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Esther bible study spurgeon8/24/2023 ![]() God arranged for Ahasuerus to have a sleepless night.God arranged for Haman’s anger to come to a peak on one particular day.God arranged for Esther to delay her request first asking for a banquet with the king and then another banquet.God arranged that Haman restrain his anger and not kill Mordecai immediately (Esther 5:10). ![]() God arranged that the decree command that the Jews be killed by private hands, instead of by the army of Persia – which would have been much more difficult to stop.God arranged the lot that was cast to give 11 months warning before the planned massacre (Esther 3:12-13).God arranged for Mordecai to have access to both Esther and the affairs of the kingdom.God arranged special favor for Esther among the other women.God arranged for Esther to enter the competition.God arranged for a competition to replace Queen Vashti.God arranged for the noble Queen Vashti to lose her place.Think of all that God arranged in the story of Esther: “It has been well said that the Book of Esther is a record of wonders without a miracle, and therefore, though equally revealing the glory of the Lord, it sets it forth in another fashion from that which is displayed in the overthrow of Pharaoh by miraculous power.” (Spurgeon)ī. The Book of Esther shows how the hand of God can move in a supernaturally-natural way.Ī. (3) Mordecai is promoted to the position of second in the kingdom.įor Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen. Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 2. (1-2) The glory of the reign of King Ahasuerus.Īnd King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.
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