why was David allowed to offer sacrifices if he was not a Levite? It is because David was a precursor to the Messiah and this is why we are told that when Messiah returns for his Millennial Kingdom, that he will “Rebuild the Tabernacle of David that is fallen down” (Amos 9:11, Acts 15:16).




This is the reason why our Messiah will come in Revelation 19 as a “warrior” shedding the blood of the wicked and he will then be our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. You see, Melchizedek is more than just a priest, he is also a king, and all kings of Yisra’el come from Yahuwdah (Judah). Genesis 49:10 says “the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.” In other words, the authority to execute judgment and justice belongs to the tribe of Judah. The House of Judah are given permission to execute justice and judgment, whereas the Levites were only commanded to “make intercession” for Yisra’el.




The Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) explained in Romans 2:26-29 that those who obey Torah (Mosaic Law) and whose hearts are circumcised inwardly are Yahuwdiy (Hebrews). Belonging to the Tribe of Yahuwdah (Judah), therefore is not limited to physical blood-line, but to the condition of one’s heart. When we are zealous for the Torah, we align ourselves with the Tribe of Yahuwdah who holds the scepter to administer the Torah to the other tribes.




That is why David was able to offer sacrifices in the Tabernacle, because he was from the Tribe of Judah, but he was also zealous for the Torah as he had displayed in his writings in Psalm 119:97, 113, 142, 163, 165. The prophecy in Genesis 49 that Jacob spoke over his son Judah says that he would “wash his garments in the blood of grapes.” This means that Judah is a man of war, yet he is still a priest. This is why Judah Maccabee was able to be a priest after his war against Antiochus. Judah Maccabee was a prophetic “type” of Melchizedek.




Even though the Maccabees were Levites, once the Levites are changed into immortality in the future resurrection, they will become part of the Melchizedek priesthood. This is precisely why in Genesis 14:18 and in Hebrews 7:1-4, we read that Abraham paid tithes out of his spoils of war to Melchizedek!




Initially, Elohiym had selected the entire nation of Yisra’el to be his priests, according to Exodus 19:5,6; however, after the nation proved to be inadequate as priests (Exodus 32:7-10), the Levites who supported Moses in Exodus chapters 26-28 were selected as Yah’s priests (Numbers 3:5-9).




King David was from the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) and yet he offered sacrifices in the Tabernacle when clearly, the role of the High Priest (Kohen Gadowl) was given over to the sons of Aharown (Aaron) after Yisra’el sinned with the molten calf on Mount Sinai. This was “The law that was added because of transgression” according to Galatians 3:19.




Nevertheless, prior to this transgression with the molten calf, the role of the High Priest in eternity always belonged to Melchizedek from the House of Yahuwdah (Judah). The sons of Aharown (Aaron) were only a temporary order until the “seed should come,” which was Messiah. According to 1st Chronicles 9:10; 24:7; and Nehemiah 11:10, the high-priestly line eventually passed over to the Hasmonaean family, the course of Yahuwyariyb (Jehoiarib), the Maccabees. It is also interesting to note that the name “Yahuwyariyb” literally means “The Most High will contend!” This means that Yah used the Maccabees to contend against the Abomination of Desolation set up by Antiochus Ephiphanies.




The Hasmoneans were from the priestly line of the “Zadok priesthood” (1st Chronicles 9:11) who served in David’s Tabernacle. The name “Zadok” comes from the Hebrew the following root words:




#6663. tsadaq tsaw-dak’ a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense):--cleanse, clear self, (be, do) justice, justify, righteous, righteousness.




#6662. tsaddiyq tsad-deek’ from 6663; just:--just, lawful, righteous (man).




#6664. tsedeq tseh’-dek from 6663; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity: just, justice; righteous.




As you can see by the words above, the name Zadok is synonymous with righteousness, justice and cleansing. Now we can see why Judah Maccabee had the same “seed” in him of a righteous priesthood who executes justice and cleanses the temple from all defilement.




And that leads us to understand where the name Melchizedek comes from:




#4442. Malkiy-Tsedeq mal-kee-tseh’-dek from 4428 and 6664; king of right; Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine:--Melchizedek.




The Zadok priesthood was a line of righteous priests who executed justice and they were uncompromising when it came to obedience to the Torah (Ezekiel 44:15-16).




There is no mixture in this priesthood:

Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 44: 17 “...they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister...”




Wool mixed with linen represents mixture of a little bit of Torah with a little bit of carnality and paganism.

The Zadok priesthood do not mix the holy with the profane:




Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 44:23 “And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.”




