Can Christians support Hanukkah? No.

Hanukkah is the day the Lord was rejected and attempted to be killed by the jews. Whoever celebrates this day is celebrating the rejection of Christ and the damnation of the jews.

So Jesus was in the Temple during the feast of dedication just totally ignoring the feast and not observing it. Lol. K

Even if He did observe it, He did so prior to the initiation of the New Covenant and His fulfillment as the true Temple. So for Christians to go back and celebrate the shadow (that was torn down) when we have the substance (who was lifted up) would be odd.

What if you celebrate Jesus on this day since he's the substance?

Christians don’t “support” Hanukkah as a religious obligation, but we can honor it with respect. Jesus Himself walked in that world (Jn 10:22). We don’t pretend it’s ours, nor reject our neighbors. Charity and clarity can live together.

Jesus is only recorded as being at the Temple and in Jerusalem on and around the appointed times of Leviticus 23 - except once: Hanukkah. If it was good enough for Jesus, as a disciple, it’s good enough for me. When someone who claims Christ takes issue with Hanukkah, it isn’t about Scripture. It’s baseless hatred toward the Jewish people, wrapped in religious language. Anti-Hanukkah arguments collapse the moment someone recognizes the rotten fruit of supersessionism. Am Israel Chai. We do not replace them. They remain in covenant, and the God of Israel has placed His Name in that physical place forever.

Sorry but...

If Jesus didn’t still view the temple as His Father’s house, why did rebuke and drive out the money changers?

Can Christians be like Jesus? Bruh really said no. 🤣

Why would Christians "support Hanukkah?" Would we support Ramadan? As a Christian, I don't partake in non-Christian religious rites. I say Merry Christmas, not happy holidays.

Bad take. Jesus and his Apostles even under the New Covenant continued to fast and pray in the Jerusalem Temple. 'they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house' (Acts 2.47; 3.1-10; 5.20-21). The Apostle Paul worshipped at the temple decades after his conversion (Acts 20.18-25). 'The time is coming they won't worship the Father in this Mountain [Geezirim] nor at Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship you know not what. But we know what we worship for salvation is of the Jews' (John 4.21-22). Jesus' point was not to replace Temple worship with spiritual worship. Rather his mission was for every human spirit to recognize its kinship to the Father with a saving gnosis and to conform it's life to the divine life by following Him (John 17.1-3,21-23; Acts 17.22,29; Matt 5.48; 6.9; 1 John 3.1-3). There were Jewish sects who completely rejected the Jewish Temple cult and they were called the Essenes.

This is a shockingly false dichotomy. Jesus acknowledged the 2nd Temple belong to His Father and even rebuked the Jews in His day (twice!) for not showing it sufficient reverence (Jn 2:16, Matt 21:13). Same with the altar (Matt 23:20).

Gentilizer.

No more cope, no more Bible, no more Judaism for the gentiles.

Mr Dale, you can try to twist history as much as you want, the bottom line is that Jesus was an observant Jew. It might be a little difficult for you to handle truth, but as you well know; 'facts don't care about your feelings '. Happy Hanukkah bro 🇮🇱🕎

L take as always. Screwtape is pleased with you yet again. It seriously feels like you make it your mission to stain the name of Christ.

Correct

Of course we can. Christian, be like Jesus. Celebrate the irrevocable election of Israel by celebrating Hanukkah.

What do you mean “support” Hanukkah? Were a different religion, why would we expect you to support our holidays? You do yours we do ours

NO.

✨🍃💕⚛️No Seperation 🙏🤍💎🌿🪷

Paul says otherwise. He allows freedom to observe holidays from the OT as freedom, even if it is the weaker brethren who observe them. If you are going to try to refute a christian freedom, do it with Paul's words on the topic...

But absolutely okay to celebrate a pagan derived festival? Like Christmas and Easter?

If it isn't Christian, it's antichrist. Christians cannot support anything antichrist.

Jesus celebrated Hanukkah, which is a celebration of the second Jewish temple achieved by killing the Greeks (European Gentiles) in the Maccabean Revolt. Every Aspect of the Bible is juish. What happened to F the juz?

A strong biblical case can be made that the conception of Christ occurred during Hanukkah, drawing from the Gospel of Luke and the priestly calendar described in Scripture. Luke tells us that John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah, was a priest of the division of Abijah serving in the Temple when the angel Gabriel announced John’s conception (Luke 1:5–13). According to the priestly rotation outlined in 1 Chronicles 24:10, the division of Abijah served in late spring. Luke then states that Mary conceived Jesus “in the sixth month” of Elizabeth’s pregnancy (Luke 1:26–27, 36), placing Christ’s conception in late December—the season of Hanukkah. This timing is theologically fitting. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Temple and the miracle of divine light. John’s Gospel tells us that Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) and explicitly identifies Him as the one sent and sanctified by the Father (John 10:22–36). Luke records the angel’s words to Mary: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you… therefore the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35). In this light, Hanukkah—the feast of light, dedication, and God dwelling among His people—beautifully aligns with the moment “the Word became flesh” (John 1:14), even before His birth.

Sad. A pastor that spends all his time preaching against the Son’s of Jacob? “For thus said the LORD of hosts, after His glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye“ You may want to rethink this mission you appear to be on.

Depends upon how you define “support”. A bit of an impoverished term for this context. Catholics are not permitted to religiously celebrate Hanukkah, as it is a Jewish feast rooted in a covenantal framework that does not recognize Christ and participating in its religious rituals could imply assent to a faith incomplete in light of the New Covenant. Catholics may culturally acknowledge Hanukkah with Jewish friends or family out of charity and solidarity, so long as they do not engage in practices contrary to the Catholic faith or blur religious distinctions. These practices include: - lighting the menorah as a religious act, - reciting Hanukkah blessings or prayers, - participating in synagogue services. These are expressions of Jewish worship incompatible with the Catholic faith.

You worship a Jew you miserable fool

Damn so I can't even celebrate Solomon's Temple or Ezra's.

Thanks for your great insight even without this I won't endorse it. The irony is that there is no temple today for the Jews, what are they celebrating? this is mind boggling. As for Christians who support this, they are either blind or the deceived sect of Christian Zionism.

Not a theocracy today. Not a theocracy tomorrow.