Hanukkah and the End of Days

HEBRAIC ROOTS
TEACHER

Eddie Chumney

HANUKKAH AND
THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION

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WHO / WHAT IS
ZION ?

Zion is the people of the God of Israel
Zion is the land of Israel
The Torah goes forth from Zion
Zion is the fulfullment of the covenant
made with Abraham
5) Zion is the end of the exile of Jacob
6) Zion is the Messianic Era
7) Zion is Yeshua redeeming and dwelling
with His people

ZION IS THE PEOPLE OF
YHVH
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put
my words in thy mouth,
and I have covered thee
in the shadow of mine
hand, that I may plant
the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth,
and say unto Zion, You
art my people.

ZION IS THE LAND OF
ISRAEL
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in
Zion and sound an alarm in
my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land
tremble: for the day of the
LORD comes for it is nigh at
hand;

THE TORAH
GOES FORTH FROM
ZION

Isaiah 2:3 And many people
shall go and say, Come ye,
and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD to the
house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his
paths: for out of Zion shall go
forth the Torah and the word
of the LORD from Jerusalem.

ZION IS THE
END OF THE EXILE OF
JACOB
Psalm 147:2 The LORD does
build up Jerusalem: he
gathers together the outcasts
of Israel.

Isaiah 11:12 And he shall set up
an ensign for the nations and
shall assemble the outcasts of
Israel and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the
four corners of the earth.

YESHUA RETURNS WHEN
THE EXILES OF ZION ARE
GATHERED

Psalm 102:13 You will
arise and have mercy
upon Zion: for the time
to favour her, yea, the set
time is come.

Psalm 102:16 When the
LORD shall build up
Zion, he shall appear in
his glory.

YESHUA DWELLS IN
ZION

Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait upon the
LORD that hides his face from
the house of Jacob and I will look
for him.
Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the
children whom the LORD has
given me are for signs and for
wonders in Israel from the LORD
of hosts which dwells in mount
Zion.
Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar
out of Zion …

ZION IS BELIEVING
YESHUA IS THE
MESSIAH

1 Peter 2:5 Ye also as lively
stones are built up a
spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up
spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Yeshua
HaMashiach.
1 Peter 2:6 Wherefore also it is
contained in the scripture,
Behold, I lay in Zion a chief
corner stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him
shall not be confounded.

WHAT IS ZION ?

People ……

Land ………

Torah …….

Messiah …..

THE SONS OF ZION WILL
OPPOSE THE SONS OF
GREECE

Zechariah 9:13 When I have
bent Judah for me, filled the
bow with Ephraim and
raised up thy sons, O Zion,
against thy sons, O Greece,
and made thee as the sword
of a mighty man.

THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL ARE
CALLED ‘BEASTS OF THE FIELD’

Deuteronomy 7:16 And you shall consume all the people which
the LORD your God shall deliver thee; your eye shall have
no pity upon them: neither shall you serve their gods; for
that will be a snare unto thee.
Deuteronomy 7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those
nations before you by little and little: you may not consume
them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL ARE
CALLED ‘BEASTS OF THE FIELD’

Deuteronomy 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all
people from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and
there you shall serve other gods which neither you nor your
fathers have known even wood and stone.
Ezekiel 34:5 And they were scattered because there is no
shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field
when they were scattered.

DANIEL’S INTERPRETATION OF
KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM
Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the
reign of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams
wherewith his spirit was troubled and
his sleep brake from him.
Daniel 2:2 Then the king commanded to
call the magicians and the astrologers
and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans
for to show the king his dreams. So
they came and stood before the king.
Daniel 2:3 And the king said unto them,
I have dreamed a dream, and my
spirit was troubled to know the
dream.

Daniel 2:19 Then was the secret
revealed unto Daniel in a night
vision. Then Daniel blessed the
God of heaven.
Daniel 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in
unto Arioch whom the king had
ordained to destroy the wise men
of Babylon: he went and said thus
unto him; Destroy not the wise
men of Babylon: bring me in
before the king and I will show
unto the king the interpretation.

