The 1st Book of Maccabees Ch. 1-5| The Israelite Jews-A People not a Place🗡️

Mattathias Maccabees
🏛️Alexander the Great (Greece)
🏛️His Generals put Crowns upon themselves and evils increased
🏛️Persian Empire 338 BCE
🏛️Ptolemy in Egypt
🏛️Seleucus in Syria
🏛️Selucid Dynasty repressed the Jews
🏛️Antiochus Epiphanes IV 175-164 BCE
🏛️Antiochus Eupator V 164-162 BCE
🏛️Demetrius I Soter 162-150 BCE
🏛️The Former Northern Kingdom of IsRaEl
(Samaria)
🏛️The Gymnasium was for honoring Greek gods
🏛️Roman Military
🏛️Demand participation in pagan cults from Isrealite Jews
🏛️Prohibited Obedience to the Law of Moses
🏛️Desolated the Inner court in December
🏛️Restoration was Chislev 12/25 for 8 days
🏛️Feast of Dedication
🏛️Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians 587 BCE
🏛️The Kings attack the Jews on their Sabbath
🏛️Hasideans The Chesed fidelity to the Covenant
🏛️Phinehas descended 3rd in lineage from Aaron
🏛️Judas Maccabees a Military Leader
🏛️Lysias was entrusted by Antiochus to expel the Jews from their region, replacing them with non-Israelites (Aliens)
🏛️Slave traders in Emmaus arrived w/ money to enslave expelled Jews
🏛️The 12 Tribes assembled w/Judas to resist the invaders
🏛️The Selucid troops were defeated by Judas & 3000 men
🏛️Lysias Troops of 70,000 was defeated by Judas Tribal men of 10,000
🏛️164 BCE the Desecrated Temple was Restored ( The Feast of Dedication Observed)
🏛️Jews found refuge in Yarmuk Valley in Gilead
🏛️Attacks on Jews @ Ptolemais, Tyre, and Sidon
🏛️The Nabateans(Arab ppl)
🏛️The Most High Chose the Maccabean family to liberate The Isrealite Jews
🏛️Antiochus Epiphanies IV
🏛️Elymais was his final attack in Elam
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