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men.</c><00:44:00.530><c> And</c><00:44:00.710><c> the</c><00:44:00.889><c> method</c><00:44:01.250><c> that</c><00:44:01.590><c> Daniel</c><00:44:01.869><c> reveals</c><00:44:02.329><c> that</c><00:44:02.849><c> is</c> 00:44:03.869 --> 00:44:07.949 through<00:44:04.130><c> open</c><00:44:04.449><c> miracles</c><00:44:04.909><c> and</c><00:44:05.269><c> prophecies.</c><00:44:07.349><c> But</c><00:44:07.449><c> when</c><00:44:07.590><c> you</c><00:44:07.650><c> come</c><00:44:07.849><c> to</c> 00:44:07.949 --> 00:44:10.869 the<00:44:07.989><c> book</c><00:44:08.170><c> of</c><00:44:08.329><c> Esther,</c><00:44:10.650><c> the</c><00:44:10.730><c> book</c> 00:44:10.869 --> 00:44:15.130 of<00:44:10.969><c> Esther</c><00:44:11.250><c> is</c><00:44:11.429><c> all</c><00:44:11.670><c> about</c><00:44:12.329><c> the</c><00:44:12.530><c> house</c><00:44:12.769><c> of</c><00:44:12.929><c> Mordecai</c><00:44:13.710><c> triumphing</c><00:44:14.809><c> over</c><00:44:15.050><c> the</c> 00:44:15.130 --> 00:44:16.949 house<00:44:15.409><c> of</c><00:44:15.630><c> Haman.</c><00:44:16.710><c> And</c><00:44:16.789><c> the</c> 00:44:16.949 --> 00:44:22.949 method<00:44:17.190><c> God</c><00:44:17.429><c> uses</c><00:44:17.789><c> there</c><00:44:18.469><c> is</c><00:44:19.409><c> unseen</c><00:44:20.489><c> providence.</c><00:44:21.130><c> God</c><00:44:21.409><c> is</c><00:44:21.650><c> not</c><00:44:21.889><c> mentioned</c><00:44:22.230><c> once</c><00:44:22.630><c> in</c> 00:44:22.949 --> 00:44:23.789 any<00:44:23.309><c> chapter,</c> 00:44:24.010 --> 00:44:26.829 yet<00:44:24.150><c> he's</c><00:44:24.369><c> mentioned</c><00:44:24.610><c> in</c><00:44:24.849><c> every</c><00:44:25.489><c> single</c><00:44:25.849><c> chapter</c><00:44:26.190><c> in</c><00:44:26.389><c> the</c><00:44:26.489><c> book</c><00:44:26.610><c> of</c> 00:44:26.829 --> 00:44:33.550 Daniel.<00:44:32.369><c> So</c><00:44:32.849><c> I'm</c><00:44:32.909><c> going</c><00:44:33.110><c> to</c><00:44:33.369><c> put</c> 00:44:33.550 --> 00:44:38.329 the<00:44:33.750><c> book</c><00:44:33.949><c> of</c><00:44:34.210><c> Esther</c><00:44:34.789><c> is</c><00:44:35.550><c> the</c><00:44:35.730><c> ways</c><00:44:35.949><c> of</c><00:44:36.269><c> providence</c><00:44:36.670><c> to</c><00:44:36.989><c> Daniel's</c><00:44:38.050><c> the</c> 00:44:38.329 --> 00:44:41.130 visible<00:44:38.650><c> hand</c><00:44:38.929><c> of</c><00:44:39.110><c> God.</c><00:44:40.989><c> You</c><00:44:41.110><c> see</c> 00:44:41.130 --> 00:44:45.449 how<00:44:41.230><c> that</c><00:44:41.389><c> works?</c><00:44:43.110><c> See</c><00:44:43.210><c> the</c><00:44:43.389><c> balance?</c><00:44:44.010><c> See</c><00:44:44.130><c> how</c><00:44:44.329><c> they</c><00:44:44.409><c> are</c><00:44:44.769><c> counterparts</c><00:44:45.269><c> to</c> 00:44:45.449 --> 00:44:47.230 each<00:44:45.610><c> other?</c><00:44:46.530><c> And</c><00:44:46.630><c> so</c><00:44:46.710><c> what</c> 00:44:47.230 --> 00:44:49.489 the<00:44:47.570><c> writers</c><00:44:47.829><c> have</c><00:44:48.090><c> done</c><00:44:48.329><c> is</c><00:44:48.530><c> that</c><00:44:48.670><c> they've</c><00:44:48.909><c> told</c><00:44:49.150><c> us</c><00:44:49.349><c> there's</c> 00:44:49.489 --> 00:44:50.929 a<00:44:49.690><c> connection</c><00:44:49.909><c> between</c><00:44:50.289><c> the</c><00:44:50.610><c> characters</c> 00:44:50.929 --> 00:44:53.389 so<00:44:51.070><c> they</c><00:44:51.210><c> show</c><00:44:51.389><c> similarities,</c><00:44:52.130><c> but</c><00:44:52.230><c> then</c><00:44:52.429><c> they</c><00:44:52.670><c> go</c><00:44:52.949><c> and</c><00:44:53.230><c> show</c> 00:44:53.389 --> 00:44:56.190 a<00:44:53.789><c> difference</c><00:44:54.050><c> between</c><00:44:54.389><c> the</c><00:44:54.630><c> books</c><00:44:54.949><c> themselves.</c> 00:44:56.969 --> 00:44:58.690 And<00:44:57.190><c> I</c><00:44:57.269><c> think</c><00:44:57.329><c> you</c><00:44:57.469><c> all</c><00:44:57.590><c> know</c><00:44:57.750><c> what</c><00:44:57.929><c> I</c><00:44:58.050><c> mean</c><00:44:58.150><c> by</c><00:44:58.329><c> that</c><00:44:58.469><c> because</c> 00:44:58.690 --> 00:44:59.650 you<00:44:58.849><c> know</c><00:44:58.949><c> those</c><00:44:59.130><c> two</c><00:44:59.309><c> books</c><00:44:59.489><c> that</c><00:44:59.650><c> are</c> 00:44:59.650 --> 00:45:01.909 written<00:44:59.750><c> by</c><00:44:59.929><c> Brother</c><00:45:00.150><c> Roberts</c><00:45:00.530><c> talking</c><00:45:01.090><c> about</c><00:45:01.369><c> the</c><00:45:01.530><c> way</c><00:45:01.710><c> God</c> 00:45:01.909 --> 00:45:03.989 works<00:45:02.309><c> in</c><00:45:02.489><c> your</c><00:45:02.750><c> life</c><00:45:02.949><c> and</c><00:45:03.070><c> in</c><00:45:03.190><c> my</c><00:45:03.329><c> life.</c> 00:45:03.809 --> 00:45:11.449 Sometimes<00:45:04.050><c> it's</c><00:45:04.829><c> through</c><00:45:05.750><c> obvious</c><00:45:09.190><c> actions</c><00:45:10.610><c> that</c><00:45:10.769><c> are</c><00:45:11.070><c> spelled</c><00:45:11.250><c> out</c> 00:45:11.449 --> 00:45:12.730 and<00:45:11.510><c> can</c><00:45:11.650><c> be</c><00:45:11.869><c> clearly</c><00:45:12.110><c> seen,</c><00:45:12.690><c> and</c> 00:45:12.730 --> 00:45:15.550 sometimes<00:45:13.250><c> it's</c><00:45:13.809><c> not.</c><00:45:14.030><c> You</c><00:45:14.170><c> can't</c><00:45:14.449><c> see</c><00:45:14.690><c> it.</c><00:45:15.130><c> It's</c><00:45:15.309><c> not</c><00:45:15.409><c> until</c> 00:45:15.550 --> 00:45:16.610 years<00:45:15.769><c> later</c><00:45:15.949><c> you</c><00:45:16.050><c> look</c><00:45:16.210><c> back</c><00:45:16.369><c> and</c><00:45:16.449><c> think,</c> 00:45:16.670 --> 00:45:24.269 wow,<00:45:17.630><c> God</c><00:45:17.809><c> was</c><00:45:17.989><c> in</c><00:45:18.190><c> there.</c><00:45:18.750><c> So</c><00:45:19.010><c> Esther</c><00:45:19.349><c> is</c><00:45:19.650><c> the</c><00:45:19.889><c> counterbalance</c><00:45:20.570><c> to</c><00:45:20.949><c> Daniel,</c><00:45:23.590><c> especially</c><00:45:23.989><c> to</c> 00:45:24.269 --> 00:45:25.449 us<00:45:24.690><c> who</c><00:45:25.130><c> have</c><00:45:25.230><c> never</c> 00:45:25.449 --> 00:45:28.989 seen<00:45:25.650><c> an</c><00:45:25.809><c> angel.</c><00:45:26.650><c> Well,</c><00:45:26.829><c> I</c><00:45:26.849><c> don't</c><00:45:27.030><c> think</c><00:45:27.170><c> I</c><00:45:27.369><c> have.</c><00:45:28.130><c> Might</c><00:45:28.610><c> have,</c><00:45:28.849><c> but</c> 00:45:28.989 --> 00:45:30.590 I<00:45:29.110><c> don't</c><00:45:29.269><c> know</c><00:45:29.530><c> that</c><00:45:29.710><c> I</c><00:45:29.829><c> have.</c> 00:45:30.489 --> 00:45:33.349 I<00:45:30.730><c> know</c><00:45:30.829><c> some</c><00:45:31.090><c> people</c><00:45:31.309><c> say</c><00:45:31.530><c> that</c><00:45:32.369><c> they've</c><00:45:32.550><c> met</c><00:45:32.670><c> people</c><00:45:32.929><c> and</c><00:45:33.070><c> they</c><00:45:33.170><c> think</c><00:45:33.250><c> it</c> 00:45:33.349 --> 00:45:34.070 can't<00:45:33.610><c> have</c><00:45:33.730><c> been</c><00:45:33.809><c> anything</c> 00:45:34.070 --> 00:45:36.289 else<00:45:34.230><c> other</c><00:45:34.389><c> than</c><00:45:34.550><c> an</c><00:45:34.650><c> angel</c><00:45:34.710><c> because</c><00:45:34.829><c> they</c><00:45:35.449><c> changed</c><00:45:35.769><c> my</c><00:45:36.050><c> life</c> 00:45:36.289 --> 00:45:38.409 around<00:45:36.590><c> and</c><00:45:36.789><c> made</c><00:45:37.050><c> things</c><00:45:37.289><c> happen,</c><00:45:38.030><c> which</c> 00:45:38.409 --> 00:45:45.909 it<00:45:38.730><c> was</c><00:45:38.849><c> just</c><00:45:39.329><c> unheard</c><00:45:39.610><c> of</c><00:45:39.789><c> why</c><00:45:39.929><c> they</c><00:45:40.690><c> were</c><00:45:40.829><c> there.</c><00:45:43.130><c> Never</c><00:45:43.349><c> seen</c><00:45:43.730><c> a</c><00:45:44.030><c> human</c><00:45:44.289><c> body</c><00:45:44.809><c> resurrected.</c><00:45:45.489><c> I</c><00:45:45.670><c> haven't</c> 00:45:45.909 --> 00:45:49.389 seen<00:45:46.250><c> any</c><00:45:46.530><c> miracles.