Daniel 2:25 Then Arioch brought in
Daniel before the king in haste and
said thus unto him I have found a
man of the captives of Judah that will
make known unto the king the
interpretation.
Daniel 2:31 You, O king, saw and
behold a great image. This great
image whose brightness was excellent
stood before thee; and the form
thereof was terrible.
Daniel 2:32 This image's head was of
fine gold, his breast and his arms of
silver his belly and his thighs of brass

Daniel 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part
of iron and part of clay.
Daniel 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay,
the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and
became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried
them away, that no place was found
for them: and the stone that smote the
image became a great mountain and
filled the whole earth.

THE GENTILE KINGDOMS OF
THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD

DANIEL’S VISION OF THE RAM AND GOAT
Daniel 8:1 In the third year of the reign
of king Belshazzar a vision appeared
unto me, even unto me Daniel after
that which appeared unto me at the
first.
Daniel 8:16 And I heard a man's voice
between the banks of Ulai, which
called and said Gabriel make this
man to understand the vision.
Daniel 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will
make thee know what shall be in the
last end of the indignation: for at the
time appointed the end shall be.

THE RAM IS MEDIA-PERSIA
Daniel 8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes,
and saw and behold, there stood
before the river a ram which had two
horns: and the two horns were high;
but one was higher than the other,
and the higher came up last.
Daniel 8:4 I saw the ram pushing
westward and northward and
southward; so that no beasts might
stand before him neither was there
any that could deliver out of his hand;
but he did according to his will and
became great.
Daniel 8:20 The ram which you saw
having two horns are the kings of
Media and Persia.

THE GOAT IS GREECE
Daniel 8:5 And as I was
considering, behold, an he
goat came from the west on
the face of the whole earth,
and touched not the ground:
and the goat had a notable
horn between his eyes.
Daniel 8:21 And the rough goat
is the king of Grecia: and the
great horn that is between his
eyes is the first king.

THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE
GREAT

The notable horn of the Grecian empire in Daniel 8:5
refers to Alexander the Great. Alexander lives from
365 BC – 323 BC. As a young boy, Alexander studied
the writings of the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. At
age 20, Alexander become the king of the Greek state
Macedonia. Later he went to war and conquered the
Persian empire.
Alexander believed that the Greek culture could unify the
world. He founded a new city in each country of his
empire that would serve as a model for the
furtherance of the Greek culture. Public buildings,
gymnasiums, open-air theaters, the spread of Greek
names, Greek dress, and a common language all were
by-products of the rule of the Greek empire. The
spread of the Greek culture was known as Hellenism.

GREECE DEFEATS
THE MEDIA-PERSIAN EMPIRE
Daniel 8:6 And he came to the ram
that had two horns which I had
seen standing before the river
and ran unto him in the fury of
his power.
Daniel 8:7 And I saw him come
close unto the ram, and he was
moved with choler against him,
and smote the ram and brake his
two horns: and there was no
power in the ram to stand before
him, but he cast him down to the
ground, and stamped upon him:
and there was none that could
deliver the ram out of his hand.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT
DIES AT A YOUNG AGE
Daniel 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very
great: and when he was strong, the great horn
was broken …
Alexander the Great died at the age of 32. His
kingdom was divided among four of his generals.

GREECE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR KINGDOMS
Daniel 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when
he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up
four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 8:22 Now that being broken whereas four stood up for
it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation but not in
his power

THE LITTLE HORN IS
ANTIOCHUS IV
(EPIPHANES)

Daniel 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little
horn which waxed exceeding great toward the south
and toward the east and toward the pleasant land.

Antiochus IV portrayed as Zeus

ISRAEL BECOMES THE CENTER OF
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GREEK
SELUCID AND GREEK PTOLEMY
KINGDOMS
Daniel 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little
horn which waxed exceeding great toward the south
and toward the east and toward the pleasant land.
The Syrian area north of the Galilee was ruled by the Greek General
Seleucus I. The area south of Israel in Egypt was ruled by the
Greek General Ptolemy I.
Israel lay in the middle between the struggle and fight between the
Greek rulers of Syria and Egypt. An eventual Seleucid ruler
known as Antiochus Epiphanes IV set out to destroy the Greek
ruler in Egypt and Israel became the battleground.

THE SELEUCID, PTOLEMY
AND MACCABEAN
DYNASTIES

ANTIOCHUS IV
WAGES
WAR AGAINST THE
JEWS
Daniel 8:22 Now that being broken whereas four stood up
for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation
but not in his power
Daniel 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when
the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance and understanding dark sentences shall
stand up.
Daniel 8:24 And his power shall be mighty but not by his
own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and
shall prosper and practise, and shall destroy the
mighty and the holy people.

