Esther's Faith

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best thing you've ever done Of all the things you can do in this world. The greatest have a relationship with Jesus. Oh Jesus Lord, we worship you in this place Jesus we call upon your name would come down and meet with us as we start of your word as we grow in our relationship with you. Jesus walk with us and guide us all the days of our lives. We give you all the glory we give you all the praise Jesus we worship your mighty name. Jesus Jesus Jesus

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What a mighty God we serve.

Hello, My name is Eric. Nordan. I am on the leadership team at cheer at church and I'm doing this a school lesson this morning. I'm going to have a seat.

So we sit here at the last Sunday of January. And you can say when are settled in there was a little bit of snow flurries this morning now Grande, we got a little bit of a warming Trend this week, but the last few weeks we had extreme cold back 2 weeks ago from this Sunday. We didn't have church because of the cold when does cold temperatures in our area? Some people in other areas to tell him I we had this much snow in like what had you get that I mean ask somebody in the port about snow and Lake Michigan is a giant massive water front and at this time of year are kind of theirs freezing on it crashing waves becomes still and a site known as shelf ice can be seen we're almost looks like you could walk out onto the water onto the ice. Picture one many of those who visit Lake Michigan beaches in the winter and never seen anything like it. You can almost feel like you're in Alaska or Antarctica. But it's beautiful as the shelf ice is it can be very dangerous? And usually occurs on the east or Southern Shores of Lake Michigan and a result of the Winds and waves pushing ice up to the shore up making a big shelf hills and mountains can be created and some people give me very hard to be able to resist walking on it. In fact, one of our local news stations did a report last week about it. And while they're out there filming some guys out there walking on the ice going.

It's very important. They said in a news got to stay off the lake though. It looks Frozen. It is not. There are many pockets I can shift in move or aren't Frozen at all one step. It could crack and could be down in the very deep cold like water. Some days you're going look out. It looks like the lake is Frozen as far as you can see.

But it's not a small pond that you can walk on. It's a massive like strong wind can push that ice around to make gaps. picture to it is actually a photo from Silver Beach this last week where a big piece Michelle fights actually broke off and went out and floating. So Michigan Lake Michigan head is on Iceberg this past week. If you're free to the video on YouTube of another took his drone and flew all the way around and you can see if you didn't know it was like Michigan, but actually think you were out somewhere in Antarctica.

The lesson series been looking at in the last few weeks has its basic concept God is faithful.

the definition of faithful and loyal consistent and steadfast Faithfulness means on failing loyalty they can also mean keeping one's promises no matter the circumstances. We serve a faithful God the Bible over and over again. Do I need a search for verses about God's faithfulness and one resulted 118 versus

Lamentations 3:22 and 23 the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because it's compassions fail not they are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness Deuteronomy 7:9 know therefore that the Lord thy God. He is God the faithful God which keep his Covenant and when mercy with them that love him and keep his Commandments to a thousand Generations. 2nd Thessalonians 3:3, but the Lord is faithful who shall stab with you and keep you from evil. In Revelation 19:11, and I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Today we're going to look at a story of God's faithfulness to his people.

moral of the story of Esther

The Book of Esther is a unique book in the Bible because in the Book of Esther, there's actually God is not mentioned directly in the book and yet as you go to the store, you can see time and time again and how his hand is there moving and guiding the pieces of the story. Our Focus verse today is Esther 4:14. And who knowest what it out shove coming to the kingdom the dollar coming to Kingdom for such a time as this?