Even though Aaron’s line is indeed “forever” according to Exodus 29:9, when they put on immortality at the resurrection, they will then become the Melchizedek Priesthood. That is when they will receive the “double portion” (physical and spiritual). You see, the bride must marry into her husband’s tribe (Judah) just as Ruth married into the tribe of her husband Boaz.




So you see, Hanukkah goes beyond the Feast of Tabernacles, as it represents the 8th millennium when the Levitical laws and the Levitical priesthood will “pass away.” Judah “The Hammer” Maccabee was a Levite, but his name (Judah) tells us that he was a prophetic “type” of the Melchizedek Priesthood of Yahusha.




Hebrew author, Noam Zion comments in his article “An effort to legitimize the Hasmonean dynasty,” about the father of Judah Maccabee named Mattathias:




Mattathias’ action and his rallying call, “Let everyone who is zealous for the Law and who remains faithful to the Covenant, follow me” (1st Maccabees 2:27). He uses terms directly analogous to Moses and the Levi tribe at the Golden Calf and Pinchas the zealous priest. They both attacked public desecraters of Hebrew worship. In the Bible, both the tribe of Levi and Pinchas himself are rewarded for their zealous action by being granted a special status in the Temple worship. Pinchas is even promised what most commentators understand as the high priesthood. Similarly, in Mattathias’s case, zealous action in the face of desecration earns the volunteer the dynastic right to the priesthood for their children after them.




It is also interesting to note that the name “Maccabee” is a Hebrew word that means “hammer,” hence the nick-name given to Judah was the “Hebrew Hammer.” In Jeremiah 23:29 the word of The Most High is described as a hammer: “Is not my word like a fire? Says The Most High; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”




When the zeal against idolatry rises up in these last days in the corporate body of Two Witnesses, as seen in Revelation 11:5, the words that go forth out of their mouths will be like fire. The earth was first cleansed (baptized) by water in the days of Noah, but at the second coming of Messiah, it will be cleansed and purified (baptized) in fire:




2nd Keefa (Peter) 3:10 But the day of The Most High will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.




Hanukkah therefore is a representation of the New Temple, the new earth, the new heaven, the New Jerusalem and the eighth new millennium! At the end of the 7th millennium, all of these temporary things will be gone including the Feast of Tabernacles. The “eighth day” (the 8th millennium) will then be “initiated,” taking us into eternity. The old earthly and temporary things will be destroyed just as in the days of Judah Maccabees when the old altar was destroyed and re-dedicated on Hanukkah.




The laws surrounding the Levitical Priesthood and the earthly Temple will be gone after the 7th millennium and we will no longer have a need for the temporary structure of the “law which was added because of transgression.”




At the end of this 1,000-year reign of Messiah, Satan will be released out of the bottomless pit one last time to deceive the nations according to Revelation 20:7-10. Afterward there will be the war between Gog & Magog and Satan will finally be cast into the Lake of Fire. This will be when the “transgression is finished” and the final “end of sins” will be made (Daniel 9:24).




The 7,000-year “creation week” will then be completed which is what Daniel’s 70th Week prophecy is going to take us to. At the end of the 7th day Sabbath is when our Messiah resurrected, and so shall the same pattern be followed as the New Jerusalem will also be resurrected and brought down here to earth. The bride of Messiah must go through a double transformation. She will be changed into immortality at the 7th millennium, at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, but she will also be changed again into the New Jerusalem at the 8th millennium! See my other article entitled “The Sabbath Resurrection: ‘I Will Raise Him Up at the Last Day.’”

HANUKKAH IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST-MASS

Hebrews chapter 7




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Genesis 23:11




Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people H5971 give I it thee: bury thy dead.










MY PEOPLE





Today we look to the word-MY PEOPLE- H5971 'am--nation, people persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men kinsman, kindred











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




Exodus 3:10




Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people H5971 the children of Israel out of Egypt.











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




2 Samuel 7:10




Moreover I will appoint a place for my people H5971 Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,











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



Ruth 1:16




And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people H5971 shall be my people, H5971 and thy God my God:




In Hebrews 7:12 it says that the “priesthood was changed,” during the earthly ministry of Yahushua 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 Yahushua 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).




Yahushua 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.




The Feast of Tabernacles is also a feast where we are commanded to build temporary shelters outside (called a sukkah) and live in them. These temporary shelters are deliberately meant to be “flimsy,” because it represents the fact that this earth that we are now living in is going to burn up because it is temporary. It also means that this mortal body that we live in is also temporary, for we will receive a “new” incorruptible body when Messiah resurrects his bride.




