Haman's Reckoning

Mordecai's honoring

Esther's Requesting

Ahasuerus' Enraging

A Revival is the Body of Christ, the Church getting up and proclaiming a Savior that died for them, getting their hearts and mind realigned with His.

An Awakening is when society is changed because of that Revival!

Mordecai just found out about Haman's decree. Esther has to spring into action to save the Jews.

Esther is a story of jealousy, bitterness, pride, arrogance and love.

Ahasuerus truly loves her and it is evident by his actions when she prepares a banquet for him.

in the first 2 chapters of the Book we met the principals, now we meet the villain. Interesting to note here that all because of one man not honoring him, he goes off the deep end. Yet he fails to see the thousands that do honor and reverence him.

We use and cherry pick some verses and make them say what we want. Yet, this life here is not about us, it is about Him and us telling them of Him.

We have begun to think God wants us to have our "best" life here. That is not true, God wants us to live for Him here that many many more will go to Him and not to Hell.

He never promised a rose garden, He promised they will hate us for they hated Him.

Esther becomes queen. Mordecai saves the king's life. Life is good. For Now.

Ahasuerus acts in an undignified manner, and makes a very bad decision. Vashti makes the right decision even though it is going to cost her everything.

She is a heroine of the story for she did the right thing, no matter the cost.

So many want to say, God isn't real, Jesus never claimed to be God. Yet we have incontrovertible proof in the very words written in Red that Christ Himself said and His audience believed He was equating Himself to God.

Boaz has met Ruth, Ruth has met Boaz. Naomi is glad and sets a plan into motion to provide for her daughter in law who has provided for her.

Ruth and Naomi are back in Bethlehem and Ruth goes to work. She encounters Boaz who, based on Ruth's testimony and reputation blesses her mightily. Yet, she was also blessed by Naomi's testimony, and is blessed by a Godly man.

God has a plan and it includes Naomi, Ruth and Boaz. They just don't know it yet.