throughout history the Jewish people have faced many trials and tribulations that have threatened to destroy them individually and collectively from the Babylonian exile the destruction of second temple. They're different losses in battles. Events have brought Jews and the Jews in the context of other nations. The syrians came to destroy the Northern Kingdom of Israel and deported the people never allowing them to return the Babylonians destroyed the first temple and exiled the people the Romans raise the second temple. European history reveals many massacres Uprising against the Jews and then all of these events payouts for the Holocaust. The Jews chose to maintain a renewed sense of identity. They continue to go to synagogue and observe their rituals and feast under the terrible leadership of Adolf Hitler the Germans forced the Jews to wear yellow stars of David do identify themselves. They placed them in concentration camps and killed them. You know last minute that you would remain faithful to their God and held on to their Heritage other individuals who are not Jewish defy the evil vents are in their time and showed courage in the face of death. You can read many stories of individuals who have defied the Nazis and the Germans and did everything they could to save as many people as possible picture 3. One of these individuals was a Swiss architect. His name was Raoul Wallenberg. He helped thousands of Jews in Budapest as he was serving as a diplomat for the Swedish government.

Can you whatever he could to save the lives of many Jews as possible by providing them with Swedish passports and papers. Some estimates say that his efforts alone saved around 4,500 people. I've got a video when applying to the second and this is lady is named Agnes. And this is a video at one of the Holocaust museums websites where you can go and view live testimonies of people and she actually worked for real video 1

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But one of these applications we have had and everything too many in the big black book and on the way to the devastation. He stopped. Angel by taking I will keep it protected people as all those people who have my papers turn around your friends from here.

Then he started to open his black book starting to read names like a machine. And then walked out. I didn't know they have a black book and you have name. When did you do that? aesthetic an octopus 1 Can't you do something? How do you say you been the same thing? He had drivers license?

Detroit papers, whatever he could find in Hungarian

And took it all the way to the trailer and he's demanding to open the doors and yell to the people. I have your papers here. Maybe we can get away and he had to give them some of them go to 245 Northeast a name. But who cares if you do and he should have his papers and fax papers.

There's another story of of Raul where there was actually the trains were full and he ran up to the top of the train and was trying to hand passports down through the rails and some German guards even started shooting at him. And he was able to save some people off that train. He was last seen on January 17th and 1945 and the company of Soviet officials as the Red Army besieged Budapest. He was presumably the Tain on suspicion of Espionage and he disappeared. He was believed to have died somewhere in a Soviet prison in Moscow. There are many stories of Courage triumphing over evil many people paid with their own lives, but every life saved matters. What the Nazis had years to try and eradicate the Jews in our story were looking at today Heyman saw the king's permission for just a single day for eradication. He made his ideas plans and put them into work. But unbeknownst to him God is working behind the scenes to undermine what he was doing and protect his people.

The Lord has a strategy with what he does and sometimes we think okay. God is going to happen this way in. Okay. If you do this, then I'll do this and I'll go there and then you do that but a lot of times he didn't tell us what he's doing and he'll move us and put us in places that we don't doesn't make any sense like War why am I here? But behind the scenes he's moving and guiding pieces for the glory of his kingdom.

the story of Esther takes place in the Persian Empire How do the Jews face Genesis and genocide in their story today? The Persians generally treated them favorably after defeating the Babylonians and becoming a superpower the day the person of all the Jews return to their Homeland the decree of Cyrus the Great reverse their Exile and the 70 years in captivity. They also allowed the Jews to rebuild their Temple. None of the last many Jews have become country where they were living and they decided to stay in the provinces where they had settled.

store lesson story of Esther today centers around a young girl Bible is Frederick Fair and beautiful. Her name was adassa picture for this is from one of the movies about Esther. Whose name was changed to ask her to fit into the culture of the land where she was living a land of Exile from her people's Homeland. You can almost wonder if Esther would qualify to be a Disney princess. She was an orphan. She an old wise caretaker there when she became a princess or queen. There was a an evil villain to try to overcome.