Thus, the Feast of Tabernacles points to the temporary priesthood of the sons of Aaron. The role of the High Priest belonging to the “sons of Aharown” (Aaron) was “The law that was added because of transgression” spoken of by Paul in Galatians 3:19. You see, after Yisra’el had transgressed the marriage covenant with the molten calf on Mount Sinai, Mosheh (Moses) had to institute a temporary priesthood from his brother Aaron and his sons. This was because Aaron was the one who caused Yisra’el to sin in the first place with the molten calf and therefore, the only way that Aaron and his sons could live is if they offered their lives as a ransom year-by-year on Yom Kippur for the nation.




There was always the possibility that the Kohen Gadowl (High Priest) could die behind the veil in the “Holy of Holies” if he had not sufficiently atoned for his own sins. That is why the sons of Aaron were “temporary,” because they were mortals who died. But once our Messiah was baptized by John, he was illustrating that year the transfer was taking place from John (who was a Levite) back to the priesthood of Melchizedek who never dies but has an “endless life” (Hebrews 7:16).




All throughout the millennial reign of Messiah, the entire Torah (Mosaic Law) will be implemented, because the body of Messiah is still in transgression. Even though Messiah paid the price, they have not fully received his price yet. And so during the Millennium, he will fully implement the entire Torah, to include animal sacrifices (see Ezekiel 40-48). Now, his once-and-for-all sacrifice was already done in eternity because he is “the lamb slain from the foundations of the world” (Revelation 13:8).

However, he will perform animal sacrifices in the Millennium NOT for atonement, but for illustration purposes in order to teach us through visual pictures what his sacrifice on the tree was all about. He will not be doing these animal sacrifices to atone for sins, as he has already done this by his “once-and-for-all” Passover sacrifice. But he will do them as a “MEMORIAL” of himself to remind us and to teach us.




Now, once the Millennium is over, it says in Revelation 21:1 that there will be a “new heaven and a new earth” that will come down out of heaven, and the “first heaven and the first earth will pass away.” This is when the Temple ordinances after the sons of Aaron will also pass away. This now gives new meaning to our Messiah’s words in Matthew 5:17-19, when he said “until heaven and earth passes away, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the Torah until all be fulfilled.”




Well, not all is fulfilled yet. He fulfilled the “laws for blood atonement” but there is much more for him to fulfill during the Millennium. In order for him to “finish the transgression, make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy,” (Daniel 9:24) he must “flesh it out” in the Millennium.




The priesthood of Melchizedek will serve “side-by-side” with the priesthood of Lewiytes (Levites) all during the Millennium just like in the Tabernacle of David. This means that both the “Tzadiq” (Zadok) and the Levites will serve together. In other words, the heavenly & the earthly will come together, until the end of the Millennium, when the earthly will go away. At that point the “Lamb and The Most High Almighty shall be the Temple.”




Until then, the Levites have not vanished away. They have been temporarily set aside because the Temple is no longer standing in Jerusalem. But that Temple will be rebuilt and Yahushua will be the High Priest there after the order of Melchizedek. He will be the Prince that shall offer sacrifices as seen in Ezekiel 40-48. The Levites have not vanished away yet until AFTER the Millennium. They are “ready to vanish away” (Hebrews 8:13), but they have not vanished away yet!




When our Messiah returns to set up his kingdom, he will again rebuild the Tabernacle of Dawiyd (David) which is fallen down (Acts 15:16) and both priesthoods will serve together side-by-side (Levites & Melchi-zedek). All seven of the annual feasts found in Leviticus 23 will be celebrated during the Messiah’s Kingdom. The nations that refuse to come to Jerusalem for these feasts during the Millennium will experience drought and famine according to Zechariah 14:16-17. But once our Messiah’s 1,000-year reign is over, he himself will become the “Temple” in the New Jerusalem in the 8th millennium!

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.

HANUKKAH IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST-MASS

Deuteronomy chapter 12







Today we are walking in: Hanukkah is The Opposite of Christ-Mass!




Gen 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light H215 upon the earth: and it was so.




light




Today we look to the word H215 owr--to be or become light, shine; to become light (day); to shine (of the sun)

to become bright; to be illuminated; to become lighted up; to give light, shine (of sun, moon, and stars); light up, cause to shine, shine; to kindle, light




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

Exo 13:21

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; H215 to go by day and night:

Num 8:2

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light H215 over against the candlestick.




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

Ezr 9:8

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten H215 our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.





Neh 9:12

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light H215 in the way wherein they should go.



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

Psa 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light H215 in the night.







