Are you an Esther or a Mordechai, willing to stand for truth?
Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, celebrate the festival of Purim at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 17, 2022. Purim celebrates the biblical story of how a plot to exterminate Jews in Persia was thwarted, and …, which begins on Saturday March 23, is a Jewish holiday, not a public holiday. And yet it should be remembered by others — especially this year — and especially by Christians.The story begins with King Ahasuerus’s search for a new queen.
As Haman rose to power he demanded a god-like loyalty of a state religion. But one man, Mordechai, would not bow down in his presence. Haman was furious and decided to take his hatred of the Jews to a new level. He prepared a gallows to execute Mordechai, and he asked the king to issue a decree “to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews in the empire, young and old, women and children, in one day.” Haman even cast lots to determine the best time for this genocide.
But the big question is “why?” Why retell it? And why should not only Jews, but Christians retell it? To begin with, it is in our Bibles and there for a purpose. It is the only book in the Bible that does not mention God’s name! But this silence reminds us that God is providentially at work in hidden ways. He worked throughis part of a much larger story that runs from Abraham to Jesus Christ. If Haman succeeded and the Jews were destroyed, God’s saving work through Abraham and his seed would be blocked.in our time.
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