REVIEW: THE BOOK OF ESTHER XERSES (AHASUERUS)---KING OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE---DESPOTIC POWER AND EMPIRE VASHTI---FIRST QUEEN---INDEPENDENCE AND SELF CONFIDENCE ESTHER---SECOND QUEEN---BRAVERY AND WISDOM MORDECAI---PROPHETIC AND FAITHFUL HAMAN---SELF SERVING AND DEVIOUS
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PERSIAN EMPIRE DURING THE TIME OF ESTHER AND CURRENT AREA IDENTIFIED AS AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST
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THEMES AND WORDS FROM ESTHER • THEMES DERIVED FROM PASSAGE
• KEY WORDS IN PASSAGE
POWER (ARAB SPRING)
EDICT
FEMALE OBJECTIFICATION
GALLOW
CHANGE AGENTS
SACKCLOTH AND ASHES
UNSELFISHNESS ALTERNATIVES TO SITUATIONS
EUNUCHS FASTING AND PRAYING
WISDOM
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THEMES OF ESTHER IN THE MODERN ERA • POWER AND THE ARAB SPRING
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THE NAME GOD IS NEVER MENTIONED IN ESTHER! • SO WHY IS THE BOOK OF ESTHER IN THE BIBLE? • WHAT CLUES LEAD US TO GOD IN THE PASSAGE? • WHY IS THIS PASSAGE RELEVANT TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE BIBLE? • HINT FOR NEXT WEEK’S LESSON………THE BIBLE IS ALL ABOUT GOD
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