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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther#/media/File:Ester_y_Mardoqueo_escribiendo_la_primera_carta_del_Purim_(Ester,_9-20-21)_-_Aert_de_GELDER_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg Wikipedia My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at anytime! Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 4/24/2019     Day 114 Esther 5:1 – 10:3 Reflection | Today Chapter 5 - Esther is vindicated and the king will grant her any request; he is still mad at Haman and prepares gallows; Chapter 6 - King can’t sleep and asks Haman on how to reward; Mordecai is rewarded with robes and honors; Chapter 7 - Esther reviews the plot against the Jews and IDs Haman; Haman asks Esther for forgiveness but king hangs him. Chapter 8 - Esther asks king to revoke the decree against the Jews; Chapter 9 - the Jews slaughters their enemies with the King’s blessing. Festival of Purim celebrates this occasion. Chapter 10 - Epilogue with Morde...

Edwin Long - Queen Esther - Google Art Project Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at anytime! Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 4/23/2019     Day 113 Esther 1:1 – 4:17 Reflection | Today Chapter 1 - The short story of Esther is located during the Exile Into Babylon where she is part of the harem of the King; his queen Refuses to appear before him during the 180 of feasting; she is Banished for disobeying the king - she did not want to be on display. Chapter 2 - Esther is chosen queen and the process is listed here Chapter 3 - Haman enters into the story - a Jew shows disrespect; Haman vows to destroy all Jews because of the slight; Chapter 4 - The Jews begin a fast in contradiction to the feasting; Esther now queen also joins in the fast. (Collins, Introduction to Hebrew Bible, Fortress Press) Background Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by ...

Eleventh-century  fresco  of the  Exorcism at the Synagogue in Capernaum . Highlights Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 18th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 20 Bless the Lord and to those who give us Scriptures to read, study, reflect, and pray for the building of disciples and the unity of our faith in Jesus Christ. Pray Today | Tomorrow | Friday | 23 September 2016 Ps. 88; Ps. 91 92; Esther 8:1–8 15–17; Acts 19:21–41; Luke 4:31–37 Psalm 88 | Literary type - Individual Lament I am in bondage, prison, laughed at, and rejected by my friends; save me according to your justice. Esther 8 Esther further eradicates the edicts of Haman that we against the Jews and they were banished; Mordecai becomes the second in the nation speaking for the King in all things; the Jews again begin to thrive. Acts 19 Nearly a riot is created by the merchants of idols of Artemus because people, after he...

Highlights Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 18th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 20 Pray Today | Thursday | 22 September 2016 Ps. [83] or 146 147; Ps. 85 86; Esther 7:1–10; Acts 19:11–20; Luke 4:14–30 Psalm 146 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; Happy are those who call upon the name of the Lord; God is just; The Lord Sets the prisoners free Opens the eyes of the blind Lifts up those bowed down Loves the righteous Cares for the stranger Sustains the orphan and widow Reigns forever Esther 7 The saga of rescue continues; Haman has a plot to begin to kill off Esther’s people (Israel); She creates a feast for the King and the second day the King granted a petition; Esther says how can she ask anything when there is a plot against her people and names Haman; the King is furious and commands Haman to be executed on the gallows he had created in his yard to begin to kill off the...