In Esther, chapter eight, verse seventeen, God enables His chosen people to defend themselves and cause the people of the land to fear them, as in chapter nine, verse two, and Nehemiah six, verse sixteen, respectively. In this situation, the people of God gained through the wicked plot of Haman. After revoking the initial decree […]
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In Esther, chapter eight, verse three, although Haman received a hanging for God’s just intervention in chapter seven, verse ten, Esther courageously attempts to address the king with tears in light of saving her people. She fell at the feet of the king for the deliverance of the people of God to reverse the decree
In Esther, chapter six, verse one, the providential workings of God are evident in this chapter. He used the sleeplessness of the king to bring about the exaltation of Mordecai by his enemy, as in verses two through eleven. Day and night, God watches over those who are faithful. The sleep of the king fled
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In Esther, chapter five, verse thirteen, although Haman had riches, glory, power, and status, he was unsatisfied and unhappy. Mordecai had strength of character, godly convictions, and assurance in God. Haman knew that Mordecai was the better man and hated him for it. In God’s sight, greatness is never in riches or power of position
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In Esther, chapter four, verse sixteen, Esther was willing to give her life to save her people. She would do what was right and leave the consequences with God: God will not honor those who remain silent to protect their place or position, but he will honor those who, for the sake of God and
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In Esther, chapter four, verse fourteen, Mordecai believed that it was God’s purpose to use Esther to deliver Israel and that she had become queen for this very reason. However, Mordecai knew that Esther could fall short of that purpose if she did not do her part in God’s redemptive plan. If she refused to
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In Esther, chapter three, verse eight, one of God’s purposes in giving the law to Israel was to make them different from all the other people. Haman recognized something different in the people of God and hated them for it. He attempted to persuade King Ahasuerus by convincing Him. Haman was relating King Ahasuerus to the people
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In Esther, chapter three, verse seven, they cast “Pur,” similar to dice. Haman used it to determine the “lucky day” on which to destroy the people of God after nearly one year intervened between the casting of the lot and the execution of the plan. The period gave Mordecai and Esther, under the providence of God, time to encounter
In Esther, chapter three, verse six, Haman, the prime minister of Persia, is the first political figure in the Bible to devise a sinister plan for exterminating all of the chosen people of God within his political sphere. Haman’s wrath was so excessive that to punish the man who excited it seemed to him as nothing. The
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In Esther, chapter three, verse four, those around Mordecai wanted to know why he did not bow down. He gave them only one answer: he was a Jew. God sent them into captivity to purge them from idolatry. The discovery from Ezra and Nehemiah that the chosen people of God went back to Jerusalem had
