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