It further didn’t help matters when the priestly macaabees soon claimed the david secular power throne, too. The entire history was so depressing with so many Enemies Within — wolves in sheep’s clothing— erev rav— backstabbers. Traitors. ——— ( much like today, we seem just about as unable to overcome our domestic enemies as did the Israelites). So we can profit by trying to learn about chennukah. The miracle wasn’t god’s continued love and protection for his Jewish people. He’d promised that many times already. The miracle was and is that He keeps giving the human species chance after chance after chance after chance — something we can be so thankful for !
[Antiochus fixated on the idea he could unite his multi-ethnic empire through a religious cult focused on himself. He insisted he be worshipped as the manifestation of the god Zeus]
Gee, this reminds me of somebody.........