Daniel 9:1-2, ESV In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived  in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. Perception is everything. We can live our entire lives without ever perceiving the spiritual significance—and

Last week we read these famous words of Mordecai to Esther in Esther 4:14: “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” And today we’ll look at Esther’s response: Esther 4:15-16, ESV Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast fo

‭‭Esther‬ ‭3‬:‭‭13‬, ‭ESV‬‬ Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews seemed like it was going to prosper. So Mordecai and many other Jews took on the posture of mourning and fasting—and Esther sent a messenger from the p

Esther 3:1-6 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor. Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?” Day after day they spo

Esther 2:7, NIV Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. Esther 2:19-22, NIV 19When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. 20But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had

Many of you have seen the post I put out a couple weeks ago titled “A Message to My Generation.” If you have not seen it, you can read it...