The Chronicle’s Saturday, Dec. 22, Faith, Religion, Church news article, page 4 of the Life section, titled, “Bringing Light into Darkness: Public Menorahs Seen as Symbols of Hope for Hanukkah,” gave all kinds of bells and whistles and meanings and explanations as to why the Menorah has nine branches, none of them being biblical.
So, for those readers expecting a biblical answer, this issue was not addressed adequately.
Consequently, it still stands that the Menorah, or golden candlestick, does have a biblical meaning and significance that was meant from its first creation by Moses, when it was made having just seven branches or pipes with lights upon the top of each, as per the instruction of the God of Moses found in the 25th chapter of Exodus.
Aside from the fact that John the revelator, who penned the Apocalypse called the Book of Revelation, wrote about two witnesses in its 11th chapter, saying “These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth,” and that this verse is almost verbatim to the words of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah found in the fourth chapter of Zechariah, that say after Zechariah questions, “What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof,” and is answered, “These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
The question still is, and still remains: Did the prophet Zechariah, who was a Jew, not
indeed give the description of a nine-branched Menorah?
Judge for yourself. And, after reading those verses, ask yourself, do the words of
Zechariah the prophet found in those verses describe a nine-branched Menorah? And, if
so, then what does the nine-branched Menorah mean?
What is the true meaning of the Menorah? The Dec. 6 letter titled, “Thoughts on the Biblical Representation of the Menorah,” tells the true meaning.
There are more discoveries to be made about the Menorah — in both the Old and New Testaments. But that discussion is too lengthy to be included here.
Does it really matter that there are two extra branches on the Menorah that originally had seven? Yes. Why? Because the two branches represent two men who will have something significant to do with the future of our planet.
Vic Khvoroff
Randle
