Nov 30, 2022
ESTHER 5-6:
In
Esther 3-4 Haman cast lots (purim) to find out that March 7 was the
lucky date to exterminate the Jews. Mordecai requested that Esther
intercede directly to the king. And since she hadn’t been called
for, the only way to do that would endanger Esther herself, since
no one was allowed to approach the king...
Nov 29, 2022
ESTHER 3-4:
Yesterday we heard how Esther became the queen,
and how she continued to keep her Jewish background a secret. We
also heard how Mordecai, her uncle, was promoted to a palace
official after uncovering a plot to assassinate king
Xerxes.
Today we are introduced to the villain of the story— Haman. The Jews...
Nov 28, 2022
ESTHER 1-2:
In the final two chapters of Nehemiah, we heard
of the culmination of Nehemiah’s work— the ceremony for the
dedication of the wall. The people proved that the wall could stand
up to more than just a fox walking on it. Then Nehemiah went back
to Babylon. When he came back to Jerusalem, he needed
to...
Nov 27, 2022
NEHEMIAH 12-13
In
yesterday’s chapters in Nehemiah, we heard the names of the various
religious and civil leaders who signed the statement of commitment
to follow Moses’ Law, which was almost certainly penned by Ezra.
Then there was a listing of the various leaders and clans that
volunteered or were chosen by lot to...
Nov 26, 2022
NEHEMIAH 10-11:
The
returned exiles showed how sincere they were in following the Lord!
They gathered together for the express purpose of hearing the Law.
By this time their language had changed so much that they needed 13
Levites to explain what was said in the readings. The people wept
because they realized how far...