Hanukkah & Temple Truth

Jesus is in Jerusalem. The feast of "the dedication" is being cel-ebrated by the Jews. This feast, though not authorized by the Hebrew Scriptures, was nevertheless celebrated annually by the Jews. It is still celebrated today. The Jews call it Hanukkah (Hebrew for "dedication"). The purpose of the feast was (and still is) the "commemoration of the purification and rededication of the temple by Judas the Maccabee in the year 165 BC, exactly three years after it had been defiled by the wicked...