She lived in a land far from our people's Homeland as I mentioned. She lost both her parents. However, she found some hope under the care of a much older cousin who lived at Sushi and whose name is Mordecai. a benjamite Who had been carried away from Jerusalem when the Captivity when Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried away the people Mordecai and Esther for his own daughter and cared for her and raised her. To the main part of our story take place at the palace at Shu Han during the reign of King Xerxes. Which is the Bible says he rained his Empire picture five spread from Ethiopia all the way to India. Think about the massive amount of people even today that live in that region. You got bar chunks of China Iran, Iraq. Saudi Arabia Egypt Ethiopia, who is a massive massive Empire. Our Story begins during the third reign of King Xerxes Add a piece that you made to all of his princes and all of his servants. The Nobles of the medes and Persians where he showed the riches of his kingdom and the honour of his majesty for many days. You can say that King Xerxes like to party. The Bible records at the feast lasted 180 days. Put on Perfect by putting the Google. What was going on 180 days ago? It was Sunday, July 30th 2023. It was 75 degrees and partly cloudy. Our youth group. I just returned from an NYC. And you go back on YouTube or Sunday school lesson that Isaac taught was on The Parables of Jesus.

But then some of you may know every good party needs an after-party. Do I have to the 180 days party the king had another Feast for 7 days this time for just those that were present at the palace. So the local princes the local Chamberlain's all the servants. Enter while the King was having his Feast his Queen vashti was having her own Feast for all the ladies in the palace. So on the 7th Day of the feast the Bible chords the king's heart was merry with wine. Or in our vernacular, he was good and drunk. He decided to call for his Queen. Any command 27 Chamberlain's to go bring her to him he want her to present herself to the people. He basically wanted to show off. Look at how amazing of a king I am and look how beautiful my queen.

But when The Messengers reach back to you she decided she didn't want to go.

She don't want to go around and be paraded and be Ogle by a drunk King and all the rest of the men of the feast.

This reactors reaction of the king shows kind of some into his character. We know he likes to party but then we see here. He's also quick to anger. And he also lets those around him. influences decisions when vashti abuser refuse there's the word in the king advisors convinced him that the actions of one woman could affect all the women of the kingdom and if the women on all the provinces see that the queen defied you then they're going to buy their husbands and we can't have women to find their husbands not in this Empire.

to the king issued a Royal Decree They all the wisely Empire should honor their husbands and because of her actions Queen Bess you is no longer allowed to come before the king and the Royal state would be given to another better than she.

Interesting sidebar to our lesson here. I found in doing the research for this. This story is one of the first mentioned in the Bible of a postal system.

The first credible claim for the development of a postal service system came from ancient, Persia.

The best document attributes to the king before as a deserter sees Cyrus the Great Who mandated that every promise in his kingdom and organize the reception and delivery of post for each of its citizens. One writer says maybe it was Darius. The other says it may have been even earlier the Assyrians but we do know is that the king use couriers for communicating all his decisions. So any decree he made would then spread you got in Tire Empire. It would be read in every Province by every prince at every ruler. It is said is a quote from a rhodius the system. It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey so many are the men and horses that stand along the road each horse that man at the interval of a Day's Journey and these are staying either by snow nor rain nor heat nor Darkness from a company. They're pointed course at all speed this verse is actually featured on New York's James Farley Post Office. Although it uses its translation neither snow nor rain nor heat nor Gloom of night stay these couriers from Swift completion of their appointed rounds. This method of quickly delivering news was used by many empires at the Persians cleaning the Greeks and the Romans and the Ford Telegraph and train spread throughout the American West are Pony Express in a similar manner here in America.

A few days later after the king's wrath and waned and he put aside his King the service decided to seek out beautiful virgin from all over the province has to possibly serve as a new Queen. These young men were taking in to Peggy I the Kings eunuch one of his Chamberlain's who is The Keeper of the women? Each of these women then went through a 12-month purification process. 6 months with oils and applied then 6 months with perfumes cosmetic other purifying rights. So mean if your think your wives lotioning and skin care products take a long time, imagine 12 months.

After what given seven maids to serve her. And much like we see what other characters before in the Bible. She found favor with those put in charge of her Hagee. I found favor with Esther or gave us her favor and her maids and he put her in the best place in the house with the women.

