This year the ending week of the Liturgical (Church) Year is The Week of Christ the King. It extends from 11-22 to 11-28. On 11-28 is the beginning week with Week 1 of 4 of Advent. Just into week 2 of Advent are the Days of Hanukkah. Kislev 24, mentioned by the prophet Haggai , will be 12-6 and the 8 days of Hanukkah will be 12-7 to 14. Most add a candle each night, the Rabbi Hillel way. All 8 lights will be ablaze on the hanukkiahs the evening of 12-14. The prophecy of Haggai associates Kislev 24 with the Lord shaking the heavens and the earth. "From this day and upwards I will bless you." It is curious that these events are close to each other in 2015. ENDING and BEGINNING.

 

   We see a theme of pure MAJESTY with the motif/theme of Christ the King. Then we ponder the Incarnation during the days of Advent. The miracle of the Conception then Arrival at Birth of the new born Messiah of Israel and King. Yet so is Hanukkah also about the coming of our Redeemer. The Hanukkah events were much about the NEW BEGINNINGS: of taking back and restoring the Temple in Jerusalem, the reinstatement of the Office of High Priest and  the Levitical Priesthood, the learning of Torah, the rededication to the commanded Torah ways of living, and the resuming of the Sacrificial System. For what necessary and essential purposes in the unseen future? To Prepare the Way, about 160 years later, for the Arrival, the BEGINNING, at Conception and then in Mary's womb, of the Word made flesh and dwelt with humankind. Do you see common themes for Advent and Hanukkah?

 

   Might a day be soon for the event of The Blessed Hope? Ending of the current Dispensation. Beginning of the transformed lives of the dead and living in Christ in the departing resurrected redeemed to Heaven to forever be with Abba Father and His now ever living Son? Are we very nearly at the conclusion of "the fullness of the Gentiles" in our days?

 

   The 3 Sounds on Resurrection Day! The Shout of Christ. The Voice of the Archangel. The Trumpet. And. REMEMBER Lot's wife. Do Not Look Back. Come quickly...

 

 

 

With Love and Shalom,

 

Jean