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671. Bible Study: Esther 6, 7 & 8 (An Example of God's Providence rather than "Coincidence") · Faith by annm2705

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Chapter 5 of the book of Esther. Dear God, please be with us as
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we read through this book and give us wisdom and understanding
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and inspire us through the Holy Spirit in Jesus name, Amen.
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On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the
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inner court of the palace in front of the King's hall.
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The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hill facing
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the entrance, in the hall facing the entrance.
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When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was
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pleased with her and held out to her the gold sceptre that was in
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his hand. So Esther approached and touched
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the tip of the sceptre. Then the king asked, What is it,
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Queen Esther? What is your request?
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Even up to half the Kingdom it will be given you if it This is
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my king, replied Esther. Let the king, together with
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Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.
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Bring Haman at once, the king said, so that we may do what
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Esther asked. So the king and Haman went to
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the banquet Esther had prepared. As they were drinking wine, the
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king again asked Esther, what is your petition?
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It will be given you. And what is your request?
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Even up to half the even up to half the Kingdom it will be
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granted. Esther replied, My petition and
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my request is this. If the king regards me with
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favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill
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my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow, tomorrow to
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the banquet. I will prepare for them.
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Then I will answer the King's question.
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So right here we can see that Esther's actually showing a
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fruit of the Spirit, which is patience.
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And it's just something that, you know, does she have the Holy
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Spirit? Is the Holy Spirit influencing
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her? The the Bible doesn't tell us
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that, but we can see that her actions are illustrating
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something that comes from the Holy Spirit, which is patience.
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So she's been given a direction from her.
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I guess he was like her uncle Mordecai that she lived with
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that had adopted her. And she was to talk to the king
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about this edict that went out. And he's very, he's responding
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very favorably to her. And she could have just said
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everything right then and there. But it's interesting, like she
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first invites him to a banquet today, and then she when she's
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there, she still doesn't tell him what she wants.
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She tells him to come back again tomorrow, which is interesting.
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So continues on Haman's Rage Against Mordecai.
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Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits.
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But when he saw Mordecai at the King's gate, that's her uncle,
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and he's a Jew. And and so is she, but it's
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unknown that she's a Jew at this point.
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But when he saw Mordecai at the King's gate and observed that he
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neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with
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Rage Against Mordecai. Again, think about this.
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You know, they that anger is a foothold of Satan.
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So it says like don't something about don't go go to bed.
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Basically in paraphrasing it, don't go to bed angry because in
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in in doing so, give the devil a foothold.
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That's in scripture. And it's just that that is, you
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know, that anger there can turn into so much more.
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And we're seeing it right. Like here he is being influenced
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by evil because all of a sudden this anger is coming up upon
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him. And just think about that.
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I mean, that can from inside, but there's also evil spiritual
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forces that work in people that stir up the anger because the
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enemy of God and us wants to destroy human beings.
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And so anything that it can do to destroy us, using US.
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And we should really think about that today.
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This is June 13th, 2025. We should think about anything
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that stirs up anger because is, you know, and really reflect.
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Is this the enemy trying to get us to fight among one another,
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to destroy one another, to do the enemy's work for the enemy?
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Stir up anger, go against someone and destroy them.
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That's what the enemy wants to do.
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And if that anger is causing a person to do that, that person
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is a pawn being used by the enemy, the enemy of God, and
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it's only going to destroy. So even the person that's acting
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out on that is going to have consequences of it.
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Just something to think about. Nevertheless, Haman restrained
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himself and went home, calling together his friends and Zoresh,
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his wife. Haman boasted.
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That's another prideful thing is that's another thing that comes
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from within. But it always says it comes
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before the fall. And pride is also the reason
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that Satan was unable to submit to God because he wanted to be
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God. And so we can see these
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qualities that are in Satan and in the enemy of God, the things
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that God hates, a haughty look, a proud look, that's one of the
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seven things that God hates, and pride is part of that.
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So Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons,
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and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had
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elevated him above the other nobles and officials.
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And that's not all, Haman added. I'm the only person Queen Esther
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invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave, and she
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has invited me along with the king tomorrow.
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But all of this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see
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that Jew Mordecai sitting at the King's gate.
