Esther: ”For Such a Time as This”

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Religion & Spirituality, Education

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 175 minutes

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Summary

An in-depth study of the book of Esther. This lesson focuses on objectification and self-respect, overcoming prejudices, preparing to meet the King, courage, the timing of our birth, worthiness and the divine will, pride and self-centeredness, fighting darkness with light, the Feast of Purim, types and shadows of Christ,and more. 0:00 Introduction to the Book of Esther 9:01 Exalting the King & Objectifying the Queen 31:34 Mordecai & Esther 43:16 Avoiding Prejudices 54:15 Preparing to Meet the King 1:01:48 Haman & Mordecai 1:22:20 Esther's Courage 1:46:48 Esther Before the King 2:01:35 Mordecai Is Honored 2:16:50 Haman's Demise 2:24:02 Esther's Real Request 2:35:46 The Feast of Purim 2:48:28 Types of Christ 2:53:45 Conclusion

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0:00.0	When the Son of Man comeeth, shall he find faith on the earth?
0:06.0	Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.
0:13.0	May our testimonies be as deep and as strong as that of Jacob.
0:19.0	When confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,
0:23.0	I could not be shaken.
0:30.0	Hello to all of you wonderful and shaken saints out there.
0:40.0	I'm Jared Halverson, glad to have you back.
0:42.0	In fact, I'm so impressed that you are back at all after so many incredibly long lessons
0:46.0	that I figured I'd give you a break today and let you off early for good behavior.
0:51.0	Actually, it wasn't my choice. It was the scriptures.
0:53.0	This week, we only have the book of Esther to cover, and it's fairly short.
0:56.0	Just ten chapters. It's only one of two books in the Old Testament that is named after a woman,
1:01.0	the other being Ruth, and so if you're into women in the scriptures, as I am,
1:05.0	this is an amazing book to shine the spotlight on one of our incredible sister saints.
1:12.0	It's also one of only two books in the Old Testament that doesn't explicitly mention God,
1:17.0	the other being Song of Solomon, which you may have guessed.
1:21.0	But it does come as a surprise to most people that, wait, Esther doesn't talk about God at all.
1:26.0	Well, in some ways, it's so appropriate that he wouldn't be explicitly mentioned in this book,
1:34.0	because it forces us to do a little bit deeper looking to find him in these pages.
1:41.0	And I think the context historically of this book is perfect to give us that kind of mission or that goal
1:49.0	because what's happening, if you remember last week with Ezra and Nehemiah,
1:52.0	and the Jews have returned to Jerusalem, they're coming back in waves, it's starting slow.
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