Esther Saves the Jews

Send us Fan MailWe're with our coverage of the book of Esther. This week we're jumping into chapter 8 with the aftermath of the hanging of Haman. Esther makes her plea to the King to save the Jewish people. Mordecai is given a promotion within the royal court and both are given the authority to write a counter decree to solve the problem of Haman's original law. 00:11 - 00:49Speaker 1: Alright, what's up everybody? Welcome back. It's Buddy Walk with Jesus. As always, as we get started, We want you guys to know 2 very important things That you are prayed for and you are loved Deeply if you are in need of prayer do not hesitate to reach out prayer at buddy walk with Jesus calm or you can shoot the show a message on Facebook and I will be the 1 that responds there as well. So guys, happy new year. 00:49 - 01:51Speaker 1: You know we took last week off and the week before that was the Christmas sermon so it's been a couple of weeks since we've been into for such a time as this and guys I really hope that your holidays were good, that it was safe and blessed and peaceful, and that you were able to, if you are blessed with such things, spend time with family. If not, that at the very least you were able to spend time reflecting on God and spending time with God. And I'm not gonna do a whole episode on this talking about this, but this is your yearly reminder to do not Fall into the trap of making New Year's resolutions If you have changes to make make them make an action plan make actionable steps and move forward. Consult God. Years do not have personalities. 01:51 - 02:52Speaker 1: God does. Years do not have anthropomorphic traits. God does. So, not to sound like a cliche pastor here but don't fall into the trap of new year's resolutions, new year, new you, all of that kind of nonsense. I will link the full on episode, it's 1 of the few episodes that I'm like yeah that probably doesn't doesn't age too poorly back from the original days of buddy walk but we did a back when Edgar and I were doing this together we did a whole episode on New Year's resolutions and so but I am excited to jump back into Esther and keep the story going the last time that we had a conversation in Esther. 02:53 - 03:46Speaker 1: We had gone through Esther, chapter 7, and we had hit Haman's ironic ending. Ironic because he was hanged in the same spot as that he had prepared for Mordecai. And we saw the interference of Esther into the situation and went through all of that. And so now we are picking up with Esther chapter 8 starting at verse 1. On that day, King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. 03:47 - 05:14Speaker 1: And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman and gave it to Mordecai, and Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, and the plot that he had devised against the Jews. When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, Esther rose and stood before the king, and she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by him in the Agagite, the son of Hamadathah, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king. 05:15 - 06:14Speaker 1: For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred? Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he intended to lay hands on the Jews. But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews in theSupport the show  If you have any questions about the subjects covered in today's episode you can find us on Facebook at the links below or you can shoot me an email at [email protected]  One Stop Shop for all the links Linktr.ee/happydeamedia