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Balancing the goodness of Torah with the grace and mercy of Messiah

Sunday, December 4

God's People Celebrate: HannukahFeast of Dedication

The Festival of Lights (Hanukkah [also Chanukah or Channukah] a Hebrew word for Dedication) is not a Torah mandated feast or appointed time, but has great historical, biblical, and prophetic significance to the understanding of the whole counsel of scripture (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

Hanukkah is an annual eight-day festival commencing on the 25th of Kislev according to a well founded tradition. It was instituted by Judah Maccabees and his followers: Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month of Kislev, in the one hundred and forty-eighth year [165 B.C.E.], they rose and offered sacrifice, as the law [Torah] directs, on the new altar of burnt offering which they had built. At the very season and on the very day that the Gentiles had profaned it, it was dedicated with songs and harps and lutes and cymbals. All the people fell on their faces and worshiped and blessed Heaven, who had prospered them. So they celebrated the dedication of the altar for eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness; they offered a sacrifice of deliverance and praise. They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests, and furnished them with doors. There was very great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was removed. Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with gladness and joy for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Kislev. (1 Macc. 4:52-59)

Hanukkah was based on the rededication of the Temple after it had been defiled by pagans, and was also a late celebration of Sukkot, just as Solomon's Temple had been, and as Ezra and Nehemiah had done on the 25th of Adar. Yeshua declared Himself "the Light of the World" (John 8:12) at Sukkot, and when He was in the Temple (John 10:22), He reiterated this by saying, "I told you..." (John 10:25), referring back to His Sukkot declaration.

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This Week's Announcements

Hanukkah is coming!! 

Our Hanukkah Party will be at Congregation on December 24th.  Start assembling your shirt for the 1st Annual Ugly Shirt Contest.  Take your least favorite sweatshirt, T-shirt or any shirt and embellish it in a Hanukkah theme, with the help of your kids, grand-kids or artistically challenged cousin. 

Calling all Latke chef's.  Please let Noreen Anderson know if you are going to prove, once and for all, that you are the Latke Iron Chef! We are curiously waiting to learn who will bring home the Latke Iron Chef trophy this year. The secret ingredient will be po... OH!  That's right, it's suposed to be a secret ingredient!

Those who dance or desire to dance can participate at 9:30am Shabbat mornings, downstairs in the dining area.

KLAY1180AM radio broadcasts Rabbi Bob every week from 7:30-8:00am Sunday mornings. Today, I continued the series on "Recognizing Babylon, Part III."  You can hear it live on the radio or live from our website (click on KLAY1180AM's icon on nearly every page of the website).   If you missed the live broadcast, it is now published on the website, www.Yeshuati.com (click the Online Radio icon on home page).

Please remember to bring food for Nosh. There is a great need for your help in the kitchen, so please sign up on the roster. Also, please tarry upstairs and fellowship for about 10 minutes prior to Nosh - the volunteers need that time to set the tables up for us. Thanks so much!

Bible Study and Prayer is usually on Thursday at 7:00pm. We sure would enjoy seeing you midweek. Prayer is the most important undertaking in our daily life.  Please remember to pray blessings for every situation.  I encourage you to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, for one another, for our congregation, for our cities, state and nation, for our troops, for our world. Pray as if your life depended upon it!

Living Gems: 

Proverbs 6:12-14, "A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth; he winks with his eyes, he shuffles his feet, he points with his fingers; perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord."

Psalms 6:9-10, "The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

We meet 10:30am Saturday's at:  Slavic Church of One God  | 6001 Warner St S | Tacoma, WA  98409

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We look forward to serving you very soon!

Blessings and Shalom!

Rabbi Bob

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