[00:00:00] Welcome to Faith in Focus from the Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn, The Maccabean Blueprint. The teacher led me through the darkness to a giant lampstand, a golden menorah. He lit the first of its seven lights. We've spoken of Chanukah, said the teacher, the festival of lights, how it commemorates the victory of God's people over evil, darkness.
[00:00:26] But there's more to it. Chanukah contains a mystery. It's not only a commemoration, but a prophetic shadow. It begins when an evil king sets up an idol in the holy place, the desecration of the temple, the abomination desolation. And yet Messiah speaks of an abomination desolation, yet to come in the last days.
[00:00:50] Thus Chanukah contains a mystery, a prophetic blueprint of that which will take place at the end of the age. What does it foretell? The account begins with the apostasy of God's people. The people of God, who were to keep His ways, even His ministers, turned away from God and embraced the ways of the godless. So it will be in the last days.
[00:01:17] There will be a great falling away, a great apostasy. The account goes on to document the rise of a world culture that seeks to merge all cultures into one and to compel everyone to abandon their faith. Any culture, faith, people or person that stands in its way, it seeks to stamp out. So it will be at the end of the age, a global culture and the persecution of God's people.
[00:01:45] A civilization that criminalizes the ways of God, abolishes the word of God, overturns the order of God, blasphemes the name of God, desecrates the sacred things of God, and wars against the people of God. So it will be at the end. Is there any hope in the blueprint? I asked. Always, He said.
[00:02:09] Though most went along with the apostasy, there was a remnant who stood against it and who would become the resistance, the Maccabees. God anointed them and empowered them to overcome the evil and usher in the light, thus the festival of lights. Learn of the Maccabean blueprint and follow its keys. Then He handed me the oil lamp. Go ahead, He said, motioning for me to light the remainder of the lights of the menorah. So I did.
[00:02:39] And this is how you overcome, He said. You fight the darkness by shining into it the light of God. The mission. Live today by the Maccabean blueprint. Stand with God and don't be moved. Go against the odds. Fight the fight. Light up the darkness. Daniel 11.32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries.
[00:03:07] But the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries. But the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. Zechariah 9.13-14
[00:03:28] When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning. And the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. Ephesians 6.10-20
[00:03:55] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
[00:04:22] Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
[00:04:45] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
[00:05:11] And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds, that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak. Revelation 12, 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.
[00:05:40] The Maccabean Blueprint 1-4 Thank you for joining me on Faith in Focus. Remember, these insights are inspired by Jonathan Kahn's The Book of Mysteries. Until next time, may you find strength in the revelation of his love. We'll be back in the dokładities.