Difference between revisions of "Dedication"

<p> According to common usage, ‘dedication’ is another word for ‘consecration’. The two words refer to the act of setting apart people or things from the ordinary affairs of life and presenting them to God for his service (&nbsp;Exodus 13:2; &nbsp;Exodus 13:12; &nbsp;Exodus 29:1; &nbsp;Exodus 29:22; &nbsp;Numbers 7:10-11; &nbsp;1 Samuel 1:11; &nbsp;1 Samuel 1:24-28; &nbsp;1 Kings 8:63; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:26; &nbsp;Ezra 6:16-17; for details see &nbsp;CONSECRATION). </p> <p> The [[Jewish]] festival known as the [[Feast]] of [[Dedication]] celebrated the rededication of the Jewish temple after the defilement by [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] in the second century BC (&nbsp;John 10:22; for details see &nbsp;FEASTS). </p>

<p> A religious ceremony by which any person, place, or thing was devoted to a holy purpose. Thus the tabernacle and the first and second temples were dedicated to God, &nbsp;Exodus 40:1-38 &nbsp; 1 Kings 8:1-66 &nbsp; Ezra 6:1 - &nbsp;22 . The [[Jews]] also practiced a certain dedication of walls, houses, etc., &nbsp;Deuteronomy 20:5 &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:27 . The "feast of the dedication" was a yearly commemoration of the cleansing and rededication of the temple, when polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes, &nbsp;John 10:22 . </p>

<p> &nbsp;(1):&nbsp; (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple. </p> <p> &nbsp;(2):&nbsp; (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use. </p> <p> &nbsp;(3):&nbsp; (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor. </p>

<p> a religious ceremony, whereby any person or thing was set apart to the service of God, and the purposes of religion. Dedications of persons, temples, and houses, were frequent among the Jews. See &nbsp;CONSECRATION . </p>