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Tag Archives: Hanukkah
Lessons from Hanukkah
The Hanukkah story is powerful from many angles. What are its lessons for modern Jews and Christians? Note that if you order today and ask for one-day shipping, you could probably get FFOZ’s Hanukkah guide to use with your family … Continue reading
Classic Repost: Hanukkah, MJ Style
The first candles of Hanukkah will be lit on December 1 (a Wednesday night). People are already searching for Hanukkah articles and information. Here is a Messianic Jewish Musings Classic, a telling of the Hanukkah story Messianic Jewish style. Enjoy. … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Judeo-Christian, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Hanukkah
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Yeshua and His Hanukkah Messages
The theme which seems to have been in Yeshua’s mind as he spoke to his generation gathered at the Temple for Hanukkah was the effect of false shepherds on Israel’s well-being. Yeshua’s messages are summarized in John 10, the whole … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Yeshua
Tagged Ezekiel, Fourth Gospel, Hanukkah, John
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A Bissel of Hanukkah How-To’s and Inspiration, MJ Style
Hanukkah starts tonight! Time to run hot water over your menorahs to melt the colored wax from last year. Time to get ready for the smell of onions and potatoes frying in oil. Time to save up calories for jelly … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Yeshua
Tagged Hanukkah
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The Hanukkah Story, MJ Style
I call this version “MJ Style” because, true to Messianic Judaism, I see the Hanukkah story in terms of Yeshua’s work as the redeemer of Israel. Most of the story is familiar to you and I am going light on … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Yeshua
Tagged Hanukkah, Hasidei Yeshua
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Hanukkah and the Prophet Daniel, Pt 2
Hanukkah is a holiday which post-dates the Hebrew Bible. So it would seem that we could say little or nothing about Hanukkah from the Hebrew Bible. Yet the sixth century B.C.E. prophet Daniel foretold events that would lead up to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Daniel, Hanukkah
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Hanukkah and the Prophet Daniel, Pt 1
Hanukkah arrives Friday night and among other things (like reading the relevant chapters in H.H. Ben-Sasson’s A History of the Jewish People) my thoughts are turned toward the prophet Daniel. Let me say at the outset that I am not … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Daniel, Hanukkah, Iain Provan
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Should Intermarried Families Celebrate Christmas?
Messianic Judaism brings together many intermarried families with many different backgrounds and stories. In December, there is an issue which touches the core of what it means to struggle with two heritages, two cultures, under one roof. Yesterday, in a … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Interfaith, Intermarried, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Christmas, Hanukkah, Jewish
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