Happy Hanukkah??

[gadar perets]

Now, you're just tampering with the text.

I gave you my commentary on the text in bold parenthesis. That is not tampering.

You did not answer my question. "So how is Isaiah 6:9-10 and 29:10 fulfilled in the Jews?"

 

[danny ski]

I gave you my commentary on the text in bold parenthesis. That is not tampering.

You did not answer my question. "So how is Isaiah 6:9-10 and 29:10 fulfilled in the Jews?"

I'm just a blind Jew, remember? What difference does it make what answer I provide?

 

[Truthfrees]

Purim and Chanukkah are not feasts ordered by God, but they are a celebration of something good God did.

And Yeshua did show up at the winter feast.

They are good traditions IMO.

Just like Thanksgiving.

Christmas is a chance to celebrate the birth of Yeshua because the Angels celebrated His birth: Luke 2:14

If we want to stay strictly Biblical, then we shouldn't celebrate anyone's birthday.

Each culture has it's own traditional celebrations.

Each of us has to decide which ones we think we should participate in.

I don't think it is good to attack someone's traditions though.

If the feast is special to them, why say something hurtful and derogatory about it.

We could just abstain from participating, and realize how the participants are praising God during the celebration.

 

[Lulav]

It is interesting to note that although the temple in the early first century was remodeled for pride by a heretic King and it did not contain the Ark of the covenant, it was still regarded as Holy, an while in Jerusalem Yeshua taught there everyday. He also upheld the priesthood which at the time many were 'hired' by Rome yet he told the people to keep the commandments as written (go show the priest and offer the gift as instructed by Moses- Matt 8:4).

At the time the re-dedication was being celebrated, it was not for the Temple standing but for the one after the exile, thus proving that a temple need not be standing to commemorate that time.

 

[Goatee]

HAPPY HANUKKAH too.

We celebrate the birth of Jesus as 25th Dec but, its not about the date for me but more about Jesus coming into this world through Mary Our Blessed Mother

 

[visionary]

HAPPY HANUKKAH too.

We celebrate the birth of Jesus as 25th Dec but, its not about the date for me but more about Jesus coming into this world through Mary Our Blessed Mother

He could have come through any other Jewish girl. The girl isn't the important aspect of His coming.

 

[paul becke]

There is nothing in the Bible about 'Christ Mass' either, it is based on tradition, as well as Hanukah.

The main difference is that Yeshua celebrated the dedication remembrance but never celebrated his birth.

If John is correct in the Beginning was the Word, his existence did not start at his birth or even his conception so it's a moot point to celebrate it to me.

Doesn't that lower him to a mere human level?

The deepest truths, spiritual truths, Lukav, are paradoxical. Even physicists are now finding this to be the case. Why wouldn't they, since with quantum mechanics, the most successfully-tested of all physical theories, we seem to be approaching the meeting place of the Creator and his Creation.

According to Catholic and Orthodox theology, Jesus was true God and true man, without any commingling of the two natures. The principle and purpose, the point of his Incarnation was precisely to share in our human weakness, to the extent that a sinless human being could. As St Irenaeus put it, He became man so that we might become god(s)[by adoption into the rue Vine, the Mystical Body of Christ, with himself as the head and we, the branches]. 'Know ye not that ye are gods.'

In fact, very occasionally, he did have recourse to his divine knowledge and nature, but only for our sakes. Most of his great miracles, involving the weather, for instance, he kept for his closest disciples, Peter, James and John. But so perverse is human nature, particularly at its most 'fallen', that the implications of his miracles were ignored by some, no matter how extraordinary they were. But perhaps I'm digressing illicitly.

 

[Lulav]

He could have come through any other Jewish girl. The girl isn't the important aspect of His coming.

Well not any Jewish girl, her genetics were certainly a requirement, (Judah, Levi) not a convert.

 

[AbbaLove]

Purim and Chanukkah are not feasts ordered by God, but they are a celebration of something good God did.

You'll find cards usually with the spelling either: "Hanukkah" or "Chanukah" but have yet to see a card with the spelling "Chanukkah" although it is an acceptable spelling.

I gave my son a "Chanukah" card, but he was a little disappointed it wasn't a "Hanukkah" card. Oh, well, can't please everyone. At least we now know which one Truthfrees prefers

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