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Tree of Knowledge and Haman’s gallows: Esther shows us how to overcome our desire to replace God

Post author By Jeff
Post date March 23, 2024
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Tree of Knowledge & Haman's gallows: Esther show us how to overcome our desire to replace God. Artwork shows a fruit tree on the left side of the image.

Bible prophecy often talks about widespread persecution against the people of God in the “latter days.” But that seems so far removed from today’s society, where we have global human rights watchdog groups, U.S. First Amendment protections for religious freedom, the International Court of Justice and the United Nations.

This study of the Torah reading וַיִּקְרָא Vayikra (“and He called,” Levicus 1:1–6:7) plus readings for the Sabbath of Remembrance (Deuteronomy 25:17–19; 1Samuel 15:2–34; 1Peter 4:12–5:11) and the Book of Esther reminds us why we keep seeing outbreaks of perplexing violence throughout history, in spite of attempts to legislate away evil.

Tags antisemitism, Esther 03, Esther 04, Esther 05, Esther 06, Haman, Leviticus, Leviticus 01, Leviticus 02, Leviticus 03, Leviticus 04, Leviticus 05, Mordecai, Parashat Vayikra, pattern of the temple in Heaven, Purim, qorban or corban - voluntary offering or wood-offering - Strong's H7133, Shabbat Zachor - Sabbath of Remembrance, Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

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Burnt offering, Purim and Passover: Keep the coal of your heart’s fire burning long for the Kingdom of God

Post author By Jeff
Post date March 23, 2019
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No, this isn’t a case of duct-taping Bible passages together into a hodge-podge teaching. There is an important link between instructions to priests about keeping the Tabernacle altar fire burning, the command to destroy the memory of back-stabbing Amalek, the reluctance of later generations to carry that out fit, Queen Esther’s bold intervention for the Yehudim (Jews), the memory of deliverance from slavery at Peskah (Passover) and the freedom brought by Yeshua the Mashiakh (Jesus the Christ). Strap in your brain for a wild ride.

Tags 1st Samuel 15, Agag, Amalek, Book of Esther, Deuteronomy 25, Esther 03, Esther 04, Esther 05, Esther 06, King Saul, Leviticus 06, Parashat Tzav, Purim, Samuel

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Studies and resources on Purim (Feast of Lots in the book of Esther)

Post author By Hallel Fellowship
Post date February 28, 2015
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Akhashverosh (Xerxes) hears about Mordechai in the chronicles — Medo-Persian king Akhashverosh (Xerxes) listens to the chronicles of the kingdom and hears that Mordechai thwarted a plot to assassinate him but wasn't honored.

Download an interactive reading of the book of Esther, arranged for a multiperson drama, listen to how a presentation of this drama and access teachings on the lasting importance of Purim for believers in Yeshua haMashiakh (Jesus the Christ).

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Messianic symbols, message in the Book of Esther

Post author By Daniel
Post date February 23, 2013
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Many wonder why the Book of Esther is in the Bible, because the name of God is not mentioned in it. Yet, actually God is mentioned throughout the account. The main people in the book also are symbols for God, God’s Messiah, Israel and the Adversary, aka haSatan.

Tags Akhashverosh/Xerxes, Book of Esther, Esther, messianic figure, messianic prophecy, Mordecai, Purim

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Structure of the Book of Esther points to messianic prophecy

Post author By Daniel
Post date February 19, 2011
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"Queen Esther" painting by Edwin Long, 1878 — "Queen Esther" by Edwin Long, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1878

Many passages in the Bible were written with a chiastic structure, which is like rhyming patterns in poetry but pairing similar information or concepts instead. That’s one reason why some passages seem to be highly repetitive. The point of chiastic structures is to point the reader to a key concept. Daniel explains that the Book of Esther is one large chiastic structure, focusing on a messianic prophecy in the middle.

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Purim: God loads the dice for His glory

Post author By Jeff
Post date February 27, 2010

Purim: Festival of Lots from the Bible book of Esther

One common smear against God in recent times is that He is “an absentee landlord” or “a blind watchmaker” Who may have set everything in motion but now doesn’t care or doesn’t get involved. Many then blame Him for the evil and suffering that goes on in the world, particularly to those who it appears to us don’t deserve it, such as a dying family member or a starving child. A common slight against the book of Esther is that it doesn’t directly mention the name of the LORD, as the other books of the Bible do. However, the clear totality of the account is that He is very much at work in making evil plans turn back upon themselves to bring the promise of a blessing for the whole world — Messiah — through Abraham’s descendants. This would happen, even when the promise seemed to have been abandoned along with the people of Israel in Persia.

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Purim — an interactive condensed drama from the book of Esther

Post author By Hallel Fellowship
Post date February 27, 2010

Hallel Fellowship celebrated Purim with a fun take on the deadly serious account of the thwarted genocide of the Yehudim (Jews) living in exile in Persia in the fifth century B.C.E.

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