One of the most misunderstood biblical feast day known as “Hanukkah” is often-times ridiculed as a “substitute” for Christ-Mass and diminished by those within the Hebraic Root’s Community as something that is “extra-biblical.” I, for one have heard all the arguments against Hanukkah where people claim that by celebrating it, we are “adding” to the Towrah (Mosaic Law) in violation of Deuteronomy 12:32. However, once we understand the history behind Hanukkah, we can begin to see that just the opposite is true about the Rededication of The Most High’s Temple. How can a celebration that is dedicated to the “over-throw” of Zeus worship on December 25th be considered pagan? Such logic and rationale defies all common sense, especially when we dig deeper into the scriptures. I am now going uncover the truth about the “Feast of Dedication,” seen in John 10:22, and you will understand that Hanukkah reveals a very deep and profound prophetic picture of our future destiny in the New Jerusalem.

Hanukkah is the perfect anti-thesis to Christ-Mass, because it paints a contrast between the holy and the profane. Hanukkah illustrates just how detestable pagan sun-god worship is to our Heavenly Father. When you consider what the term “Christ-Mass” actually means, it should be evident that the Roman Catholic “Mass of Christ” is a celebration that is meant to dishonor his “once-and-for-all” sacrifice for sins, rather than to honor his birth.

The term “Christ-Mass” literally means “The massacre of Christ.” The Latin word “mass,” literally means “a dismissal,” and it is the root word from where we derive “a mass gathering of people,” hence a gathering where mass child sacrifices to Moloch took place in ancient Babylon. In the Roman Catholic Church, a mass gathering of people conduct a reenactment of the crucifixion of our Messiah, because their Catechism states “At every mass, he must perform the function of the victim anew, as though he were never sacrificed.”

The word “Christ” is a Greek translation for the Hebrew word “Mashiyach” (Messiah) which means “to anoint with oil.” A common denominator for all the Anti-Messiahs (Antichrists) of history is that they always murdered (massacred) the anointed servants of The Most High, and they almost always did this in the name of their pagan sun-deities who were worshiped on December 25th. To massacre the anointed servants of Yah on December 25th was their highest form of worship to their false pagan sun-gods. December 25th was, and still is known in the occult pagan world as “the rebirth of the sun.” The pagans believed that their sun-god died every year at the Winter Solstice on December 21st. Three days later, on Christ-Mass Eve, (December 24th) they would conduct a “mass gathering” (a massacre) where they would sacrifice infants on the altar to their sun-gods, as they believed that the blood of these infants empowered the sun to come back to life! Then on December 25th the sun was supposedly “reborn” (according to pagan mythology) because of the sacrifice of these infants. And throughout history, we have seen that Satan has continued this pattern by persecuting the Children of Yisra’el, the chosen elect of The Most High. About 167 years before Messiah came to earth, there was a Greek-Syrian dictator known as Antiochus. Antiochus took over the 2nd Hebrew Temple and he set up an abominable image of Zeus, in whom the pagans believe is reincarnated each year on December 25th. Antiochus also believed that he was the “incarnation” of Zeus and so he gave himself the title

“Epiphanies” which in Greek means “God Manifest.” This means that he was claiming to be a reincarnation of “God” on December 25th in 167 B.C. If that wasn’t bad enough, he also forced the covenant people of Yah to bow down to this image of Zeus, and if they did not comply, they were brutally tortured and killed. Interestingly, the word “Epiphanies” adds up to 666 in the Greek alpha-numeric system. Antiochus was a precursor to the final Antichrist who will sit in the Temple of Elohiym according to prophecy (2nd Thessalonians 2:4, Matthew 24:15) just before the second coming of Yahushua Messiah. In recent years, we have seen that Satan has tried to launch a campaign against Hanukkah by making people believe that it is “pagan,” when in reality, Hanukkah celebrates the over-throw of pagan sun-god worship that is practiced each year by Witches, Satanists and Christians alike on December 25th. What is Satan so worried about? Why does he want to discredit Hanukkah? It is because Hanukkah is the exact anti-thesis to Christ-Mass? Or is it because our Messiah celebrated it in commemoration of the Re-dedication of his Father’s House? (John 10:22). Whatever the reason, it is obvious that Satan is not happy about the rededication of the Temple of The Most High. During the reign of Antiochus, he persecuted the true followers of The Most High who obeyed his Towrah (his instructions) and he forced them to eat unclean animals and swine’s flesh. He also outlawed circumcision for infant males, the Sabbath days, the Feast days of The Most High and he slaughtered thousands who refused to bow to an image of Zeus on December 25th. Anyone who was caught circumcising their baby boy according to the commandment of Yah, was tortured for their faith and killed. Antiochus also burned all the Towrah scrolls that he could find and he defiled the Temple with graven images of false gods. Those who refused to go along with this false pagan religion of Antiochus were brutally murdered in front of their own family members and their dead bodies were publicly displayed to incite fear into those who would dare to disagree with Antiochus. This event in history should be told to our children in order to prepare them for the final “Man of Sin” (the Antichrist) spoken of in 2nd Thessalonians 2:4 who will be bring into the Temple of Elohiym the “Mystery of Iniquity.” The Greek word for “iniquity” in this passages is “anomia” which comes from the root word “anomos” which means “without Hebrew Law” or in other words “against the Mosaic Law.”