ANTIOCHUS IV DESTROYS
THE VESSELS OF THE
TEMPLE
1 Maccabees 1:10 And there came out of them a

wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son
of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at
Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty
and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

1 Maccabees 1:20 And after that Antiochus had
smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred
forty and third year and went up against Israel
and Jerusalem with a great multitude
1 Maccabees 1:21 And entered proudly into the
sanctuary and took away the golden altar and the
candlestick of light and all the vessels thereof

THE VESSELS OF THE
1 Maccabees 1:22 And the table of the shewbread and
TEMPLE
the pouring vessels and the vials and the censers of
gold and the veil and the crown and the golden
ornaments that were before the temple all which he
pulled off.

1 Maccabees 1:23 He took also the silver and the gold
and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden
treasures which he found.
1 Maccabees 1:24 And when he had taken all away,
he went into his own land having made a great
massacre and spoken very proudly.
1 Maccabees 1:25 Therefore there was a great
mourning in Israel in every place where they were

ANTIOCHUS IV
WAGES
WAR AGAINST THE
JEWS
Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause
craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify
himself in his heart and by peace shall destroy
many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of
princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

ANTIOCHUS IV DECEIVES THROUGH
PEACE
1 Maccabees 1:29 And after two years fully expired

the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto
the cities of Juda who came unto Jerusalem with
a great multitude

1 Maccabees 1:30 And spake peaceable words unto

them, but all was deceit: for when they had given
him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and
smote it very sore and destroyed much people of
Israel.

1 Maccabees 1:31 And when he had taken the spoils

of the city, he set it on fire and pulled down the
houses and walls thereof on every side.

ANTIOCHUS IV STOPPED THE
DAILY SACRIFICE IN THE
TEMPLE
Daniel 8:11 Yea, he magnified
himself even to the prince
of the host and by him the
daily sacrifice was taken
away and the place of his
sanctuary was cast down.

The daily sacrifice was stopped
by Antiochus IV on Kislev 25, 168 BC

Daniel 8:12 And an host was
given him against the daily
sacrifice by reason of
transgression and it cast
down the truth to the
ground; and it practised
and prospered.

ANTIOCHUS IV STOPS THE
DAILY SACRIFICE AND SETS
UP THE ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION

1 Maccabees 1:54 Now the fifteenth day of the month
Casleu, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up
the abomination of desolation upon the altar and
builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on
every side;
1 Maccabees 1:56 And when they had rent in pieces the
books of the law which they found, they burnt them
with fire.
1 Maccabees 1:59 Now the five and twentieth day of the
month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which
was upon the altar of God.

ANTIOCHUS IV SETS UP
THE ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION

Daniel 11:31 And arms shall
stand on his par, and they
shall pollute the sanctuary of
strength and shall take away
the daily sacrifice and they
shall place the abomination
that makes desolate.

Antiochus IV erected an altar of the
god Zeus (Greek) in the Jewish
Temple in Jerusalem and sacrificed
a pig upon it.

YESHUA SPEAKS OF THE
ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION

Matthew 24:15 When ye
therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the holy
place (whoso reads let him
understand:)
Matthew 24:16 Then let them
which be in Judaea flee into
the mountains:

THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
The rabbis as a whole consider that the expression
[‘abomination of desolation’] refers to the
desecration of the Temple by the erection of a Zeus
statue in its sacred precincts by Antiochus
Epiphanes.
Some rabbis, however, see in it an allusion to
Manasseh, who, as related in II Chron. 33:7, set up
"a carved image . . . in the house of God" (Yer.
Ta'anit, iv. 68a, and Rashi on the passage in Babli,
ibid. 28b).

THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
An expression occurring in Matthew 24:15 and Mark
13:14 [‘abomination of desolation’] …
The context of these passages leaves no room for doubt
as to what was intended by this somewhat odd
expression; namely, the transformation, by
Antiochus Epiphanes, of the sacred Temple at
Jerusalem into a heathen one. In both Biblical and
rabbinical Hebrew abomination is a familiar term
for an idol (I Kings 11:5; II Kings 13:13)

WITNESSING THE
ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION, THE
MACCABEES
FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS
1 Maccabees 2:1 In those days arose Mattathias the son
of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of
Joarib from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin.
1 Maccabees 2:2 And he had five sons, Joannan, called
Caddis:
1 Maccabees 2:3 Simon; called Thassi:
1 Maccabees 2:4 Judas, who was called Maccabeus:
1 Maccabees 2:5 Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan,
whose surname was Apphus.