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So everything else didn't matter.
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All of a sudden he focuses on Mordecai and he just wants him
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destroyed. His wife Zoresh and all his
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friends said to him have a pole set up reaching to a height of
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50 cubits and asked the king in the morning.
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So notice this is they're supposed to have a banquet
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tomorrow. So his wife is telling him and
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you know is she influenced by evil?
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His wife is telling him that in the morning have Mordecai
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impaled on it. So this is interesting, right?
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I mean this could ruin the whole plan.
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Like Esther delay, she had patience and she was going to
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talk tomorrow. But now Zoresh, his wife,
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Haman's wife is saying get it done in the morning, then go
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with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.
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So do you think maybe evil could have influenced her to make that
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suggestion to the the enemy of God perhaps was observing and
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heard that there's going to be a banquet tomorrow.
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And he, you know, the enemy can observe things that are spoken.
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And so the enemy could know that Mordecai sent a message to
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Esther, and Esther was going to talk to the king about it.
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And the enemy wants to destroy the Jews.
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And so he's inciting Haman. And now the wife of Haman is
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coming up with this, like, idea, like, oh, OK, well, tomorrow get
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it done. Get Mordecai taken care of.
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So it's just interesting when you see that, when you see how
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the enemy operates, it's like, OK, here's another thing now,
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but watch what happens. The just the suggestion
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delighted Haman and he had the polls set up.
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So he has the polls set up. So now we're going to go into
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Chapter 6 because we have to continue the story, right?
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The actual account of this really did happen.
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OK, so the knight, the king that that night, OK, sorry, that
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night the king could not sleep. Isn't that interesting?
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So he ordered the book of the Chronicles, the record of his
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reign, to be brought in and read to him.
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So this is one of those things that I have found recently is
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that sometimes when God is getting our attention, we can
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have lack of sleep. I think the enemy might be able
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to do that as well. But often if you can't sleep, it
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probably means that you should pray.
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Either way. If it's the enemy that's waking
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you up to torment you or if it's God getting your attention, it's
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time to communicate with God. So anytime you wake up in the
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middle of the night, pray. It's a time of prayer, so he
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couldn't sleep, but he ordered the book of Chronicles to read
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just to put him to sleep. It was found recorded there.
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Now look at this, the way God works.
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So he's not praying to God, but God uses God does this I mean,
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this is, you know, God wants to save Mordecai.
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Now listen to what he he's reading the record of his reign.
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The king gets wake woken up in the middle of the night and then
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he starts reading about his record of the rain and he it was
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found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Big Thana
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and Teresh, 2 of the King's officers who guarded the
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doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
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What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?
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The king asked. So the king had either forgotten
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or never been told about Mordecai, and Mordecai saved
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him. So in the middle of the night,
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he can't sleep. He has this book read to him and
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it tells him about this Mordecai guy who saved his life
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essentially. And he's like, what has been
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done to recognize him? Nothing has been done for him,
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His attendants answered. The king said Who is in the
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court now? Haman had just entered the outer
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court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai
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on the pole he had set up for him.
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So talk about timing and talk about God's timing being
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perfect. This is exactly how this is
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supernatural intervention in real life situation.
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So Mordecai is already set up. He's got the pole set up and not
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Mordecai Heyman. Heyman has the pole set up for
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Mordecai. He wants to Mordecai to be hung
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on that pole or killed and put on that pole.
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And it's all set up and ready for him.
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And he's going into the king in the morning just like his wife
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has suggested, probably with some evil influence, and he's
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going to do this horrible thing. And so the king asked, you know,
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who's out there? And so Heyman's out there.
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His attendance answered. Heyman is standing in the court,
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Bring him in, the king ordered. When Haman entered, the king
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asked him what should be done for the man the king delights to
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honour. Now Haman thought to himself,
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who is who is there that the king would rather would rather
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honour than me? So again this is Haman full of
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pride, he and pride comes before the fall, but he's thinking
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about himself. He's like, oh gosh, you know,
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the King wants to do something great for me.
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So this is like God uses things and turns it.
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So he turns it on the the the bad guy in the story.
