Esther
194Hadassah, Queen of Persia
27 May 2024
25:00¶ 85
“In the middle of this we see a young girl who is an orphan and being raised by her uncle Mordecai. At that point…”
25:21¶ 86
“She’s humble to actually do this and not claim that it’s against her religion or anything, but Mordecai does warn her not to share…”
30:33¶ 96
“Esther does a lot of praying and fasting and preparing, but as the famous line goes that if she does not, the Lord will…”
166Prayer and Work
26 Jun 2023
24:59¶ 90
“Right. He does not know that he’s the one who’s been chosen to do this, in a sense any more than Esther did. Esther…”
25:26¶ 91
“Notice, the queen is there. That’s part of his plan here, which again suggests who the queen has to be. As far as the…”
1:21¶ 4
“For people who do not know Nehemiah, it falls chronologically after Ezra, and I would argue after Esther as well, because we’re going to…”
165Esther
19 Jun 2023
2:34¶ 10
“We are now focused upon a young Jewish girl, actually a Benjamite, named Esther. That’s her Persian name. Her Hebrew name is Hadassah, which…”
3:17¶ 12
“When the soldiers come to collect girls, he knows he can’t really stop this, but he has a couple pieces of advice for her,…”
22:51¶ 71
“Now we’re in trouble and Mordecai appeals to Esther. “You’re the queen. Go talk to your husband,” and she says, “That’s not quite how…”
159The Restoration Era
20 Mar 2023
38:51¶ 136
“What fits in somewhere just before Ezra is the whole story of Esther, and I won’t repeat all of that, but I think most…”
39:16¶ 137
“All of those women were put in the king’s harem, because the Persians too had great contempt for women. I mean they took care…”
39:42¶ 138
“But Esther receives favor. She’s promoted to be queen and is there at a crucial time to turn back a genocidal plot against the…”
72The Just Shall Live By Faith
20 Jun 2021
13:00¶ 35
“We look at someone like Nehemiah or Esther, who in a crucial moment said, “No, that’s not enough, because the place that God by…”
14:11¶ 37
“Esther knew this. It says it very plainly. If the king doesn’t reach out the golden scepter, you’re dead. And with Nehemiah it’s implied.…”
14:49¶ 40
“Something at least that for us is bigger. Now, how God weighs all that out on the last day we have no way of…”
22The Sociology of Dominion
31 May 2020
32:24¶ 120
“You can think also of Esther. “I haven’t been called in to see my husband in a long time… I know he’s the king,…”
32:38¶ 122
“Fine. I’ll fast and I’ll go in, and if I die, I die.”
32:45¶ 123
“Not a lot of assurance there. There was no prophet that told her, “This is what you have to do.”