WITNESSING THE
ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION, THE
MACCABEES
FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS
1 Maccabees 2:6 And when he saw the blasphemies that
were committed in Juda and Jerusalem
1 Maccabees 2:27 And Mattathias cried throughout the
city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous of
the law and maintains the covenant, let him follow me.
1 Maccabees 2:28 So he and his sons fled into the
mountains and left all that ever they had in the city.

THE MARRIAGE OF ZEUS
AND EUROPA IN GREEK
MYTHOLOGY

EUROPA SITTING
ON
THE BULL OF
ZEUS

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS
PERSONIFIED AS EUROPA AND
ZEUS

British Stamp 1984 – European Parliament

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS
PERSONIFIED AS THE TOWER OF
BABEL

Tower of Babel - Peter Brueghel - 1563

European Parliament: Strasbourg, France

THE HISTORY OF HANUKKAH
Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Around 200 BC/BCE, Jews lived as an autonomous
people in the land of Israel, which at this time was
controlled by the Seleucid King of Syria. The Jewish
people paid taxes to Syria and accepted its legal
authority and by and large were free to follow their
own faith maintain their own jobs and engage in
trade.

ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES
OUTLAWS THE FOLLOWING OF TORAH
By 180 BC/BCE, Antiochus IV Epiphanes ascended to
the Seleucid throne. At first little changed but under
his reign Jews were gradually forced to violate the
precepts of their faith. Jews rebelled at having to do
this. Under the reign of Antiochus IV, the Temple in
Jerusalem was looted, Jews were massacred and
Judaism was effectively outlawed.

ANTIOCHUS IV DECREED A NEW
WORLD ORDER UNDER GREEK
CULTURE

wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son
of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at
Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty
and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
1 Maccabees 1:41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to
his whole kingdom that all should be one people
1 Maccabees 1:42 And every one should leave his
laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the
commandment of the king.

ANTIOCHUS IV DECREED THE
OUTLAWING OF FOLLOWING
TORAH

1 Maccabees 1:44 For the king had sent letters by
messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda
that they should follow the strange laws of the land
1 Maccabees 1:45 And forbid burnt offerings, and
sacrifice and drink offerings in the temple; and that
they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:
1 Maccabees 1:47 … and sacrifice swine's flesh and
unclean beasts:
1 Maccabees 1:49 To the end they might forget the law
and change all the ordinances.

ANTIOCHUS IV DECREED THAT
FOLLOWING TORAH IS SUBJECT TO
DEATH
that they should follow the strange laws of the land

1 Maccabees 1:50 And whosoever would not do
according to the commandment of the king, he said,
he should die.
1 Maccabees 1:51 In the selfsame manner wrote he to
his whole kingdom and appointed overseers over all
the people commanding the cities of Juda to
sacrifice, city by city.

THE MACCABEES REVOLT
AGAINT ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES
In 167 BC/BCE, Antiochus ordered an altar to
Zeus erected in the Temple. Mattathias, a
Jewish priest, and his five sons John, Simon,
Eleazar, Jonathan, and Judah led a rebellion
against Antiochus. Judah became known as
Judah Maccabee (Judah The Hammer). By
166 BC/BCE, Mattathias had died, and Judah
took his place as leader.

1 Maccabees 2:19 Then Mattathias answered and
spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that
are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall
away every one from the religion of their fathers,
and give consent to his commandments:
1 Maccabees 2:20 Yet will I and my sons and my
brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers.
1 Maccabees 2:21 God forbid that we should forsake
the law and the ordinances.
1 Maccabees 2:22 We will not hearken to the king's
words, to go from our religion, either on the right
hand or the left.

1 Maccabees 2:49 Now when the time drew near
that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons,
Now hath pride and rebuke gotten strength, and
the time of destruction and the wrath of
indignation:
1 Maccabees 2:50 Now therefore, my sons, be ye
zealous for the law and give your lives for the
covenant of your fathers.