</c><00:45:47.650><c> I</c><00:45:47.789><c> know</c><00:45:47.789><c> the</c><00:45:48.510><c> Catholic</c><00:45:48.730><c> Church</c><00:45:49.070><c> claims</c> 00:45:49.389 --> 00:45:51.250 to<00:45:49.630><c> have</c><00:45:49.809><c> done</c><00:45:50.190><c> miracles</c><00:45:50.690><c> and</c><00:45:50.809><c> all</c><00:45:50.989><c> of</c><00:45:51.070><c> this,</c> 00:45:51.289 --> 00:45:55.150 but<00:45:51.630><c> we</c><00:45:52.070><c> don't</c><00:45:52.269><c> see</c><00:45:52.469><c> miracles</c><00:45:52.849><c> today,</c><00:45:53.130><c> do</c><00:45:53.269><c> we?</c><00:45:53.730><c> Never</c><00:45:53.989><c> seen</c><00:45:54.230><c> storms</c><00:45:54.630><c> stopped</c><00:45:54.889><c> by</c> 00:45:55.150 --> 00:45:57.670 winds,<00:45:57.010><c> peace</c><00:45:57.230><c> be</c><00:45:57.449><c> still,</c> 00:45:57.670 --> 00:46:01.230 etc.<00:45:59.630><c> You</c><00:45:59.889><c> see,</c><00:46:00.010><c> we</c><00:46:00.070><c> don't</c><00:46:00.250><c> live</c><00:46:00.389><c> in</c><00:46:00.489><c> a</c><00:46:00.650><c> time</c><00:46:00.789><c> period</c><00:46:01.010><c> like</c><00:46:01.170><c> the</c> 00:46:01.230 --> 00:46:02.349 book<00:46:01.369><c> of</c><00:46:01.550><c> Daniel,</c><00:46:02.030><c> brothers</c><00:46:02.030><c> and</c><00:46:02.190><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:02.349 --> 00:46:04.710 We<00:46:02.530><c> live</c><00:46:02.630><c> in</c><00:46:02.750><c> a</c><00:46:02.929><c> time</c><00:46:03.050><c> period</c><00:46:03.250><c> like</c><00:46:03.389><c> the</c><00:46:03.489><c> book</c><00:46:03.630><c> of</c><00:46:03.909><c> Esther.</c><00:46:04.469><c> So</c> 00:46:04.710 --> 00:46:06.809 here's<00:46:04.949><c> those</c><00:46:05.170><c> two</c><00:46:05.389><c> books.</c><00:46:06.550><c> They're</c> 00:46:06.809 --> 00:46:09.690 brought<00:46:06.909><c> alongside</c><00:46:07.250><c> each</c><00:46:07.469><c> other</c><00:46:07.929><c> so</c><00:46:08.449><c> that</c><00:46:08.590><c> you</c><00:46:08.710><c> can</c><00:46:08.829><c> have</c><00:46:09.090><c> confidence</c><00:46:09.449><c> that</c><00:46:09.610><c> the</c> 00:46:09.690 --> 00:46:10.530 book<00:46:09.789><c> of</c><00:46:09.989><c> Esther</c><00:46:10.170><c> should</c> 00:46:10.530 --> 00:46:16.010 be<00:46:10.710><c> in</c><00:46:10.809><c> the</c><00:46:10.929><c> Bible.</c><00:46:13.050><c> Well,</c><00:46:13.250><c> what</c><00:46:13.369><c> about</c><00:46:13.489><c> the</c><00:46:13.630><c> book</c><00:46:13.750><c> itself?</c><00:46:14.150><c> Now,</c><00:46:14.590><c> come</c><00:46:14.630><c> over</c><00:46:15.789><c> to</c> 00:46:16.010 --> 00:46:18.030 chapter<00:46:16.230><c> 9</c><00:46:16.670><c> in</c><00:46:16.989><c> Esther.</c> 00:46:29.510 --> 00:46:31.630 How's<00:46:29.869><c> everyone</c><00:46:30.110><c> doing?</c><00:46:30.550><c> Hanging</c><00:46:30.730><c> in</c><00:46:30.969><c> there?</c><00:46:31.150><c> It's</c><00:46:31.309><c> quite</c><00:46:31.510><c> a</c> 00:46:31.630 --> 00:46:33.130 lot<00:46:31.769><c> of</c><00:46:31.949><c> information.</c><00:46:32.750><c> I</c><00:46:32.869><c> told</c><00:46:32.989><c> you</c><00:46:33.110><c> it</c> 00:46:33.130 --> 00:46:37.690 wasn't<00:46:33.349><c> really</c><00:46:33.650><c> for</c><00:46:34.570><c> littleies,</c><00:46:36.010><c> and</c><00:46:36.010><c> maybe</c><00:46:36.710><c> some</c><00:46:36.889><c> of</c><00:46:37.010><c> the</c> 00:46:37.690 --> 00:46:38.809 older<00:46:37.909><c> ones</c><00:46:38.070><c> and</c><00:46:38.210><c> that</c><00:46:38.329><c> might</c><00:46:38.510><c> struggle</c> 00:46:38.809 --> 00:46:41.590 with<00:46:39.150><c> so</c><00:46:39.329><c> much</c><00:46:39.469><c> information,</c><00:46:39.969><c> but</c><00:46:40.130><c> I</c><00:46:40.309><c> just</c><00:46:40.530><c> think</c><00:46:40.670><c> if</c><00:46:40.949><c> you</c><00:46:41.150><c> have</c><00:46:41.289><c> a</c> 00:46:41.590 --> 00:46:42.389 taste<00:46:41.809><c> for</c><00:46:41.989><c> this,</c><00:46:42.150><c> if</c><00:46:42.250><c> you</c><00:46:42.289><c> want</c> 00:46:42.389 --> 00:46:46.590 to<00:46:42.550><c> go</c><00:46:42.670><c> on</c><00:46:42.869><c> and</c><00:46:43.090><c> study</c><00:46:43.250><c> it,</c><00:46:43.409><c> you</c><00:46:43.530><c> can.</c><00:46:45.789><c> But</c><00:46:46.150><c> if</c><00:46:46.269><c> you</c><00:46:46.349><c> feel</c><00:46:46.449><c> like</c> 00:46:46.590 --> 00:46:47.469 you<00:46:46.650><c> just</c><00:46:46.769><c> need</c><00:46:46.849><c> a</c><00:46:46.929><c> bit</c><00:46:47.010><c> of</c><00:46:47.190><c> a</c><00:46:47.289><c> stretch</c> 00:46:47.469 --> 00:46:56.789 right<00:46:47.690><c> now,</c><00:46:48.010><c> like</c><00:46:48.230><c> I</c><00:46:48.670><c> do,</c><00:46:49.409><c> then</c><00:46:49.690><c> go</c><00:46:50.750><c> ahead.</c><00:46:52.289><c> Esther</c><00:46:52.489><c> 9.</c><00:46:56.250><c> There's</c><00:46:56.610><c> three</c> 00:46:56.789 --> 00:46:57.650 verses<00:46:57.389><c> here</c><00:46:57.650><c> that</c><00:46:57.650><c> I</c><00:46:57.650><c> think</c> 00:46:58.110 --> 00:47:01.230 all<00:46:58.469><c> give</c><00:46:58.809><c> a</c><00:46:58.869><c> bit</c><00:46:58.989><c> of</c><00:46:59.170><c> a</c><00:46:59.369><c> key.</c><00:47:00.269><c> The</c><00:47:00.369><c> summary</c><00:47:00.590><c> of</c><00:47:00.730><c> the</c><00:47:00.849><c> book</c><00:47:00.949><c> is</c> 00:47:01.230 --> 00:47:04.690 found<00:47:01.590><c> here.</c><00:47:03.030><c> It's</c><00:47:03.150><c> almost</c><00:47:03.449><c> as</c><00:47:04.349><c> if</c><00:47:04.510><c> the</c> 00:47:04.690 --> 00:47:07.429 author<00:47:04.889><c> is</c><00:47:05.090><c> giving</c><00:47:05.230><c> us</c><00:47:05.389><c> a</c><00:47:05.429><c> bit</c><00:47:05.510><c> of</c><00:47:05.769><c> a</c><00:47:05.889><c> clue</c><00:47:06.110><c> as</c><00:47:06.349><c> to</c><00:47:06.429><c> how</c><00:47:06.610><c> to</c><00:47:06.869><c> understand</c><00:47:07.170><c> this</c> 00:47:07.429 --> 00:47:07.989 book.<00:47:07.610><c> Have</c><00:47:07.730><c> a</c><00:47:07.809><c> look</c><00:47:07.869><c> at</c> 00:47:07.989 --> 00:47:10.809 verse<00:47:08.190><c> 1</c><00:47:08.369><c> first</c><00:47:08.670><c> of</c><00:47:08.769><c> all.</c><00:47:09.530><c> Now,</c><00:47:09.670><c> in</c><00:47:09.670><c> the</c><00:47:09.849><c> 12th</c><00:47:10.369><c> month,</c><00:47:10.550><c> that</c><00:47:10.670><c> is</c> 00:47:10.809 --> 00:47:11.230 in<00:47:10.909><c> the</c><00:47:10.989><c> month</c> 00:47:11.230 --> 00:47:14.530 Ada,<00:47:11.630><c> on</c><00:47:11.710><c> the</c><00:47:11.889><c> 13th</c><00:47:12.289><c> day</c><00:47:12.429><c> of</c><00:47:12.590><c> the</c><00:47:12.809><c> same,</c><00:47:13.449><c> when</c><00:47:13.550><c> the</c><00:47:13.710><c> king's</c><00:47:14.050><c> commandment</c><00:47:14.409><c> and</c> 00:47:14.530 --> 00:47:15.530 his<00:47:14.710><c> decree</c><00:47:14.989><c> drew</c><00:47:15.349><c> near</c> 00:47:15.530 --> 00:47:18.309 to<00:47:15.690><c> be</c><00:47:15.849><c> put</c><00:47:15.949><c> into</c><00:47:16.250><c> execution,</c><00:47:17.369><c> in</c><00:47:17.510><c> the</c><00:47:17.650><c> day</c><00:47:17.750><c> that</c><00:47:17.889><c> the</c><00:47:18.090><c> enemies</c> 00:47:18.309 --> 00:47:20.070 of<00:47:18.469><c> the</c><00:47:18.590><c> Jews</c><00:47:18.769><c> hoped</c><00:47:19.150><c> to</c><00:47:19.449><c> have</c><00:47:19.650><c> power</c> 00:47:20.070 --> 00:47:24.690 over<00:47:20.429><c> them,</c><00:47:21.170><c> and</c><00:47:21.309><c> here</c><00:47:21.429><c> it</c><00:47:21.570><c> is,</c><00:47:22.349><c> though</c><00:47:22.789><c> it</c><00:47:23.090><c> was</c><00:47:23.570><c> turned</c><00:47:24.170><c> to</c> 00:47:24.690 --> 00:47:27.510 the<00:47:25.010><c> contrary,</c><00:47:26.170><c> that</c><00:47:26.309><c> the</c><00:47:26.530><c> Jews</c><00:47:26.809><c> had</c><00:47:27.090><c> rule</c><00:47:27.250><c> over</c> 00:47:27.510 --> 00:47:35.010 them<00:47:27.949><c> that</c><00:47:28.429><c> hated</c><00:47:28.750><c> them.</c><00:47:30.429><c> So</c><00:47:30.570><c> the</c><00:47:30.710><c> author</c><00:47:30.949><c> wants</c><00:47:31.269><c> us</c><00:47:31.530><c> to</c><00:47:31.769><c> recognise</c><00:47:32.210><c> a</c><00:47:32.550><c> pattern.</c><00:47:34.929><c> He</c> 00:47:35.010 --> 00:47:36.829 says,<00:47:36.349><c> it</c><00:47:36.349><c> was</c> 00:47:36.829 --> 00:47:40.030 turned<00:47:37.449><c> to</c><00:47:37.809><c> the</c><00:47:38.030><c> contrary.