The Israelites/Jewish people have a long history of various groups of people attempting to utterly destroy the entire race, as that's nothing new today. However, the book of Esther is one such time that also shows us a number of events unfolding to display God's sovereignty as well as His divine deliverance. In this episode, I begin by setting the stage with some background about the time, place/culture as well as the people and read through chapter 2. In these two chapters some of the events include wild parties, a disobedient queen that lead to her disposal, an unsuccessful war invasion, an empire-wide beauty contest to find the next queen, and a plot that was overheard to assassinate the king. Keep in mind this is just the beginning as the action and craziness continue in parts 2 and 3.

Please note that this is my personal interpretation of the scripture to the best of my current knowledge and understanding. I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages all believers to do so. There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel led by the Holy Spirit to do so.

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