tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post113557065550301360..comments2023-12-20T18:04:01.195-05:00Comments on Bonnie Writes: Happy ChanukahBonnie S. Calhounhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-14794405678573441882008-10-02T15:10:00.000-04:002008-10-02T15:10:00.000-04:00I am thrilled with the Holy Spirit. Some of you m...I am thrilled with the Holy Spirit. Some of you may not concure with my testimony. Around 2002 until the present a particular phrase began to manifest itself over and over in the moments I would pray in toungues. So prevelent was it and the feeling so great, I started useing it often whether speaking in toungues or not. I found out over the years that Yeshua meant Jesus. Today I wanted to see if I could sound out the second and find it on Google. It was Hamashia. The Spirit taught me Yeshua Hamshia before I ever knew what it meant. And that's my testimony and I'm sticking to it. :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709830278833317161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135632611528511632005-12-26T16:30:00.000-05:002005-12-26T16:30:00.000-05:00Bonnie, I see your friendly face over at Brenda Co...Bonnie, I see your friendly face over at Brenda Coulter's site all the time, and I finally moseyed over to visit.<BR/><BR/>Love your website (the quotes along the side, the reviews). I'm so glad I finally found ya. :)<BR/><BR/>HAPPY NEW YEAR, babe.<BR/>Mir<BR/>http://mirathon.blogspot.comMirtikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668769199544406582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135631220053194782005-12-26T16:07:00.000-05:002005-12-26T16:07:00.000-05:00Oh, Andrea, I'm sorry that I forgot to answer your...Oh, Andrea, I'm sorry that I forgot to answer your original question. I was just so busy with relatives, but YES...Hannukah is in the Bible and Jesus did celebrate it. John 10:22, it is called the Feast of Dedication...<BR/><BR/>And M.G, ah yes, I remember the Barachas well, from when I studied Hebrew, so that I could read original scripture....Baruch ata, Adonai Eloheinu, melech haolam, asher kideshanu bemitsvo tov, vetsivanu lehadlik neir shel Channukah......<BR/><BR/>So very cool being able to speak the original language that God first used with man!Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135627830126857492005-12-26T15:10:00.000-05:002005-12-26T15:10:00.000-05:00Hey there.We're a mixed family. We started lightin...Hey there.<BR/><BR/>We're a mixed family. We started lighting our hanukia yesterday. In the Jewish calendar, Hanuka is a minor holiday. The major holidays are Tish'bov, Succot, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Passover. The gift-giving that now symbolizes Hanuka is more for the kids. A bunch of adults lighting the candles aren't typically going to start handing gifts off to one another. That's kinda silly.<BR/><BR/>Our kids are hoping they'll be some more gifts this year for Hanuka, but there birthdays were not long ago, they got a nice gift for Christmas and adding Hanuka with a bunch of gifts goes over the top. Especially since these kids lack for nothing anyway.<BR/><BR/>What's important is that they light the lights, say the baruchas and understand the meaning of the holiday and the miracle of hanuka. <BR/><BR/>Hanuka gelt and the dreidel game goes back forever. This was always a holiday of wonder.Mindy Tarquinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970872751327021013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135614181738503172005-12-26T11:23:00.000-05:002005-12-26T11:23:00.000-05:00Oh, well said, Bonnie!Oh, well said, Bonnie!Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135603786367840662005-12-26T08:29:00.000-05:002005-12-26T08:29:00.000-05:00Good post, Bonnie! You are a woman after my own he...Good post, Bonnie! You are a woman after my own heart!Ballpoint Wrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052642068447293589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135581720449202912005-12-26T02:22:00.000-05:002005-12-26T02:22:00.000-05:00I'm glad you asked, Andrea.No, Chanukah isn't ment...I'm glad you asked, Andrea.<BR/><BR/>No, Chanukah isn't mentioned in our Bible because the events happened in 165 BC, but they are told in detail in the books of 1st and 2nd Maccabees. <BR/><BR/>You can find these books in the Apocrypha, the Jerusalem bible, the (RSV) Revised Standard Version has the Apocrypha, and the (NAB) New America Bible.<BR/><BR/>It has nothing to do with Christmas. It marks a historical victory for the Jews over oppression. In our culture we could equate it with the 4th of July, but with a miracle added in. <BR/><BR/>The Hebrew calendar can have any where from 353 to 385 days. (That would be a whole lesson for me to explain). So it's just coincidence that it lines up with Christmas this year.<BR/><BR/>You must realize that by the time Jesus was born, no one even spoke Hebrew anymore, let alone recognize commemorative holidays (that's why the New Testament is written in Greek).<BR/><BR/>We as christians should never ignore our Jewish roots. Some people today don't like to hear that, but the reality is that we revere the Holy Bible as the word of God. That book is the history of 14 generations of the Jewish nation. <BR/><BR/>As for the other feast days, we see Jesus celebrating Passover in the New Testament. He shows us the new meaning of the Passover Lamb. He became it for us. He is also the FirstFruits fullfillment, and on and on... <BR/><BR/>He is the fullfillment of all of them except the Feast of Trumpets...which is yet to come at His return.<BR/><BR/>Each and every one of those feasts are in the Bible, and God explains the reason for each and that they should be celebrated forever.<BR/><BR/>Jesus was a Jew. I don't understand how we can try to ignore that or the history of the Bible. Sometimes I think we as Christians get stuck on where we are and forget where we came from. The original, beginning church were all Jews.<BR/><BR/>And lastly, there are many christians that do recognize the Jewish feast days as celebrations from God.Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15462954.post-1135575374742274742005-12-26T00:36:00.000-05:002005-12-26T00:36:00.000-05:00Is Chanukah mentioned in the Bible at all? Isn't ...Is Chanukah mentioned in the Bible at all? Isn't it really a holiday that became so popular because it happened to be at the same time as Christmas? The culture doesn't recognize the other more important Jewish holidays much, after all.An Ordinary Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013136941483346noreply@blogger.com