Esther 4:1-17

Reaction to the DecreeDecree of AnnihilationDeep Intense Grief and Mourning

2 Samuel 1:11-12

2 Samuel 1:11-12Genesis 37:34

2 Samuel 1:11-12Genesis 37:34Daniel 9:3

2 Samuel 1:11-12Genesis 37:34Daniel 9:3Jonah 3:6

Esther 4:3“And in every province where the king's command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.”NKJV

Esther 4:5HathachThen Esther called Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs whom he had appointed to attend her, and she gave him a command concerning Mordecai, to learn what and why this was.” NKJV

HathachMordecai

Warren Wiersbe“As great doors can swing upon small hinges, so great events can turn upon the deeds of “small” and sometimes anonymous people.”

Decree of AnnihilationHathachMordecai

Queen Esther’s Response

MORDECAIEsther 4:13-14

Do you think in your heart that you will escape Death?MORDECAI

Do you think in your heart that you will escape Death?Her silence wouldn’t prevent deliverance from coming from some other source.MORDECAI

Do you think in your heart that you will escape Death?Her silence wouldn’t prevent deliverance from coming from some other source.MORDECAIHer being in the palace was not an accident, for she had “come to royal position for such a time as this”

Esther 4:15-17

MORDECAIFast and Pray

If I Perish I Perish

“…The mighty liner of God’s sovereign design keeps it’s steady course over the sea of History…”

Is God In Control Of My Life?

Next Week: Esther 5