</c><00:47:38.730><c> Now,</c><00:47:38.989><c> Brown,</c><00:47:39.570><c> Driver</c><00:47:39.590><c> and</c><00:47:39.829><c> Briggs</c> 00:47:40.030 --> 00:47:43.050 said<00:47:40.190><c> that</c><00:47:40.369><c> this</c><00:47:40.610><c> word</c><00:47:40.849><c> turned</c><00:47:41.989><c> means</c> 00:47:43.050 --> 00:47:53.210 to<00:47:43.530><c> reverse.</c><00:47:45.889><c> This</c><00:47:46.230><c> book</c><00:47:46.590><c> is</c><00:47:47.110><c> all</c><00:47:47.670><c> about</c><00:47:48.349><c> reversal.</c><00:47:52.150><c> The</c><00:47:52.570><c> ESV</c> 00:47:53.210 --> 00:47:57.489 uses<00:47:53.690><c> the</c><00:47:54.070><c> word</c><00:47:54.469><c> reverse.</c><00:47:57.030><c> Now,</c><00:47:57.489><c> if</c><00:47:57.489><c> you</c> 00:47:57.510 --> 00:48:00.269 I<00:47:57.809><c> know</c><00:47:57.969><c> this</c><00:47:58.150><c> is</c><00:47:58.309><c> not</c><00:47:58.510><c> in</c><00:47:58.590><c> the</c><00:47:58.809><c> original,</c><00:47:59.110><c> but</c><00:47:59.349><c> you</c><00:47:59.610><c> might</c><00:47:59.809><c> even</c><00:48:00.110><c> see</c> 00:48:00.269 --> 00:48:02.170 at<00:48:00.429><c> the</c><00:48:00.570><c> end</c><00:48:00.829><c> of</c><00:48:01.369><c> verse</c><00:48:01.630><c> 1</c><00:48:01.849><c> that</c> 00:48:02.170 --> 00:48:05.309 our<00:48:02.409><c> English</c><00:48:02.769><c> translations</c><00:48:03.389><c> have</c><00:48:03.769><c> a</c><00:48:04.110><c> winking,</c><00:48:04.730><c> smiling</c><00:48:05.010><c> face</c> 00:48:05.309 --> 00:48:06.610 at<00:48:05.469><c> the</c><00:48:05.610><c> end,</c><00:48:05.769><c> just</c><00:48:05.929><c> to</c><00:48:06.050><c> give</c><00:48:06.190><c> you</c><00:48:06.329><c> a</c><00:48:06.409><c> little</c> 00:48:06.610 --> 00:48:10.949 hint.<00:48:07.489><c> See</c><00:48:07.550><c> that</c><00:48:07.650><c> at</c><00:48:07.809><c> the</c><00:48:07.909><c> end?</c><00:48:08.590><c> But</c><00:48:08.849><c> that's</c><00:48:09.070><c> not</c><00:48:09.210><c> in</c><00:48:09.289><c> the</c><00:48:09.449><c> original.</c><00:48:10.550><c> But</c> 00:48:10.949 --> 00:48:12.449 it<00:48:11.110><c> helps</c><00:48:11.309><c> us</c><00:48:11.550><c> to</c><00:48:11.670><c> know</c><00:48:11.829><c> that</c> 00:48:12.489 --> 00:48:17.429 there's<00:48:12.889><c> a</c><00:48:13.050><c> clue</c><00:48:13.250><c> here.</c><00:48:14.489><c> There's</c><00:48:14.869><c> a</c><00:48:15.090><c> clue</c><00:48:15.510><c> about</c><00:48:16.170><c> how</c><00:48:16.369><c> to</c><00:48:16.610><c> understand</c><00:48:16.969><c> this</c><00:48:17.250><c> book.</c> 00:48:17.510 --> 00:48:23.150 Have<00:48:17.650><c> a</c><00:48:17.710><c> look</c><00:48:17.789><c> at</c><00:48:17.929><c> verse</c><00:48:18.289><c> 22.</c><00:48:20.130><c> As</c><00:48:20.349><c> the</c><00:48:20.570><c> days</c><00:48:20.909><c> were</c><00:48:21.110><c> in,</c><00:48:21.329><c> the</c><00:48:21.489><c> Jews</c><00:48:21.670><c> wrested</c><00:48:22.090><c> from</c><00:48:22.250><c> their</c><00:48:22.449><c> enemies,</c><00:48:22.969><c> and</c> 00:48:23.150 --> 00:48:27.070 month<00:48:23.530><c> which</c><00:48:23.869><c> was</c><00:48:24.369><c> turned</c><00:48:24.929><c> unto</c><00:48:25.230><c> them</c><00:48:25.590><c> from</c><00:48:25.929><c> sorrow</c><00:48:26.349><c> to</c><00:48:26.610><c> joy,</c> 00:48:27.530 --> 00:48:29.789 from<00:48:27.789><c> mourning</c><00:48:28.150><c> into</c><00:48:28.469><c> a</c><00:48:28.730><c> good</c><00:48:28.889><c> day,</c><00:48:29.670><c> that</c> 00:48:29.789 --> 00:48:31.909 they<00:48:29.989><c> should</c><00:48:30.190><c> make</c><00:48:30.409><c> them</c><00:48:30.590><c> days</c><00:48:30.849><c> of</c><00:48:31.070><c> feasting</c><00:48:31.409><c> and</c><00:48:31.570><c> joy,</c><00:48:31.809><c> and</c> 00:48:31.909 --> 00:48:33.190 of<00:48:32.070><c> sending</c><00:48:32.309><c> portions</c><00:48:32.630><c> one</c><00:48:32.829><c> to</c><00:48:32.969><c> another,</c> 00:48:33.409 --> 00:48:37.389 and<00:48:33.510><c> gifts</c><00:48:33.710><c> to</c><00:48:33.889><c> the</c><00:48:34.070><c> poor.</c><00:48:34.590><c> It</c><00:48:34.730><c> was</c><00:48:35.090><c> turned.</c><00:48:36.030><c> This</c><00:48:36.230><c> is</c><00:48:36.369><c> a</c><00:48:36.530><c> reversal,</c><00:48:37.070><c> from</c> 00:48:37.389 --> 00:48:39.289 sorrow<00:48:37.869><c> to</c><00:48:38.130><c> joy,</c><00:48:38.630><c> from</c><00:48:38.929><c> mourning</c> 00:48:39.289 --> 00:48:46.949 into<00:48:39.590><c> a</c><00:48:39.829><c> good</c><00:48:40.070><c> day.</c><00:48:44.449><c> Down</c><00:48:44.690><c> in</c><00:48:44.809><c> verse</c><00:48:44.989><c> 25,</c><00:48:45.610><c> we</c><00:48:45.630><c> have</c><00:48:45.809><c> one</c><00:48:46.030><c> more.</c> 00:48:47.010 --> 00:48:49.130 Even<00:48:47.250><c> the</c><00:48:47.570><c> characters</c><00:48:47.829><c> in</c><00:48:48.010><c> the</c><00:48:48.170><c> book</c> 00:48:49.170 --> 00:48:53.929 have<00:48:49.429><c> a</c><00:48:49.690><c> complete</c><00:48:49.989><c> role</c><00:48:50.230><c> reversal.</c><00:48:51.710><c> Verse</c><00:48:51.750><c> 25,</c><00:48:52.369><c> but</c><00:48:52.489><c> when</c><00:48:52.829><c> Esther</c><00:48:53.210><c> came</c><00:48:53.469><c> before</c><00:48:53.730><c> the</c> 00:48:53.929 --> 00:48:55.070 king,<00:48:54.630><c> he</c><00:48:54.730><c> commanded</c> 00:48:55.070 --> 00:48:58.050 by<00:48:55.289><c> letters</c><00:48:55.550><c> that</c><00:48:55.750><c> his</c><00:48:55.969><c> wicked</c><00:48:56.349><c> devices,</c><00:48:57.150><c> which</c><00:48:57.369><c> he</c><00:48:57.690><c> devised</c> 00:48:58.050 --> 00:49:00.809 against<00:48:58.349><c> the</c><00:48:58.590><c> Jews,</c><00:48:59.530><c> should</c><00:48:59.909><c> return</c> 00:49:00.809 --> 00:49:03.769 upon<00:49:01.070><c> his</c><00:49:01.269><c> own</c><00:49:01.469><c> head,</c><00:49:02.090><c> and</c><00:49:02.650><c> that</c><00:49:02.829><c> he</c><00:49:02.969><c> and</c><00:49:03.090><c> his</c><00:49:03.269><c> son</c><00:49:03.389><c> should</c><00:49:03.570><c> be</c> 00:49:03.769 --> 00:49:05.469 hanged<00:49:04.050><c> on</c><00:49:04.489><c> the</c><00:49:04.710><c> gallows.</c><00:49:05.070><c> So</c><00:49:05.230><c> there's</c> 00:49:05.469 --> 00:49:08.849 a<00:49:05.969><c> role</c><00:49:06.190><c> reversal</c><00:49:06.809><c> for</c><00:49:07.710><c> Haman.</c><00:49:08.010><c> In</c><00:49:08.070><c> fact,</c><00:49:08.309><c> everything</c><00:49:08.590><c> gets</c> 00:49:08.849 --> 00:49:11.929 turned<00:49:09.130><c> on</c><00:49:09.289><c> its</c><00:49:09.550><c> head</c><00:49:09.969><c> in</c><00:49:10.530><c> the</c><00:49:10.690><c> book</c><00:49:10.829><c> of</c><00:49:11.090><c> Esther.</c> 00:49:14.570 --> 00:49:18.289 Now,<00:49:15.190><c> the</c><00:49:15.510><c> irony</c><00:49:15.909><c> is,</c><00:49:16.170><c> now</c><00:49:16.309><c> if</c><00:49:16.389><c> you</c><00:49:16.449><c> come</c><00:49:16.570><c> back</c><00:49:16.750><c> to</c><00:49:16.849><c> chapter</c><00:49:17.090><c> 8,</c> 00:49:18.469 --> 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Have</c><00:49:33.110><c> a</c> 00:49:33.230 --> 00:49:35.889 look<00:49:33.449><c> at</c><00:49:33.670><c> verse</c><00:49:34.230><c> 5.</c> 00:49:41.750 --> 00:49:44.070 And<00:49:42.070><c> said,</c><00:49:42.349><c> if</c><00:49:42.349><c> it</c><00:49:42.530><c> please</c><00:49:42.690><c> the</c><00:49:42.929><c> king,</c><00:49:43.170><c> and</c><00:49:43.269><c> if</c><00:49:43.369><c> it</c><00:49:43.510><c> find</c><00:49:43.610><c> favour</c><00:49:43.909><c> in</c> 00:49:44.070 --> 00:49:45.090 his<00:49:44.289><c> sight,</c><00:49:44.489><c> and</c><00:49:44.590><c> the</c><00:49:44.730><c> things</c><00:49:44.889><c> seem</c> 00:49:45.090 --> 00:49:47.070 right<00:49:45.289><c> before</c><00:49:45.530><c> the</c><00:49:45.730><c> king,</c><00:49:45.929><c> and</c><00:49:46.030><c> I</c><00:49:46.150><c> be</c><00:49:46.289><c> pleasing</c><00:49:46.550><c> in</c><00:49:46.769><c> his</c><00:49:46.929><c> eyes,</c> 00:49:47.110 --> 00:49:48.349 this<00:49:47.230><c> is</c><00:49:47.409><c> Esther</c><00:49:47.590><c> speaking,</c><00:49:48.050><c> let</c><00:49:48.190><c> it</c> 00:49:48.349 --> 00:49:52.469 be<00:49:48.530><c> written</c><00:49:48.750><c> to</c><00:49:49.050><c> reverse</c><00:49:49.550><c> the</c><00:49:49.769><c> letters</c><00:49:50.449><c> devised</c><00:49:51.329><c> by</c><00:49:51.590><c> Haman,</c> 00:49:52.510 --> 00:49:53.590 which<00:49:52.670><c> he</c><00:49:52.849><c> wrote.