THE MEANING OF MACCABEE
The name Maccabee probably means "hammer" and is
properly applied only to the first leader of the revolt,
Judas, third son of the priest Mattathias. The name
Maccabee also might derived from the battle cry of the
revolt, Me Kumocha B'elim, YHVH ("Who is like you
among the heavenly powers, YHVH ! " - Exodus 15:11).
In Hebrew, the first letters of this four word slogan form
the acronym MKBY (Mem, Kaf, Bet and Yud). This
became synonymous with the revolt. Its most famous
warrior was Judah the Maccabee. The name came to be
used for his brothers as well which accounts for the title
of the book.

THE MEANING OF MACCABEE
Exodus 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD,
among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

hk'moK' ymi hw"hy> ~liaeB'
hk'mok'-ymi Exodus 15:11

`al,p, hfe[o tL{hit. ar'An vd,QoB;
yBkm
rD'a.n<
YBKM

By 165 BC/BCE, the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid
monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberated
and rededicated.

JUDAH MACCABEE INSTITUTES
THE FESTIVAL OF HANUKKAH
The festival of Hanukkah was instituted by Judah
Maccabee and his brothers to celebrate this event. (1
Maccabees 4:59). After having recovered Jerusalem
and the Temple, Judah ordered the Temple to be
cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the
polluted one, and new holy vessels to be made (1
Maccabees 4:36). When the fire had been kindled
anew upon the altar and the lamps of the candlestick
lit, the dedication of the altar was celebrated for
eight days amid sacrifices and songs.

THE MACCABEES
REDEDICATE THE TEMPLE
1 Maccabees 4:36 Then said Judas and his brethren,

Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up
to cleanse and dedicate the sanctuary.

1 Maccabees 4:37 Upon this all the host assembled

themselves together, and went up into mount
zion.

1 Maccabees 4:38 And when they saw the sanctuary

desolate and the altar profaned and the gates
burned up and shrubs growing in the courts as in
a forest or in one of the mountains, yea, and the
priests' chambers pulled down;

THE MACCABEES
1 Maccabees 4:42 So he chose priests of blameless
conversation such as had pleasure in the law:
1 Maccabees 4:43 Who cleansed the sanctuary and
bare out the defiled stones into an unclean place.
1 Maccabees 4:48 And made up the sanctuary and
the things that were within the temple and
hallowed the courts.

THE MACCABEES
1 Maccabees 4:52 Now on the five and twentieth day
of the ninth month which is called the month
Casleu, in the hundred forty and eighth year, they
rose up betimes in the morning
1 Maccabees 4:53 And offered sacrifice according to
the law upon the new altar of burnt offerings
which they had made.

THE MACCABEES CELEBRATE
THE REDEDICATION OF
THE TEMPLE EIGHT DAYS

1 Maccabees 4:56 And so they kept the dedication of the
altar eight days and offered burnt offerings with
gladness and sacrificed the sacrifice of deliverance and
praise.
1 Maccabees 4:59 Moreover Judas and his brethren with
the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the
days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in
their season from year to year by the space of eight
days from the five and twentieth day of the month
Casleu with mirth and gladness.

THE MACCABEES LINKED
HANUKKAH WITH SUKKOT
A number of historians believe that the reason for the eight day
celebration was that the first Hanukkah was in effect a
belated celebration of the festival of Sukkot, the Feast of
Tabernacles (2 Maccabees 1:9 and 2 Maccabees 10:6).
During the war the Jews were not able to celebrate Sukkot
properly. Sukkot also lasts for eight days, and was a holiday
in which the lighting of lamps played a prominent part
during the Second Temple period (Suk.v. 2-4). Lights were
also kindled in the household and the popular name of the
festival was, therefore, according to Josephus ([1] Jewish
Antiquities 12. 7, § 7, #323) the "Festival of Lights" ("And
from that time to this we celebrate this festival and call it
Lights").

2 Maccabees 1:9 And now see that you keep the

feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu.
2 Maccabees 10:5 Now upon the same day that the
strangers profaned the temple, on the very same
day it was cleansed again, even the five and
twentieth day of the same month which is Casleu.

2 Maccabees 10:6 And they kept the eight days with
gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles,
remembering that not long afore they had held the
feast of the tabernacles, when as they wandered in the
mountains and dens like beasts.
2 Maccabees 10:7 Therefore they bare branches, and
fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto
him that had given them good success in cleansing his
place.
2 Maccabees 10:8 They ordained also by a common
statute and decree, That every year those days should
be kept of the whole nation of the Jews.

