Chanukkah is The Opposite of Christ-Mass! By Maria Merola 1 Chanukkah is The Opposite of Christ-Mass! אריאל By Maria Merola © Copyright Double Portion Inheritance, September 2002 http://www.DoublePortionInheritance.com One of the most misunderstood biblical holidays known as “Chanukkah” is often- times ridiculed as a “substitute” for Christ-Mass and diminished by those within the Hebraic Root’s Community as something that is “extra-biblical.” I, for one have heard all the arguments against Chanukkah where people claim that by celebrating it, we are “adding” to the Towrah (Mosaic Law) in violation of Deuteronomy 12:32. But you see beloved, just the opposite is true about the Re-dedication of YaHuWaH’s Temple. How can a celebration that is dedicated to the “over-throw” of Zeus worship on December 25th be considered pagan? How can a celebration of the eradication of paganism be pagan? Such logic and rationale defies all common sense, especially when we dig deeper into the scriptures. I am now going uncover the truth about the “Feast of Dedication” seen in John 10:22, and you will understand that Chanu- kkah reveals a very deep and profound prophetic picture of our future destiny in the New Jerusalem. You see, Chanukkah is the perfect anti-thesis to Christ-Mass because it perfectly illustrates just how detestable it is to our Heavenly Father. When you consider what 2 the term “Christ-Mass” actually means, it should be evident that the Roman Catho- lic “Mass of Christ” is a celebration that is meant to dishonor his “once-and-for-all” sacrifice for sins, rather than to honor his birth. To understand more about why Christ-Mass is an abomination, see my other article entitled “Should You Be Merry About Christ-Mass?” The term “Christ-Mass” literally means “the massacre of Christ.” The word “Christ” is a Greek translation for the Hebrew word “Mashiyach” (Messiah) which means “to anoint with oil.” A common denominator for all the Anti-Messiahs (Antichrists) of history is that they always murdered (massacred) the anointed servants of YaHuW- aH and they almost always did this in the name of their pagan sun-deities who were worshiped on December 25th. To massacre the anointed servants of Yah on December 25th was the highest form of worship that they could bring to their false pagan sun-gods, because December 25th was (and still is to this day) known in the occult pagan world as “the rebirth of the sun.” The pagans believed that their sun-god died every year at the Winter Solstice on December 21st. But three days later on Christ-Mass Eve, (December 24th) they would conduct a “mass gathering” (a massacre) where they would sacrifice infants on the altar to their sun-gods, as they believed that the blood of these infants empowered the sun to come back to life! Then on December 25th the sun was supposedly “reborn” (according to pagan myth- ology) because of the sacrifice of these infants. And throughout history, we have seen that Satan has continued this pattern by persecuting the Children of Yisra’el, the chosen elect of YaHuWaH. About 167 years before Messiah came to earth, there was a Greek-Syrian dictator known as Antiochus. Antiochus took over the 2nd Jewish Temple and he set up an abominable image of Zeus, in whom the pagans believe is reincarnated each year on December 25th. Antiochus also believed that he was the “incarnation” of Zeus and so he gave himself the title “Ephiphanies” which in Greek means “God Manifest.” This means that he was claiming to be a reincarnation of “God” on December 25th in 167 B.C. If that wasn’t bad enough, he also forced the covenant people of Yah to bow down to this image of Zeus, and if they did not comply, they were brutally tortured and killed. 3 Interestingly, the word “Epiphanies” adds up to 666 in the Greek alpha-numeric system. Antiochus was a precursor to the final Anti- christ who will sit in the Temple of Elohiym according to prophecy (2nd Thessalonians 2:4, Matthew 24:15) just before the second coming of Yahuwshuwa Messiah. In recent years, we have seen that Satan has tried to launch a campaign against Chanu- kkah by making people believe that it is “pagan,” when in reality, Chanukkah celeb- rates the over-throw of pagan sun-god worship that is practiced each year by Witches, Satanists and Christians alike on December 25th. What is Satan so worried about? Why does he want to discredit Chanukkah? It is because Chanukkah is the exact anti-thesis to Christ-Mass? Or is it because our Messiah celebrated it in commemoration of