Meaning of Esther's name:
Hadassah (Hebrew) - myrtle
Esther (Persian) ~ star , Ishtar (goddess)
Time Frame:
After the book of Haggai and Zechariah but before Ezra and Nehemiah
Return from exile
One group of exiles has returned but Esther and the rest chosed to stay.
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK:
Danger (1-5)
Chapter 3 (AN UNTIMELY APPOINTMENT)
- Haman an Agagite (nationality - Amalekite)
- most powerful official in the empire
- willing to bribe the king to destroy the Jews
AN UNSETTLED HISTORY
1 SAMUEL 15
-Amalekites, the first to oppose Israel when they are coming out of Egypt.
- God commanded King Saul to totally destroy them
- an unfinished task, a bitter rivalry
CHAPTER 4-5, 8 (ESTHER'S DARING SACRIFICE)
- Mordecai's challenge, "For such a time as this"
- choice between self or national preservation
- with a willingness to die and with a wise plan
CHAPTER 6 ( XERXES'S TIMELY INSOMNIA)
- Insomnia leads to reading of history book
- unlikely discovery of Mordecai's good deed
- decision to honor Mordecai
CHAPTER 6-10 (MORDECAI'S UNEXPECTED RISE)
- Haman's overnight fall from grace and execution
- Mordecai given the king's signet ring
TRACING GOD'S PRINTS
IN OUR LIFE'S ODYSSEY
- our plights and happenings
- doors that are opened
- all the dots eventually join
IN LIFE'S 'COINCIDENCES'
- the meeting of enemies
- the insomnia's of our life
- in "removals" and "appointments"
IN CALLING US OUT OF OURSELVES
- in opening our eyes and heart to "our people"
- in "couraging" us through prayer
- in seeing the fruit of lives laid down
Speaker: Annette (IFES)
Hadassah (Hebrew) - myrtle
Esther (Persian) ~ star , Ishtar (goddess)
Time Frame:
After the book of Haggai and Zechariah but before Ezra and Nehemiah
Return from exile
One group of exiles has returned but Esther and the rest chosed to stay.
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK:
Danger (1-5)
1 : Prologue (a celebration)
2-3 : King’s First Decree
4-5 : Haman’s Exasperation With Mordecai
King’s Insomnia (6)
Deliverance (6-9)
6-7 : Mordecai’s Exaltation Over Haman
8-9 : King’s Second Decree
9-10 : Epilogue (a celebration)
*Perhatikan warna yang digunakan - ianya seakan - akan 'mirror reflection'.*
Chapter 1-2
AN UNLIKELY QUEEN
- an orphaned Jewish girl
- tribe of Benjamin, descendant of Kish
- kept her national identity a secret
- Haman an Agagite (nationality - Amalekite)
- most powerful official in the empire
- willing to bribe the king to destroy the Jews
AN UNSETTLED HISTORY
1 SAMUEL 15
-Amalekites, the first to oppose Israel when they are coming out of Egypt.
- God commanded King Saul to totally destroy them
- an unfinished task, a bitter rivalry
CHAPTER 4-5, 8 (ESTHER'S DARING SACRIFICE)
- Mordecai's challenge, "For such a time as this"
- choice between self or national preservation
- with a willingness to die and with a wise plan
CHAPTER 6 ( XERXES'S TIMELY INSOMNIA)
- Insomnia leads to reading of history book
- unlikely discovery of Mordecai's good deed
- decision to honor Mordecai
CHAPTER 6-10 (MORDECAI'S UNEXPECTED RISE)
- Haman's overnight fall from grace and execution
- Mordecai given the king's signet ring
TRACING GOD'S PRINTS
IN OUR LIFE'S ODYSSEY
- our plights and happenings
- doors that are opened
- all the dots eventually join
IN LIFE'S 'COINCIDENCES'
- the meeting of enemies
- the insomnia's of our life
- in "removals" and "appointments"
IN CALLING US OUT OF OURSELVES
- in opening our eyes and heart to "our people"
- in "couraging" us through prayer
- in seeing the fruit of lives laid down
Speaker: Annette (IFES)
