Light of the World – by Raphael ben Levi
There are several parallels between Sukkot and Hanukah.
Sukkot is a season that focuses on the significance of light. According to the Mishna, the priests poured oil into four huge candlesticks that had been set up in the Temple Court (fifty cubits high) which burned so brightly that its radiance could be seen even in the darkest corners of the surrounding areas of Jerusalem.
Messiah Jesus is the ‘Light of the World,’ who was conceived during Hanukah. (month of December)
In the Book of Genesis 1:3, we find the phrase ‘and there was light’ where there is concealed a prophetic picture of Messiah. In the ancient Hebrew alphabet, the modern Hebrew phrase is represented by:
1. A nail (Vav— ו) = to secure
2. A closed hand (Yud— י) = to make, a deed
3. A window (Heh— ה) = to reveal
4. A closed hand (Yud— י) = to make, a deed
5. An ox or bull (Aleph— א) = strength, leader
6. A nail (Vav— ו) = to secure
7. A head (Resh— ר) = a person, highest
Put together, God created the light as a sign that He would:
‘Make secure, reveal and establish a strong leader, a person of the highest order who would become the Light of the World.’
Yeshua was conceived during the ninth month of Kislev and born nine months later in the seventh month of Tishri in the Hebrew calendar, the month of Reuben when Messiah was revealed (Reuben: ‘behold a son’) to the world, God Incarnate, the child born to be king!
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