Elliot Hong (9 Feb 2020)
"A Connection of Hanukkah and Tu B'Shevat"



Dear Doves:

1) Tu B'Shevat is New Year for Trees.
     Jesus taught that tree must produce good and abundant fruit.
     "Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit" (Matthew 7:17)
     "This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples" (John 15:8)
     "The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down
       and thrown into the fire" (Luke 3:9)
     Fruit means not only work but more importantly the Fruits of the Holy Spirit as it's written in Galatians 5:22-23.
     And in order to bear the Fruits of the Holy Spirit, God's temple of believer must be cleansed and be filled with the
     Holy Spirit which is the theme of Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication.
     Thus the theme of Hanukkah and Tu B'Shevat is the same.
     And it's 50 days from the first day of Hanukkah last year to this Tu B'Shevat, and 50 means Liberation.

2) I read a comment said that 7.7 earthquake occurred in 77 minitues after Trump announced the Peace Plan.
    It can't be a coincidence.
    It's 14 days(7+7) from the announcement of the Peace Plan to this Tu B'Shevat, and 14 means Salvation.

3) It's 8 days from the 54th Super Bowl to this Tu B'Shevat, and 8 means New Birth and New Beginning.

Maranatha!