Hello John and Doves,
We
are presently in the 9th month of the Hebrew
calendar. The month of Kislev. This month is
best known for the day of Hanukkah, on the 25th day of
Kislev.. The Feast of Dedication. It celebrates the
rededication of the second Temple in Jerusalem.
Hanukkah is Hebrew for 'dedication'. It is a
festival that lasts for eight days.
This
year, Hanukkah begins on the evening of Sunday, December
22nd and ends the evening of Monday, December 30th.
On
the Gregorian calendar, we are in the 12th month.
The month of December. This month is best known for
the day of Christmas, on the 25th day of December.
On
the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month (the Eve of
Hanukkah), King Antiochus IV placed a statue of Zeus in
the Holy of Holies and sacrificed a pig on the altar; he
then forced the Jewish people to bow down to his god,
Zeus, under penalty of death. (Some scholars believe this
'penalty of death bowing' took place on the twenty-fifth
day of the month.) He declared himself 'God
Manifest' (Epiphanes), Zeus' representative on earth;
taking the name Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
"In
168 BCE, on December 25th, Zeus' birthday, Antiochus IV
Epiphanes set up in the Jerusalem Temple a statues of
Zeus, the Greek sun god, upon the altar, defiling
it." https://amos37.com/zeus/
Meet The Greek gods of
Mythology Zeus | Amos37
Other
'gods' also have their birthday on December 25th - the
Winter Solstice on the ancient pagan calendar - Ra, the
Egyptian sun god, Tammuz (the reborn sun god Nimrod).
Antiochus would have known of this date and it's
significance to his gods, thus his declaring himself 'God
manifest' on the day of December 25th...which was the
twenty-fourth day of the ninth month (or possibly the
twenty-fifth - later becoming known as Hanukkah) on the
Jewish calendar. In Rome, December 25 was the
birthday of the Unconquerable Sun.
"The Winter
Solstice, in solar myth, begins on December 21 midnight
(December 22) and ends midnight December 24 (December
25). "The sun stops moving south on December 22, it
is then at its lowest point in the Northern
Hemisphere....It stays at this lowest point for three days
(December 22, 23, 24 appearing to not move south or north
and was considered 'dead'. Until it "returns to life" at
midnight on December 24 (December 25) when it begins its
northern journey again and the hours of sunlight start to
lengthen. Therefore, the ancients said that the sun
was born on December 25."
It
was Pope Julius I that declared December 25th as Jesus'
birthday. This was around 350 AD. Some
scholars say that the Catholic Church had started changing
pagan holidays into Christian 'Holy Days'; others say
picking December 25th had nothing to do with paganism.
John
10:22-23: "Then came the Feast of Dedication at
Jerusalem. It was winter." On this day, Jesus
was at the Temple in Solomon's Colonnade, where He
declared Himself The Messiah, the Son of God. The true
'God Manifest'! The Light of the whole world!
Hanukkah
occurs with the time of the Winter Solstice.
Hanukkah as the twenty-fifth day of Kislev is a day where
'the night is dark and the day very short.'
The
Eve of Hanukkah this year is the day of the Winter
Solstice in Jerusalem, December 22! It is also a 16%
visibility of the waning moon. With the new moon on
about December 26. (The Winter Solstice for the U.S.
is Saturday, December 21 at 11:19 pm EST; for Jerusalem
the Winter Solstice is Sunday, December 22 at 06:19 AM)
Maybe something will happen
this Eve of Hanukkah or on Hanukkah. We have
already seen multiple fulfillments of various important
days on the Jewish calendar. Maybe there is still
more coming for this time of year!
Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance
More
info on the Winter Solstice: from the telegraph:
The
December solstice happens at the same instant for
everyone, everywhere on Earth - and this year the winter
solstice occurs on Sunday December 22, at 04:19 GMT in the
Northern Hemisphere...While it more often than not falls
on December 21 or 22, the exact time of the solstice
varies each year. The term 'solstice' derives from the
Latin word 'solstitium' meaning 'Sun standing
still'. On this day the Sun seems to stand still at
the Tropic of Capricorn and then reverses its direction as
it reaches is southernmost position as seen from the
Earth.