Bible Study?20240102 1 Mac 3:1-60
Bible Study?20240102 1 Mac 3:1-60
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?The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (Washington, DC: National Council of Churches of Christ, 1993),
??The Early Victories of Judas
3 Then his son Judas, who was called Maccabeus, took command in his place. 2 All his brothers and all who had joined his father helped him; they gladly fought for Israel.
3 He extended the glory of his people.
Like a giant he put on his breastplate;
he bound on his armor of war and waged battles,
protecting the camp by his sword.
4 He was like a lion in his deeds,
like a lion’s cub roaring for prey.
5 He searched out and pursued those who broke the law;
he burned those who troubled his people.
6 Lawbreakers shrank back for fear of him;
all the evildoers were confounded;
and deliverance prospered by his hand.
7 He embittered many kings,
but he made Jacob glad by his deeds,
and his memory is blessed forever.
8 He went through the cities of Judah;
he destroyed the ungodly out of the land;a
thus he turned away wrath from Israel.
9 He was renowned to the ends of the earth;
he gathered in those who were perishing.
10 Apollonius now gathered together Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel. 11 When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him, and he defeated and killed him. Many were wounded and fell, and the rest fled. 12 Then they seized their spoils; and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and used it in battle the rest of his life.
13 When Seron, the commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a body of faithful soldiers who stayed with him and went out to battle, 14 he said, “I will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will make war on Judas and his companions, who scorn the king’s command.” 15 Once again a strong army of godless men went up with him to help him, to take vengeance on the Israelites.
16 When he approached the ascent of Beth-horon, Judas went out to meet him with a small company. 17 But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, “How can we, few as we are, fight against so great and so strong a multitude? And we are faint, for we have eaten nothing today.” 18 Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few. 19 It is not on the size of the army that victory in battle depends, but strength comes from Heaven. 20 They come against us in great insolence and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to despoil us; 21 but we fight for our lives and our laws. 22 He himself will crush them before us; as for you, do not be afraid of them.”
23 When he finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were crushed before him. 24 They pursued themb down the descent of Beth-horon to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines. 25 Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell on the Gentiles all around them. 26 His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.
The Policy of Antiochus
27 When King Antiochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army. 28 He opened his coffers and gave a year’s pay to his forces, and ordered them to be ready for any need. 29 Then he saw that the money in the treasury was exhausted, and that the revenues from the country were small because of the dissension and disaster that he had caused in the land by abolishing the laws that had existed from the earliest days. 30 He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts that he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings. 31 He was greatly perplexed in mind; then he determined to go to Persia and collect the revenues from those regions and raise a large fund.
32 He left Lysias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king’s affairs from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt. 33 Lysias was also to take care of his son Antiochus until he returned. 34 And he turned over to Lysiasc half of his forces and the elephants, and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem, 35 Lysias was to send a force against them to wipe out and destroy the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem; he was to banish the memory of them from the place, 36 settle aliens in all their territory, and distribute their land by lot. 37 Then the king took the remaining half of his forces and left Antioch his capital in the one hundred and forty-seventh year.d He crossed the Euphrates river and went through the upper provinces.
Preparations for Battle
38 Lysias chose Ptolemy son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, able men among the Friends of the king, 39 and sent with them forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded. 40 So they set out with their entire force, and when they arrived they encamped near Emmaus in the plain. 41 When the traders of the region heard what was said to them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts, and fetters,e and went to the camp to get the Israelites for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them.
42 Now Judas and his brothers saw that misfortunes had increased and that the forces were encamped in their territory. They also learned what the king had commanded to do to the people to cause their final destruction. 43 But they said to one another, “Let us restore the ruins of our people, and fight for our people and the sanctuary.” 44 So the congregation assembled to be ready for battle, and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.
45 Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness;
not one of her children went in or out.
The sanctuary was trampled down,
and aliens held the citadel;
it was a lodging place for the Gentiles.
Joy was taken from Jacob;
the flute and the harp ceased to play.
46 Then they gathered together and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah. 47 They fasted that day, put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on their heads, and tore their clothes. 48 And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles consulted the likenesses of their gods. 49 They also brought the vestments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the naziritesf who had completed their days; 50 and they cried aloud to Heaven, saying,
“What shall we do with these?
Where shall we take them?
51 Your sanctuary is trampled down and profaned,
and your priests mourn in humiliation.
52 Here the Gentiles are assembled against us to destroy us;
you know what they plot against us.
53 How will we be able to withstand them,
if you do not help us?”
54 Then they sounded the trumpets and gave a loud shout. 55 After this Judas appointed leaders of the people, in charge of thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens. 56 Those who were building houses, or were about to be married, or were planting a vineyard, or were fainthearted, he told to go home again, according to the law. 57 Then the army marched out and encamped to the south of Emmaus.
58 And Judas said, “Arm yourselves and be courageous. Be ready early in the morning to fight with these Gentiles who have assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary. 59 It is better for us to die in battle than to see the misfortunes of our nation and of the sanctuary. 60 But as his will in heaven may be, so shall he do.”1
a?a Gk it
b?b Other ancient authorities read him
c?c Gk him
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d?d 165 B.C.
e?e Syr: Gk Mss, Vg slaves
f?f That is those separated or those consecrated
1?The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (Washington, DC: National Council of Churches of Christ, 1993), 1 Mac 3:1–60.
Revelation From God
Author
The author of the Books of Maccabees is unknown but is believed to be a Palestine Jew living at the time of the Deliverance of the Jews.
Date
The books must have been written around 323-134 BC, as the inform us of event going on during this time period.
