VOH News | December 15, 2023

Hanukkah dates back over 2000 years ago and commemorates the rededication of the second Temple after it was desecrated under the tyrannical rule of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes. It is a time of gathering together to light the Menorah as a remembrance of hope and light in an otherwise dark time.

The story of Hanukkah didn’t end thousands of years ago but is a message for today. Just as a small group fought for the restoration of religious freedom, another group is going out to fight against the oppression of false teachings that have brought darkness to the land and bring God’s light back into the world as the Prophet Isaiah declared, “Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.” (Isaiah 60:1)