Esther 8
Esther 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews'
enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther
had told what he was unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring,
which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set
Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before
the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away
the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised
against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward
Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it
please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem
right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to
reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 Then the
king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I
have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the
gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for
the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's
ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with
the king's ring, may no man reverse.
9 Then were the king's scribes
called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the
three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that
Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies
and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred
twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing
thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews
according to their writing, and according to their language.
10 And
he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring,
and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and
young dromedaries:
11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in
every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to
destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and
province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take
the spoil of them for a prey,
12 Upon one day in all the provinces of
king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which
is the month Adar.
13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be
given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews
should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened
and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at
Shushan the palace.
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the
king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and
with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced
and was glad.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and
honour.
17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever
the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a
feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for
the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
• 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.