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So he answered the king for for the man the king delights to
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honor. Have them bring a royal robe the
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king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a
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royal Crest placed on its head. Then let the robe and horse be
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entrusted to one of the kings most noble Princess.
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Let them robe the man the king delights to honor and lead him
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on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him,
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This is what is. This is what is done for the man
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the king delights to be honored. Isn't that interesting?
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So Heyman is suggesting these things because he thinks this is
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what's going to happen to himself and he doesn't realize
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that this is going to happen to the 1 he wants to hang on the
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pole. And it's just said, you know the
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opposite is happening to this evil man who wants to kill
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someone. So then here continues on.
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Go at once the king commanded Haman.
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Get the robe and the horse, and do just as you have suggested
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for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the King's gate.
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Do not neglect anything you have recommended.
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So wouldn't that be horrible? A slam to Haman where he is
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coming in front of the king thinks he's going to get
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rewarded. And not only does he not get
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rewarded, but the 1 he wants to take out the enemy he wants to
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take out is going to be elevated and he's going to have to parade
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the guy he wants dead in a robe on a horse and all this stuff.
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And you know, the symbology of this is really interesting too,
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because it's just like it reminds me of what happened with
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with Jesus essentially when Jesus came in, but in a
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different circumstance. But Jesus came into Jerusalem
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when they were saying Hosanna, Hosanna on the high and he was
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riding a cult, a a donkey's full and he was, he came in riding
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the horse, not the horse, the, the donkey.
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And anyway he was, it was, it's very similar.
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So there's a lot of things in here that are almost like a,
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there's some symbolically, just the circumstances are similar to
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what happened with Jesus. And then Jesus would eventually
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be exalted. And Jesus was a Jew.
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So it's all these things that are, it's just ironic.
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But these are literal events that sometimes have future
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prophetic meaning or significance.
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Or you can say, wow, that happened before.
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Like history repeats itself. It's really just interesting.
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So Haman got the robe and the horse.
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He rode Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city
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streets, proclaiming before him, This is what is done for the man
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the king delights to honor. Afterward Mordecai returned to
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the King's gate, but Haman rushed home with his head
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covered in grief and told Suresh, his wife, and all his
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friends, everything that had happened to him, his advisors
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and his wife. Zoresh said to him, Since
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Mordecai, since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started,
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is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him.
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You will surely come to ruin. While they were still talking
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with him, the King's eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away
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to the banquet Esther had prepared.
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So this was interesting too, is that they recognized that
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somehow God was with the Jews, because it says like since
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Mordecai, whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin.
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So they know he's a Jewish guy. You cannot stand against him.
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You will surely come to ruin. And that's actually in like the
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Bible says, I will bless those who bless you and curse those
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who curse you. So anyone who comes against
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Israel is bringing a curse on themselves.
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Again, this is really important right now because we are talking
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about this right now. June 13th, 2025, in the wee
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hours of the morning, Israel actually went against Iran to
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get rid of their nuclear, their facilities.
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And it's certainly not the end of this, but there is a warning
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in Bible, in the Bible. And people need to be aware of
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this because who knows what's going to happen after this.
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But you can be sure that there is going to be some anger that
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is stirred up about this. There will be retaliation.
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And there was. It's just it's I'm not going to
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talk about the political situation of what is between the
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two of them. But you know, Iran wanted to
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exterminate the Jews just like Haman wanted to exterminate
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Mordecai. And then it seems like things
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kind of turned around the, you know, the Iran, it's not over
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yet. I know, but Iran was threatening
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Israel and wanting to exterminate them.
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This has been going on for a long time with other people who
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are supportive, other organizations that are
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supportive of that same thought concept, like Hamas, who was
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going after they initially provoked Israel.
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And the war's been going on for two, almost two years now.
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And then I mean, just there's a lot of things that really seem
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like they are biblically prophetic things that are
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happening right now. And again, if nothing else, if
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they are not, you know, biblically prophetic about the
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last days, which they really seem to be, they certainly are
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repeating history and and history repeats itself.
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So pay attention to what's happening in this book of
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Esther. This is about the area of Iran.
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Esther was in Iran. She was actually a Jew and the
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King Xerxes was the king of Persia.
