The story told in Maccabees casts Mattathias and his son Judas Maccabeus as heroes. They are commanded by Antiochus IV Epiphanes to abandon the covenant between God and the children of Israel. Mattathias refuses and begins an armed revolt.We don’t take everything the re….

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This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – November 16, 2019

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