</c><00:49:53.050><c> And</c><00:49:53.230><c> the</c><00:49:53.329><c> king</c><00:49:53.449><c> says,</c> 00:49:53.610 --> 00:49:56.869 I<00:49:53.670><c> can't</c><00:49:53.969><c> reverse</c><00:49:54.289><c> it.</c><00:49:55.230><c> That's</c><00:49:55.550><c> not</c><00:49:55.710><c> our</c><00:49:55.849><c> law.</c><00:49:55.949><c> We</c><00:49:56.110><c> can't</c><00:49:56.409><c> reverse</c><00:49:56.710><c> it.</c> 00:49:56.869 --> 00:49:59.250 Down<00:49:57.030><c> in</c><00:49:57.230><c> verse</c><00:49:57.829><c> 8,</c><00:49:58.869><c> write</c><00:49:59.130><c> ye</c> 00:49:59.250 --> 00:50:01.570 also<00:49:59.489><c> for</c><00:49:59.670><c> the</c><00:49:59.849><c> Jews,</c><00:50:00.269><c> says</c><00:50:00.349><c> the</c><00:50:00.590><c> king,</c><00:50:00.789><c> as</c><00:50:00.989><c> it</c><00:50:01.210><c> liketh</c><00:50:01.429><c> you,</c> 00:50:01.590 --> 00:50:02.789 in<00:50:01.670><c> the</c><00:50:01.829><c> king's</c><00:50:02.110><c> name,</c><00:50:02.309><c> and</c><00:50:02.449><c> seal</c><00:50:02.550><c> it</c><00:50:02.650><c> with</c> 00:50:02.789 --> 00:50:04.630 the<00:50:02.929><c> king's</c><00:50:03.230><c> ring,</c><00:50:03.429><c> for</c><00:50:03.550><c> the</c><00:50:03.750><c> writing</c><00:50:03.969><c> which</c><00:50:04.150><c> is</c><00:50:04.289><c> written</c><00:50:04.510><c> in</c> 00:50:04.630 --> 00:50:05.769 the<00:50:04.789><c> king's</c><00:50:05.070><c> name,</c><00:50:05.309><c> and</c><00:50:05.469><c> seal</c><00:50:05.550><c> it</c><00:50:05.670><c> with</c> 00:50:05.769 --> 00:50:13.989 the<00:50:05.809><c> king's</c><00:50:06.190><c> ring.</c><00:50:07.190><c> May</c><00:50:07.329><c> no</c><00:50:07.690><c> man</c><00:50:07.969><c> reverse.</c><00:50:12.710><c> The</c><00:50:13.130><c> mightiest</c><00:50:13.630><c> king</c><00:50:13.849><c> in</c> 00:50:13.989 --> 00:50:17.730 the<00:50:14.130><c> land</c><00:50:14.449><c> couldn't</c><00:50:14.949><c> reverse</c><00:50:15.489><c> this</c><00:50:16.809><c> decree,</c> 00:50:17.809 --> 00:50:20.349 but<00:50:17.809><c> the</c><00:50:18.030><c> author</c><00:50:18.369><c> is</c><00:50:18.650><c> saying,</c><00:50:18.989><c> look</c><00:50:19.230><c> behind</c><00:50:19.570><c> the</c><00:50:19.829><c> scenes</c><00:50:20.090><c> and</c> 00:50:20.349 --> 00:50:23.090 see<00:50:20.670><c> how</c><00:50:21.010><c> God</c><00:50:21.510><c> reverses</c><00:50:22.250><c> things.</c> 00:50:25.030 --> 00:50:27.409 So,<00:50:25.889><c> when</c><00:50:25.969><c> we</c><00:50:26.110><c> come</c><00:50:26.170><c> to</c><00:50:26.289><c> the</c><00:50:26.409><c> book</c><00:50:26.570><c> of</c><00:50:26.769><c> Esther,</c><00:50:27.050><c> brothers</c><00:50:27.170><c> and</c> 00:50:27.409 --> 00:50:35.750 sisters,<00:50:29.329><c> the</c><00:50:29.690><c> structure</c><00:50:30.110><c> of</c><00:50:30.349><c> the</c><00:50:30.530><c> book</c><00:50:30.670><c> is</c> 00:50:35.750 --> 00:50:40.630 like<00:50:36.309><c> Daniel,</c><00:50:36.750><c> the</c><00:50:36.969><c> second</c><00:50:37.230><c> half</c><00:50:37.469><c> is</c><00:50:37.690><c> a</c><00:50:37.849><c> parallel</c><00:50:38.130><c> to</c><00:50:38.269><c> the</c><00:50:38.469><c> first</c><00:50:38.769><c> half.</c><00:50:40.409><c> But</c> 00:50:40.630 --> 00:50:43.110 not<00:50:41.070><c> like</c><00:50:41.389><c> Daniel,</c><00:50:42.969><c> where</c> 00:50:43.110 --> 00:50:48.210 in<00:50:43.369><c> Daniel</c><00:50:43.670><c> the</c><00:50:43.849><c> 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Mordecai</c><00:51:03.610><c> and</c><00:51:03.750><c> the</c><00:51:03.869><c> Jews</c><00:51:04.030><c> are</c><00:51:04.210><c> going</c> 00:51:04.429 --> 00:51:06.190 down,<00:51:04.929><c> and</c><00:51:05.070><c> Haman</c><00:51:05.210><c> is</c><00:51:05.409><c> going</c><00:51:05.630><c> up.</c><00:51:06.130><c> In</c> 00:51:06.190 --> 00:51:08.070 the<00:51:06.349><c> second</c><00:51:06.610><c> half,</c><00:51:06.869><c> Mordecai</c><00:51:07.210><c> and</c><00:51:07.309><c> the</c><00:51:07.449><c> Jews</c><00:51:07.530><c> are</c><00:51:07.710><c> going</c><00:51:07.849><c> up,</c> 00:51:08.150 --> 00:51:11.349 and<00:51:08.269><c> Haman</c><00:51:08.530><c> is</c><00:51:08.769><c> going</c><00:51:08.949><c> down.</c><00:51:10.650><c> The</c><00:51:10.869><c> roles</c> 00:51:11.349 --> 00:51:15.570 are<00:51:12.050><c> reversed.</c><00:51:12.449><c> And</c><00:51:12.610><c> it's</c><00:51:12.769><c> called,</c><00:51:13.010><c> as</c><00:51:13.150><c> we</c><00:51:13.349><c> said,</c><00:51:13.590><c> an</c><00:51:13.730><c> inverted</c><00:51:13.969><c> parallel,</c><00:51:15.030><c> or</c><00:51:15.269><c> a</c> 00:51:15.570 --> 00:51:16.409 reverse<00:51:15.929><c> parallel.</c> 00:51:16.730 --> 00:51:20.949 This<00:51:16.889><c> word</c><00:51:17.150><c> reverse</c><00:51:17.789><c> comes</c><00:51:18.130><c> up,</c><00:51:19.469><c> or</c><00:51:19.789><c> a</c><00:51:20.369><c> chiasm.</c><00:51:20.650><c> Now</c><00:51:20.769><c> let</c><00:51:20.849><c> me</c> 00:51:20.949 --> 00:51:24.409 show<00:51:21.110><c> you</c><00:51:21.210><c> how</c><00:51:21.349><c> it</c><00:51:21.530><c> works.</c><00:51:23.429><c> So</c><00:51:23.730><c> hang</c><00:51:23.909><c> in</c><00:51:24.070><c> there.</c> 00:51:24.690 --> 00:51:29.469 This<00:51:24.849><c> is</c><00:51:24.989><c> the</c><00:51:25.090><c> whole</c><00:51:25.289><c> book,</c><00:51:26.090><c> in</c><00:51:27.130><c> five</c><00:51:27.469><c> minutes</c><00:51:27.730><c> or</c><00:51:27.949><c> so,</c><00:51:28.690><c> showing</c><00:51:28.889><c> you</c> 00:51:29.469 --> 00:51:30.949 the<00:51:29.989><c> structure.</c><00:51:30.530><c> You</c><00:51:30.710><c> all</c><00:51:30.849><c> know</c> 00:51:30.949 --> 00:51:33.969 the<00:51:31.489><c> story,</c><00:51:31.610><c> but</c><00:51:31.769><c> just</c><00:51:32.010><c> look</c><00:51:32.170><c> at</c><00:51:32.269><c> the</c><00:51:32.590><c> structure</c><00:51:33.070><c> and</c><00:51:33.650><c> how</c><00:51:33.809><c> it</c> 00:51:33.969 --> 00:51:35.590 plays<00:51:34.250><c> out.</c> 00:51:36.849 --> 00:51:42.150 Well,<00:51:39.489><c> there</c><00:51:39.530><c> are</c><00:51:39.650><c> two</c><00:51:40.050><c> main</c><00:51:40.730><c> subheadings.</c><00:51:41.469><c> Here's</c><00:51:41.670><c> the</c><00:51:41.829><c> first</c><00:51:42.010><c> one,</c> 00:51:42.190 --> 00:51:43.230 the<00:51:42.309><c> demise</c><00:51:42.590><c> of</c><00:51:42.829><c> Haman</c><00:51:42.969><c> and</c><00:51:43.090><c> the</c> 00:51:43.230 --> 00:51:46.550 elevation<00:51:43.550><c> of</c><00:51:43.750><c> Mordecai.</c><00:51:44.269><c> And</c><00:51:44.409><c> the</c><00:51:44.510><c> whole</c><00:51:44.789><c> of</c><00:51:44.969><c> that</c><00:51:45.230><c> is</c><00:51:45.510><c> written</c><00:51:45.849><c> in</c><00:51:46.250><c> a</c> 00:51:46.550 --> 00:51:49.510 structure<00:51:47.010><c> that</c><00:51:48.110><c> is</c><00:51:48.409><c> chiasmic.</c> 00:51:54.949 --> 00:51:58.429 At<00:51:55.429><c> the</c><00:51:55.550><c> very</c><00:51:55.750><c> beginning</c><00:51:56.030><c> of</c><00:51:56.190><c> the</c><00:51:56.329><c> book,</c><00:51:56.550><c> the</c><00:51:56.690><c> author</c><00:51:56.969><c> declares</c><00:51:57.429><c> the</c><00:51:57.690><c> glory</c><00:51:58.070><c> of</c> 00:51:58.429 --> 00:52:00.110 Ahasuerus.<00:51:59.750><c> And</c><00:51:59.869><c> at</c><00:52:00.010><c> the</c> 00:52:00.110 --> 00:52:03.210 very<00:52:00.329><c> end</c><00:52:00.849><c> of</c><00:52:01.010><c> the</c><00:52:01.090><c> book,</c><00:52:01.429><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:52:02.210><c> declares</c><00:52:02.570><c> the</c><00:52:02.769><c> glory</c><00:52:03.070><c> of</c> 00:52:03.210 --> 00:52:05.969 Mordecai.<00:52:03.690><c> That's</c><00:52:03.809><c> how</c><00:52:03.989><c> the</c><00:52:04.070><c> books</c><00:52:04.269><c> open.</c> 00:52:11.489 --> 00:52:14.809 You<00:52:11.690><c> come</c><00:52:11.869><c> in</c><00:52:12.070><c> one</c><00:52:12.329><c> step</c><00:52:12.590><c> from</c><00:52:13.090><c> the</c><00:52:13.329><c> beginning.