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And that's modern day Iran. And so it's it's it's just, it's
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just important because history does repeat itself and that we
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should learn from it. And this should stop there.
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You know, people do want peace, and the unfortunate aspect of it
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is that there will not be peace because Jesus told us there will
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not be. It'll be wars and rumors of wars
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will continue all the way until the end.
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So we are not going to have peace until Jesus returns.
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Then there will be peace like we've never experienced before.
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But until then, we're going to have wars and rumors of wars,
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so. The important thing to know,
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there's a lot of Jewish hatred that is seen on social media and
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there are people who are against Israel, but understand this,
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that if you go against Israel, you are bringing on a curse from
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you, on you, upon you. It says it in the Bible, if you
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bless Israel, you will be blessed.
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If you curse Israel, you will be cursed.
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There is evidence in the Bible for that.
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So don't let something evil sway your mind and have your you go
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against Israel because it will not turn out well for you.
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If you want to protect yourself and you want to stay within what
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God has stated, don't go against Israel.
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So I'm going to, I think I'm going to keep on reading because
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to finish out the story of Chapter 7.
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So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther's banquet and as
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they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked
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Queen Esther, what is your petition?
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It will be given to you. What is your request?
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Even up to half the Kingdom, it will be granted.
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Then Queen Esther answered, If I have found favor with you, Your
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Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life.
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This is my petition, and spare my people.
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This is my request. For I and my people have been
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sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.
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What does the enemy seek to do? Destroy and kill.
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So is it hard to see that there is evil forces working in this
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like the enemy seeks to kill and destroy?
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That's in Scripture. And what is this Haman doing?
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He is an agent of the enemy of God.
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He's seeking to kill and destroy, especially the Jewish
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people, because they are God's elect.
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They are God's chosen ones and and Satan is against, I mean,
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he's against them. He he hates them because they
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are getting something that he, he wanted and he's just with, he
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just has a vengeance that he is going against the Jews and then
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soon to be Christians. So pay attention.
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If we merely if we had merely been sold as male and female
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slaves, I would have kept quiet because no such distress would
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justify disturbing the king. King Xerxes asked Queen Esther,
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who is he? Where is he, this man who is
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dared to do such a thing? Esther said.
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An adversary and enemy that's like Satan also is referred to
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that this vile Haman. Then Haman was terrified before
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the king and queen. The king got up in a rage, left
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his wine and went out into the palace garden.
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But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his
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fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
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Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet
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hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was
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reclining. The king exclaimed.
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Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the
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house? As soon as the word left the
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King's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
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Then Haman, one of the eunuchs attending.
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Then I'm sorry. Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs
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attending. The king said.
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A pole reaching to a height of 50 cubits stands by Haman's
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house. He had set it up for Mordecai,
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who spoke up to help the king. The king said impale him on it.
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So they impaled Haman on the pole.
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He had set up for Mordecai, then the King's, then the King's fury
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subsided. So I will end there because that
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completes that part of the story, that part of the history
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account that this literally happened.
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So I will read the questions and answers and then we'll conclude.
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So we we're doing chapters 5-6 and seven.
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So what's the king literally promising half his Kingdom to
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Esther? Probably not.
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Xerxes oath to Esther appears to been a stock phrase used by
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ancient monarchs to express favor and was probably not to be
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taken literally. Xerxes knew Esther would not
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dare approach him unless she had a very important reason.
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Esther has succeeded in arousing both his admiration and his
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curiosity. Why would a queen do the
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cooking? When Esther said she had
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prepared a banquet banquet, she was speaking as the host, not as
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the literal cook. As Queen Esther's servants would
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have attended to her wishes. She probably had a team of
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cooks, chefs, and bakers who prepared a meal fit for a king
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like Xerxes. Why did Esther wait for the
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second banquet to make the request?
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It may have been a strategic decision by Esther.
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Perhaps she was hoping the king would grant this major request
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if he was sufficiently pleased with her.
