Approaching Hanukkah during turbulent times tells me that I always have hope. Hope in a final redemption, hope that all of mankind will honor the one True Creator. All religions think they have the answer and none of them came come even close to the truth. I've discovered the truth of Torah several years ago and shed myself from xianity's grasp. The only good thing I can say about xianity is that it worked as a stepping stone to finding the G-d of Torah.
For me....the final redemption and the days of Moshiach have already come. Why? Someone may ask. The reason why I believe this is because during the days of Moshiach all mankind (whoever survives anyway) will recognize that G-d is One and above Him there is no other. So... I pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Israel and the unity of G-d's holy ones.