While they're Esther told no one of her Heritage for more 2K I had charged or not to reveal. her people But unbeknownst to ask her entering the chamber the women was being moved by God in a position to the Future help save her people.

After trusted the guidance of heggie, I the king's Chamberlain The Keeper of the women while many other women does not divide the men and lots of items before going in to see the king. Any jewelry or crowns or different things they wanted to present the king to show themselves in the best life light after simply took what Hagee I had appointed. Asserts kindness in her good to meaner caused her to gain favor with everyone who saw her. This whole process was a four-year process. The four years after Queen bastards move her being Queen Esther. Turn with the King came. In the Bible record, the king loved after above all the women that he had seen and she obtained grace and favor his sight and he said the Royal Crown upon her head the king saw her worth and made her his Queen.

time passes Esther's Queen I Want to KI it says the Bible said he sits in the king's gate do some scholars believe he may have had some rolls like a king administrator for the palace. In ancient times most the bins of the kingdom and commerce took place at the king's gate.

Whatever his job is that Mordecai has learned of a plot by two of the King's Men for Chamberlain. Who are angry with the King and plotted to kill him? Mortal Ki send a message to Esther and Esther then certified that report and presented to the king and Mordecai eyes name. 16 Wishes Inquisition was made in the matter was discovered to be true and both Chamberlain's were hung. And the details Adventure written in the chronicles of the kings of Persia.

To this point our story winners to our villain. King exercise promoted Haman the son of a method of the egg diet An advanced him and set him in the seat of all the princes they were with him. You think about it and look at him and was kind of King Xerxes grand vizier. Do you think of Jafar from Aladdin a kind of big imposing feature figure that controls everything that the King's house did without the talking parrot?

All the king's servants are in the king's gate bow in reverence haemon as he would pass and go by the king is so commanded concerning him. Good morning, Ki bout not nor dereference Heyman. And then was told to see whether the sea with any see that guy over there. Why is he not bound you we had about you? Why didn't he buy? And it was revealed that Mordecai was a Jew and like those are gone into Exile before him like Shadrach Meshach in a Bendigo. He would not bow nor do reference. to anyone but the Lord

when him and saw the Mordecai by now didn't do them rather. He was full of Wrath. We don't know if it happened instantly or if it's kind of like Just a lot of standing your shoes every day. You walked by and just saw that guy that guy's about every kind of eight and him and his wrath just increase.

So he decided.

I hate that guy so much. Not only going to kill him. I'm going to kill everybody that's like him.

We find the Esther Mordecai amended earlier with a Tribe of Benjamin. The Bible describes Haman agagite a descendant of a god king of the amalekites as a people. The amalekites revered were identified as a recurrent enemy over and over the Israelites. They appear in several Bible stories in Exodus. They make war against Israel in the wilderness and Deuteronomy Israelites are commanded to blot out their members of an electromagnet Heaven once I taken possession of the land. And numbers at the amalekites in canine to kill all of the Israelites. It'll be disobeyed Moses and try to go into the Promised Land.

Emma La Cantera mall by and Anna Mae Allen allies defeat Israel in judges time and time again amalek is one of their protagonist. It says they destroyed is what injury I just sick and asteroid in July Farms as far as Gaza inducing a famine. in Samuel 15 sandwich unifies Amalek, is the enemy of Israel. And says the Lord of hosts, I will pump punish emelec for what he has done Israel for beyaz Ambush them on the way when he came up from Egypt then God commands Saul to destroy the amalekites. So identified King a God is the enemy and kill her.

But then saw doesn't listen. He doesn't destroy them completely first and then we find Dave and his men conducting raids against the amalekites and their allies. He's a case may have been refugees at 6 caves Falls, Sala Slaughter. Then in 1st Samuel 30 the amalekites attack and burn ziklag and take every one captive and then David has latex Bethel Mission Against The amalekites recover all they had taken.

As you mention Samuel 15 Samuel commanded Saul to destroy them, but Saul didn't listen. And so not following that command Generations later led to this current problem. Did you again faced destruction from the amalekites are in Hammond?