The Syncretism of Christ-Mass & Hanukkah




What does the word “syncretism” mean? The dictionary defines this word “syncretism” as follows:

“Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. Religious syncretism exhibits blending of two or more religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation into a religious tradition of beliefs from unrelated traditions.” When people attempt to mix two opposing beliefs into one belief system, our Heavenly Father has a controversy with them for this is a violation of his holy covenant:

Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 22:26 Her priests have violated my Towrah (law), and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.




Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.




In recent times, some Hebrew people have begun to use Hanukkah as a “replacement” of sorts for Christ-Mass. But Hanukkah is the exact opposite of Christ-Mass. Some Hebrews have invented a “Hanukkah Bush” instead of a Christ-Mass Tree where they decorate it for the holiday with lights and ornaments. This clearly is a violation of Yirmeyahuw (Jeremiah) 10 where we are commanded not to cut down a tree (or a bush) and take it into our homes to decorate it. Some Hebrews have even invented a Jewish Santa Claus who dresses in blue and white instead of a red and white suit. I have even seen the syncretism of Hebrews trying to blend Hanukkah with Christ-Mass by calling it “Christmakah” or “Hanukkah-Mass.” But these two celebrations cannot be mixed together for they represent two opposing ideas. Christ-Mass represents the defilement of The Most High’s Temple with pig’s blood, and the worship of Zeus on December 25th. Whereas, Hanukkah represents the cleansing & re-dedication of The Most High’s Temple after it has been defiled by idolatry. Because of some of these man-made traditions that have been “added” to the “Feast of Dedication” by those within Judaism, it has caused some people to reject the original purpose and intent behind Hanukkah entirely. Beloved, the “roots” of Christ-Mass are inherently pagan from its very inception at the Tower of Babel. Conversely, the origin of Hanukkah pictures the second coming our our Messiah when he himself will be like Judah Maccabee, fighting a war with his army (Revelation 19:11-14) to overthrow the Anti-Messiah (Antichrist) who will have defiled the Temple of The Most High. Some people have rejected the book of Maccabees, because it is not currently part of the scriptures. However, what most people may be unaware of is that the book of Maccabees was originally part of the Cannon of Scripture in the 1611 King James Bible. The only reason why it was left out of the second printing in 1634 is because King James ran out of funds in his treasury, and so it was left out of the 1634 printing.

In Bereshiyth (Genesis) 49, Ya’aqob (Jacob) prophesied that his son Yahuwdah (Judah) would hold the scepter to issue decrees and laws (Towrah). Esther who was from the Tribe of Benjamin of the House of Judah also held the scepter, as her husband King Ahasuerus extended the golden scepter to her (the scepter of Judah). She in turn handed that authority over to her cousin Mordechai and together, they also gave a decree to remember what The Most High did for them in saving them from complete annihilation and thus preserving the blood-line of our Messiah (Esther 9). This celebration is called “Puwriym” and it means “to cast the lot, to crush” the plans of Satan that were formed against the people of Yahuwdah (Judah). Likewise, Judah Maccabees, whose name bears the name of the Tribe of Yahuwdah (Judah) is symbolic of our Messiah who will return as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, with vengeance against the Anti-Messiah. Judah Maccabee was also a type of our Messiah because he was willing to lay down his life, to fight against the Anti-Messiah leader Antiochus. When Judah Maccabee and his army won the war, and took back the Temple of The Most High, it was then cleansed and dedicated back to The Most High according to the commandment in the Towrah. This event is therefore called “Hanukkah” which is a Hebrew word that simply means “Dedication.”




The Birth of Messiah on Yom




Teruw’ah & Conception on Hanukkah

There is much scriptural evidence to support the fact that our Messiah was born on September 11th in 3 B.C. on the Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruw’ah, and he was conceived on December 13th in 4 B.C. on Hanukkah. I have conducted many years of since the research since 2002, to uncover the details of when Messiah was born and conceived.

