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CHANUKAH 2023

by Jeff Van Hatten
12/06/23
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• Dates Of Celebration: Eight days In the 9th month. Starting on Kislev 25 (November/December)
Kislev 1 is November 13, 2023 – therefore the dates for Chanukah are December 7, 2023 thru December 14, 2023.
Chanukah begins at sunset Wednesday, December 6th and ends at sunset Thursday, December 14th.

• Key Scripture: John 10:22-23 – “It was winter, and Yeshua was in Jerusalem at the time of the Festival of Dedication, and he was walking in the Portico of Solomon inside the Temple.”
• Key Word: Lampstand, Light, Menorah
• Actions: The Menorah candles are lit, starting with the center (servant) candle, and each subsequent candle is lit from the center candle.
• Fulfillment: Yeshua is the Servant Candle

The first Chanukah, or Day of Dedication, happened in the wilderness when the Tabernacle was dedicated by Moses and the people who came out of Egypt.
• Chanukah prophecies events that transpired in the time of the Maccabees will transpire again during the Tribulation Period – that apostasy will again come in part from within the religious circle – the priests and religious leaders will give in to the political leader of the day; the Antichrist or Beast, who will set up another Abomination that causes Desolation.
• Chanukah is also a time of thanksgiving.
• Chanukah celebrates the restoration of the Holy Temple after its desecration by Antiochus IV, also known as Antiochus Epiphanes.
• Chanukah commemorates an important victory over tyranny.

A checklist of the nightly activities and be found here:
https://raptureparty.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/2022chanukah-checklist.pdf

Final Thought for 2023
The stage for Yeshua’s return is being set. Prophecy continues to unfold in an escalating pattern as foretold by the Hebrew prophets. The season of the birth pains is here – they are burgeoning and not going away. Time is short – Yeshua Ha’Mashiach is coming soon – be sure you have salvation in Yeshua and keep busy reaching the lost.

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A more detailed Chanukah article can be found here:
https://www.faithwriters.com/article-details.php?id=206858