Monday, November 25, 2013

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

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