Good Morning Sunday...
Father, thank you for this NEW DAY. Please help us to show GRACE to others today. Let our words be filled with KINDNESS and our actions BE HELPFUL. Please help us to not respond selfishly. Instead, allow us to RESPOND WITH LOVE and SHINE YOUR LIGHT to the world. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. Amen! - Happy Hanukkah? Is Hanukkah In The Scriptures? Part 4 1 and 2 Maccabees - A Breakdown: Essentially, both 1 & 2 Maccabees are a historical account of Antiochus IV’s desecration of The Temple and the Jewish revolt. The first Book of Maccabees starts with the story after the death of Alexander “the great.” It explains how some of the Jewish people came under the temptation of the Greeks and their hellenization. Then Antiochus (Again, Sounds Very Close To Anti-Christ) steals the Holy items (golden lampstand, ect) in the Temple and defiles The Temple. Soon after a religious persecution begins of The Hebrew Race, and specifically The Jewish People. Many Hebrews, Isrealites, and Jews together stand strong in their belief and worship of The One True and Living God, refusing to let themselves be defiled. This is very much a parallel to The Prophet Daniel and his friends in The Book of Daniel. The 1st Book of Maccabees introduces us to a Jewish man named Matthias and his sons, who would later become known as the Maccabean Family. The book recounts how The Maccabees resisted pagan worship, how they triumphed against the persecution, and introduces some of the alliances they formed. The 2nd Book of Maccabees was written by Jason of Cyrene. This book consists of 5 volumes and recounts the history of The Maccabean Revolt in a Greek synopsis. * A cool little fact about The Maccabees: They lead a successful revolt reclaiming The Temple and rededicating it to Our Father In Heaven. This group of highly unlikely, well-to-do, non-warrior Jews, were forced out of Jerusalem, forced to learn how to fight, banded together, and against all all odds defeated the syrian-greek oppressors. What does the meaning of the name Maccabbee mean? Are you ready for this? Maccabee means: HAMMER OF GOD. How cool right!? Isn’t it just like Our Father to use “the foolish and weak things of this world” to defeat the “mighty?” 🔥 Tomorrow, we will take a look at what The Bible says about The Maccabees, if anything, and if there is any mention of this Hebrew uprising in The New Testament. Once again, let’s enjoy a little Bread of Life. Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ, Reigns! May His Light Shine through us to the whole world. 💡🙌 God Bless My Brothers and Sisters! May The Peace and Grace of Our Father in Heaven and Our King and Savior Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ, Be Upon You All! The Bread of Life: “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I Am The Light of the world! The one who follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have The Light of Life.” John 8:12 Let Us Shine The Light of Yeshua, Jesus Christ, To The Whole World 💥💡: “The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, Shining Ever Brighter till The Full Light of day.” Proverbs 4:18 “Is this not the fast I choose: to release the bonds of injustice, to untie the ropes of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and tear every yoke to pieces? Is it not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring home the poor, the homeless. When you see the naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your relatives. Then your Light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall grow quickly. And your salvation shall go before you; The Glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and Yahweh Himself will answer. You shall cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am!’ If you remove from among you the yoke, the finger-pointing and evil speech, if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy the appetite of the afflicted, then your Light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like noon.” Isaiah 58:6-10 “Arise, Shine! For your Light has come, and The Glory of Yahweh Has Risen on you. For look! darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples, but Yahweh Will Rise on you, and His Glory Will Appear over you. And nations shall come to your Light, and kings to The Bright Light of your sunrise.” Isaiah 60:1-3 “You are The Light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden, nor do they Light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it Shines on all those in the house. In the same way let your Light Shine before people, so that they can see your Good Works and glorify Your Father Who Is In Heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16 “You must be prepared for action and your lamps burning. And you, be like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes back and knocks, they can open the door for him immediately.” Luke 12:35-36 “Do all things without grumbling and disputing, in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you Shine as stars in the world,” Philippians 2:14-15
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