What can you do when
there is nothing you
can do!
Jessica Wang
Introduction
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1:1
King
Xerxes:
Ruler over
127
provinces
from India
to Ethiopia.
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1:5… the
king gave a
banquet for
all the
people in the
capital city
of Susa, rich
and poor….
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• 1:10 on the seventh day
the King was feeling
happy……….
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• 1:11 He ordered them to
bring in Queen Vashti
wearing her royal crown.
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1:12
she
refused to
come and
this made
the King and
his court
furious.
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• 1:14 The King called for
his experts on Law and
Order
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• 1:19 ….they suggested
that Vashti should never
again appear to the King
and give her place as
queen to some better
woman.
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• 2:2 The King’s close
advisors said to him,
“Why don’t you make a
search to find some
beautiful young virgins
and bring them here to
Susa.
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2:4 Then
take the
young
woman you
like the best
and make
her queen in
Vashti’s
place.
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• 2:5 In the city was a
Jew named Mordecai
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• 2:7 He had a cousin,
Esther, who was
beautiful and had a good
figure
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• . Mordecai had taken
care of her after her
parents died, but always
told Esther not to say to
anyone that she was a
Jew.
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• 2:8 Esther was one of
those chosen to come to
the palace to meet the
King. She found favor
with all who were in
charge.
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2:17 Esther
was brought
to the King
and she won
his favor and
affection. He
placed a
crown on her
head and
made her
queen.
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• 2:19 Mordecai was
appointed to an
administrative position
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• 2:22 Mordecai hears of a
plot to assassinate the
King and tells Esther.
She then tells the King.
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• 2:23 Those who plotted
against the King were
hanged and an account
of this was recorded.
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• 3:1 King Xerxes
promoted a man called
Haman to the position of
Prime Minister.
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• 3:2 The King ordered
all officials in his service
to respect Haman by
kneeling and bowing to
him. They all did except
Mordecai, who refused.
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• 3:3 The officials then
asked him why he was
disobeying the King’
command.
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• 3:4 “I am a Jew” he
explained, “and I am
cannot bow to
Haman.”….so they told
Haman about this.
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• 3:5 Haman was so
furious that he vowed to
kill all the Jews in the
whole Persian Empire.
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• 3:8 Haman told the
King that there was a
certain race of people all
over his empire and that
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• they won’t obey the laws
of the empire, so it is not
in his best interest to
tolerate them.
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• 3:9 Haman told the
King that if it pleased
him, issue a decree that
they are to be put to
death
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• 3:11 The King told
Haman that the people
and their money would
be his. He told Haman
to do what he wanted
with them.
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• 4:1 When Mordecai
learned about all that
had been done, he tore
his clothes in anguish.
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4:3 After the
proclamatio
n, the Jews
fasted, wept,
wailed and
lay in ashes.
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• 4:5 When Esther heard
about Mordecai’s
weeping, she sent for
her servant to go to
Mordecai and find out
the trouble.
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• 4:7 Mordecai told the
servant how much
money Haman promised
the King’s treasury if all
the Jews were killed and
all their property taken.
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• 4:8 Mordecai asked the
servant to go back to
Esther and explain the
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• situation asking her to
plead with the King to
have mercy on her
people.
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• 4:11 If anyone goes to the
inner courtyard and sees
the king without being
summoned, that person
must die .
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• 4:15 Esther (through the
servant) told Mordecai
to gather all the Jews
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• together to fast and pray
for 3 days and said, my
women and I will do the
same …….
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If I must die
for doing it I
will die .
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• Define the problem
• Trust in God
• Take the risk
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Haman was
hung from the
gallows that
he prepared
for Mordecia.
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Mordecia went
out dressed in
the royal robes,
and the whole
city came alive
with rejoicing
and celebration.
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