</c><00:52:14.510><c> There</c><00:52:14.610><c> are</c> 00:52:14.809 --> 00:52:17.090 two<00:52:15.050><c> feasts</c><00:52:15.250><c> for</c><00:52:15.409><c> the</c><00:52:15.550><c> Persians</c><00:52:15.989><c> mentioned.</c> 00:52:18.010 --> 00:52:20.510 One<00:52:18.409><c> to</c><00:52:18.809><c> celebrate</c><00:52:19.110><c> glory.</c><00:52:19.469><c> One</c><00:52:19.730><c> for</c><00:52:19.869><c> the</c><00:52:20.010><c> princes</c><00:52:20.230><c> of</c><00:52:20.369><c> all</c> 00:52:20.510 --> 00:52:23.130 the<00:52:20.650><c> provinces</c><00:52:20.949><c> that</c><00:52:21.130><c> went</c><00:52:21.250><c> for</c><00:52:21.429><c> 180</c><00:52:21.889><c> days.</c> 00:52:23.389 --> 00:52:25.250 And<00:52:23.670><c> one</c><00:52:23.809><c> for</c><00:52:23.949><c> the</c><00:52:24.070><c> inhabitants</c><00:52:24.369><c> of</c><00:52:24.630><c> Shushan,</c><00:52:24.929><c> and</c><00:52:25.030><c> that</c><00:52:25.110><c> went</c> 00:52:25.250 --> 00:52:27.369 for<00:52:25.409><c> seven</c><00:52:25.730><c> days.</c><00:52:26.909><c> But</c><00:52:27.070><c> when</c><00:52:27.150><c> you</c><00:52:27.250><c> go</c> 00:52:27.369 --> 00:52:29.050 to<00:52:27.610><c> the</c><00:52:27.610><c> other</c><00:52:27.670><c> end</c><00:52:27.869><c> of</c><00:52:27.949><c> the</c><00:52:27.989><c> book,</c><00:52:28.190><c> you</c><00:52:28.210><c> come</c><00:52:28.449><c> back</c><00:52:28.670><c> in</c><00:52:28.809><c> one</c> 00:52:29.050 --> 00:52:31.309 step.<00:52:29.409><c> You</c><00:52:29.409><c> find</c><00:52:29.630><c> that</c><00:52:29.769><c> there</c><00:52:29.849><c> are</c><00:52:30.030><c> two</c><00:52:30.849><c> feasts</c> 00:52:31.309 --> 00:52:34.869 of<00:52:31.590><c> the</c><00:52:31.809><c> Jews</c><00:52:32.130><c> to</c><00:52:32.530><c> celebrate</c><00:52:33.090><c> victory.</c><00:52:34.050><c> One</c><00:52:34.250><c> for</c><00:52:34.409><c> the</c><00:52:34.590><c> Jews</c><00:52:34.730><c> in</c> 00:52:34.869 --> 00:52:35.949 all<00:52:35.030><c> the</c><00:52:35.190><c> provinces</c><00:52:35.510><c> that</c><00:52:35.690><c> was</c><00:52:35.869><c> held</c> 00:52:35.949 --> 00:52:38.429 on<00:52:36.090><c> the</c><00:52:36.250><c> 14th</c><00:52:36.650><c> day,</c><00:52:36.789><c> and</c><00:52:36.909><c> one</c><00:52:37.030><c> for</c><00:52:37.170><c> the</c><00:52:37.349><c> Jews</c><00:52:37.570><c> in</c><00:52:37.929><c> Shushan</c><00:52:38.309><c> that</c> 00:52:38.429 --> 00:52:40.670 was<00:52:38.610><c> held</c><00:52:38.690><c> on</c><00:52:38.849><c> the</c><00:52:38.989><c> 15th</c><00:52:39.510><c> day.</c><00:52:39.949><c> Exactly</c><00:52:40.389><c> the</c> 00:52:40.670 --> 00:52:48.050 same<00:52:41.090><c> at</c><00:52:41.849><c> the</c><00:52:41.949><c> end</c><00:52:42.070><c> of</c><00:52:42.210><c> the</c><00:52:42.289><c> books.</c><00:52:45.030><c> Now,</c><00:52:47.369><c> this</c><00:52:47.650><c> next</c><00:52:47.869><c> one</c> 00:52:48.050 --> 00:52:50.050 here,<00:52:49.170><c> every</c><00:52:49.449><c> chiasmic</c><00:52:49.789><c> structure</c> 00:52:50.050 --> 00:52:54.230 I<00:52:50.250><c> ever</c><00:52:50.469><c> saw</c><00:52:50.710><c> on</c><00:52:51.110><c> Esther</c><00:52:51.449><c> never</c><00:52:51.969><c> identified</c><00:52:52.829><c> this</c><00:52:53.190><c> little</c><00:52:53.449><c> section</c><00:52:53.750><c> here</c><00:52:54.030><c> and</c> 00:52:54.230 --> 00:52:55.809 got<00:52:54.469><c> into</c><00:52:54.889><c> a</c><00:52:55.210><c> big</c><00:52:55.409><c> mess.</c> 00:52:55.809 --> 00:53:00.210 And<00:52:56.429><c> it</c><00:52:56.650><c> doesn't</c><00:52:57.010><c> work</c><00:52:57.349><c> out</c><00:52:57.889><c> because</c><00:52:58.369><c> there's</c><00:52:58.929><c> another</c><00:52:59.309><c> subheading.</c><00:53:00.050><c> It's</c> 00:53:00.210 --> 00:53:01.610 a<00:53:00.409><c> smaller</c><00:53:00.610><c> one.</c><00:53:01.250><c> And</c><00:53:01.329><c> it's</c><00:53:01.469><c> all</c> 00:53:01.610 --> 00:53:03.809 about<00:53:01.789><c> the</c><00:53:01.969><c> demise</c><00:53:02.289><c> of</c><00:53:02.550><c> Vashtai</c><00:53:02.710><c> and</c><00:53:02.849><c> the</c><00:53:02.969><c> elevation</c><00:53:03.289><c> of</c><00:53:03.510><c> Esther.</c><00:53:03.710><c> And</c> 00:53:03.809 --> 00:53:05.329 it<00:53:03.849><c> just</c><00:53:04.090><c> goes</c><00:53:04.309><c> in</c><00:53:04.489><c> chapter</c><00:53:04.769><c> two.</c> 00:53:05.630 --> 00:53:07.550 Chapter<00:53:05.829><c> one</c><00:53:06.150><c> through</c><00:53:06.309><c> to</c><00:53:06.449><c> chapter</c><00:53:06.650><c> two.</c><00:53:07.030><c> So</c><00:53:07.150><c> you</c><00:53:07.210><c> might</c><00:53:07.389><c> want</c> 00:53:07.550 --> 00:53:09.530 to<00:53:07.929><c> just</c><00:53:08.449><c> notice</c><00:53:08.969><c> this.</c><00:53:09.269><c> I'll</c><00:53:09.329><c> just</c> 00:53:09.530 --> 00:53:16.010 go<00:53:09.710><c> through</c><00:53:09.869><c> it</c><00:53:10.489><c> like</c><00:53:10.730><c> this.</c><00:53:12.670><c> Vashtai's</c><00:53:13.190><c> feast.</c><00:53:15.090><c> She's</c><00:53:15.409><c> invited</c><00:53:15.750><c> to</c> 00:53:16.010 --> 00:53:18.489 wear<00:53:16.409><c> the</c><00:53:17.050><c> crown</c><00:53:17.570><c> royal.</c><00:53:18.269><c> Just</c> 00:53:18.489 --> 00:53:23.789 notice<00:53:18.750><c> that.</c><00:53:21.190><c> She</c><00:53:21.550><c> refuses</c><00:53:22.010><c> to</c><00:53:22.309><c> appear</c><00:53:22.530><c> before</c><00:53:22.769><c> the</c><00:53:23.010><c> king.</c> 00:53:24.329 --> 00:53:25.789 The<00:53:24.670><c> wise</c><00:53:25.030><c> men</c><00:53:25.230><c> suggest</c><00:53:25.630><c> that</c><00:53:25.789><c> the</c><00:53:25.789><c> crown</c> 00:53:25.809 --> 00:53:30.769 be<00:53:26.030><c> decreed</c><00:53:26.130><c> to</c><00:53:26.210><c> remove</c><00:53:26.550><c> Vashtai</c><00:53:26.949><c> from</c><00:53:27.130><c> being</c><00:53:27.369><c> queen.</c><00:53:29.070><c> And</c><00:53:29.130><c> then</c><00:53:29.250><c> the</c><00:53:29.289><c> king</c><00:53:29.449><c> remembers.</c><00:53:30.670><c> So</c> 00:53:30.769 --> 00:53:31.190 some<00:53:30.989><c> times</c> 00:53:31.190 --> 00:53:33.369 passes<00:53:31.550><c> and</c><00:53:31.670><c> there's</c><00:53:31.869><c> a</c><00:53:32.030><c> turning</c><00:53:32.150><c> point.</c><00:53:32.550><c> This</c><00:53:32.670><c> is</c><00:53:32.809><c> the</c><00:53:32.969><c> turning</c><00:53:33.150><c> point</c> 00:53:33.369 --> 00:53:36.230 here.<00:53:35.070><c> Those</c><00:53:35.210><c> same</c><00:53:35.530><c> wise</c><00:53:35.750><c> men</c> 00:53:36.230 --> 00:53:41.150 now<00:53:36.730><c> suggest</c><00:53:37.070><c> a</c><00:53:37.250><c> decree</c><00:53:37.429><c> to</c><00:53:37.670><c> seek</c><00:53:37.909><c> for</c><00:53:38.110><c> a</c><00:53:38.210><c> new</c><00:53:38.389><c> queen.</c><00:53:41.030><c> Esther</c> 00:53:41.150 --> 00:53:44.349 appears<00:53:41.510><c> before</c><00:53:41.829><c> the</c><00:53:42.010><c> king.</c><00:53:43.429><c> They've</c><00:53:43.710><c> sort</c> 00:53:44.409 --> 00:53:46.929 of<00:53:44.809><c> gone</c><00:53:45.050><c> out</c><00:53:45.250><c> of</c><00:53:45.349><c> sync,</c><00:53:45.590><c> haven't</c><00:53:45.650><c> they?</c><00:53:46.190><c> Hopefully</c><00:53:46.389><c> the</c><00:53:46.610><c> colour</c><00:53:46.750><c> will</c> 00:53:46.929 --> 00:53:48.289 show<00:53:47.110><c> you</c><00:53:47.289><c> where</c><00:53:47.889><c> they're</c><00:53:48.090><c> supposed</c> 00:53:48.289 --> 00:53:52.969 to<00:53:48.449><c> belong.</c><00:53:49.530><c> She's</c><00:53:49.849><c> invited</c><00:53:50.210><c> to</c><00:53:50.409><c> wear</c><00:53:50.829><c> the</c><00:53:51.590><c> royal</c><00:53:52.250><c> crown.</c><00:53:52.869><c> See</c> 00:53:52.969 --> 00:53:55.030 how<00:53:53.070><c> it's</c><00:53:53.130><c> written</c><00:53:53.309><c> in</c><00:53:53.489><c> reverse?</c><00:53:54.909><c> And</c> 00:53:55.030 --> 00:54:00.110 so<00:53:55.489><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:53:56.110><c> has</c><00:53:56.309><c> a</c><00:53:56.489><c> feast</c><00:53:56.570><c> and</c><00:53:56.750><c> he</c><00:53:56.849><c> calls</c><00:53:57.050><c> it</c><00:53:57.550><c> Esther's</c><00:53:58.550><c> feast.