Every time you hear me say the word Mordecai, write it down. So if you’re in the book of Esther chapter one I’ll be reading verses here and there and for our young people I’ve got a challenge for you. That could be one reason that the Lord is allowed to basically stay in the background while His name is not used, you certainly see His hand. Some have speculated it’s because Esther was likely written by a scribe or someone who was acquainted with Mordecai and because the Persians had their own gods the book was written from a purely historical perspective so that the Persians could also read it without feeling like the Jews were trying to indoctrinate them about Jehovah and say, “Wow! The God of the Jews is obviously protecting them.” The Lord is seen so clearly in the book of Esther through the providence of God while God’s name is not used. Not only that, while they do a lot of fasting and praying it does not even use the word prayer. You do not find the word Lord or God anywhere in those ten chapters. The name of God does not appear in the book of Esther. They put a great deal of emphasis on the name of God. There were no examples of the book of Esther and some have speculated part of the reason for that is the Dead Sea scrolls were written by the Essenes. For one reason, among the Dead Sea scrolls that were found there by Qumran down there by the Dead Sea they found portions of virtually every Old Testament book with one exception. The book of Esther transpires during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. Sometimes you could zoom back and get a different perspective, and I’d like to look at the book of Esther with you that way today. Problem is, because I’m covering ten chapters quickly we’re basically going to fly over and I’d like to point out some of the beautiful mountains of landscape, give you an overview. I’m not trying to say there is a hidden gospel somewhere, some apocryphal writings called the Gospel of Esther, but rather I believe that when you read the book of Esther you can find the entire gospel, in fact, the great controversy is outlined in this incredible book and you’ll want to be following along a little bit so if you could go ahead and find the book of Esther just following the book of Nehemiah in your Bibles and that would be before the book of Job. The theme for our study today is the Gospel of Esther. We’re going to try to basically cover an entire book in the Bible that at times in the past I’ve used three or four messages to cover. Pray that the Lord will be with me that I could be lost in this message because I think it’s really on sacred ground today. Pray for a special anointing of the Spirit today. I see a number, and we’re thankful that you’re here with us. I want to welcome any visitors we may have here today. Note: This is a verbatim transcript of the live broadcast. This website allows dissenting comments and beliefs, but our comment sections are not a forum for ongoing debate. ![]() Please note: Approved comments do not constitute an endorsement by the ministry of Amazing Facts or by Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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