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February 16 - Esther 8 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. It is shown here and it is a
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  Thursday, and it is wonderful to have your company in this
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  beautiful summary week. Normally, I'd be hugging a cup
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  of tea to keep myself orbit today.
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  Today, I have an icy cold drink living, the dream living, the
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  warm summer dream, for those of you who enjoy the warmth with
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  me, after I seen a great and for those of you who are chilly,
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  right? Right now.
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  Well, maybe you can absorb some warm through the podcast, but
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  anyway, however, warm or cold. You are, we are going to read a
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  very warm part of the story after the well, so pointy end.
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  The sharp end of the skewer that paroled home and found himself
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  skewered on. We are going to read the
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  follow-on. The help that comes to the Jews
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  through King Xerxes. So join me friends, as we read
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  together, Esther Eight. On that same day, King Xerxes
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  gave the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews to Queen
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  Esther. Then more to guy was brought
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  before the king for Esther had told the king had they were
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  related. The king took off his Signet
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  ring, which he had taken back from Haman and gave it to
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  Mordecai. And Esther appointed more to go
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  to be in charge of haman's property.
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  Then Esther went again, before the king, falling down at his
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  feet, and begging him with tears to stop the evil plot devised by
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  Haman, the agagite against the Jews.
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  Again, the king held out the gold scepter to Esther.
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  So, she Rose and stood before him.
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  Esther said, if it leaves the king, and if I have found favor
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  with him, and if he thinks it is right, if I'm pleasing to him,
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  let there be A decree that reverses the orders of Haman,
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  son of hammer data, the agagite who ordered that Jews throughout
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  all the king's provinces should be destroyed for, How Can I
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  Endure to see my people? And my family slaughtered and
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  destroyed? Then King Xerxes said to Queen
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  Esther and Mordecai the Jew, I have given Esther the property
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  of Haman and he has been impaled on a pole because he tried to
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  destroy the Jews. Now, go ahead and send a message
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  to the Jews and the king's name, telling them, whatever you want
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  and seal it with the Kings Signet ring.
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  But remember that whatever has already been written in the
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  king's name I am and sealed with his Signet ring can never be
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  revoked. So on June 25th, the Kings
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  secretaries were summoned and a decree was written exactly.
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  As Mordecai. Dictated, it was sent to the
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  Jews and to the highest offices that Governors and the Nobles
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  are all the 127 provinces stretching from India to
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  Ethiopia. The decree was written in the
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  scripts and languages of all the peoples of the Empire, including
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  that of the Jews. The decree was written in the
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  name of King Xerxes and sealed with the Kings Signet ring more
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  to guy sent the dispatcher's by Swift Messengers, who rode fast
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  horses, especially bread for the King's Service.
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  The Kings decree gave the Jews in every city authority to unite
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  to defend their lives. They were allowed to kill
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  Slaughter and annihilate. Anyone of any nationality or
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  Province who might attack them, or their children and wives and
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  to take the property of their enemies, the day, chosen for
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  this event throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was
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  March 7th of the next year. A copy of the decree was to be
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  issued as law in every Province and proclaimed to All Peoples,
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  so that the Jews would be ready to take revenge on their enemies
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  on the appointed day. So urged on by the King's
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  Command, The Messengers Road out swiftly, on fast horses.
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  Bred for the King's Service, the same decree was also proclaimed
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  in the Fortress of Susa. Then mortdecai left, the king's
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  presence wearing the Royal robe of blue and white, the great
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  crown of gold and outer, cloak of fine, linen, and purple and
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  the people of Susa celebrated the new decree, the Jews were
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  filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere in every
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  Province and City wherever the Kings decree arrived, the Jews
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  rejoiced and had a great celebration.
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  Russian and declared a public festival and holiday.
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  And many of the people of the land became Jews themselves for
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  they feared, what the Jews might do to them,
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  Father, we thank you that. You hold us in your hand that in
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  your grip. We find our lives and
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  everything. We need to sustain ourselves.
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  Thank you for the way you care for us, for the provision that
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  you provide us for the beautiful world that we get to live in for
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  the relationships that nurture us and for your son who has
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  saved us. Thank you, Father, for the way
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  that you love us. Like your And you gather us into
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  you and you plan that we will be able to spend all of eternity in
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  your presence to be loved by you and for us to worship and adore
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  you. We Just Praise You and lift you
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  up and place you in the highest place in our lives, and in the
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  world. And it's in the name of your son
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  Jesus that we pray. Amen.
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  And it's in the name of your son Jesus that we pray.
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  Amen.