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Or Esther may have simply and understandably lost her courage
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the first time. Or perhaps Esther was led by God
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to postpone her request, thus setting up the timing of Xerxes
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discovery of Mordecai's. Why did Hayman build such a high
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pole? Its height indicates Hayman
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intense hatred for Mordecai and Hayman desire to make Mordecai's
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death a warning to all. Perhaps the pole was to tot was
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on top of a wall of house, making it a total of 75 feet
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high. Since a freestanding 75 foot
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pole would have been difficult to construct in one night, this
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implement of death would have been in keeping with the Persian
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custom. Hebrew law also identified this
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form of death as an indication of God's curse, making the death
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of Haman and his sons all the more significant.
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I will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse
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Israel. Think about that.
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Why had Mordecai gone unrewarded for saving the King's life?
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It is unknown. Those who helped a king in
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extraordinary ways were considered benefactors with
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almost a legal right to a reward, though it was not often
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granted immediately. Some, like Haman, undoubtedly
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would have made the claim to that reward.
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Others, like Mordecai were not so self promoting.
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What was so special about hearing about wearing a hand me
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down from the king like his robe that he was going to wear?
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The King's garment had great significance in the ancient
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world. It was an outward physical
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representation of his power and glory to where something
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belonging to another signified sharing a part of that person's
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stature and honor. Haman's suggestion flattered the
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king, and since Haman incorrectly assumed the honor
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was meant for himself, was intended as a means to gain
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greater recognition and authority for himself.
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Just like that verse. This is like an example of that
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verse. Pride comes before the fall.
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Why did he cover his head? To show his grief.
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Covering 1's head was a typical expression of sorrow in ancient
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times. Possibly to hide one's tears or
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show a desire to mourn in private.
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Haman grieved for two reasons. Number one, he could not dare
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now kill now. He could not dare now to kill
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the favored Mordecai #2. He had been publicly humiliated
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before his enemy. Why did Haman's advisors think
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Mordecai's Jewish origin ensured Haman's room?
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What seemed like idle circumstances for Haman's
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revenge had now been miraculously noticed.
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That miraculously altered the significance of this disastrous
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turn of events was not lost on Haman's advisors.
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They probably knew the ancient history of Israel, how the Jews
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had been protected during the exile, and the hostility between
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the Jews and Amalekites. Given what they knew of previous
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events, they probably recognized Mordecai's rescue to be the
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beginning of Haman's judgement. So again, we should pay
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attention. This is history.
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History repeats itself. We need to learn from history so
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that we don't have the same outcomes.
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Would Xerxes really have given Esther half the Kingdom?
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Oh well, this is the second time I'd ask that question.
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Probably not. Xerxes.
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Oath to Esther appears to have been a stock phrase used by
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ancient monarchs to express favor and was probably not
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intended to be taken literally. Would Esther really have kept
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quiet at being sold into slavery?
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Slavery in the ancient Near East did not carry the same dreaded
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connotations it bears today, so it is entirely possible that
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Esther would not have risked death at the threat of slavery.
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Further, Esther might have been hinting that it was in Xerxes
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own best interest to prevent the Jews who were productive workers
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in his realm from being annihilated.
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So there's other reasons too. Why didn't Xerxes remember that
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he had authorized the the annihilation of the Jews?
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Historical records outside the Bible depict Xerxes as a cruel
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tyrant. He would have not hesitated to
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an exterminated entire race of people at the whim of a favored
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deputy. However, he may not have been
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aware that the deal had been approved, that the deal he had
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approved was to destroy the Jews.
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Heyman had told him only that a certain people with different
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customs were not obeying the king, and Xerxes have given
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Haman's Haman his signet ring to finish the next necessary
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paperwork in his name. Xerxes didn't bother to learn
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the details. Furthermore, Xerxes did not know
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that Esther was a Jew, nor did Haman.
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When Esther, having gone to great lengths to gain the King's
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favor, told Xerxes that her people would be destroyed
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because of Haman's order, the volatile king repaid his deputy
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as he deserved. Why did they cover Haman's face?
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It was customary among the Greeks and Romans to cover the
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face of a person sentenced to death, so it's reasonable to
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assume that it was also a practice of the earlier
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Persians. The attendants who were present
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covered Haman's face as soon as the word left the King's mouth,
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presumably the execution order. And that's the end of the
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questions and answers for Chapter 7.
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But it really the timing of this is really ironic.
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But again, I don't believe in coincidences anymore.
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I believe that God does things at appointed times.