After the Dedication

Learn what happened to the Israelites after they rededicated the temple in Jerusalem directly from the book of Maccabees and Historical records.

After the Dedication 

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LESSON

1 Macc 3:38-39 Antiochus places Lysias over his affairs and leaves him generals with which to kill all the Israelites.

1 Macc 4

1 Gorgias prepares 5 thousand men to kill Judah and his soldiers

5-15 Gorgias battles Judah Maccabeus and loses 3000 men

23-25 Yahawah gives Israel a great victory and we praise him because it is good!

28-34 A year later Lysias gathers 60,000 footmen and 5000 horsemen to come kill all the israelites.

• Judah kills 5000 of them with 10000 men

• HalleluYah!

36-56 Judah leads Israel to cleanse the sanctuary

41 Judah appoints men of Israel to fight against the Edomites in the fortress called Akra which the Greeks had built in our city.

• Fortress of Akra
• Fortress of Akra Second Witness

57-61 The sanctuary is dedicated!

1 Macc 5

1-2 The nations were displeased that we got our temple back and set about to kill us because they were upset.

AFTER THE DEDICATION

2 Macc 10

1-9 the dedication of the temple and the end of the account of Antiochus Epiphanes

15 the Greeks called Idumeans

• 1 Macc 5:3 Greeks called Idumeans

17 At least 20,000 killed

23 More than 20,000 killed

24 Timotheus the enemy of the Jews

• Q - Who is Timotheus?

25-26 enemy to the enemies

• Exodus 23:22

29-30 The Edomites see angels help the Jews

• This will happen again

• Rev 1:7 Every eye shall see him and also those who pierced him
• Sirach 3:15 Yahawah requires that which is past

31-38 20,500 footmen killed by Judah and his soliders and 600 horsemen

• Sirach 25:7

38 Amen

CONCLUSION

Yahawah lifted us out of utter destruction by the hand of the Maccabees in 167-160 BC. He delivered us many times before and after by various nations, men and women!

But no man can save us. Meaning no deliverance will last except the deliverance of the true black Messiah. Hold on to him if you want to live.

Luke 1:68-71

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

2 MACC 7 to 10

2 MACC 8

2 MACC 9:10

• See "Antiochus "sacrificed a great swine at the image of Moses, and at the altar of God that stood in the outward court, and sprinkled them with the blood of the sacrifice."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes#:~:text=Antiochus%20%22sacrificed%20a%20great%20swine%20at%20the%20image%20of%20Moses%2C%20and%20at%20the%20altar%20of%20God%20that%20stood%20in%20the%20outward%20court%2C%20and%20sprinkled%20them%20with%20the%20blood%20of%20the%20sacrifice.

• 18 No repentance for Esau

• Heb 12:16-17
• Gen 27:38-41

• 23 Anticochus IV father

• See father & dynasty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes
• 2 MACC 10

2 Macc 12:30 Scythopolis