Read Esther Chapter 5 1. When do the events of this chapter occur according to verse 1?
2. What is Esther seeking to do? Why is it dangerous?
3. What happened when Esther appeared in King Ahasuerus’ court?
4. Copy Proverbs 21:1 here. Are you surprised the King extended his scepter?
5. What did Esther ask for?
6. What happened at the banquet?
7. What happened to Haman on his way home?
5. Who does he call for counsel? What advice to they give Haman?
6. What does Haman do?
7. What does the Bible teach about advice and counselors? □ Psalm 1:1
□ Proverbs 11:14
□ Psalm 119?
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Read Esther Chapter 4 1. What is Mordecai’s response to the decree regarding the Jews?
2. What is the reaction of other Jews in other provinces?
3. How does Esther respond to Mordecai’s behavior (sackcloth and ashes and mourning)?
4. What does Mordecai tell Esther to do?
5. How does she respond? What is her meaning?
6. How does Mordecai respond? What is the significance of his statements?
7. What is Esther’s final response?
8. What does Esther seek through her fasting?
9. What do these scriptures teach about prayer? □ Isaiah 59:1-3
□ Matthew 7:7-11
□ Matthew 21:22
□ Luke 11:1-13
□ Luke 18:9-14
□ John 14:12-14
□ James 4:2-3
□ 1 John 5:14-15
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But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, and the nations will not be able to endure His indignation. Jeremiah 10:10
In Jeremiah 10:10, the prophet refers to God (Adonai) as:
The True God
The Living God
The Everlasting King
True God
God is the true God. This means He is genuine. He should not be confused with or lumped in with the myriad of other false gods. As the true God–there is no other God beside Him. (See Isaiah 44:6). Accept no substitute or counterfeit!
If God is the true God, it means that He is absolutely trustworthy. He keeps His promises. He can be trusted and relied upon. He is our Rock (See Psalm 18:2), a firm foundation.
Living God
Adonai is a living God and the God of the living. He is active now–in this moment in time. In the here and now with us, God is able to respond to us and our circumstances. He is not a dead religion, a set of rules and regulations to follow, He is alive and in relationship with us. He is our living hope. (See 1 Peter 1:13)
Everlasting King
God is the everlasting King. This description has two parts: “everlasting” and “King.” To say that He is a King speaks of His royalty, majesty, and authority. He is the Sovereign over all. He takes care and has the responsibility for all of His subjects. He is the one to whom we direct all our worship and praise.
To say His reign is everlasting is to say that it is enduring, surpassing and without beginning or end. He has no predecessor and no successor. Because He is everlasting, I need only concern myself with Him, what pleases and displeases Him, and His plans and purposes.
Truly He is worthy of all of our praise as the one true, living God and everlasting King!
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Read Esther Chapter 3 1. Who is Haman? What is his lineage?
2. What favor is Haman shown by the King?
3. What was Mordecai’s reaction to Haman? Why?
4. How did Haman react to Mordecai?
5. What does Haman plan to do to retaliate against Mordecai? Why? How as it to be accomplished?
6. What other enemies of the Jews (those who sought to destroy them completely? Have there been over their 4000 year history? Name as many as you can.
7. What does God promise regarding the enemies of His people in the following verses? □ Deuteronomy 28:7
□ 1 Samuel 17:47
□ Psalm 18:3; 47-48
□ Psalm 41:2, 11
□ Psalm 61:3
□ Psalm 119:98
□ Proverbs 16:7
□ Isaiah 59:19
8. What does the New Testament teach about how to deal with our enemies? The enemies of God? □ Matthew 5:44
□ Romans 12:14
□ Ephesians 6:10-18
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When King Ahasuerus became lonely for his queen, what solution was proposed?
Who is Mordecai? Of what tribe is he? What other famous person in Jewish history is from that same tribe?
Who is Hadassah? Esther? Why is she in Shushan? Where is her family? Where is she from?
What happens to Esther in Chapter 2?
Describe Esther’s beauty treatments. How long did they last?
What was the king’s reaction to Esther?
What did Mordecai discover while sitting in the King’s gate? What happened as a result?
What references to dates and/or time is given in this chapter? Note all that you find.
What does God say about a woman’s beauty? □ Proverbs 31:30 □ 1 Peter 3:3-6
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Where do the events of Chapter 1 of Esther take place? What country is this today?
Describe the scene in your own words.
Who is Queen Vashti?
What happened between Queen Vashti and King Ahasuerus in the opening chapter? Why?
From whom does the King seek advice? Who are they? What is their advice? Why?
What do the following verses teach about counselors? ▸ Psalm 1:1 ▸ Proverbs 1:5
What happens to Queen Vashti?
What references to dates and/or time is given in this chapter? Note all that you find.
What do you observe about the marriage between the King and Queen Vashti? Contrast that to the Bible’s teachings on marriage.
What do the following verses teach?□ Proverbs 14:12 □ Proverbs 14:17 □ Proverbs 14:29 □ Proverbs 16:32
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A wonderful picture of God’s amazing love is seen in the life of Queen Esther. She, a Jewish girl orphaned at a young age, is raised by her uncle in Shushan, the capital city of the Medo-Persian empire. She ends up in a nationwide beauty contest for which the first prize is to become queen. She becomes the queen of the country.
But the evidence of God’s love in the story of Esther is not about her becoming Queen. This is no Cinderella story. Rather, this is the story of a God who sees everything, the beginning from the end. He knows what lies ahead for His people, and He makes provision for them, even provision in the form of a young, scared Jewish girl. He keeps all the promises to them no matter how long ago He made them.
When the wicked Haman, an important man in the King’s court, came on the scene and convinced the King of Medo-Persia to pass a law whereby the Jews would be slaughtered and their possessions taken by their neighbors, God had a plan already in place. That plan was carried forward by Queen Esther. God had hidden Esther in the pavilions of the palace of the King of Medo-Persia. She would, in due time, be the vehicle by which God saved His people, the people from which the Messiah would come forth in the fulfillment of time.
You know the story . . . Esther convinces the King through a series of meals and events to pass another law which allows the Jews to survive, thereby preserving the Messianic line for the time hundreds of years later when a baby would be born to a descendant of David, of the tribe of Judah, in the town of Bethlehem as it was promised.
This is God’s love for us. He makes a promise and never allows it to be broken, so that in the fullness of time, He can keep His promise. God cannot lie. Study to know what God has promised for you.
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