Esther

10 posts

Esther 1

Esther 1

Esther 1 – The year is 483 BC. 100 and some years have passed since the Jewish people were taken into exile. The first wave of people had…

Esther 2

Esther 2

Esther 2 – “Exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south. But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and…

Esther 3

Esther 3

Esther 3 – Every story and needs a villain and here we have a doozy of an individual. Haman the Agagite, serves the king. He’s also a…

Esther 4

Esther 4

Esther 4 – Sometimes we are called to make hard decisions. Sometimes we are compelled to speak truth or confront where loss…

Esther 5

Esther 5

Esther 5 – “The arrogance of your heart has deceived you…” –Obadiah 3:3 Prayer and fasting led Esther to act. It was probably one of…

Esther 6

Esther 6

Esther 6 – “If the book of Esther shows us anything, it shows us that God manages the affairs of men, without their knowledge…

Esther 7

Esther 7

Esther 7 – “Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, or they will tear me apart like a lion…

Esther 8

Esther 8

Esther 8 – Haman impaled on the very gallows he’d built for Mordecai still left a problem. The edict of the slaughter of the Jews still stood…

Esther 9

Esther 9

Esther 9 – The day arrived. The irreversible edict Haman connived and duped the king to sign had come. The edict King Xerxes approved…

Esther 10

Esther 10

Esther 10 – 3 short verses sum up this chapter and bring a close to an amazing story of Esther and God’s providence. It’s so encouraging to…