Stand Up for the Jews

Stand Up for the Jews                              Esther 8-10

Key Dates:

4000ish BC      Creation

1875 BC           Abrahamic Covenant

            1445 BC           Moses leads Israel out of Egypt

            1405 BC           Joshua leads Israel back into the Promised Land

                        1052 BC           Saul becomes Israel’s First King

                        1004 BC           David makes Jerusalem Israel’s Capitol

                                    956 BC             Solomon dedicates the Temple

                                    931 BC             Israel is divided – North (Israel) and South (Judah)

                                                722 BC             Israel falls to Assyria (which falls to Babylon)

                                                            606 BC             Judah first falls to Babylon (605-539)

                                                            586 BC             Nebuchadnezzar destroys Temple

                                                            539 BC             Persia (539-331) conquers Babylon

                                                            536 BC             Persia: Cyrus’ Decree allows Temple rebuild

                                                            516 BC             Temple completed

                                                                        478 BC             Persia: Esther is Xerxes’ Queen

                                                                        466 BC             Jerusalem’s walls destroyed  

                                                                        445 BC             Artaxerxes I’s decree to rebuild walls

                                                                                    331 BC             Greece   conquers Persia

                                                                                                146 BC        Rome conquers Greece

                                                                                                            30’s AD – Christ’s Death/Rez

Divine Recompense – Mordecai receives Haman’s House and Job       8:1-2

Bad Laws ________________ Bad Leaders                                                   8:3-8

Esther 3:13                          13th of Adar                          March 7th 473 BC   

Good Leaders make ____________ Laws                                                      8:8-10

The date of this decree was June 25, 474 BC

The Jews are Given Legal Permission to ____________Themselves    8:11-16

Why in the world does the United Nations act like Israel is doing something wrong when it protects itself and deals firmly with people that try to kill Jews?

Mordecai’s law made it okay for the Jews to arm themselves for that day against

Proverbs 13:34

I love it when doing the right thing also leads to an evangelistic ______________!

The Genesis 12 Curse ___________ on those who cursed the Jews     9:1-17

In Genesis 12 when God gave the Abrahamic Covenant he said He would bless those who bless Israel, and curse those who curse Israel.

“As America has done to Israel” by John McTiernan.

Think about that, there were 75,000 people who hated the Jews enough to STILL try to kill them, even after the state action to allow them to protect themselves.

A New Feast for Israel – the Feast of Purim (Lots)                                     9:18-32

Why is it called Purim?                 Esther 3:7

Haman had used lots (3:7) to _________________ both the month and the day to kill Jews – God’s people used that to show Haman had reaped what he had sown!

The Call to Stand Up for the Jews                                                                    10:1-3

God still blesses people of faith today who do both those things – who are both good citizens of their countries and seek the ____________ of the Jews.

Romans 15:25-27                          Psalm 122:6