The Tables Are Turned (Part 2 of 2)

Truth For Life Daily Program

Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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There’s a surprising turn of events in the book of Esther when the Jews celebrate a great victory rather than face annihilation. How did this dramatic shift happen? And what can we learn from the Israelites? Find out on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	Today on Treat for Life with Alistair Big, we're going to learn about a surprise
0:29.9	in the book of Esther. The Israelites faced annihilation at the hand of the Persians,
0:36.4	but rather than being destroyed, they enjoyed a great victory. So how that happened?
0:43.1	We'll find out. Alistair is teaching from the opening verses of Esther chapter 9.
0:49.1	The Jews lived under constant threat. The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout
1:01.2	all the provinces of King Ahas' whereas if you jump forward to verse 16 where it talks about them
1:09.2	in the King's provinces, you'll notice the phrase they also gathered. Notice the phrase to defend
1:14.9	their lives to defend their lives and get relief from their enemies. It's very, very important
1:23.5	that we get this. Now what the Jews do in this context is operate within the framework in a
1:31.9	cord with the edit and the edit was perfectly written, verse 11 of chapter 8. The people went
1:41.2	throughout the community saying that the King allowed the Jews who were in every city,
1:47.6	now notice the phrase theology, to gather and defend their lives. So the issue is self-defense.
1:55.5	That's what they are being freed to do. These people have determined that they are going to
2:01.6	annihilate you. We have created a second edit which allows you to prevent your annihilation
2:08.3	and the way you will prevent your annihilation is by killing them. That's why you will be free
2:16.5	to destroy, to kill and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack
2:24.8	them. So this is very, very important because a superficial reading of this passage may say that
2:31.2	the Jews then were just free to go out willingly and do whatever they fancy doing. Know what is
2:36.4	undergoing here is strategic. After all the Jews were in Persia, not by choice but by conscription.
2:44.4	They were not aggressors. They were worshiping God. They were going on with their lives. They
2:49.2	were opposed because of their worship of God in large measure, because they wouldn't be participants
2:55.2	in so much that went on around them and they were hated. And Haman is at the forefront of the
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