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HANUKKAH IS A WORSHIP BATTLE

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As I sought the LORD about how He wanted to open Hanukkah 2025, I was given the contrast of Messiah Yeshua’s Feast of Dedication celebration – Hanukkah – verses what the Antichrist celebrates. Yeshua going up to Jerusalem in the winter for the Feast of Dedication is very momentous (John 10:22-23), because the Messiah Himself was making a statement against the same pagan sun god worship that the Maccabees overthrew.


Hanukkah is essentially a worship battle. The heroes of the first Hanukkah were called the Maccabees. The Antichrist of their day – King Antiochus Epiphanes IV – sacrificed a pig on God’s sacred altar in 168 BC and placed a sun god statue in God’s Sanctuary on December 25th that year. Thus, setting up the abomination of desolation in Jerusalem’s Temple. Then, a directive was sent to Antiochus’ entire kingdom that all people had to relinquish their own forms of worship. All disobedience was punishable by gruesome forms of death.


During these troublesome times, Mattisyahu, who was the son of a previous High Priest and the most respected man in the town of Modi’in, was given the “honor” of setting the example of sacrificing the pagan way. If Mattisyahu would simply sacrifice a pig on this altar of worship and eat it, he and his sons would be considered “the king’s friends,” which was an official title that carried many privileges, including an elevated social standing with the new regime and substantial wealth.


As Mattisyahu was defiantly refusing the devilish honor, a traitor neared the altar to offer the sacrifice (1 Maccabees 2:19-24). In the likeness of Phineas, Mattisyahu was so filled with righteous indignation at this blatant desecration of The Name that he grabbed a sword, killed the Jewish milk-toast turncoat and the messenger from the pagan king. After Mattisyahu tore down the altar, he ran through the streets proclaiming: “Whoever is zealous for the Torah [God’s Word] and is steadfast in the Covenant, let him follow me!” (1 Maccabees 2:27).


Mattisyahu, his sons, and many who sought to live according to righteousness and the plumb line of God’s Word, fled to the mountains and settled in the Judean Desert (1 Maccabees 2:28-30). They left all their worldly possessions to fight this worship battle. Had not this small, but mighty, ragtag group defied the world dominating force of their day – the Seleucid Greeks – we probably would not have Judaism or Christianity today. We will speak more about Hanukkah history soon. For those who want a preview, please check out the “Additional Resources” section below.


For now, let’s personalize the lessons we can learn about the worship battle of Hanukkah versus Christmas. First the Antichrist seeks to defile God’s sacred altar with the forbidden sacrifice of demonic worship, which is what December 25th’s worship is actually all about. God’s Altar is equivalent to a person’s, a nation’s, or the world’s heart. “For where your treasure is, there your heart is also” (Matthew 6:21).


Christians can say Jesus is the reason for the season all we want, but God’s Word tells us otherwise. According to Scripture, God considers sun god worship to be the most detestable practice in His eyes that doesn’t allow His Shekinah Presence to dwell in His Temple – you and I. “Son of Man, do you see what they do? Great abominations are [the people] of the House of Israel committing here, to cause Me to distance Myself from My Sanctuary. … And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s House, and, behold, at the door of the Temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the Temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east” (Ezekiel 8:6,16 KJV). It’s about “25” worshipping the sun. It’s about the “25” – the 25th of December. It’s about the 25th of December and what “image(s)” we erect in our heart to sacrifice to on the altar of our hearts.


Setting up an idol of a pagan sun god in God’s Sanctuary speaks of defiling the entirety of a person, a church, a nation, or the world. A sanctuary is supposed to be the most sacred part of a temple (which you are) where in today’s world the altar is placed in most churches. Societal pressure and material gain are part of the Antichrist’s strategy to coerce you to worship at Christmas’ Altar and keep you worshiping the image of a pagan god and the things of this world. The Antichrist plan is working. 95-98% of the world currently worships at Christmas Altar with societal pressure of not being called a Grinch or a Scrooge keeping most people from critically examining their worship practices. Won’t you do better? Won’t you listen to and heed the Holy Spirit’s nudging that something is not right about Christmas? Mighty Ones of Valor, won’t you leave all your worldly possessions to fight this worship battle?


If you’d like some assistance in seeking God’s heart through historical and Scriptural truth, check out the award-winning book SANTA-TIZING: What’s wrong with Christmas and how to clean it up: https://amzn.to/3S5AxGG


Give em heaven!!!

Robin Main



Written December 14, 2025 – Sapphire Throne Ministries – Robin Main. Copyrighted – If you are going to copy this, please copy it right by giving attribution to this source. Blessings!



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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

 

 

 

• BLAZING NEW WINE OF HANUKKAH VIDEO - HISTORY PART I: https://youtu.be/wdhOh4iRD6c 

 

• BLAZING NEW WINE OF HANUKKAH VIDEO- HISTORY PART II: https://youtu.be/u-qVfQtUaKA  

 

• JESUS NOT BORN DEC 25TH => http://wp.me/p158HG-nY 

 

 

• CRUX FOR GOD’S DWELLING PRESENCE => http://wp.me/p158HG-Dx 

 

 

 

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RESOURCES AVAILABLE:

 

• Quantum 22™: The Hebrew Living™ Letters book => https://amzn.to/4oHzD0Z

 

• ALEF-TAV’s Hebrew Living™ Letters: 24 Wisdoms Deeper Kingdom Bible Study book => https://amzn.to/3NCDXy9

 

• Dwelling in the Presence of the Divine: A Commonplace Book of the Hebrew Living™ Letters book => https://amzn.to/41y1lCJ

 

• Set of Hebrew Living™ Letter Flash Cards => https://www.sapphirethroneministries.com/flashcards

 

• Ascension Manual book => https://amzn.to/3S2Ps4u

 

• Understanding the Order of Melchizedek: Complete Series book => https://amzn.to/3TNpovn

 

• MEL GEL Study Guide book => https://amzn.to/3RJnJEz

 

• MEL GEL Study Guide: Volume 2 book => https://amzn.to/48laNvB

 

 

• Let There Be Light! Hanukkah Meditations book => https://amzn.to/3voCnK2

 

• SANTA-TIZING: What’s wrong with Christmas and how to clean it up book => https://amzn.to/3S5AxGG. This book was written to fulfill a vow made to Yeshua’s face to tell the Christian Church that “Christmas will be the Golden Calf of America.” It took 10 years of full-time research, a golden scribe angel and the Spirit’s leading to unearthing His Truth in the sands of time.

 

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