HANUKKAH IS LINKED
WITH THE OLIVE HARVEST
It has been noted that Jewish festivals are connected to
the harvesting of the Biblical seven fruits which
Israel was famed for. Pesach is a celebration of the
barley harvest, Shavuoth of the wheat, Sukkoth of
the figs, dates, pomegranates and grapes, and
Hanukkah of the olives. The olive harvest is in
November and olive oil would be ready in time for
Hanukkah in December.

HANUKKAH IN THE TALMUD
The Talmud (Shabbat 21b) says that after the occupiers
had been driven from the Temple, the Maccabees went
in to take down the pagan statues and restore the
Temple. They discovered that most of the ritual items
had been profaned. They sought ritually purified olive
oil to light a Menorah to rededicate the Temple.
However, they found only enough oil for a single day. They
lit this and went about purifying new oil. Miraculously,
that tiny amount of oil burned for the eight days it took
to have new oil pressed and made ready. It is for this
reason that Jews light a candle each night of the festival.

HANUKKAH IS CELEBRATED
WITH THE KINDLING OF LIGHTS
The miracle of Hanukkah is referred to in the Talmud,
but not in the books of the Maccabees. This holiday
marks the defeat of Seleucid forces who had tried to
prevent Israel from practising Judaism. Judah
Maccabee and his brothers destroyed overwhelming
forces, and rededicated the Temple. The eight-day
festival is marked by the kindling of lights with a
special menorah known in modern Hebrew as a
hanukiah.

THE CUSTOM OF LIGHTING
THE HANUKKAH LIGHTS
In the Talmud two customs are presented. It was usual
either to display eight lamps on the first night of the
festival, and to reduce the number on each
successive night or to begin with one lamp the first
night increasing the number till the eighth night.
The followers of Shammai favored the former custom;
the followers of Hillel advocated the latter (Talmud,
tractate Shabbat 21b). Josephus believed that the
lights were symbolic of the liberty obtained by the
Jews on the day that Hanukkah commemorates.

THE CUSTOM OF
THE HANUKKAH
DREIDEL

One of the best known symbols of Hanukkah is the Dreidel. A
dreidel is a four sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side.
The four letters are:
SHIN, HEY, GIMEL, NUN
These letters mean "A Great Miracle Happened There.” In Israel
the dreidel is a bit different in that their letters mean " A
Miracle Happened HERE!"

THE CUSTOM OF
THE HANUKKAH
DREIDELthe rule of Antiochus
The dreidel game was popular during
before the Maccabees' revolt, a time when soldiers
executed any Jews who were caught practicing their
religion.

When pious Jews gathered to study the Torah, they had the
top ready in case they heard soliders approaching. If the
soldiers appeared, they would hide the holy scriptures
and pretend to play with the dreidel.

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THE EVIL DECREES OF
ANTIOCHUS IV

People should not follow Torah
People should not circumcise their children
People should not celebrate the Sabbath
People should not keep the Festivals
Sacrifices should not be made in the Temple
People should be free to eat pig

YESHUA RETURNS WHEN
THE EXILES OF ZION ARE
GATHERED

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we
beseech you, brethren, by
the coming of our Lord
Yeshua Messiah and by our
gathering together unto him
2 Thessalonians 2:2 That ye be
not soon shaken in mind or
be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by
letter as from us, as that the
day of Messiah is at hand.

ANTI-TORAH IS THE
SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not come except there come a
falling away first and that man of sin be revealed the
son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God or that is worshipped; so
that he as God sits in the temple of God showing
himself that he is God.
1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesses not that
Yeshua Messiah is come in the flesh is not of God: and
this is that spirit of antichrist whereof ye have heard
that it should come and even now already is it in the
world.

ANTIOCHUS IV DECREES THE
OUTLAWING OF FOLLOWING
TORAH

1 Maccabees 1:41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his
whole kingdom that all should be one people
1 Maccabees 1:42 And every one should leave his laws …
1 Maccabees 1:49 To the end they might forget the law
and change all the ordinances.