By counting 271 days backwards from the day that our Messiah, Yahushua was born on Yom Teruw’ah (Feast of Trumpets), September 11th in 3 B.C., we come to the exact date of December 13th in 4 B.C. which was Hanukkah. This means that the incarnation of Yahushua Messiah took place on Hanukkah! The Angel Gabriel announced to Miryam (Mary) on the 24th day of the 9th Hebrew month of Kislev that she would “conceive a son,” and he would be called “Immanuel” meaning “El with us.” Why do we count 271 days backwards from his date of birth to determine his incarnation or conception? Well, it is because the average human gestation period for male babies is nine months plus one day. The Hebrew word for pregnancy is “herayon” which consists of the following Hebrew letters: hey, resh, yad, waw (vav), nun. Since the Hebrew letters also have numerical values, the total numerical value of the Hebrew word is seen as follows:




Hey = 5, Resh = 200, Yud = 10, Waw (Vav) = 6, Nun = 50




Total: 5 + 200 + 10 + 6 + 50 = 271




This illustration is a Bible Code Matrix of Messiah’s birth on the Feast of Trumpets and his conception on Hanukkah. You can see that the Angel Gabriel appeared to Miriam two days earlier on Kislev 22. Haggai 2:18 gives us a hint that on the 24th day of the 9th month of Kislev, the conception/incarnation actually took place! You might be asking yourself “Is this the only evidence that you have for Messiah’s birth and conception? A Bible Code matrix?” On the contrary, this Bible Code matrix is merely the “icing on the cake” as you are soon going to see that the prophet Chaggay (Haggai) prophesied about this event of the Messiah’s incarnation on Hanukkah hundreds of years before it took place. Not only does Hanukkah point to the body of Messiah being conceived in his mother’s womb, but it also points to the fact that in the future, the Temple in the New Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) will be the Messiah himself (Revelation 21:22). The fact that his incarnation would take place on the same day as the rededication of his Father’s Temple in the future is very significant on many levels as we are about to discover. The Most High was rededicating the true Temple (our Messiah) when he placed the “seed” of his son in the womb of Miryam on the eve of Hanukkah. We can see a prophetic statement in John 2:20 when Yahushua declared that he would raise up this Temple (his body) “after three days.” Not only was he in the grave for a literal “three days and three nights” (Matthew 12:40), but this pertains to 3,000 years from his crucifixion. After the 1,000-year Millennial Reign of Messiah, he will raise up the true Temple which is himself! In 2nd Keefa (Peter) 3:8, he tells us that “One day is like a thousand years to The Most High,” therefore, this prophecy of his body being raised up “after three days” has a triple fulfillment. The first fulfillment was his own body being resurrected on the third day following his sacrifice on Passover. The second fulfillment will be when his bride (the body of Messiah) will be raised up and born into “immortality” in the future. The final fulfillment will be at the end of the 7,000th year from creation (the 7th millennium) when the first heaven and earth will be burned up and the “new heaven and the new earth” will come down (Revelation 21:1-2). This is when the bride will become the “New Jerusalem” and the “Lamb and The Most High Almighty will be the Temple.” Now we can begin to see why his conception taking place on Hanukkah was the starting point for when The Most High would begin to “lay the foundation” for his everlasting Temple! The prophet Haggai foretold of this event that would take place “on the 24th day of the 9th Month (Kislev)” on the Hebrew calendar, which is the “eve” or “ereb” of Hanukkah. The “seed” (Messiah) would begin to be “in the barn” (Miryam’s womb) and from that moment, The Most High would begin to restore his kingdom by over-throwing pagan sun-god worship: Chaggay (Haggai) 2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month (Hanukkah), even from the day that the foundation of The Most High’s Temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. Now what could this mysterious language in Haggai’s prophecy mean?




The Hebrew word for “seed” in this passage is as follows:

#2233 zera zeh'-rah from 2232 seed: figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity: carnally, child, fruitful, seed (time), sowing-time.




The Hebrew word for “barn” is seen below:

#4035 mguwrah meg-oo-raw' feminine of 4032 or 4033; a fright; also a granary; barn, fear.




However, this word has another Hebrew root that seems to point to the Feast of Tabernacles wherein we are commanded to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem each year. As a newborn, our Messiah dwelled in the “sukkah” or “manger” following his birth on the Feast of Trumpets. Hence, this word for “barn” paints a picture:

#4033 maguwr maw-goor' or magur {maw-goor'} ; from 1481 in the sense of lodging; a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence: dwelling, pilgrimage, sojourn, be a stranger.




