Fasting: Esther (Joel 1:14) “Consecrate a fast call a sacred assembly” (Joel 1:14)

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Fasting: Esther (Joel 1:14) “Consecrate a fast call a sacred assembly” (Joel 1:14)

Fasting: Esther Welcome to the Computer Presentation Please Enter Your Name(s) S T M ARY C OMPUTER C ENTER, E AST B RUNSWICK, NJ, Sunday School Computer Program© 2004 OK

King Xerxes Xerxes, king of India and Persia gave a banquet for all his officials. For 180 days he made a show of the riches of the imperial court with all its splendor and majesty. The king sent for his wife, Queen Vashti, as he wanted to show off her beauty to all the officials and all his guests. But the queen refused to come. This made the king furious.

Esther The King issued a royal proclamation that Queen Vashti may never again appear before the king. The king made a search to find some beautiful young virgins to choose one of them to be queen instead of Vashti. Mordecai brought Esther his cousin to the king who admired her beauty and chose her to be queen instead of Vashti.

Good Deed Two of the palace eunuchs plotted to assassinate the king. Mordecai told the queen and the queen told the king. This good deed of Mordecai was written down in the official records of the empire.

Haman The Minister The king had appointed Haman a minister and ordered all his officials in his service to show their respect for Haman by kneeling and bowing to him. Mordecai refused to bow to Haman. Haman was furious when he realized Mordecai was not going to kneel and bow to him. Haman decided to kill all the Jews and took permission to do that.

Proclamation A proclamation was sent to all rulers, governors and officials. It contained the instructions that on a single day all Jews were to be killed. When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes... wailed loudly and bitterly. There was loud mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept and wailed.

Fasting and praying Mordecai explained the situation to Esther and asked her to go and plead with the king and beg him to have mercy on her people. Esther advised Mordecai and the Jews to fast and pray to God, and not to eat or drink anything for three days and nights.

The King Reads the Records Esther entered the King’s room and invited the king and Haman to a banquet she was preparing for them. The king and Haman accepted the invitation. Haman had the gallows built to have Mordecai hanged on it. The same night the king could not get to sleep, so he ordered the official records of the empire to be brought and read to him. The part they read included the account of how Mordecai had uncovered a plot to assassinate the king.

Mordecai is Honored The king ordered Haman to get the royal robes and a horse, the royal crown and provide these honors to Mordecai. So Haman got the robes and the horse, and he put the robes on Mordecai. Mordecai got on the horse, and Haman led him through the City Square, announcing to the people as they went, “See how the king rewards a man he wishes to honor”.

Mordecai is Saved Esther invited the king and Haman to another banquet. The king said to Esther, “Tell me and you shall have it. I’ll even give you half the empire”. Esther told the king about what Haman wanted to do with her and her people. The king was furious and ordered that Haman would be hanged on the gallows which he prepared for Mordecai.

Jews are saved The king gave his ring with the seal on it to Mordecai who quickly wrote letters and sent them to all towns ordering rulers and governors to protect the Jews and not to destroy them. The Jews observed the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar as holidays every year. These were the days on which the Jews had rid themselves of their enemies: They called the feast the Festival of Purim. To all rulers and governors protect the Jews and Do not destroy them. Mordecai

Conclusions Queen Esther could not deliver her people except by fasting and prayer. Although Esther was an orphan young girl, she managed to save her people. The case is also true with us, no matter how young we are, we can deliver the church if we fast and pray with submission. Also, we should learn that when the church is in trouble, the members of Sunday School must begin their work by fasting and praying. One final lesson that we all should remember “He who digs a hole for his brother falls in it”. We must apply this to our practical life.

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