ANTIOCHUS IV
DECREED
AGAINST
CIRCUMCISION
that they should follow the strange laws of the
land
1 Maccabees 1:48 That they should also leave their
children uncircumcised …

ANTIOCHUS IV DECREED
THAT THE SABBATH AND
FEAST DAYS SHOULD NOT BE
OBSERVED

land
1 Maccabees 1:45 And forbid … that they should
profane the sabbaths and festival days:

THAT SACRIFICES
SHOULD
NOT BE MADE IN THE
1 Maccabees 1:44 For TEMPLE sent letters by
the king had
land
1 Maccabees 1:45 And forbid burnt offerings, and
sacrifice and drink offerings in the temple

THAT PEOPLE SHOULD EAT
PIG

land
1 Maccabees 1:45 … sacrifice swine's flesh and
unclean beasts:

BIBLICAL HISTORY IS
PROPHECY

Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that has been, it is
that which shall be; and that which is done
is that which shall be done: and there is no
new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which has been is now;
and that which is to be has already been;
and God requires that which is past.

THE INFLUENCE OF GREEK
HELLENISM AMONG JEWS
[Hellenism is the word] used to express the
assimilation, especially by the Jews, of Greek speech,
manners and culture from the fourth century B.C.
through the first centuries of the common era.
The victorious campaign of Alexander the Great had
linked the East to the West. The victory was not
simply a political one. Its spiritual influence was
much greater. The Greek language became a
common language for nearer Asia and with the
language went Greek culture, Greek art, and Greek
thought.

The Hellenic influence pervaded everything and even in
the very strongholds of Judaism it modified the
organization of the state, the laws, and public affairs,
art, science, and industry, affecting even the ordinary
things of life and the common associations of the people.
By the introduction of Grecian art a door was opened to
debauchery and riotous living; and though Judaism was
hardly menaced by the introduction of direct idolatry,
the connection of this culture with sublimated Greek
polytheism became a real danger to the Jewish religion.

For this reason the Hellenists are called ("wicked
men"; 1 Macc. 1:11), or ("wicked and ungodly
men" 1 Macc 7:5).

ANCIENT JEWS
ACCEPT GREEK HELENISM
wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of
Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at
Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and
seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
1 Maccabees 1:11 In those days went there out of
Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying,
Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen
that are round about us: for since we departed from
them we have had much sorrow.
1 Maccabees 1:12 So this device pleased them well.

ANCIENT JEWS
ACCEPT GREEK HELLENISM
1 Maccabees 1:13 Then certain of the people were

so forward herein, that they went to the king,
who gave them licence to do after the ordinances
of the heathen:

1 Maccabees 1:14 Whereupon they built a place of

exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs
of the heathen:

1 Maccabees 1:15 And made themselves

uncircumcised and forsook the holy covenant,
and joined themselves to the heathen and were
sold to do mischief

ANTIOCHUS IV DECREED A NEW
WORLD ORDER UNDER GREEK
CULTURE
1 Maccabees 1:41 Moreover king Antiochus
wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be
one people
1 Maccabees 1:42 And every one should leave his
laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the
commandment of the king.
1 Maccabees 1:43 Yea, many also of the Israelites
consented to his religion and sacrificed unto
idols and profaned the sabbath.

THE HISTORY OF
DEMOCRACY

The term 'democracy - or more
precisely, the original (ancient
Greek) version of the word was coined in ancient Athens
in the 5th century BC. That
state is generally seen as the
earliest example of a system
corresponding to some of the
modern notions of democratic
rule.

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT /
PEOPLE ARE
INFLUENCED BY WESTERN VALUES

Western culture

Democracy

Secular humanism Like nations

END-TIMES DECEPTION THROUGH
PEACE

THE SONS OF ZION WILL
OPPOSE THE SONS OF
GREECE

1) Biblical Zionists (Ephraim and Judah) standing for
Torah
2) Biblical Zionists (Ephraim and Judah) standing for
the land of Israel
3) The end of the exile of Jacob
4) The coming of King Messiah and the Messianic Age

THE BIBLICAL STATE OF
ZION

People
Ephraim / Judah

Land

Torah

Abrahamic Covenent Torah Government

Messiah
Yeshua

THE WATCHMAN CRY
(LET US GO UP TO ZION)
Jeremiah 31:6 For
there shall be a day,
that the watchmen
upon the mount
Ephraim shall cry,
Arise ye and let us go
up to Zion unto the
LORD our God.

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
Psalm 121:4 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they
shall prosper that love thee.

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