Our Messiah declared that he had come for “The lost sheep of the house of Yisra’el,” or in other words, those who were still in exile and known as “strangers.” In Ephesians 2, Sha’uwl (Paul) declared that Messiah has made us “no longer strangers,” but now part of the Commonwealth of Yisra’el. Our Messiah left his heavenly abode and became a “stranger” on our behalf! What about the mysterious language of the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree? Let’s begin with Messiah’s own words as he referred to himself as “the vine” in John 15:1. He also referred to the “fig tree” as the holy city, Jerusalem in Matthew 21:19 & 24:32. The reference to the “pomegranate” comes from the design for the priestly garment of the Lewiytes (Levites) mentioned in Exodus 28 & 39. The “olive tree” is a metaphor for Yisra’el (Jeremiah 11:16). The hem of the garment for the priests was to be made with little bells at the bottom shaped like pomegranates. This same design will also carry over to the Melchizedek priesthood in Messiah’s Kingdom. What does the pomegranate represent? The Hebrew word for “pomegranate” is defined in the Strong’s Concordance as follows:

#7416 rimmown rim-mone’ from 7426; a pome-granate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament):--pomegranate.

#7426 ramam raw-mam’ a primitive root; to rise (literally or figuratively):--exalt, get oneself up, lift up (self), mount up.




As you can see, the word in Hebrew for “pomegranate” has a root that means “to rise, to get oneself up” which is another way of saying “resurrection!” In Judaism, it is said that the pomegranate has an average of 613 seeds in it which represents how many commandments there are in the Towrah. However, I have tested this theory by counting the seeds in Pomegranates, and while they may come close, they do not always have 613 seeds in them. The reference about this in the Talmud explains that the pomegranate is simply a “metaphor” for the Towrah as it has “many seeds” and those who obey the commandments are like Abraham’s “seed” or offspring. Messiah Yahushua is called the “Living Towrah,” because he is the “Word” who came in the form of human flesh, and his “seed” is the incorruptible seed of the first-born sons of Yisra’el (1st Peter 1:23). The stem of a pomegranate which is called “the crown” and it is in the shape of the “six-pointed star” which some call the “Magen David” or the “Star of David.” In Romans 1:25, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) explained that those who have been turned over to a reprobate mind have exchanged the worship of the Creator into the worship of the creature (created things in nature). This is the very essence of idolatry. It is when we take our eyes off of the Messiah Yahushua who has created all things, and we instead place our eyes on that which has been created by him. The reason why I went into this explanation is because I want to illustrate that our Messiah is the true “star” symbolized by this pomegranate! Interestingly, the six-pointed star also symbolizes the six letters in our Messiah’s name: Yad, Hey, Waw, Shin, Waw, Ayin, Yahushua. Since Adam was created on the 6th day of creation (Genesis 1:26-27), and our Messiah came as “The last Adam” (1st Corinthians 15:45) and also as the “Son of Man,” (Matthew 9:6), it stands to reason that his crown has six points. When Yahushua returns to rule and reign on the earth over all of humanity, he will be given “many crowns” (Revelation 19:12). These many crowns will mean that he has authority to rule over the “many seeds” of Abraham (symbolized by the many seeds in pomegranates). The pomegranate seed also resembles the drops of blood that our Messiah sweated out of his pores when he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane:




Luqas (Luke) 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.







When our Messiah returns, he will be wearing a “golden crown” on his head and “A vesture dipped in blood” (Revelation 19:13), just like the pomegranate:




Chazown (Revelation) 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.




Chazown (Revelation) 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of Elohiym.




Haggai’s prophecy uses the “olive tree” as a metaphor of Yisra’el (Jeremiah 11:16). From the crushed olives of the olive tree, comes the anointing oil to give light in the temple menorah. Yahushua Messiah is the embodiment of “the vine,” the life-sustaining source through which the other grapes in the vineyard survive. He also embodies ”the fig tree,” a metaphor for Jerusalem, the city where he has chosen to place his name. Messiah is the King of Salem, (an Ancient name for Jerusalem), who first met with Abraham in Genesis 14:18, as Melchizedek. The ”pomegranate” is a metaphor for the earth, and the seeds therein are the seed of Abraham (the chose ones) that will be harvested at Messiah’s return. Restored & redeemed Yisra’el is symbolized by ”the olive tree,” when both houses will be reunited as ”one stick in the hand of The,” (Ezekiel 37:16).




Chaggay (Haggai) 2:20 And again the word of The came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month [Hanukkah], saying, 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Yahuwdah (Judah), saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.




Aha! Now we see why Hanukkah was important to Yahushua, because it celebrates his conception, and the future day when he will become the Temple in the New Yerushalayim! Even the name Chaggay (Haggai) in Hebrew means “festive” and it comes from another root word which means “festival, solemn feast day!”

THE BENEFITS OF KINGDOM CITIZENSHIP

Matthew chapter 5




Today we are walking in: The Benefits Of Kingdom Citizenship






Numbers 24:7


He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom H4467 shall be exalted.





