Mordecai and Esther were ordinary people God used in an extraordinary way. God reveals His hand when it is the right time to do so.

2. Esther 9:20-21
And Mordecai recorded these things and
sent letters to all the Jews who were in all
the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near
and far, obliging them to keep the
fourteenth day of the month of Adar and
also the fifteenth day of the same, year by
year,
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3. Esther 9:22
as the days the Jews got relief from their
enemies, and as the month that had been
turned for them from sorrow into gladness
and from mourning into a holiday; that
they should make them days of feasting
and gladness, days for sending gifts of food
to one another and gifts to the poor.
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4. Esther 9:23-24
So the Jews accepted what they had started
to do, and what Mordecai had written to
them. For Haman the Agagite, the son of
Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews,
had plotted against the Jews to destroy
them, and had cast Pur (that is, cast lots),
to crush and to destroy them.
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5. Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he gave
orders in writing that his evil plan that he
had devised against the Jews should return
on his own head, and that he and his sons
should be hanged on the gallows.
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6. Esther 9:26
Therefore, they called these days Purim,
after the term Pur. Therefore, because of
all that was written in this letter, and of
what they had faced in this matter, and of
what had happened to them,
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7. Esther 9:27
the Jews firmly obligated themselves and
their offspring and all who joined them,
that without fail they would keep these two
days according to what was written and at
the time appointed every year,
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8. Esther 9:28
that these days should be remembered and
kept throughout every generation, in every
clan, province, and city, and that these days
of Purim should never fall into disuse
among the Jews, nor should the
commemoration of these days cease
among their descendants.
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9. Esther 9:29-30
Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail,
and Mordecai the Jew gave full written
authority, confirming this second letter
about Purim. Letters were sent to all the
Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom
of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth,
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10. Esther 9:31-32
that these days of Purim should be
observed at their appointed seasons, as
Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther
obligated them, and as they had obligated
themselves and their offspring, with regard
to their fasts and lamenting. The command
of Esther confirmed these practices of
Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
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12. Purim emerged in RESPONSE
to distinct saving acts of God.

13. Purim emerged in RESPONSE
to distinct saving acts of God.
God transformed certain TRAGEDY into
TRIUMPH saving His people.

14. Purim emerged in RESPONSE
to distinct saving acts of God.
God transformed certain TRAGEDY into
TRIUMPH saving His people.
The Jews took it upon themselves to
REMEMBER and CELEBRATE their deliverance

15. Purim emerged in RESPONSE
to distinct saving acts of God.
God transformed certain TRAGEDY into
TRIUMPH saving His people.
The Jews took it upon themselves to
REMEMBER and CELEBRATE their deliverance
Unfortunately, even when we don’t FORGET
we often live as though we don’t REMEMBER

16. Prior to what Haman DID we
are to know WHO he was.

17. Prior to what Haman DID we
are to know WHO he was.
God sees the END from the BEGINNING and
is working His purposes THROUGHOUT.

18. Prior to what Haman DID we
are to know WHO he was.
God sees the END from the BEGINNING and
is working His purposes THROUGHOUT.
In Esther there is no DIRECT reference to
GOD.

19. Prior to what Haman DID we
are to know WHO he was.
God sees the END from the BEGINNING and
is working His purposes THROUGHOUT.
In Esther there is no DIRECT reference to
GOD.
While God’s NAME may not be mentioned,
that does not mean that His HAND is unseen

20. Mordecai and Esther were
ORDINARY people God used in
an EXTRAORDINARY way

21. Mordecai and Esther were
ORDINARY people God used in
an EXTRAORDINARY way
Her past did not NEGATE God’s ABILITY to
use here in the present.

22. Mordecai and Esther were
ORDINARY people God used in
an EXTRAORDINARY way
Her past did not NEGATE God’s ABILITY to
use here in the present.
God reveals His hand when it is the RIGHT
TIME to do so.

23. Mordecai and Esther were
ORDINARY people God used in
an EXTRAORDINARY way
Her past did not NEGATE God’s ABILITY to
use here in the present.
God reveals His hand when it is the RIGHT
TIME to do so.
God’s activity was HIDDEN until it WASN’T.

24. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
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I like and the ones that challenge me)
( ) Reflect on God’s presence, provision,
and/or promises
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( ) Take time to rejoice in God
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