My God will meet your every need out of his riches in the glory that is found in Christ Jesus. A Massacre and Mellowing Out…
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How to understand Esther Chapter 8 and 1 Corinthians 10:13
Switcheroo With Haman’s plan to kill Mordecai and all the other Jews almost fully foiled (they just need to officially reverse his orders), everything else…
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Haman and the Hang Man The second banquet is in full swing. As they’re sitting around, drinking wine, the king asks Esther if she’d like…
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Read the Annals, or Count Sheep? Fortunately, that night the king has insomnia. He asks his servants to read to him from his annals and…
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Let’s Do Olive Garden At the end of the three days, Esther goes to visit the king. He holds out his golden scepter to her,…
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We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants…
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Sackcloth Chic When Mordecai hears about this evil plot, he reacts the way any decent Biblical character would react: he puts on sackcloth and ashes…
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Enter: The Jerk After Esther has been made queen and Mordecai has saved the king’s life, the king promotes a dude named Haman to be…
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Tonight on The Bachelor: Harem Edition Now, the search is on for a new queen. The king’s servants (under his head eunuch, Hegai) help gather…
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The first chapter starts off by describing the setting: this all went down in the Persian capital of Susa, where King Ahasuerus was ruling over…
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