This conflict between the Jews and Haman a rose over Mordecai's refusal to Bow and as a result of all the Jews for the racial hatred ethics drive off in the rise due to terrible stereotypes that lead to broadcasters ations. Hey, man, taking a more two can all Jews represent one of the earliest examples. We've recorded semitism in history.

His understanding mouracade. I let him to formulate a plan for the Jews who went to his home and he had his own with his wealth and power. He does own wise men and advisers. And so he said, okay. What is the best time that we should kill all the Jews so they cast lots and determined. Okay. What month is it going to be? Okay, but the guys ate a lot say this month. What day is it going to be? And they determined that it was going to be in the twelfth month the month Adar on the 13th day. So I came in and went in before the king with his request.

It is discussion here with our detergent to use a language that you find racist often used to talk about a certain people who do Terrible Things. Those people follow their own laws. They have their own Customs. They don't follow the king's laws. It's not going to be no problem if they're gone. He had no proof of any wrongdoing. But as we've talked about earlier, unfortunately for him the king lacked wisdom. It was easily swayed by his advisors as we saw in his decree against vashti. The former Queen came and went so far as to offer 10000 talents of silver in the king's treasury if the king would allow him to destroy mortal Ki in the Jews. Give me a little bit every bit of research 10,000 pounds of silver is 330 tons of silver. Agree on 33 tons of silver and in fact scour say it that time of the Empire the actual gross production and every year and the Persian Empire was only fifteen thousand pounds of silver. He was offering two-thirds of the yearly income of a Empire destroy the Jews. There's calculators that will calculate biblical currency values in the modern currency do 10,000 pounds of silver today will be worth about 240 million dollars. It is not known to payment actually had that much wealth but his plan was wanting to kill all these people take all their stuff and then I'll give some of that stuff to the king.

For the king told him and keep the money. Took off his ring from his hand and let Hammond drafted acree a death decree upon all the Jews in the Kingdom. Does the king's scribe got together the 13th day of the first month of the year? Enroute all the Hamid decreed and it was sent by the Postal Service System. We talked about earlier to all the king's attendance and governors over every Providence rules River people throughout the Empire. They got a fire basically and said, okay. On the 12th month of the year kill all the Jews.

Both young and old little children and women in one day and take the spoil them for a prey. The nurse went out to everyone they would be ready on that day to destroy the people of God living in this Empire.

When Haman cast is lots. They could have fallen a few weeks away, maybe a month or two away. But almost a whole year away left time for something to happen to stay the Jewish people. Milwaukee be done against the Royal Decree the law of the medes and Persians cannot be changed. are modified

so early we read Esther for 4:14 today. We find ourselves at that point in the story. Rock and read through the whole mostly chapter of Esther 4 don't have any mortal. Can I proceed all that was done. He ran his clothes and put on sackcloth and Ashes then went out and admit to the city and cried aloud and bitter cry and even came before the Kingsgate is outside. The game couldn't go in. Wearing sackcloth and every Province where the king's commandment was red. There's great morning among the Jews fasting weeping and wailing and mini lay in sack cloth and Ashes.

Sylvester's Manor Chamberlain's came and told him to the queen and the queen was grieved and she sent Raymond to close more to KI. Take away as sackcloth, but you receive it not. Then called Esther for height at which one of the Kings Chamberlain's who the king appointed to stand to attention to her and gave a command with more to KI what's going on? Cuz she ain't seen the letter evidently. And Mordecai told all that happened to him to some of the money that him and promised to pay the king's treasury for the Jews destroy them and he gave a copy of the riding of the decree does give it to Shane destroy them to show it to a store and declaring to her. And then the charge Esther that she needed to go before the king to make supplication unto him and to make requests for her people. An Italian high tide came and told Ashley the words of mortal Ki. 1st and Esther again Esther spoken to hate that and gave them command to Mortal Ki all the king's servants in the people the king's promise to know that whosoever whether man or woman. She'll come under the king into the inner Court who is not called. There is one log has to put him to death except such to him the king shall hold out the golden scepter, but he may live Michigan right now been called to come in a king least 30 days. And they told us to Mordecai Esther's words in Mortal Ki commanded to answer Astor think not with thy self the doll shut Escape in the King's house more than all the Jews for that wall together. Hold a side piece at this time, then she'll there enlargement and deliver it to rise the Jews from another place. But dial in my father's house shall be destroyed. And who knows whether Thou Art come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

