A Man Presents a Scroll to King Ahasuerus and Estherby CBPepper
9:11Esther 9:11
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
On that day the number of those slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. The report belongs to the account of Haman, a descendant of Agag, plotting under the Medo-Persian king Ahasuerus to destroy all of God's people, the Jews, by the king's decree. God frustrated that purpose and saved and triumphantly vindicated His people, reversing Haman's decree and bringing utter and absolute defeat and overthrow upon their enemies, including wicked Haman, the devil's agent. The attempted destruction was Satan's effort to eliminate the people and godly line through whom the promised Man-child would come, so the deliverance preserved that line. In the events surrounding this report Haman's ten sons were also slain, and their deaths ended the last remnant of the Amalekites and the war of Amalek against the Lord's cause and people, bringing an end to Satan's attack on God's work.
The ninth chapter and finish of the book gives the origin of the feast of Purim, named from Pur meaning lot because of the casting of lots. The danger was reversed through the efforts and prayers of Mordecai, Esther, and their people, and the deliverance brought great joy after trouble. The account of threatened destruction and deliverance illustrates the conflict between human demands and God's way, and applies to the coming Sabbath controversy in which those who refuse to obey human commands will face a threat of death and God will deliver His people. Those who held it taught that the verse proves that the time of Christ's coming can be known by all who desire to understand and to be ready, and that Christ will come sometime between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844 to bring all His saints with Him and reward every man as his work shall be.
On that day the number of those slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. The report belongs to the account of Haman, a descendant of Agag, plotting under the Medo-Persian king Ahasuerus to destroy all of God's people, the Jews, by the king's decree. God frustrated that purpose and saved and triumphantly vindicated His people, reversing Haman's decree and bringing utter and absolute defeat and overthrow upon their enemies, including wicked Haman, the devil's agent. The attempted destruction was Satan's effort to eliminate the people and godly line through whom the promised Man-child would come, so the deliverance preserved that line. In the events surrounding this report Haman's ten sons were also slain, and their deaths ended the last remnant of the Amalekites and the war of Amalek against the Lord's cause and people, bringing an end to Satan's attack on God's work.
The ninth chapter and finish of the book gives the origin of the feast of Purim, named from Pur meaning lot because of the casting of lots. The danger was reversed through the efforts and prayers of Mordecai, Esther, and their people, and the deliverance brought great joy after trouble. The account of threatened destruction and deliverance illustrates the conflict between human demands and God's way, and applies to the coming Sabbath controversy in which those who refuse to obey human commands will face a threat of death and God will deliver His people. Those who held it taught that the verse proves that the time of Christ's coming can be known by all who desire to understand and to be ready, and that Christ will come sometime between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844 to bring all His saints with Him and reward every man as his work shall be.