</c><00:54:00.070><c> So</c> 00:54:00.110 --> 00:54:02.809 that's<00:54:01.269><c> showing</c><00:54:01.710><c> the</c><00:54:02.269><c> reversal</c> 00:54:02.809 --> 00:54:05.750 of<00:54:03.289><c> fortune</c><00:54:03.809><c> in</c><00:54:04.550><c> chapter</c><00:54:04.730><c> one</c><00:54:04.889><c> verse</c><00:54:05.090><c> nine</c><00:54:05.289><c> to</c><00:54:05.389><c> chapter</c><00:54:05.530><c> two</c> 00:54:05.750 --> 00:54:09.210 verse<00:54:05.889><c> twenty</c><00:54:06.230><c> between</c><00:54:06.530><c> Vashtai</c><00:54:07.150><c> and</c><00:54:08.210><c> Esther.</c> 00:54:09.489 --> 00:54:13.050 So<00:54:09.650><c> the</c><00:54:09.769><c> whole</c><00:54:10.050><c> theme</c><00:54:10.329><c> of</c><00:54:10.530><c> reversal</c><00:54:10.929><c> comes</c><00:54:11.309><c> through</c><00:54:11.630><c> this</c><00:54:11.869><c> book.</c><00:54:12.610><c> So</c> 00:54:13.050 --> 00:54:15.969 that's<00:54:13.489><c> just</c><00:54:13.789><c> a</c><00:54:14.969><c> slight</c><00:54:14.969><c> subheading.</c> 00:54:16.090 --> 00:54:19.170 Come<00:54:16.230><c> back</c><00:54:16.369><c> to</c><00:54:16.489><c> the</c><00:54:16.630><c> main</c><00:54:16.829><c> one.</c><00:54:18.170><c> The</c><00:54:18.269><c> next</c><00:54:18.489><c> story</c><00:54:18.670><c> coming</c><00:54:18.949><c> in,</c> 00:54:19.329 --> 00:54:20.369 Mordecai<00:54:19.590><c> and</c><00:54:19.710><c> Esther</c><00:54:19.889><c> worked</c><00:54:20.110><c> together</c> 00:54:20.369 --> 00:54:23.070 to<00:54:20.550><c> save</c><00:54:20.690><c> the</c><00:54:20.929><c> king.</c><00:54:21.690><c> The</c><00:54:21.829><c> next</c><00:54:21.989><c> one</c><00:54:22.110><c> coming</c><00:54:22.329><c> back,</c><00:54:22.710><c> Mordecai</c> 00:54:23.070 --> 00:54:24.090 and<00:54:23.230><c> Esther</c><00:54:23.329><c> worked</c><00:54:23.530><c> together</c><00:54:23.809><c> to</c><00:54:23.969><c> save</c> 00:54:24.090 --> 00:54:30.869 the<00:54:24.449><c> Jews.</c><00:54:27.670><c> In</c><00:54:27.809><c> chapter</c><00:54:27.969><c> three,</c><00:54:28.570><c> Haman</c><00:54:28.650><c> is</c><00:54:28.869><c> promoted.</c><00:54:29.289><c> In</c><00:54:29.329><c> chapter</c><00:54:29.590><c> eight,</c><00:54:30.070><c> Mordecai</c><00:54:30.570><c> is</c> 00:54:30.869 --> 00:54:33.969 promoted.<00:54:33.809><c> Coming</c> 00:54:33.969 --> 00:54:38.170 back<00:54:34.230><c> one</c><00:54:34.449><c> step,</c><00:54:34.809><c> Haman</c><00:54:34.989><c> is</c><00:54:35.170><c> decreed</c><00:54:35.409><c> to</c><00:54:35.590><c> destroy</c><00:54:35.829><c> all</c><00:54:36.050><c> the</c><00:54:36.210><c> Jews.</c><00:54:37.130><c> It's</c><00:54:37.289><c> written</c><00:54:37.510><c> according</c><00:54:37.869><c> to</c><00:54:38.070><c> all</c> 00:54:38.170 --> 00:54:40.469 that<00:54:38.389><c> Haman</c><00:54:38.670><c> commanded.</c><00:54:39.190><c> Now</c><00:54:39.469><c> I</c><00:54:39.570><c> want</c><00:54:39.690><c> you</c><00:54:39.849><c> 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three.</c><00:55:00.469><c> Verse</c><00:55:00.730><c> twelve.</c><00:55:01.889><c> This</c><00:55:01.989><c> is</c> 00:55:02.389 --> 00:55:03.010 one<00:55:02.550><c> of</c><00:55:02.630><c> the</c><00:55:02.750><c> longest</c> 00:55:03.010 --> 00:55:07.190 verses<00:55:03.289><c> in</c><00:55:03.469><c> the</c><00:55:03.590><c> Bible.</c><00:55:05.449><c> Then</c><00:55:05.670><c> were</c><00:55:05.909><c> the</c><00:55:06.110><c> king's</c><00:55:06.469><c> scribes</c><00:55:06.769><c> called</c><00:55:07.030><c> on</c> 00:55:07.190 --> 00:55:08.050 the<00:55:07.389><c> thirteenth</c><00:55:07.690><c> day</c><00:55:07.849><c> of</c><00:55:07.949><c> the</c> 00:55:08.050 --> 00:55:12.929 first<00:55:08.289><c> month</c><00:55:08.510><c> and</c><00:55:08.690><c> there</c><00:55:08.829><c> was</c><00:55:09.070><c> written</c><00:55:09.369><c> according</c><00:55:09.849><c> to</c><00:55:10.050><c> all</c><00:55:10.190><c> that</c><00:55:10.510><c> Haman</c><00:55:10.889><c> had</c><00:55:11.250><c> commanded.</c><00:55:12.090><c> Who</c><00:55:12.170><c> was</c><00:55:12.769><c> it</c> 00:55:12.929 --> 00:55:14.989 written<00:55:13.110><c> to?</c><00:55:13.650><c> It</c><00:55:13.730><c> was</c><00:55:13.889><c> written</c><00:55:14.050><c> to</c><00:55:14.190><c> the</c><00:55:14.309><c> king's</c><00:55:14.650><c> lieutenants,</c> 00:55:15.090 --> 00:55:18.010 to<00:55:15.170><c> the</c><00:55:15.349><c> governors</c><00:55:15.710><c> that</c><00:55:16.949><c> were</c><00:55:17.110><c> over</c><00:55:17.329><c> every</c><00:55:17.650><c> province</c> 00:55:18.010 --> 00:55:20.730 and<00:55:18.230><c> to</c><00:55:18.309><c> all</c><00:55:18.449><c> the</c><00:55:18.570><c> rulers</c><00:55:18.750><c> of</c><00:55:18.869><c> the</c><00:55:19.010><c> people,</c><00:55:19.429><c> to</c><00:55:19.489><c> every</c><00:55:19.750><c> province</c><00:55:20.050><c> according</c><00:55:20.429><c> to</c><00:55:20.590><c> the</c> 00:55:20.730 --> 00:55:21.469 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Esther</c><00:56:02.070><c> chapter</c><00:56:02.289><c> three</c><00:56:02.530><c> we</c><00:56:02.670><c> have</c><00:56:02.750><c> the</c><00:56:02.969><c> second</c><00:56:03.110><c> longest</c><00:56:03.369><c> verse</c><00:56:03.610><c> in</c> 00:56:03.750 --> 00:56:04.070 the<00:56:03.869><c> Bible.</c> 00:56:04.150 --> 00:56:06.130 Here<00:56:04.349><c> in</c><00:56:04.469><c> Esther</c><00:56:04.630><c> chapter</c><00:56:04.849><c> eight</c><00:56:05.050><c> we</c><00:56:05.190><c> have</c><00:56:05.289><c> the</c><00:56:05.449><c> longest</c><00:56:05.750><c> verse</c><00:56:06.010><c> in</c> 00:56:06.130 --> 00:56:07.170 the<00:56:06.250><c> Bible</c><00:56:06.409><c> and</c><00:56:06.510><c> did</c><00:56:06.650><c> you</c><00:56:06.789><c> know</c><00:56:06.889><c> that</c><00:56:06.989><c> they</c> 00:56:07.170 --> 00:56:11.550 say<00:56:07.309><c> exactly</c><00:56:07.650><c> the</c><00:56:07.809><c> same</c><00:56:07.969><c> thing?</c><00:56:09.750><c> I</c><00:56:10.070><c> never</c><00:56:10.210><c> knew</c><00:56:10.329><c> that.</c><00:56:11.269><c> Now</c><00:56:11.449><c> I</c> 00:56:11.550 --> 00:56:16.150 know<00:56:11.650><c> why.</c><00:56:12.590><c> So</c><00:56:12.750><c> here</c><00:56:12.869><c> we</c><00:56:13.030><c> are.</c><00:56:14.989><c> Verse</c><00:56:15.150><c> nine.</c> 00:56:16.110 --> 00:56:18.289 See<00:56:16.289><c> how</c><00:56:16.409><c> long</c><00:56:16.489><c> it</c><00:56:16.630><c> is?</c><00:56:17.190><c> Longest</c><00:56:17.510><c> verse</c><00:56:17.650><c> in</c><00:56:17.789><c> the</c><00:56:17.869><c> Bible.</c><00:56:18.250><c> Then</c> 00:56:18.289 --> 00:56:19.750 were<00:56:18.449><c> the</c><00:56:18.630><c> king's</c><00:56:18.969><c> scribe</c><00:56:19.170><c> called</c><00:56:19.369><c> at</c><00:56:19.489><c> that</c> 00:56:19.750 --> 00:56:21.750 time<00:56:19.929><c> in</c><00:56:20.090><c> the</c><00:56:20.210><c> third</c><00:56:20.389><c> month,</c><00:56:20.650><c> that</c><00:56:20.750><c> is</c><00:56:20.889><c> the</c><00:56:20.989><c> month</c><00:56:21.170><c> Sivan,</c><00:56:21.610><c> on</c> 00:56:21.750 --> 00:56:22.869 the<00:56:21.949><c> three</c><00:56:22.050><c> and</c><00:56:22.190><c> twentieth</c><00:56:22.409><c> day</c><00:56:22.590><c> thereof</c> 00:56:22.869 --> 00:56:27.389 and<00:56:23.150><c> it</c><00:56:23.269><c> was</c><00:56:23.489><c> written</c><00:56:23.670><c> according</c><00:56:24.030><c> to</c><00:56:24.429><c> all</c><00:56:24.610><c> that</c><00:56:24.889><c> Mordechai</c><00:56:25.630><c> had</c><00:56:25.989><c> commanded.</c><00:56:26.889><c> Who</c><00:56:27.110><c> was</c><00:56:27.269><c> it</c> 00:56:27.389 --> 00:56:28.429 written<00:56:27.570><c> to?</c><00:56:28.150><c> To</c><00:56:28.269><c> the</c> 00:56:28.429 --> 00:56:31.829 lieutenants,<00:56:28.889><c> to</c><00:56:28.989><c> the</c><00:56:29.150><c> deputies,</c><00:56:29.550><c> to</c><00:56:29.630><c> the</c><00:56:29.730><c> rulers</c><00:56:29.849><c> of</c><00:56:30.070><c> the</c><00:56:30.150><c> provinces</c><00:56:30.409><c> which</c><00:56:30.610><c> are</c><00:56:30.750><c> from</c><00:56:30.889><c> India</c><00:56:31.170><c> to</c><00:56:31.349><c> Ethiopia,</c> 00:56:31.989 --> 00:56:36.909 one<00:56:32.010><c> hundred</c><00:56:32.289><c> and</c><00:56:32.329><c> twenty</c><00:56:32.510><c>-seven</c><00:56:32.690><c> provinces.