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Monday, April 08, 2019

     What is The Feast of Dedication that is mentioned in John 10:22?

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I Like Parties!

Dear I Like Parties,

The Feast of Dedication was a national Jewish holiday – but not one instituted by God.  Just like Americans have Veteran’s Day, Independence Day, etc., the Jews had several holidays that they regularly observed that had nothing to do with Old Testament law.  Judas Maccabee, a famous Jewish warrior (his nickname was Judas the Hammer), instituted the Feast of Dedication in 164 BC in commemoration of the day when they cleansed the temple after it had been defiled by Antiochus Epiphanes.  The feast began on the 18^th of December and lasted eight days.

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