Purim & Hanukkah: BOOKENDS symbolizing DELIVERANCE

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time,

then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place;
but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed:
and who knoweth whether thou art come
to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther 4:14-16

*The other 2 Feasts.....Both Purim (implemented during Esther) & Dedication, (Hanukkah) or Lights, (implemented during the inter-testament period) point Christians to the deliverance of God.

Notice...
* There are 2 Feasts about DELIVERANCE.
Q: Where in the Bible do we see 2 major stories of deliverance?
A: In Daniel...the fiery furnace & the lions den.
When God repeats something it is for a reason.

* Look close & you will see that one (Purim) is right before the spring feasts. And the other (Hanukkah) is after the fall feasts. ...

LESSON:

God is telling you, both before & after, that He will preserve His people.
* In Purim (Feast of Lots) we see the preservation of God in this Great Controversy of His people.
Q: For where in the Sanctuary system do we see lots cast?
A: On the day of Atonement between the goats for the one sacrificed (Christ) & the infamous scapegoat (Lucifer).

Born with a fallen human nature, He risked the chance of failure (for
how else could anything in the Gospel make sense? If there was no chance of failure--then this would all be a charade down here-& a waste of time & souls. BUT if there is was the element of chance-then the whole thing makes sense & the victory of real substance).
By His victory He has preserved His people.
Like in Daniel & the Lions Den, He has preserved His people through the ravages of the roaring lion Lucifer in this Great Controversy & Christ has won.

* As for the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), it is also known as the

Feast of Lights. The lit candles required fire--and in Daniel's other
story of deliverance, we see fire in the fiery furnace.
Hanukkah also has to do with the re-dedication of the temple as a result of the deliverance. A reminder for Christians today, to learn from, of His plan of salvation laid out in the sanctuary (temple).

These two more Feasts are

BOOKENDS symbolizing DELIVERANCE

through the Sanctuary Process.