Esther’s Story: For Such A Time As This - Part 3

The Israelites/Jewish people have a long history of various groups of people attempting to utterly destroy the entire race, as that's nothing new today.  However, the book of Esther is one such time that also shows us a number of events unfolding to display God's sovereignty as well as His divine deliverance.  In this episode, I begin by recapping parts 1 and 2, but then I pick up where I left off at chapter 6 and complete the story which goes through chapter 10.  During this time, Queen Esther exposes Haman's plot to annihilate the Jews, his desperate attempt to have his life spared, to then ultimately being hung on the very device/gallow he specifically made for Mordecai.  When the day of doom arrived for the Jews to be exterminated, it turned into a day of gladness, for they had been allowed to defend themselves against any army/person who still desired/planned on carrying out the initial edict to destroy them, in which they took out 75K of those who hated them.  Shortly after, Mordecai had been elevated to second-in-command in all the land of the Medo-Persian empire and is also when he and Queen Esther inaugurated the holiday 'Purim' to be commemorated throughout all generations.- End of season one, season two begins in September - Please note that this is according to the best of my current knowledge and understanding.  I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages all believers to do so.  There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel led by the Holy Spirit to do so.Support the show