Tag: Esther
October 4 – Esther Saves the Jews
Reading Esther 5:1-10:3 Devotional Just as Esther said she would do, she went before King Xerxes without his request, on the third day. Xerxes was happy to see her and extended the golden scepter to her, sparing her life (recall that the penalty for approaching the Persian king without his request was death, unless he…
October 3 – Esther Becomes Queen
Reading Esther 1:1-4:17 Devotional Around 480 B.C., a new king reigns in Persia—Xerxes. In the third year of his reign, Xerxes threw a banquet for his subjects. This banquet lasted seven days, and on the last day of the feast, Xerxes called for his wife, Queen Vashti, so that he might show her beauty to…
January 24 – For This Purpose
Reading Ex. 9:1-11:10 Devotional Thus far, GOD had sent six plagues upon the Egyptians and each time Pharaoh had asked Moses to stop the plague and he would allow the children of Israel to leave. Six times Pharaoh then hardened his heart and changed his mind. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise early in…