Then I surveyed then return the Mortal Ki this answer go gather together. All the Jews that are present in shushan and fast you for me. I need to eat or drink three days night or day. And I also my Mains will fast like wise and so I will go under the King which is not according to law. And if I perish I perish somewhere to stay. I went his way and according to all the extra too mad at him.

after discovered the problem that her people faced She heard about morte. I covered himself in ashes and sackcloth. And although she was in the palace wearing Royal robes. Mordecai had torn his clothes and put ashes on his head on his head.

Dude, or position power relationship with the King Esther might have thought that she could Escape that decree. Because no one knew that she was a Jew. Amor De que I were to convince her that she might have been put there for another reason not to save herself but to save her people. He'd asked her who knows where the dollar come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

Thruster made up in her mind that she was going to go before the king and then to cost her her life. It would cost her life if I perish I perish.

Doing God's work and require great courage at times. Sometimes we find ourselves. We live life in a safe place of blessing. Thanks to God's plan for vision. Yet sometimes the Lord May calling us to demonstrate great courage and step out by faith. And face something terrible. The challenge May provide even more intense because it might just stand up for something at someone else and doing so can create a risk for us. You left him at the move outside of our own Comfort zones and fully embrace the will of God. So I asked Turner made along with all the Jews in shushan fasted and prayed. During this time Esther formulator plan how to counteract the evil scheme of Haman.

The situation answer gave Esther the Queen ship was because the king's love of wine and feasting so she decided which one before and maybe she would ask him to come to a banquet that she prepared and served him with wine and food and then let him get in the right mindset to hear petition.

At your face a great risk to come before the king if anyone approached him without invitation and the King did not extend his Royal scepter there with his hand. The sentence was death be carried out immediately. there been many Productions the story of Esther the photo I showed earlier of Master was from probably the most biblically accurate one so far the Bible collections Esther from the year 2000. Oh my favorite version the scene of a store approaching the king is from the 2006 movie one night with the king so we can watch that clip very overdramatic but

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And it was so when the king saw Esther the queen say in the court that she obtains favor in his sight and the King held out to ask to the golden scepter. There was in his hand so ask her if you're near and touch the tip of the scepter. In the crane Center, what will the Queen Esther? What is that request? I will give it to you even to half of my kingdom. An answer answered it seemed Good To The King. The King and Haman come this day under a banquet that I prepared for him. The new Kings had caused him to make haste and he may do as Esther has said to the king and asked and ham and come into the Queen's banquet. Enneking ask her again. What's your petition? And I want granted even up to half my kingdom. Then answer ask then answered a star inside my position petition and requested this if I have found favor in the sight of the king and it pleased the king to Grant my petition then let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to a banquet that I prepare.

Then Heyman left the banquet with the king and queen. Very joyful and glad in heart.