</c><00:56:36.190><c> Down</c><00:56:36.550><c> in</c><00:56:36.710><c> verse</c> 00:56:36.909 --> 00:56:38.849 ten.<00:56:37.349><c> He</c><00:56:37.449><c> wrote</c><00:56:37.690><c> it</c><00:56:37.869><c> in</c><00:56:38.030><c> the</c><00:56:38.230><c> king's</c><00:56:38.590><c> name.</c> 00:56:38.929 --> 00:56:41.329 He<00:56:39.269><c> sealed</c><00:56:39.409><c> it</c><00:56:39.550><c> with</c><00:56:39.710><c> the</c><00:56:39.909><c> king's</c><00:56:40.289><c> ring.</c><00:56:40.570><c> Exactly</c><00:56:40.929><c> the</c><00:56:41.150><c> same</c> 00:56:41.329 --> 00:56:43.409 as<00:56:41.449><c> chapter</c><00:56:41.630><c> three.</c><00:56:42.750><c> How</c><00:56:42.929><c> was</c><00:56:43.110><c> it</c><00:56:43.309><c> sent?</c> 00:56:43.409 --> 00:56:48.289 It<00:56:43.530><c> was</c><00:56:43.650><c> sent</c><00:56:43.869><c> by</c><00:56:44.190><c> post</c><00:56:44.590><c> on</c><00:56:44.969><c> horseback.</c><00:56:46.289><c> Who</c><00:56:46.409><c> was</c><00:56:46.590><c> it</c><00:56:46.789><c> sent</c><00:56:46.969><c> to?</c> 00:56:48.590 --> 00:56:50.949 In<00:56:48.590><c> verse</c><00:56:48.809><c> eleven.</c><00:56:50.210><c> Wherein</c><00:56:50.429><c> the</c><00:56:50.590><c> king</c> 00:56:50.949 --> 00:56:53.230 granted<00:56:51.409><c> the</c><00:56:51.670><c> Jews,</c><00:56:51.989><c> which</c><00:56:52.030><c> were</c><00:56:52.170><c> in</c><00:56:52.269><c> every</c><00:56:52.630><c> city,</c><00:56:52.989><c> to</c><00:56:53.030><c> gather</c> 00:56:53.230 --> 00:56:55.949 themselves.<00:56:53.690><c> What</c><00:56:54.050><c> for?</c><00:56:55.250><c> To</c><00:56:55.530><c> stand</c><00:56:55.829><c> for</c> 00:56:55.949 --> 00:56:58.650 their<00:56:56.170><c> life,</c><00:56:56.489><c> to</c><00:56:56.570><c> destroy,</c><00:56:57.210><c> to</c><00:56:57.429><c> slay,</c><00:56:57.789><c> to</c><00:56:57.949><c> cause</c><00:56:58.130><c> to</c><00:56:58.349><c> perish</c> 00:56:58.650 --> 00:57:01.130 all<00:56:59.389><c> the</c><00:56:59.590><c> power</c><00:56:59.690><c> of</c><00:56:59.849><c> the</c><00:57:00.010><c> people</c><00:57:00.489><c> and</c> 00:57:01.130 --> 00:57:02.909 provinces<00:57:01.389><c> that</c><00:57:01.530><c> would</c><00:57:01.690><c> assault</c><00:57:01.889><c> them.</c><00:57:02.170><c> Who's</c><00:57:02.530><c> involved?</c> 00:57:02.969 --> 00:57:06.110 Both<00:57:03.230><c> little</c><00:57:03.530><c> ones</c><00:57:03.789><c> and</c><00:57:04.070><c> women.</c><00:57:05.269><c> When?</c><00:57:05.650><c> Verse</c><00:57:05.829><c> twelve.</c> 00:57:06.110 --> 00:57:10.829 Upon<00:57:06.369><c> one</c><00:57:06.869><c> day.</c><00:57:09.309><c> And</c><00:57:09.469><c> then</c><00:57:09.650><c> down</c><00:57:09.789><c> in</c><00:57:09.929><c> verse</c><00:57:10.110><c> fifteen,</c><00:57:10.530><c> at</c><00:57:10.650><c> the</c> 00:57:10.829 --> 00:57:13.610 end,<00:57:11.469><c> the</c><00:57:11.550><c> city</c><00:57:11.750><c> of</c><00:57:11.969><c> Shushan</c><00:57:12.349><c> rejoiced.</c> 00:57:13.989 --> 00:57:16.789 That's<00:57:14.510><c> exactly</c><00:57:14.929><c> the</c><00:57:15.230><c> same,</c><00:57:15.610><c> except</c><00:57:15.849><c> this</c><00:57:16.050><c> is</c><00:57:16.230><c> all</c><00:57:16.489><c> according</c> 00:57:16.789 --> 00:57:18.809 to<00:57:17.070><c> Haman</c><00:57:17.329><c> and</c><00:57:17.769><c> this</c><00:57:17.889><c> is</c><00:57:18.190><c> all</c><00:57:18.510><c> according</c> 00:57:18.809 --> 00:57:22.650 to<00:57:19.030><c> Mordechai.</c><00:57:19.269><c> It's</c><00:57:19.449><c> the</c><00:57:19.590><c> same</c><00:57:19.769><c> decree,</c><00:57:21.409><c> but</c><00:57:21.550><c> in</c><00:57:21.750><c> reverse.</c> 00:57:23.789 --> 00:57:24.969 And<00:57:23.929><c> the</c><00:57:24.030><c> two</c><00:57:24.190><c> longest</c><00:57:24.429><c> verses</c><00:57:24.690><c> in</c><00:57:24.849><c> the</c> 00:57:24.969 --> 00:57:29.750 Bible<00:57:25.449><c> tell</c><00:57:26.789><c> us</c><00:57:27.210><c> exactly</c><00:57:27.590><c> that.</c><00:57:28.849><c> So</c><00:57:28.969><c> the</c><00:57:29.050><c> next</c><00:57:29.250><c> story</c><00:57:29.449><c> coming</c> 00:57:29.750 --> 00:57:32.730 in.<00:57:30.710><c> Mordechai</c><00:57:31.170><c> and</c><00:57:31.389><c> Esther</c><00:57:31.750><c> worked</c><00:57:32.090><c> covertly</c> 00:57:32.730 --> 00:57:35.730 to<00:57:33.030><c> seek</c><00:57:33.050><c> reverse</c><00:57:33.449><c> of</c><00:57:33.710><c> the</c><00:57:33.869><c> decree.</c><00:57:33.969><c> Now</c><00:57:34.110><c> this</c><00:57:34.269><c> involves</c><00:57:34.670><c> Esther</c><00:57:34.949><c> appearing</c><00:57:35.269><c> before</c><00:57:35.550><c> the</c> 00:57:35.730 --> 00:57:37.570 king,<00:57:37.309><c> hoping</c> 00:57:37.570 --> 00:57:39.650 the<00:57:37.789><c> golden</c><00:57:38.030><c> scepter</c><00:57:38.269><c> is</c><00:57:38.489><c> held</c><00:57:38.630><c> out.</c><00:57:39.010><c> Now</c><00:57:39.170><c> we</c><00:57:39.250><c> all</c><00:57:39.369><c> know</c><00:57:39.489><c> that</c> 00:57:39.650 --> 00:57:41.510 story.<00:57:40.530><c> But</c><00:57:40.769><c> did</c><00:57:40.909><c> you</c><00:57:41.010><c> know</c><00:57:41.150><c> in</c><00:57:41.289><c> the</c><00:57:41.389><c> book</c> 00:57:41.510 --> 00:57:44.429 of<00:57:41.730><c> Esther</c><00:57:41.849><c> that</c><00:57:42.030><c> the</c><00:57:42.150><c> golden</c><00:57:42.349><c> scepter</c><00:57:42.590><c> was</c><00:57:42.769><c> held</c><00:57:42.909><c> out</c><00:57:43.309><c> twice?</c> 00:57:45.869 --> 00:57:47.010 Because<00:57:46.110><c> in</c><00:57:46.250><c> the</c><00:57:46.309><c> next</c><00:57:46.530><c> story</c><00:57:46.710><c> coming</c> 00:57:47.010 --> 00:57:50.469 back,<00:57:47.989><c> Mordechai</c><00:57:48.289><c> and</c><00:57:48.510><c> Esther</c><00:57:48.849><c> worked</c><00:57:49.170><c> openly</c><00:57:49.530><c> to</c><00:57:49.809><c> seek</c><00:57:49.949><c> reversal</c><00:57:50.309><c> of</c> 00:57:50.469 --> 00:57:51.170 the<00:57:50.590><c> decree</c><00:57:50.670><c> and</c><00:57:50.769><c> it</c><00:57:50.949><c> involves</c> 00:57:51.170 --> 00:57:53.030 Esther<00:57:51.469><c> again</c><00:57:51.889><c> appearing</c><00:57:52.210><c> before</c><00:57:52.389><c> the</c><00:57:52.530><c> king</c><00:57:52.630><c> and</c><00:57:52.750><c> the</c><00:57:52.869><c> golden</c> 00:57:53.030 --> 00:57:58.710 scepter<00:57:53.269><c> is</c><00:57:53.449><c> held</c><00:57:53.570><c> out.</c><00:57:58.030><c> Then</c><00:57:58.289><c> we</c><00:57:58.449><c> have</c> 00:57:58.710 --> 00:58:02.050 Esther's<00:57:59.250><c> first</c><00:57:59.690><c> feast</c><00:57:59.929><c> with</c><00:58:00.130><c> the</c><00:58:00.230><c> king</c><00:58:00.670><c> and</c><00:58:00.969><c> Haman</c><00:58:01.349><c> leaves</c> 00:58:02.050 --> 00:58:04.130 joyful<00:58:02.710><c> and</c><00:58:03.090><c> delighted</c><00:58:03.389><c> with</c><00:58:03.570><c> the</c><00:58:03.750><c> biggest</c> 00:58:04.130 --> 00:58:07.989 smile<00:58:04.590><c> on</c><00:58:04.690><c> his</c><00:58:05.010><c> face.</c><00:58:06.829><c> But</c><00:58:06.869><c> in</c><00:58:06.989><c> the</c><00:58:07.090><c> next</c><00:58:07.269><c> story</c><00:58:07.409><c> coming</c><00:58:07.630><c> back,</c> 00:58:08.190 --> 00:58:09.869 this<00:58:08.230><c> is</c><00:58:08.409><c> Esther's</c><00:58:08.889><c> second</c><00:58:09.289><c> feast</c><00:58:09.550><c> with</c><00:58:09.750><c> the</c> 00:58:09.869 --> 00:58:11.789 king<00:58:09.989><c> and</c><00:58:10.150><c> Haman</c><00:58:10.389><c> leaves</c><00:58:10.590><c> with</c><00:58:10.769><c> his</c><00:58:10.949><c> head</c><00:58:11.090><c> covered</c><00:58:11.329><c> and</c><00:58:11.489><c> he's</c> 00:58:11.789 --> 00:58:18.030 hanged.<00:58:16.630><c> The</c><00:58:16.829><c> next</c><00:58:17.070><c> story</c><00:58:17.250><c> coming</c><00:58:17.530><c> in,</c> 00:58:18.050 --> 00:58:20.210 with<00:58:18.130><c> that</c><00:58:18.329><c> big</c><00:58:18.530><c> smile</c><00:58:18.730><c> on</c><00:58:18.829><c> his</c><00:58:19.030><c> face,</c><00:58:19.269><c> he</c><00:58:19.369><c> rushes</c><00:58:19.809><c> home</c><00:58:19.949><c> to</c> 00:58:20.210 --> 00:58:21.489 celebrate<00:58:20.530><c> with</c><00:58:20.670><c> his</c><00:58:20.849><c> wife</c><00:58:21.070><c> and</c><00:58:21.309><c> friends</c> 00:58:21.489 --> 00:58:23.530 and<00:58:21.610><c> they</c><00:58:21.829><c> speak</c><00:58:22.090><c> supportively</c><00:58:22.570><c> of</c><00:58:22.710><c> him</c><00:58:22.849><c> and</c><00:58:23.010><c> discuss</c><00:58:23.269><c> ways</c> 00:58:23.530 --> 00:58:26.409 for<00:58:23.710><c> Mordechai's</c><00:58:24.150><c> demise.