Ep 163 | Esther, Come Follow Me (July 25-31)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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00:26 – A brief overview of these chapters.
07:28 – King Ahasuerus seeks a new queen and Esther is put forth by her uncle Mordecai. He compels Esther to not reveal her Jewish heritage to the king. She is chosen as the new queen.
14:47 – The villainous Haman arranges to get the king to sign a decree to kill all the Jews in the kingdom.
16:34 – Xerxes is depicted as an unwitting king, as are other kings in the Bible.
19:13 – Esther is determined to approach the king for his help, even at the risk of her life. Mordecai tells Esther that she is born for this time and in this kingdom to save her people. The Jews fast to be saved from Haman’s decree.
25:24 – Esther tells the king her true identity as a Jew and also Haman’s evil plot to destroy them. Haman is hanged on his own gallows by order of the king.
27:20 – Mordecai is honored, Queen Esther gets the house of Haman, and a decree is made to preserve the Jews.
28:46 – The Jews have rest from their enemies. The house of Haman is destroyed as collective punishment for his crimes. The Feast of Purim is instituted to commemorate their deliverance.
32:52 – Mordecai, the Jew, stands next to the king in power and might.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and |
| 0:07.5 | application to the scriptures in Come Follow Me. |
| 0:10.3 | We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
| 0:13.5 | Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. |
| 0:17.1 | For show notes, head over to our website, TalkingScripture.org. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to Talking Scripture, I'm Mike. |
| 0:25.3 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:26.3 | And today we're going to be in the Book of Esther. |
| 0:29.1 | And every one of us have come to earth and at some moment in our life we need to be an |
| 0:33.4 | Esther. |
| 0:34.7 | It's a story about a brave woman willing to risk vulnerability and stand up for her people. |
| 0:41.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:42.5 | Now the Book of Esther is 10 chapters and it's set historically in what's known as the |
| 0:48.9 | Persian period. |
| 0:50.6 | We think right around 486 to 465 BC. |
| 0:55.9 | Zerxes is the guy that's ruling Persia at the time and he is going to be called Ahasuerus. |
| 1:02.8 | When I teach a seminary I call him Surprise Dinosaur. |
| 1:05.5 | Ahasaurus. |
| 1:06.5 | I know it's really. |
| 1:07.5 | Ahasaurus. |
| 1:08.5 | My jokes are really lame. |
| 1:10.2 | So verse one of chapter one of Esther says it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus. |
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