the re-dedication of his Father’s House? (John 10:22). Whatever the reason, it is obvious that Satan is not happy about the re-dedication of the Temple of YaHuWaH. During the reign of Antiochus, he persecuted the true followers of YaHuWaH who obeyed his Towrah (his instructions) and he forced them to eat unclean animals and swine’s flesh. He also outlawed circumcision for infant males, the Sabbath days, the Feast days of YaHuWaH and he slaughtered thousands who refused to bow to an image of Zeus on Decem- ber 25th. Anyone who was caught circumcising their baby boy according to the command- ment of Yah, was tortured for their faith and killed. Antiochus also burned all the Towrah scrolls that he could find and he defiled the Temple with graven images of false gods. Those who 4 refused to go along with this false pagan religion of Antiochus were brutally murdered in front of their own family members and their dead bodies were publicly displayed to incite fear into those who would dare to disagree with Antiochus. This event in history should be told to our children in order to prepare them for the final “Man of Sin” (the Antichrist) spoken of in 2nd Thessalonians 2:4 who will be bring into the Temple of Elohiym the “Mystery of Iniquity.” The Greek word for “iniquity” in this passage is “anomia” which comes from the root word “anomos” which means “without Jewish Law” or in other words “against the Mosaic Law.” The Syncretism of Christmas & Chanukkah What does the word “syncretism” mean? The diction- ary defines this word “syncretism” as follows: “Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. Religious syncretism exhibits blending of two or more religious belief systems into a new system, or the incor- poration into a religious tradition of beliefs from unrelated traditions.” When people attempt to mix two opposing beliefs into one belief system, our Heavenly Father has a controversy with them for this is a violation of his holy covenant: Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 22:26 Her priests have violated my Towrah (law), and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. In recent times, some Jewish people have begun to use Chanukkah as a “replace- ment” of sorts for Christ-Mass. But Chanukkah is the exact opposite of Christ-Mass. Some Jews have invented a “Chanukkah Bush” instead of a Christ-Mass Tree where they decorate it for the holiday with lights and ornaments. 5 This clearly is a violation of Yirmeyahuw (Jeremiah) 10 where we are commanded not to cut down a tree (or a bush) and take it into our homes to decorate it. Some Jews have even invented a Jewish Santa Claus who dresses in blue and white instead of a red and white suit. I have even seen the syncretism of Jews trying to blend Chanu- kkah with Christ-Mass by calling it “Christ-makkah or “Chanukkah-Mass.” But these two celebrations cannot be mixed together for they represent two oppo- sing ideas. Christ-Mass represents the defilement of YaHuWaH’s Temple with pig’s blood, and the worship of Zeus on December 25th. Whereas, Chanukkah represents the cleansing & re-dedication of YaHuWaH’s Temple after it has been defiled by idolatry. Because of some of these man-made traditions that have been “added” to the “Feast of Dedication” by those within Judaism, it has caused some people to reject the original pur- pose and intent behind Chanukkah entirely. Beloved, the “roots” of Christ-Mass are inher- ently pagan from its very inception at the Tower of Babel. But the origin of Chanukkah however, pictures the second coming our Messiah when he himself will be like Judah Maccabee as he will come with an army (Rev- elation 19:11-14) to overthrow the Anti- Messiah (Antichrist) who will have defiled the Temple of YaHuWaH. Some people have rejected the book of Macca- bees because it is not currently part of the scriptures. But what most people may be unaware of is that the book of Maccabees was originally part of the Cannon of Scripture in the 1611 King James Bible. The only reason why it was left out of the second printing in 1634 is because King James ran out of funds in his treasury, and so it was left out of the 1634 printing. At this link I have provided, you can download the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th books of the Maccabees as counted among the Apocrypha below: http://www.textexcavation.com/maccabees.html In Bereshiyth (Genesis) 49, Ya’aqob (Jacob) prophesied that his son Yahuwdah (Judah) would hold the scepter to issue decrees and laws (Towrah).