{"id":2516,"date":"2013-01-11T08:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2013-01-11T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T14:04:18","slug":"jesus-is-the-meaning-behind-the-menorah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2013\/01\/jesus-is-the-meaning-behind-the-menorah.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus is the Meaning Behind the Menorah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Christmas Eve, I taught about Christmas using a Menorah. \u00a0 Here is the video clip of the service.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesus Fulfilled in the Jewish Feasts\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K88xaPMdWvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Here is the message manuscript from that talk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You might be surprised to see a Jewish Menorah at a Christmas Celebration. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The designs for the Menorah were given to Moses by God in Exodus 25. \u00a0\u00a0When Jesus sits down with his disciples, he explains to them in Luke 24:27 27 and beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. \u00a0\u00a0Jesus told them that everything Moses wrote was actually about Him.<\/p>\n<p>You might be surprised to see a Jewish Menorah at a Christmas Celebration.<\/p>\n<p>This is traditionally displayed in a Jewish home or a tabernacle and has symbolic meaning to their culture and tradition. God gave his people very specific instructions for hammering out a lampstand of pure gold. He goes into detail explaining that six branches are to extend from the lampstand outward, three on each side of the lampstand. Then in greater detail he instructs the shape of each cup and branch, emphasizing that each branch should be of one piece with the lampstand.<\/p>\n<p>For the believer today, this sacred symbol holds significant meaning. At first view, we recognize Christ as the \u201clight of the world\u201d and that his church is to be united with him as One. God designed this masterpiece and commanded that his people use it. Today, we\u2019ll unpack its meaning and symbolism as instructed through the Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>A lampstand<\/p>\n<p>That means this Menorah, according to Jesus, points to Him. \u00a0How can that be? \u00a0Well, one more verse to consider, Col 2:16 says that the Festivals given by God are merely a shadow of the substance of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The Menorah is a candle to light to the world. It has 7 lights which remind us that 7 is the number of God, making the world in 7 days, and setting up 7 feasts for His people to celebrate through the Year. \u00a0What are the 7 Feasts, and how do they point to Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n<p>The first is Passover, when God brought deliverance to His people from the bondage of Egypt by sacrificing a perfect lamb. \u00a0Jesus came and said that He was the Passover lamb that would be sacrificed for us to be delivered from spiritual bondage. \u00a0Jesus died on the cross on the actual Passover date.<\/p>\n<p>(Freedom)<\/p>\n<p>The second is Unleavened Bread, a feast day when you were to eat bread that didn\u2019t rise while you prayed for God to \u201cbring fruit out of the ground.\u201d for the next day of firstfruits. \u00a0\u00a0This was the day Jesus was in the ground, literally, after his death awaiting God to answer the prayers of people praying for God\u2019s provision to raise him out of the ground. \u00a0(Answer to Prayers)<\/p>\n<p>The third is First Fruits, three days after Passover, when God\u2019s people were to bring God the first thing out of the ground from the spring harvest months earlier. \u00a0\u00a0Jesus is called the First Fruit, and was raised from the dead on the first fruit day because He was the \u201cfirst thing out of the ground\u201d at His resurrection. (Resurrection)<\/p>\n<p>The fourth feast is Pentecost, Fifty days after First fruits, celebrating the date Moses came down and gave God\u2019s Word to the People. \u00a0Fifty days after Jesus Resurrection, HIS spirit came down and gave God\u2019s Word to the People to teach others about God. \u00a0(Word)<\/p>\n<p>The fifth feast is Trumpets, a time of blowing the Shofar. Trumpets were often used as a celebration of the returning king. \u00a0Jesus said that he will return to earth one day as a king with the sounds of trumpets. \u00a0(Returning King)<\/p>\n<p>The sixth feast is Day of Atonement, the day the priest went into the Holiest place and put his hands on a \u201cscapegoat\u201d to take the consequences of our wrong doing for us. You would place your hands on the goat symbolizing the blame transfer from us to the goat, and it would be released into the wilderness as a symbol that you had escaped punishment. \u00a0Jesus claims to be our scape goat and priest. He goes into the presence of God, and places all our wrong doing on Himself. \u00a0\u00a0(Priest and Scapegoat)<\/p>\n<p>The seventh feast is Tabernacles, was celebrated with a Menorah. \u00a0It was a longing for God\u2019s light to come and dwell (or tabernacle) among his people. God said it was to be a day of rejoicing and celebration among the people. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When the angel spoke of Jesus\u2019s name as Emmanuel, God with Us.<\/p>\n<p>18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. \u00a022 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 \u201cBehold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,\u201d which is translated, \u201cGod with us.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a young virgin woman would be the place god would tabernacle with us&#8230;. \u00a0\u00a0God would be with us as Emmanuel&#8230; \u00a0He was the answer to prayers for generations&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, go to <a title=\"Jesus Jewish FEasts Menorah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.godonomics.com\">www.godonomics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Christmas Eve, I taught about Christmas using a Menorah. \u00a0 Here is the video clip of the service. 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