Without Hanukah There Would Be No Christmas

Without hanukah there would be no christmas

IN THE BEGINNING.

A. THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF SATAN’S

DEMISE (GENESIS 3:14-15)

1. A PROMISED SEED WILL COME.

2. THE PROMISED SEED WILL COME

FROM THE WOMAN AND DEFEAT

THE SEED OF THE SERPENT.

SATAN’S ATTEMPT TO KEEP GOD’S PROMISES FROM COMING TO PASS

A. CAIN AND ABEL (GEN 4)

B. THE NEPHILIM (GEN 6)

C. THE PATRIARCHS (GEN 12)

D. THE PHARAOH (EX 1)

E. THE PURIM STORY (ESTHER)

THE HANUKAH STORY

A. ALEXANDER THE GREAT

B. ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES

C. THE MACABEES

D. THE EIGHT DAY FEAST

CONCLUSION

A. WHAT IF ANTIOCHUS SUCCEEDED?

B. WDJD - WHAT DID JESUS DO? (JN 10)

C. WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?

D. TRADITION!