Thinking about how amazing it is that he alone of all the kings Chamberlain's and Princess was invited to a private banquet with the king and queen. Jimenez hey, man, make his way home. He walks to the Kingsgate and sees mortal Ki. And his Joy instantly turns to hate. She goes home and calls his friends and his wife and he tells them of the glory of all this happening to him. And how the King has promoted him and how is he has been Advanced above all the kings and servants and he tells him yes, even after the queen asked me to come to a private Banker with her in the cage, and she invited me coming in tomorrow to another banquet. I need that Jared Feldman nothing for as long as I see Mordecai the Jew singing the Kingsgate. Enter his wife and his friends counsel him miss a lot of gallows be built made a fifty cubits High which about 75 ft. So be higher than this building tall Gallows and then going to the king. And ask him if you can hang more to KI on The Gallows. And then you can have that done and you can go happy into the banquet with the queen and the King. This thing please Heyman and he caused The Gallows to be made. The Bible doesn't record why Astor ask for second a bagel with the King. Maybe she didn't have the courage build up to ask him. She'd reveal her Heritage do maybe she was gauging the Kings mood. He only had two cups of wine today. He needs to drink 4 cups of wine before. He's in the right place for me to ask him something. Whatever the reason. We don't know why there was that day delay, but in that day delay God steps into the situation and turns everything around.

The beginning of heyman's downfall curves that very evening. the king cannot sleep Swiss is laying in bed and your size. I know it'll help me sleep. He calls for them to bring the Royal records of The Chronicles of the kings of Persia. To read to him and maybe that will lure him into sleep here in the boring details of life of the Kingdom. It just so happened that when the Scribe open the book head contain the story of Mordecai. I prevented an assassination attempt on the king. When it came to inquire and asked what was done for this man? What do you get for saving my life?

They said nothing was done to him. He said well, that's not right. So we were required. Is there anyone out in the court or any of my Chamberlain is anyone out in the court and they looked into hey man is out there for him and he come in that he was so excited to ask the king to hang Mordecai. I went early to the court and was waiting for the king to get up. The king called Heyman in and he asked him. What should be done under the man? Who the king. Bonner? Now, hey, man thought in his heart who came talking about but me he's going to honor me. So he answered well for the man in a king honored that the Royal apparel be brought with the King used to wear in the whores the king rides on and the crown put on his head and parade him through the city.

And they may know that this is the man who the king decided to honour. So is he put the man on the horse and listen to the city and try see what happened to the man that the king Delights to honor?

How late is Hammond mother felt In This Moment? I'm going to hang Mordecai today. I'm going to get this great honor bestowed. Upon me. Maybe he thought Should I make Mordecai I watch as I'm paraded through the city and then hang him or should I hang him? And then I if I praise the city I can look up and see him on the Gallows.

Then suddenly a man's world comes crashing down cuz the king says to him and make haste and take the apparel and the horse as thou has said and do even sell them or to KI that you consider the Kingsgate, but nothing fall of all that has spoken. In one of the best things about a Justice ever the command King commanded Haman to give honor to the man that he hated and despised and was wanting to murder.

Bahama took the Apparel in the horses and a red Monica and brought him on Horseback through the seats in the streets of the city and Proclaim before him the she'll be done under the man just came to light it and honor. And that this Mortal Ki return to the Kingsgate and Heyman hasten to his home morning. He told his wife is friends all they befallen him. And his wife and his wise men said if Mordecai be at the seat of the Jews before who now has began to fall that shall not Prevail against him, but y'all surely fall before him even profits on Wiseman prophesied against him a little bit.

and while they were you at talking The king's Chamberlain came and said it's time for the feast the banquet, but after I prepared.

We find here next to ask her so Steven her Mission, but not before him and tightens the provisional noose around his own neck.

