We celebrate Hanukkah, also known as the Feast of Dedication, or Festival of Lights in the winter season. It has become a great blessing to our family as we discover more and more how Jesus (Yeshua) has certainly fulfilled, or rather “filled to the fullest” the meaning behind all of the Biblical holidays. Although not commanded in the Scriptures, Hanukkah is something that we see Yeshua making a trip to the temple for some level of observance (John 10:22-23), and then using the language of his Jewish brethren when referring to himself as the “Light of the World”. Up to that point, and even now in Jewish thought, only the temple menorah had been referred to as the light of the world. I thought that was interesting, as one who has always both seen Jesus as the light of the world, and always knew that He referred to His followers as the light of the world too...add in there all the dozens of references to how His Word is the LIGHT by which we live and love and learn and know anything in this life. Hmmm…gets a gal thinking about what a beautiful symmetry can be observed there.
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| This year we were unable to spend Hanukkah together with my husband, so we did what only a family in the 21st century is able to do during the holiday season while separated by hundreds of miles: we got together using Skype. (I am a Luddite at heart…but two technologies these days are weakening my stance: one is the Kindle, the other is Skype. But I digress…) |
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Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12
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"I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness." John 12:46
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“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden." Matthew 5:14
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"I will make you as a light for the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6b
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1 comment:
Allison, that's really cool! I'm reading through the Old Testament right now (I'm in Numbers) and it's fascinating to see how Jesus is foreshadowed all through it. Eric teaches about this in his OT classes as well. Do you have any websites or resources you use when celebrating these holidays?
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