A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com
164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)[1]
Recommended (Jewish) hymns:
- Minyan Man, by The Maccabeats
- I'm A Jew and I'm Proud, by Benny Ivri Anochi
- The 70 Weeks Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]
- Intertestamental Period 1: Medeo-Persia and Greece Under Alexander, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 2:7,8]
- Intertestamental Period 2: Alexander's Empire Divided, Israel Abused, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 8;11]
- Intertestamental Period 3: The Maccabean Revolt and the Rise of the Hasmoneans, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 11]
- Intertestamental Period 4: Early Roman Rule and Herod The Great, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 7:7]
- Intertestamental Period 5: Herods and Emperors and Rebellions, Oh My! by Pastor David McManus
1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
- Magna Charta: Blackstone, Mayflower Compact, Part 1, by Mark Liddle
- Magna Charta: Bradford, Mayflower Compact, Part 2, by Mark Liddle
- John Cooke (1607-1695): From Mayflower Pilgrim to New England Baptist, by Terry Wolever
1676 – The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Quantum Physics/ Bottomless Pit, by Pastor Mike Hoggard
1953 – The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Five Frauds of Evolution: Lucy, Piltdown, Haeckel's Embryo, by Pastor Jason Cooley [Text: Genesis 3]
