Remember
By Kelvin E. Morales
Nov. 18, 2013
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The Story of
Chanukah
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The Feast of Lights is commonly known as “Hanukkah/Chanukah”.
This year, 2013, Hanukkah coincides with our traditional celebration of
Thanksgiving. This is an 8 day celebration with the use of a nine candle
menorah called a “Hanikkilla”. Each evening the center candle is lit and with
it you light another candle. The center candle is call the “Servant” candle. By
the eighth evening all nine candles would be lit.
This past Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in our bible class at
Christian Community Church we learned about how important it is to G-d that we
remember what he has done for those that believe in Him. For example G-d used the
Passover to bring Israel out of Egyptian bondage and gave it to them as a feast
at the giving of the Law and they celebrated Passover every year after that.
Why? To remember how G-d liberated them with an outstretched arm. And G-d gave
Israel a total of 7 Feasts for the sole purpose to remember His redemptive plan
and thru it, showing once more how much He loves Israel and also all of the
Nations (Gentiles). For He told Abraham in thee shall all the nations be
blessed. There are four promises that are mentioned as part of the “Seder/Passover”.
G-d wants Israel and us to remember them. Do you know them?
Four Promises
Exo 6:6 Wherefore
say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage,
and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great
judgments:
Exo 6:7 And I
will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall
know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens
of the Egyptians.
1.
I will bring you out
2.
I will set you free
3.
I will redeem you
4.
I will take you
Titus 2:11-15
For the grace of God
hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the
intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly
and righteously and godly in this present world; looking for the blessed
hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify
unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. These
things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise
thee.
You know what? Yeshua/Jesus kept the Feasts even Hanukkah! Jesus?
Feasts? Hanukkah? Yes. Let’s see in John 10:22-23 And it was at Jerusalem
the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple
in Solomon's porch. The “feast of dedication” is Hanukkah/Chanukah.
The season is upon us, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas.
Enjoy, whether you choose to celebrate one or all, we should do so with one
purpose in mind, to Remember.
What is it we need to remember? G-d’s four promises.
I
will bring you out
Rom
6:6 knowing this, that our old man was
crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should
no longer be in bondage to sin;
I
will set you free
Rom
6:8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;
Rom
6:9 knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more
hath dominion over him.
I
will redeem you
Rom 6:7 for he
that hath died is justified from sin.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ
also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Eph
5:26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with
the word,
I
will take you
Exo
6:7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye
shall know that I am Jehovah your God…
Eph
5:27 that he might present the church (assembly/a
people) to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Rev 19:9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are
called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, these
are the true sayings of God.
Victory is to live on the basis of these four
promises!
There is much to be thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving
Remember