The king of hey, man, come dancers banquet and the King said again on the Esther. Had the banquet of wine. What is I petition Queen Esther and it should be granted to the even to half the kingdom. And Ashley Queen answered and said if I have found favor in my sight, okay, and it pleased the king. Let my life be given me a type. I said my petition and my people my request for we are sold I and my people to be destroyed to be slain in the parish, but if we've been sold for Bond men and went Bond women, I would have held my tongue. Although the enemy cannot countervail the Kings damage. Then I'll quit the angry King Xerxes answer tender. Who is he and where is heated up resume and it's hard to do. So and Esther said to have a staring enemy is this wicked Heyman and Heyman was afraid before the king and the queen and the king of rose from the bank would have wanted his wrath and went into the palace Garden. And Heyman stood up to make a quest for his life and beg for his life from the queen for he saw there was evil to turn it against him by the king. And that time when they would eating Feast you would lay on my couch and you would lay there and eat so as payment at the feet of Esther and almost looks like he's climbing on the bed with her. So the angry king comes back in from the garden and she's Heyman on the bed with the queen and he's like is he going to attack the queen? force himself upon her and his anger was kindled against Heyman. And they covered him in space and one of the king's Chamberlain said before the king behold. There's a Gallows 50 cubits High which came in and made for Mordecai. I wait for the king. Then the king said hang in there on so they hang Haman on The Gallows that he prepared for Mortal Ki then was the king's wrath pacified. Then on that day the king of Xerxes give the house of pain in the Jew. Hey, man, did you send me under after the queen and after brought Mordecai before the king and that Bradford told him that he was her adopted father and the King took off his ring that had taken him Heyman and gave it to Mordecai and Esther then set mortar Ki over Hayman's house.

How do you make jelly with the law of the maids in the Persian the king could not reverse his decree against the Jews? Go to counteract a previous plan a new decree was sent out on the 23rd day of the third month.

Do the Persian postal system to all the provinces from Ethiopian India that the Jews were allowed to defend themselves on the 13th day of the 12 month to destroy the sleigh and a c and the parasol the power the people that would attack them. What time pass the day came that you was getting himself together in their cities and no man who was standing for the fear that fell upon the people? And Mordecai has reputation spread throughout all the provinces and something people would actually join in to help defend the Jews as more chaos reputation waxed greater and greater. on this day of Destruction the 10 sent the payment were also slain along with five hundred men just alone in city of shushan not to mention all those in the other provinces.

Hopefully in our lives we're not going to face that extreme issue as dangerous as term order Ki. But if we do we can increase our faith by thinking about the story in the Book of Esther. The Jews went from potential genocide the great victory. Every circumstance we face no matter how small or large may call upon us to have Craig is faith. We may lack personal courage in this room today. God has placed us where we are for Pacific purpose. We must have faith in God and courage to step out in faith.

When terrible problems arise in our lives, we may feel a little God is judging us. We may wonder what if we done wrong. What did we do? What Cindy we commit to marriage set response? We may have misread the situation that we're facing. Maybe God is actually starting to pour out a blessing upon us or someone threw us. Astra Mordecai face the problem the challenges they don't understand what's going on in situation. They may have wondered what the Lord was doing as they faced destruction. They're going to be a medieval designs, but the Lord had a strategy for the good of the Jews. Call Bradley reverse the situation.

Have they got that decree? They may have thought where is God in this? Why is God not defending us.

Put God's plan was for all the enemies that used to come out to the Jews could defeat them all at once without haman's plot. They may have faced sporadic persecution throughout the Empire. Their adversary could have rented it against him a different time different places. Who are the casting of lots for one day destroy the Jews then was flipped and then one day they would destroy all of their enemies.

I'm looking for last time we talked about Raoul Wallenberg the Swedish diplomat. Here's a story of another man. This time young man named Nicholas Winton a British stockbroker who had planned to go at Christmas time to Switzerland shortly before Christmas in 1938 instead. He answered a call to help from friends in Prague to assist in Jewish welfare work. Over the next 10 11 months they were able to save over 650 children many of whom were orphans because their parents and perished in Auschwitz. For almost 40 years the work he'd helped was not known until Candlelight in 1988 in a BBC television special. Here's a short clip of that special video 3.

Mickey story came out by accident doctor surfaced after Gathering dust for decades.

That's me before I left for England. Did a 1988 I had no idea who would rescue me from all the sudden death.

It was this old man with save my life and then in the Second World War.

50 years when you nothing about him before children. This is a picture of Nicholas Winton himself with one of the children. He rescued is the list of all the children. This is very German. Not very good thing. We did find her name on his way. There guessing is with us tonight and that I should tell you that you are actually sitting next to Nicholas Winton.