(Mostly Originally Part of a Facebook Reply)
I blocked both people whom put the angry emoji on a post that both Jews and gentiles should celebrate Chanukah to support ‘Am Yisra’el this year. Who are they to get angry when Tanakh itself tells us that gentiles will come to the light that shines over Israel¹? If anyone is upset that gentiles would celebrate Chanukah to partly support Israel, they ultimately have anger against the God of Israel—and Korah and his God-defying band of rebels learned the hard way when they similarly rebelled against Moses and Aaron. After all, Chanukah is a reminder that the Greco-Syrian armies could not thwart the plans that יהוה צבאות had for ‘Am Yisra’el; and Chanukah is therefore ultimately an acknowledgment of יהוה.
¹ I of course believe the light that shines over Israel to be that of Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Mary and the adopted son of Joseph. I understand that not everyone does; and Anti Messianics (“antimissionaries”/“countermissionaries”) can stay away from any discussion about it with me. I’m not proselytizing (forcing or recruiting) you into believing what I believe; and you stay away if you can’t agree to disagree.
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