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Ever feel like you're just going about your life, and then BAM! Someone important notices you? That's kind of what happened to Jonathan Maccabeus in the First Book of Maccabees. Th...
It's the seventh month – Tishrei – of the year 160 according to the Seleucid calendar. A very important time. Think autumn in Judea. The air is crisp, and the Feast of Tabernacles,...
Times were tough. The Maccabees, that heroic family, were leading a revolt against the Seleucid Empire, who were trying to Hellenize Judea – to force Greek culture and religion upo...
It's considered Deuterocanonical, meaning it's included in some versions of the Bible but not in others. Think of it as bonus content, filling in historical gaps and adding layers ...
We're picking up the story with Jonathan, one of the famed Maccabee brothers, fresh off some victories and shrewd negotiations. Imagine the scene: King Alexander, recognizing Jonat...
Talk about feeling exposed! That's the situation Jonathan Maccabeus found himself in, as described in the First Book of Maccabees. Apollonius, a military commander, was taunting Jo...
That feeling, that primal fear, is something Jonathan Maccabeus and his forces knew all too well. Let's set the scene. We're in the tumultuous times described in the Book of Maccab...
And it's a feeling the Maccabees knew all too well. Let's dive into a moment from their incredible story, specifically from the Book of Maccabees I, chapter 10. The scene is tense....
The aftermath of battle... it's never pretty. The Book of Maccabees I tells us, starkly, that "there were burned and slain with the sword well nigh eight thousand men." Eight thous...
