Fusion Youth Service - 16.07.2023

We continue our verse-by-verse study of Esther, finishing chapter 8. We spend a lot of time exploring questions of justice, vengeance and mercy. In particular, we discuss why Christians are told not to seek revenge.

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00:00:00 - From the start...

00:06:37 - Recap

00:10:35 - Esther 8:9-10

00:11:22 -- Symmetry

00:12:27 -- A second degree

00:13:14 -- Swift horses

00:17:15 - Esther 8:11-14

00:18:00 -- A right to self-defense

00:22:51 -- And vengeance?

00:37:00 -- Why is vengeance not ours?

00:49:18 -- So...no prisons?

00:51:14 - Esther 8:15-17

00:51:47 -- The city rejoiced

00:54:06 -- Hints of the future?