ALTHOUGH NOT SEEN AS A MAJOR CELEBRATION, THE L-RD IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER, DEFEATED THE WICKED HAMMAN (THE AGAGITE) THE ENEMY OF THE JEWS. HE WAS PLACED IN AUTHORITY BY KING AHASUERUS AND WAS GIVEN HIS SIGNET RING . ANYTHING SEALED WITH THAT RING COULD NOT BE REVOLKED.....
DURING A WINE CELEBRATION, THE KING BECAME DRUNK AND WANTED HIS WIFE ( AT THAT TIME WAS QUEEN VASHTI) TO COME BEFORE HIM AND HIS GUESS TO DISPLAY HER. SHE REFUSED AND WAS KICKED OUT OF THE PALACE BY THE SEALLING OF THE RING. THE KING, AHASUERUS, WANTED HER BUT COULD NOT BRING HER BACK BECAUSE OF THE SEAL. IT CAME TO PAST, THAT A SUMMONS TO GATHER VIRGINS FROM THE AREA CAME UP. IN THE CITY OF SHUSHAN A CERTAIN MAN NAMED MORDECHAI THE JEW LIVED THERE WITH HIS NIECE HADASAH (WHICH LATER HAS HER NAME CHANGED BY HER UNCLE TO ESTHER.) SHE WAS TAKEN FROM HIM BUT HE CHARGED HER TO NOT REVEAL HER JEWISH IDENTITY AND SHE OBEYED. AS A RESULT OF HER OBEDIANCE, SHE BECAME QUEEN AND THROUGH HER RELATIONSHIP WITH G-D, NOT MENTIONED, BECAME WISE AFTER LEARNING OF HER PEOPLES CERTAIN DESTRUCTION. MORDECHAI WARNED ESTHER OF HAMMONS PLOT TO HAVE ALL THE JEWS WIPED OUT. MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN TOTALLY WIPED OUT. SHE ORDERED A FAST AND PRAYER FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS. SHE THAN APPROACHED THE KING UNSUMMONDED (WHICH WAS CERTAIN TO HAVE HER BEHEADED) BUT G-D MOVED THE KINGS HEART TO HAVE COMPASSION AND FINALLY CAUSED THE WICKED HAMMON TO BE HUNG. MORDECHAI WAS GIVEN THE SIGNAT RING AND THE AUTHORITY TO COMBAT THE WICKED DECREE OF HAMMON. THE L-RD HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR HIS PEOPLE.
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