KINGDOM



Today we look to the word-KINGDOM- H4467 mamlâkâh, (mam-law-kaw') -dominion, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king's, reign, royal



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


Exodus 19:6


And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.


Numbers 32:33


And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom H4467 of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.


Deuteronomy 17:18


And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, H4467 that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:




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


1 Samuel 10:18


And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, H4467 and of them that oppressed you:



Isaiah 9:7


Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.




Jeremiah 18:9


And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom H4467, to build and to plant it;







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



1 Kings 9:5


Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom H4467 upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.



1 Chronicles 17:11


And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom H4467.


Psalm 145:13


Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.








You belong to a kingdom that cannot fail. It is in The Most High Yah's best interest for you to succeed. You make The Most High Yah look good. Matter of fact, he makes himself look good when he makes sure you succeed. The kingdom comes to make you a witness. Look at this, it blew my mind. At the completion of his mission, Yahusha established his program of global restoration for the whole world. Matter of fact, Yahusha provided His redemptive work to restore mankind back to The Most High Yah's original purpose. Then he called us to complete the job. He left the world in the hands of his children, not in the hands of politicians. When Yahusha left the earth these were his final words, all authority is given unto me in heaven, in earth and under the earth, therefore you go and disciple the nation's. The word disciple means student. The Greek word is learner. He says you go and make the entire world your classroom and every citizen in that nation your student. Now that's a deep assignment. So when The Most High Yah gives you a job that's not just a job. He sent you there to turn that whole place into a classroom and you are the teacher. If you are a secretary, that whole typing pool is your classroom and The Most High Yah sent you there to teach them the things he taught you and to show them the kingdom power in that department. This is practical. The kingdom of The Most High Yah is in you and it shall be in them if you do your job properly. So the kingdom of The Most High Yah was given to us to infiltrate every area of life. So we as Kingdom citizens are the ones responsible for the nation. I'm going to say something really heavy here. The state of your nation is determined by the state of Yah's people. Now I'm going to ask you a question. It is a very incriminating question. If there are so many believers in your country, why is there so much violence, crime, sin, gangs, warfare, drugs, prostitution, killing, domestic violence and corruption? Sometimes it seems that the countries that have the most “Christians” have the most problems. The Most High says my Kingdom citizens aren’t doing their job. The only thing that can save the city is a salvation from The Most High Yah. Something's wrong somewhere. Well here's what's wrong. No one is preaching the kingdom. They have a religion in a little place within some stained glass, lighting candles, singing to each other, beating the tambourine, shouting for five hours and then going home to a community that’s going to hell because they aren’t making an impact. The presence of a church building or community is not the presence of the kingdom. Yahusha met a thief one time, the guy was a public thief, corrupt guy. He stole from everybody and everybody knew it and the whole community hated the guy. Yahusha came into that village and they told him about this guy. When he came in the guy was up in a tree. He wanted to at least see Yahusha. But watch the kingdom go to work. Yahusha looked up, he said Zacchaeus today I will come to your house and eat with you. Zacchaeus fell out of the tree. Now let me explain to you what he said. You cannot understand what he said unless you understand the culture of those people. Whenever you eat with someone you become one with their house. That's the culture. Whenever you eat a man's bread you become eternally coveted by that man, and when you walk into a man's house he becomes totally responsible for you. Matter of fact, every door in the culture of the Old Testament had a piece of wood called the thresh. The thresh was the barrier where you kept people out who you didn't want to become one with you. The thresh is an important piece of wood because the minute someone crossed the thresh, the host of the house becomes responsible for you. They have to feed you, clothe you, protect you, warm you up if you’re cold, cool you down if you're hot, they have to give you water, give you drink, they can take care of you. They have to pay all of your bills as long as you are there. That's why you don’t invite many people into your house unless you want to become one with them. Secondly when you ate at a man's table you became one with him because food, bread represents sweat and blood. That's why you're not supposed to share your food with everybody. They say you become one with them. So when Hamachiach said to Zacchaeus I want to come over your thresh and I want to enter your domain and eat with you, Zacchaeus fell out of that tree. I'm sure he dropped out because when you read the rest of the story, the next statement says, and the Pharisees said unto themselves, does he know who he is? He is eating with a thief. But that was a kingdom at work. The kingdom came into the man's environment and blew his mind. He couldn't believe that the most popular rabbi, the most effective minister of the day could come into his house and become one with him and eat his bread. That means the guy had to change. Zacchaeus walked away from there, no longer a thief. The Bible says he took all the money he had hidden under the mattress, took all the food he had and he went to the streets and gave it all out to everybody. See the kingdom had changed a thief into a giver. That's what we as Kingdom citizens are supposed to be about.