Esther 5
Esther 5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal
apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the
king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house,
over against the gate of the house.
2 And it was so, when the king
saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his
sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his
hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 Then
said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy
request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
4
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman
come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then
the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath
said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the
half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
7 Then answered Esther,
and said, My petition and my request is;
8 If I have found favour in
the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and
to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I
shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when
Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for
him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless
Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his
friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glory of
his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein
the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and
servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen
did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared
but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king's gate.
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his
friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow
speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou
in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and
he caused the gallows to be made.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.