History
The Book of Maccabees details the delivers of the Jews, through the family of Mattathias (5:62)—especially through his three sons, Judas, Jonathan, and Simon, and his grandson, John Hyrcanus.11?New American Bible, Revised Edition. (Washington, DC: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2011), 1 Mac.
Theology
The theology is that of the Jews being YHWH’s chosen people, that all must:
Walk in the ways of YHWH Deut 8:6, Deut 10:12, Deut 30:1-20, 1 Ki 2:1-9, 1 Ki 8:58-61, 2 Ch 34:30-33, Enoch 92:1–5, Psa 19:1-4, Psa 84:5-12, Isa 48:17, Eze 36:26-27, Mic 6:8, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, 1 Pe 1:13-25, 1 Pe 3:1-22, 1 Jn 1:6-10!!!!
Which is THEOPHILUS, GOD'S LOVE, Deut 10:18-19, Deut 11:1-32, Deut 13:3, 1 Sa 18:1-5, 2 Sam 9:1-13, John 3:16, John 13:34-35, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, 1 Jn 3:11-14, 1 Jn 4:1-21, 1 Jn 5:3 !!!!
By Faith Enoch 99:10, Tobit 7:1-16, Judith 6:1-20, Judith 7:1-32, Eph 2:8-9, Gal 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26!!!!
Declare YHWH as Lord Exo 20:1-21, Deut 6:4-8, Enoch 99:10, Tobit 13:4, Tobit 13:15, Judith 6:2, John 3:15-18, John 3:36, Rom 10:9-10
Structure
There are seven poetic sections in the book that imitate the style of classical Hebrew poetry: four laments (1:25–28, 36–40; 2:7–13; 3:45), and three hymns of praise of “our fathers” (2:51–64), of Judas (3:3–9), and of Simon (14:4–15).11?New American Bible, Revised Edition. (Washington, DC: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2011), 1 Mac.
Chapter (3) YHWH The Holy Spirit, YHWH Ruach, Act 1:1-16, Act 2:1-5, Act 2:17-18, Act 2:38, Act 5:32, Act 10:44-48 !!!! There is (1) Pericope, (Theological Idea), YHWH the Father, YHWH Ab, John 17:20-26, Eph 3:14-21, Rev 1:8, Rev 22:13 !!!! It has (60) Verses whose sum is (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31}. (60) is the product of (5) The Broken, Rom 3:23, Rev 2:5, The Fallen, Gen 1:4-5, Rev 12:4-9, The Lost, Mat 18:10-14, Joh 10:27-30, The Sinner, Gen 6:16, 1 Ti 1:8-9, The Unbelieving, Luk 15:1-32, John 3:18, times (12) which is a representation of YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, it is the (12) Tribes of Israel, or the (12) Apostles.?Its sum is (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17. It is the product of (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, John 14:15-31, John 16:4-15, times (4) YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, John 10:30-38, John 14:1-31, John 15:1-27, John 17:20-26!!!!
Purpose?
The over all purpose of the books of Maccabees is to declare to all that YHWH, Himself, will protect and keep us Enoch 100:5, Esther 15:1–16, 1 Pe 5:10, Deut 3:1-29, Deut 31:6, Psa 23:1-6, Psa 121:7-8, Isa 41:10, Isa 54:17, Rom 8:38-39, 1 Co 10:13, Eph 6:10-21, 2 Th 3:3-5, 2 Ti 4:18-20!!!!
YHWH will fight for you, Exo 14:14, Deut 28:6-7, 2 Ch 14:1-15, Jer 20:11, Mat 11:28-30!!!!
The purpose of Chapter (3) is to teach all, to pray with out ceasing, Judith 4:1-15, Judith 6:1-20, Judith 12:8-9, 1 Mac 3:43-44, Psa116:2, Mat 6:25-34, Eph 3:14-21, Php 4:6-7, 1 Th 5:16-18, and fast Le 16:29–31, Jdg 20:26–27, 2 Sa 12:17–23, Es 4:15–17, 1Mac 3:47, Is 58:3–7, Da 10:1–3, Mt 4:1–2, Lk 5:33–35, that YHWH’s Will be done, 1 Mac 3:60, Matt 26:42, Luke 22:42!!!!
Exegesis / Hermeneutical
Conclusion
Chapter (3) is to teach all, to pray with out ceasing, Judith 4:1-15, Judith 6:1-20, Judith 12:8-9, 1 Mac 3:43-44, Psa116:2, Mat 6:25-34, Eph 3:14-21, Php 4:6-7, 1 Th 5:16-18, and fast Le 16:29–31, Jdg 20:26–27, 2 Sa 12:17–23, Es 4:15–17, 1Mac 3:47, Is 58:3–7, Da 10:1–3, Mt 4:1–2, Lk 5:33–35, that YHWH’s Will be done, 1 Mac 3:60, Matt 26:42, Luke 22:42!!!!
Bible Study Question
Do you Pray and Fast ?
I am a firm believer that our churches today do not discuss the spiritual aspects of fasting. It is like they don't see the importance of us sacrificing to God and praying at the same time. But God does direct us to fast in several places in the Bible and we should be trained to draw closer to God through our fasting and prayers. Thus, pray with out ceasing, Judith 4:1-15, Judith 6:1-20, Judith 12:8-9, 1 Mac 3:43-44, Psa116:2, Mat 6:25-34, Eph 3:14-21, Php 4:6-7, 1 Th 5:16-18, and fast Le 16:29–31, Jdg 20:26–27, 2 Sa 12:17–23, Es 4:15–17, 1Mac 3:47, Is 58:3–7, Da 10:1–3, Mt 4:1–2, Lk 5:33–35, that YHWH’s Will be done, 1 Mac 3:60, Matt 26:42, Luke 22:42!!!!
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