Esther became queen after the previous queen Vashti was banished for refusing the king's demands. Mordecai, Esther's uncle, encouraged her to join the selection of a new queen to potentially save her people. They kept Esther's Jewish identity secret because the king had been tricked by his adviser Haman into signing a decree to kill all Jews. Esther revealed the truth to the king and Haman's plot was exposed, with Haman being executed for his plan to genocide the Jews. The story teaches that having faith sometimes means risking yourself to stand up for what is right, as Esther did in confronting the king to save her people.

1. ESTHER
Story of Esther becoming queen
Key text: Esther 2
Study Questions
1.What was Esther uncle and how did they come in contact?
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Answer: Esther was a baby and her parents had died. Mordecai her uncle
took her in because he was her only kin.
What happened why king Ahasuerus needed a new queen?
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Answer: before queen Esther they’re was a queen named vashti she was
banished because the king wanted her to show off in front of his friends and
him while they were drunk. She refused and the became angry because the
queen refused him so she was thrown out of the kingdom.
Why did mordecai want esther to be queen and what secret did they have to
keep?
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2. Answer: Mordecai wanted her to become queen because god saved her for
this time in her life to save her people. They had to keep the secret of her
being a jew because the king had been tricked into making a decree that the
jews would be killed.
Who tricked the king and how did esther end up telling the king the truth?
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Answer: the kings right hand man hamen didn’t like mordecai because he
didn’t bow down to him or worship him so hamen wanted to get back at all
the jews by killing them all. When Esther heard of hamens plans she knew
she had to tell the king to save her people so she went through three days.
Finally she told the king of hamens plans and hamen was hung with the
same rope that he had planned for mordecia’s neck.
What can you learn from this story?
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Answerwhat you can learn from this is that it isn’t easy standing up for god.
You may only have to stand up for one person like a friend but esther had to
stand up for her entire nation imagine doing that. What you can take from
this is that you stand up for your god because he is the only god.There can
be a lot of hamans in ours lives today like tv, music, and relationships. But
we have to get passed it and look at the big picture.
Challenge: this week go through your each day and find all your
hamans and stand up to them don’t let anything take place of your God.