The holiday is celebrated on the first night by lighting a light in the menorah (candlestick). For eight nights, every night there is an increase of one more light lit. On the eighth night, all eight lights are lit.
The candle that lights the lights is called the servant
candle (shamash). It is to sit a bit higher or lower than the rest of the
candles.
This servant candle appears to me a metaphor for Jesus. He
is our Master and Lord, yet He was a servant.
"If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your
feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet." - John 13:14 KJV
The servant candle is not extinguished after it does its job
of lighting the other candles. Its light is available to light a candle in case
a candle blows out.
Jesus is available to ‘relight our light,’ refilling us with
His Spirit if we stumble and repent.
"Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and
arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." - Ephesians 5:14
KJV
"The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of
light." - Romans 13:12 KJV
"Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and
say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord
GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye
shall live:" - Ezekiel 37:4-5 KJV
“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a
great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the
father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and
put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted
calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and
is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry." -
Luke 15:20-24 KJV
To be continued…
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