For over 2000 years, Judaism has celebrated the feast of the dedication of the temple — Hanukkah. What is it actually about? Why did a ruler call himself the "visible god," was the Most Holy Place defiled with pig's blood, and the Greek god Zeus worshiped in the holy temple, and what was the story with the Jewish guerrilla troops of the Maccabees all about?

Starting from the revolt of the Maccabees, Martin talks about what today is trying to dilute our faith. As Christians we are in danger of bowing down before the altar of the spirit of the age and sacrificing the things that are actually holy and important to us for the applause and acceptance of the world. And the enemy's trap doesn't differ all that much from the one he set 2,200 years ago.

You will see: the whole thing has much more to do with us than one would suspect at first glance.

At that time it was the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
John 10:22-24