Book Minute: The Story of the Maccabees

It was 167 BC, Mattathias the Hasmonean was a Jew and he was furious. The king who reigned over the region had sent his officers to Mattathias’s hometown in Judea. The officers were trying to force Mattathias, his five sons, and their neighbors to perform sacrifices to their gods. When another Jew stepped forward to make the sacrifice, Mattathias killed him on the altar. The king’s officer was next. Finally, Mattathias tore down the altar. The Hasmonean Revolt was born. Over a century earlier, Hellenistic forces had taken control of Judea and forced their culture and religion upon the people. According to the first book of Maccabees, one of the Hellenistic kings defiled the temple, forbade circumcision, and even set up altars to his gods. Some Jews went along with the changes. Others, like Mattathias, fought to remain faithful to the Law. The revolt is also known by the name Maccabee, after the most renowned of Mattathias’s sons, Judah the Maccabee (which means “Judah the hammer”). When Mattathias died, two years into the revolt, his sons carried on. In the end, the Maccabees recaptured Jerusalem and regained their freedom. The festival of Hanukkah celebrates the restoration of the temple. The family of Mattathias and Judah ruled until the rise of the Herods in 63 BC. The Maccabean revolt was seared into Jewish memory. It shaped the way first-century Jews thought about foreign powers and faithfulness to the Law.

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[johnking]

Thank you for supplying a bit of knowledge that I was lacking, hopefully I will use it well. I can only hope. 🙏✌️

[LeFordius]

Quick and simple- thank you! I was a bit lost after reading through it, most from the names.

[adolfoescobar]

Connect and watching from start till the end myfriend fullwatch❤

[reynaalgharafa]

I haven't heard anything about Macabees in my younger years. This is interesting.

[DraculaATrueChristian]

The Books of Maccabees are in the Catholic, and Orthodox bibles. But, they are not in the Protestant bibles.

[sydneyhoward]

Mathatias and his sons were not hebrews they were the replacements brought in by the Assyrian king after he exiled the northern kingdom. The hasmoneans were from modiin and they moved down to judah and took over the temple after the true levite priests were chased away and exiled in Qumran. Antiochus epiphanies never defiled the temple nor did Alexander the great nor did the greeks attacked Jerusalem. It was these Maccabees that did in 168bc thus kick-starting the beginning of the 2300 days prophesy of Daniel 8. The Maccabees or hasmonean rule lasted till the time of the herodean dynasty when kittim or Rome took over from greece. These hasmoneans are what daniel 8 refers to as the wicked priests and those who seek smooth things.

[Michelle-ghq]

The “ other Jew “. Was Zachariah. Matthew 24

[judahrise]

John 8:44
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”