Some thoughts on Scripture

Esther 7:7--"Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palce garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king." How the wheel has turned! Haman, who would have shown no mercy toward the... Sign in to see full entry.

Esther 6:6--"So Haman came in, and the king asked him, 'What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?' Now Haman thought in the heart, 'Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?' " Haman, in presumptious pride, walked into his own trap. He thought too highly of himself, to... Sign in to see full entry.

Esther 5:12-13--"Moreover Haman said, 'Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invtied by her, along with the king. Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.' "... Sign in to see full entry.

Esther 4:14--"For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will persih. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" It was not by chance but by God's design that... Sign in to see full entry.

Esther 3:13--"And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their... Sign in to see full entry.

Esther 2:8-9a--"So it was, when the king's command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king's palace, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women. Now the young woman pleased him,... Sign in to see full entry.

Esther 1:16-17--"And Memucan answered before the king and the princes: 'Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king, bu talso al the princes, and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. For the queen's behavior will become know to all women, so that they will despise their... Sign in to see full entry.

Nehemiah 13:14--"Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!" The author here--whether it is Nehemiah, Ezra, or someone else--has operated in a mode of helping his fellow Jews to rebuild Jerusalem's walls... Sign in to see full entry.

Nehemiah 12:47a--"In the days of Jerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, aportion for each day." During the dedicaiton of the wall of Jerusalem, two choirs went around to all the gates. With what I read earlier about how the wall and... Sign in to see full entry.

Nehemiah 11:23--"For it was the king's command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day." Singers in the church of our time play a valuable role just as singers had in the Levitical context of the Old Testament. Singers and musicians lead the people i... Sign in to see full entry.