Happy Hanukkah
Feliz Hanukkah
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This year the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii and the Feast of Lights coincided on our calendar. Though the attack on our freedom on December 7, 1941 is a somber memory to us all and we honor and respect all the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice to safeguard our freedom and our nation; we are thankful for their commitment and sacrifice which has allowed us the freedom to commemorate this Christmas season and the Feast of Lights.
Likewise, in world history another event took place which liberated a smaller country from the tyranny of a much larger empire. The event is known as the Maccabean revolt against the Greek King Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Religious freedom was the cause for this revolt. The Israelis gain their freedom to worship the only and true living G_d. Part of that struggle for religious freedom was another event, Jewish tradition has it that upon purifying the altar and temple to initiate worship, the priest discovered there was only enough oil to keep the temple menorah light for one day but according to tradition the menorah stayed light for eight days hence allowing time to gather enough oil to keep it light going forward, they thank G_d for this small miracle by celebrating the feast of lights, Hanukkah. We light one of the candles every day incrementally as we commemorate the miracle of the oil for one day last for eight days, hence the eight days of Hanukkah.
Scripture (Bible): Jesus is the light.
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world…
Joh_1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh_1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Let us allow the light of Jesus Christ shine in and through us in this season of Christmas and Hanukkah.
Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad
Happy Hanukkah / Feliz Hanukkah
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