Esther
“And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” Mordecai learned about Haman’s plot and immediately went into crisis mode, tearing his clothes and donning sackcloth (think scratchy potato sack) and ashes. He clothed himself in humility and repentance in the hopes that God would hear his [...]
“The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered” After Mordecai’s reward is overlooked at the end of chapter 2 we arrive at chapter 3 where Haman is rewarded and elevated in Xerxes’ court. All the nobles and officials were to bow down to pay honor to Haman, but [...]
“But Mordecai found out about the plot and told Queen Esther, who in turn reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai” Esther 2 concludes with Mordecai sitting at the King’s gate. The gate was more of a gate house than a simple backyard fence gate. Think of a medieval castle with a separate [...]
“Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti” In this season of The Bachelor: over 25 beautiful young virgins have been brought from all over the provinces of Persia to the citadel of Susa. They’ve endured 12 months of beauty treatments for one chance to become queen. But there’s only [...]
“Later when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided…” I started reading Esther 2 and pondered the word “later” in verse 1. As it turns out, later was about 3 years later! I did some reading up on what Xerxes was up to during that time and thought I would share a little about the Greco-Persian [...]
“For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty.” The Achaemenid Persian Empire, begun by Cyrus the Great, was the largest empire of the ancient world. It boasted the first human rights charter, an improved Royal Road akin to the Pony Express, and returning [...]
We’ve arrived at my favorite part of summer: summer women’s Bible studies! I look forward to this all year because this one night per week connects me to other women of different ages, experiences, education, and levels of faith, and brings all of us together over God’s word. Out of many, one! Each week several [...]
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