Double Portion Inheritance: Should the Book of Esther Be in the Bible & How Does Puwriym Point to Our Messiah? Part 1 (03/25/2016)

In this episode, Maria addresses the question “Should the Book of Esther be in the Bible?” There are certain ministries out there that are going off the deep end and teaching very strange things about the book of Esther by denying that it should be part of the Scriptures. The reasons they give for denying the Book of Esther is because of the pagan names of “Esther” (which comes from Ishtar/Easter) and Mordecai which means “worshiper of Mars.” Beloved, when the people of Yisra’el were in exile in the heathen nations, they were given pagan names! *Examples: Yahuwceph (Joseph) was changed to “Zaphenath-paneah” by Pharaoh; Daniel’s name was changed to Belteshazzar; Hananiah, to Shadrach; Mishael, to Meshach; and Azariah, to Abednego. Why should it surprise people that our Messiah’s name (Yahuwshuwa) was changed by the pagan masses to “Jesus” and Hadassah's name was changed to “Esther?” Esther’s name means “hidden” because, just like Yahuwceph (Joseph) and our Messiah, she was sent to the Persian Empire “incognito” under a “hidden name” and under a “hidden identity.” The Days of Puwriym were on March 23th-25th in 2016 and those days are behind us now. However, it is an important time to remember that our Messiah crushed the head of the serpent! Most people don’t realize how much prophetic symbolism we can glean about the Messiah in the Book of Esther. The principle of casting Lots (puwriym) is seen in Leviticus 16:8-10. See the blog entitled: THE TWIN GOATS ON YOM KIPPUR FULFILLED IN MESSIAH: http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2012/01/purim-how-does-it-point-to-messiahs_22.html The word “Puwriym” in the Hebrew Strong' s Concordance means “TO CAST THE LOT,” but it comes from a root word “Puwr,” which means “TO CRUSH, TO BRING TO NOTHING.” This word “Puwriym” points to the prophecy of the “Seed of the Woman” from Bereshiyth (Genesis) 3:15. “And I will put enmity between you [the serpent] and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise [crush] his heel.” The Hebrew word for “bruise” in this prophecy is “shuwph” which literally means “to crush!” Puwriym celebrates the fact that our Messiah Yahuwshuwa is the seed of the woman who crushed the plans of Satan and he is continuing to crush his plans every time we fast and pray like Esther did. There are some people who have tried to suggest that the book of Esther should not be in the Bible because they say that the name of our Creator is not mentioned in there even once. But did you know that the name of our Creator the “I AM” (HaYah) is encoded in the book of Esther 19 times? Yes it is! The same name that he revealed to Mosheh at the burning bush in Exodus 3:14-15 is “I am that I am” which can also mean “I will be who I will be” or “He who causes to exist.” This name is listed in the Hebrew Strong’s Concordance as “HaYah” which is # 1961, and it also means “to be, to exist, to breathe, to cause to exist.” This name HaYaH is seen 19 times in the book of Esther! In the book of Esther, every time you see the phrase “and it came to pass” that phrase is simply one word: #1961, HaYah which means “he who causes to be.” What this means is that HaYah (I AM) caused the Book of Esther to exist! See the blog: HOW DOES PUWRIYM POINT TO MESSIAH? http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2012/01/purim-how-does-it-point-to-messiahs_22.html