If you look at what Hanukkah is all about, and if you would flip over to Matthew 24,
if you think about what Hanukkah is about, first of all, it's based on this fable, which
I say it's a lie. Where's the proof? God never told us about that miracle. But number two,
it's based upon the rededication of the temple, okay? Because remember, the temple had been
desecrated by a foreign invader, so then they re-consecrated the temple. And that's what Hanukkah
celebrates. You know, that's what we're celebrating supposedly starting on December 6 is that
re-consecration process. Well, here's the issue that I have with celebrating that is that that
physical building is completely irrelevant in the New Testament. That physical building of the temple
has become completely irrelevant. In fact, it's been leveled to the ground. I mean, what a ridiculous
holiday to celebrate. Hey, isn't it great when that temple was re-consecrated? God gave us our
temple back because they say, "Oh, we're praising God for giving us the temple back." Newsflash,
he took it away again in AD 70. I mean, stop and think about this. Like, why would we get all
excited about the fact that the temple back, God caused it to be destroyed in AD 70. It's been gone
for almost 2000 years. Why are you celebrating it? So let's see. Hmm. These are my choices in
December. I can celebrate the birth of Christ, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, who reigneth
forever and ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Or I can celebrate a building that got
destroyed almost 2000 years ago. And you know why it got destroyed? Because God wanted it to be
destroyed. A building that God leveled. That God used the Romans to destroy. Why? Because Jesus
said in a parable, he said when they rejected the son of God, he said that the armies came through
and burned their city with fire and destroyed it as a result of rejecting Jesus. Read the parables
in Matthew 21. Explains that. What did Jesus think of the temple? When people tried to show it to
him and tell him how great it was. Look at Matthew 24 verse 1. "And Jesus went out and departed from
the temple, and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple." So his
disciples come to him and want to take him on a little tour of the temple. They say, "Jesus,
come with us Jesus. We want to show you the buildings. We want to show you how beautiful
they are. We want to take you on a little guided tour." Verse 2, "And Jesus said to them, 'See ye
not all these things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that
shall not be thrown down.'" And by the way, don't buy into this myth that that wailing wall has
anything to do with the temple. The Bible says there's not one stone left upon another, so who
should we believe? In fact, that wall is a wall of a Roman fortress, okay, that has nothing to do
with the temple, that was built by the Romans. It's a Roman fortress is what they're, you know,
crying and doing this number and everything like that. You know, it has nothing to do with the Word
of God, nothing to do with Jesus. So why would we replace a celebration of the birth of Christ
with a celebration of a building that has no relevance, none, and doesn't even exist anymore?
It's been destroyed by the order of Jesus, by His prophecy. Oh, I know why. You know why anyone
would want to replace? That is just because they reject Jesus. So that's what I'm saying about who's
behind it. Okay, it's the Jews that are behind it to basically get us to throw out the birth of Christ
and embrace worship of a building that God took away from them because they were unworthy.
They judged themselves unworthy of the kingdom of God.