1. The document discusses various plots against Jews throughout history, from Haman's plot to exterminate all Jews in ancient Persia to the Holocaust. 2. It encourages leaving room for God's wrath and judgment against evil while also learning to handle anger in a godly way by not retaliating, forgiving others, and praying for enemies. 3. A key message is that when life seems unfair, believers should let God work things out according to His purposes and trust that He causes all things to work for good.

1. Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
They were all assassinated!

2. Today
‘Exterminate Exterminate’
Esther 2:21-3:1-15
‘Esther – a beauty that’s more than skin deep’

3. Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favour and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti
Est 2:17
Esther is crowned Queen

4. And the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality
Est 2:18
Esther is crowned Queen

5. “It is difficult to comprehend that our sweet and beautiful daughter was the victim of such a terrible crime”
Evil is part of life

6. During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana and Teresh,
two of the king’s officers who guarded
the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes
Est 2:21
Plot 1 – a conspiracy to assassinate the king

7. Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews – young and old, women and children – on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods
Est 3:13
Plot 2 – a conspiracy to exterminate all the Jews

8. After these events, King Xerxes honoured Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honour higher than that of
all the other nobles
Est 3:1
Let God work things out when life seems unfair

9. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!
Ecc 8:14
Let God work things out when life seems unfair

10. Humble yourselves, therefore,
under God’s mighty hand,
that He may lift you up in due time
1 Peter 5:6
Let God work things out when life seems unfair

11. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose for them
Rom 8:28 NLT
Let God work things out when life seems unfair

12. Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes
Est 3:6
Leave room for God’s wrath

13. ‘It is mine to avenge;
I will repay,’
Deut 32:35
Leave room for God’s wrath

14. •Too much wealth and power
Why do people hate the Jews?
•Claim they are God’s chosen people
•Convenient group to blame
•Killed Jesus
•Different - the dislike of the unlike
•Inferior race

15. “What shall we do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews?”
‘On the Jews and Their Lies’ (1543)
Persecution of the Jews

16. 1935
Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws
restricting citizenship to those of “German or related blood.”
Persecution of the Jews

17. 1938 ‘Kristallnacht’ The Night of Broken Glass”
Persecution of the Jews

18. 1939 The ‘Holocaust’ begins
Persecution of the Jews

19. Don’t look for revenge
Do not repay anyone evil for evil
Rom 12:17a
Learn to handle anger in the right way

20. Learn to handle anger in the right way
When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted himself to Him who judges justly 1 Peter 2:23

21. Learn to handle anger in the right way
Pray for your enemies ‘You have heard that it was said, “Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.” But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you Matt 5:43-44

22. Learn to handle anger in the right way
Forgive others Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you Col 3:13

23. 1. Let God work things out when life seems unfair
2. Leave room for God’s wrath
3. Learn to handle anger in the right way
“God is working out His eternal purpose, not only in spite of human and satanic opposition, but by means of them” – A W Pink