</c><00:58:26.010><c> But</c><00:58:26.150><c> the</c><00:58:26.210><c> next</c> 00:58:26.409 --> 00:58:28.909 story<00:58:26.590><c> coming</c><00:58:26.809><c> back,</c><00:58:27.409><c> Haman</c><00:58:27.510><c> rushes</c><00:58:27.909><c> home</c><00:58:28.130><c> to</c><00:58:28.329><c> commiserate</c> 00:58:28.909 --> 00:58:30.150 with<00:58:29.050><c> his</c><00:58:29.210><c> wife</c><00:58:29.389><c> and</c><00:58:29.610><c> friends</c><00:58:29.750><c> and</c><00:58:29.869><c> they're</c><00:58:29.989><c> no</c> 00:58:30.150 --> 00:58:32.349 longer<00:58:30.329><c> supportive</c><00:58:30.670><c> of</c><00:58:30.809><c> him</c><00:58:30.909><c> and</c><00:58:31.010><c> they</c><00:58:31.170><c> actually</c><00:58:31.329><c> discuss</c><00:58:31.710><c> the</c><00:58:31.949><c> beginning</c><00:58:32.170><c> of</c> 00:58:32.349 --> 00:58:33.869 Haman's<00:58:32.829><c> demise.</c> 00:58:38.170 --> 00:58:41.190 The<00:58:38.250><c> king</c><00:58:38.510><c> reads</c><00:58:39.070><c> about</c><00:58:39.369><c> Mordechai</c><00:58:39.909><c> going</c><00:58:40.349><c> unrewarded.</c><00:58:41.130><c> He</c> 00:58:41.190 --> 00:58:43.750 can't<00:58:41.469><c> sleep</c><00:58:41.670><c> at</c><00:58:41.829><c> night</c><00:58:41.929><c> and</c><00:58:42.070><c> he</c><00:58:42.150><c> asks</c><00:58:42.389><c> to</c><00:58:42.670><c> have</c> 00:58:43.829 --> 00:58:47.909 the<00:58:44.269><c> chronicles</c><00:58:44.670><c> read</c><00:58:45.150><c> and</c><00:58:45.690><c> he</c><00:58:45.809><c> reads</c><00:58:45.989><c> about</c><00:58:46.190><c> Mordechai</c><00:58:46.630><c> going</c><00:58:46.889><c> unrewarded</c><00:58:47.730><c> at</c> 00:58:47.909 --> 00:58:49.329 the<00:58:48.070><c> very</c><00:58:48.389><c> same</c><00:58:48.630><c> moment</c><00:58:49.010><c> that</c> 00:58:49.329 --> 00:58:55.130 Haman<00:58:49.610><c> enters</c><00:58:50.250><c> the</c><00:58:50.510><c> court</c><00:58:50.690><c> to</c><00:58:50.889><c> speak</c><00:58:51.110><c> about</c><00:58:51.349><c> Mordechai's</c><00:58:52.170><c> hanging.</c><00:58:54.789><c> When</c><00:58:54.969><c> the</c> 00:58:55.130 --> 00:58:56.070 king<00:58:55.230><c> finds</c><00:58:55.449><c> out</c><00:58:55.610><c> who</c><00:58:55.750><c> it</c><00:58:55.869><c> is,</c> 00:58:56.070 --> 00:58:59.570 he<00:58:56.309><c> commands</c><00:58:56.730><c> that</c><00:58:57.030><c> Mordechai</c><00:58:57.409><c> be</c><00:58:57.789><c> rewarded</c><00:58:58.329><c> and</c><00:58:58.690><c> Haman</c><00:58:58.889><c> leaves</c><00:58:59.289><c> the</c> 00:58:59.570 --> 00:59:01.289 court<00:58:59.730><c> to</c><00:58:59.949><c> proclaim</c><00:59:00.210><c> Mordechai's</c> 00:59:02.110 --> 00:59:07.429 honouring.<00:59:05.269><c> He</c><00:59:05.789><c> really</c><00:59:05.989><c> couldn't</c><00:59:06.150><c> make</c><00:59:06.369><c> it</c><00:59:06.530><c> up.</c><00:59:07.010><c> This</c><00:59:07.250><c> has</c> 00:59:07.429 --> 00:59:09.210 been<00:59:07.630><c> deliberately</c><00:59:08.289><c> written.</c> 00:59:09.269 --> 00:59:11.670 So<00:59:09.409><c> come</c><00:59:09.530><c> to</c><00:59:09.650><c> chapter</c><00:59:09.849><c> 6</c><00:59:10.210><c> because</c><00:59:10.449><c> getting</c><00:59:10.650><c> right</c><00:59:10.929><c> down</c><00:59:11.190><c> to</c> 00:59:11.670 --> 00:59:14.230 the<00:59:11.849><c> centre</c><00:59:12.150><c> now,</c><00:59:13.289><c> these</c><00:59:13.510><c> last</c><00:59:13.789><c> verses</c> 00:59:14.230 --> 00:59:24.309 are<00:59:14.670><c> right</c><00:59:15.090><c> in</c><00:59:15.730><c> the</c><00:59:16.010><c> centre.</c><00:59:16.329><c> Here's</c><00:59:16.570><c> the</c><00:59:16.769><c> centre,</c><00:59:17.050><c> here's</c><00:59:17.269><c> the</c><00:59:17.449><c> climax,</c><00:59:17.789><c> the</c><00:59:18.010><c> pivot.</c><00:59:20.630><c> This</c><00:59:20.889><c> is</c><00:59:21.130><c> the</c> 00:59:24.309 --> 00:59:31.449 one,<00:59:26.969><c> that's</c><00:59:27.309><c> the</c><00:59:27.449><c> chapter</c><00:59:27.670><c> 6,</c><00:59:28.889><c> verse</c><00:59:29.150><c> 4.</c><00:59:29.530><c> The</c><00:59:29.590><c> king</c><00:59:29.929><c> said,</c><00:59:30.750><c> who</c><00:59:31.090><c> is</c> 00:59:31.449 --> 00:59:33.190 in<00:59:31.610><c> the</c><00:59:31.849><c> court?</c><00:59:32.230><c> Now</c><00:59:32.510><c> Haman</c><00:59:32.710><c> was</c><00:59:32.969><c> coming</c> 00:59:33.190 --> 00:59:36.389 to<00:59:33.409><c> the</c><00:59:33.590><c> outwood</c><00:59:33.849><c> court</c><00:59:34.329><c> of</c><00:59:34.929><c> the</c><00:59:35.110><c> king's</c><00:59:35.409><c> house</c><00:59:35.570><c> to</c><00:59:35.769><c> speak</c><00:59:36.010><c> unto</c><00:59:36.210><c> the</c> 00:59:36.389 --> 00:59:37.869 king<00:59:36.590><c> to</c><00:59:36.809><c> hang</c><00:59:36.969><c> Mordechai</c><00:59:37.389><c> on</c><00:59:37.650><c> the</c> 00:59:37.869 --> 00:59:40.429 gallows<00:59:38.150><c> that</c><00:59:38.329><c> he</c><00:59:38.469><c> had</c><00:59:38.570><c> prepared</c><00:59:38.849><c> for</c><00:59:38.989><c> him.</c><00:59:39.449><c> The</c><00:59:39.590><c> king's</c><00:59:40.090><c> servant</c><00:59:40.250><c> said</c> 00:59:40.429 --> 00:59:41.489 unto<00:59:40.630><c> him,</c><00:59:40.929><c> behold</c><00:59:41.150><c> Haman</c> 00:59:41.489 --> 00:59:43.929 standeth<00:59:41.849><c> in</c><00:59:41.969><c> the</c><00:59:42.150><c> court.</c><00:59:42.409><c> The</c><00:59:42.550><c> king</c><00:59:42.750><c> said,</c><00:59:43.070><c> let</c><00:59:43.150><c> him</c><00:59:43.329><c> come</c><00:59:43.530><c> in.</c><00:59:43.750><c> So</c> 00:59:43.929 --> 00:59:45.809 Haman<00:59:44.150><c> came</c><00:59:44.449><c> in.</c><00:59:45.190><c> The</c><00:59:45.369><c> king</c><00:59:45.650><c> said</c> 00:59:45.809 --> 00:59:49.489 unto<00:59:46.070><c> him,</c><00:59:46.909><c> what</c><00:59:47.210><c> shall</c><00:59:47.409><c> be</c><00:59:47.610><c> done</c><00:59:47.730><c> unto</c><00:59:47.929><c> the</c><00:59:48.110><c> man</c><00:59:48.349><c> whom</c><00:59:48.469><c> the</c><00:59:48.650><c> king</c><00:59:48.849><c> delighteth</c><00:59:49.269><c> to</c> 00:59:49.489 --> 00:59:50.929 honour?<00:59:50.449><c> Now</c><00:59:50.710><c> Haman</c> 00:59:50.929 --> 00:59:54.389 thought<00:59:51.130><c> in</c><00:59:51.250><c> his</c><00:59:51.550><c> heart,</c><00:59:52.429><c> to</c><00:59:52.510><c> whom</c><00:59:53.110><c> would</c><00:59:53.570><c> the</c><00:59:53.730><c> king</c><00:59:53.949><c> delight</c> 00:59:54.389 --> 00:59:56.989 to<00:59:54.690><c> honour</c><00:59:54.909><c> more</c><00:59:55.210><c> than</c><00:59:55.289><c> to</c><00:59:55.489><c> myself?</c><00:59:56.829><c> And</c> 00:59:56.989 --> 00:59:59.570 Haman<00:59:57.170><c> answered</c><00:59:57.449><c> the</c><00:59:57.630><c> king,</c><00:59:58.050><c> for</c><00:59:58.150><c> the</c><00:59:58.309><c> man</c><00:59:58.630><c> whom</c><00:59:58.750><c> the</c><00:59:58.849><c> king</c><00:59:59.030><c> delighteth</c><00:59:59.409><c> to</c> 00:59:59.570 --> 01:00:02.070 honour,<01:00:00.289><c> do</c><01:00:00.489><c> this.</c><01:00:01.429><c> Let</c> 01:00:02.150 --> 01:00:05.449 him<01:00:02.670><c> wear</c><01:00:02.909><c> the</c><01:00:03.130><c> royal</c><01:00:03.570><c> apparel,</c><01:00:04.449><c> let</c><01:00:04.550><c> him</c><01:00:04.769><c> ride</c><01:00:04.989><c> the</c><01:00:05.230><c> royal</c> 01:00:05.449 --> 01:00:07.630 horse<01:00:05.849><c> and</c><01:00:06.150><c> let</c><01:00:06.289><c> him</c><01:00:06.449><c> have</c><01:00:06.570><c> the</c><01:00:06.829><c> royal</c><01:00:07.170><c> crown</c> 01:00:07.630 --> 01:00:13.150 on<01:00:07.949><c> his</c><01:00:08.289><c> head.</c><01:00:10.909><c> And</c><01:00:11.230><c> the</c><01:00:11.329><c> king</c><01:00:11.550><c> says,</c><01:00:11.969><c> go</c><01:00:12.050><c> and</c><01:00:12.289><c> do</c><01:00:12.429><c> exactly</c><01:00:12.849><c> all</c> 01:00:13.150 --> 01:00:17.309 of<01:00:13.269><c> that</c><01:00:13.349><c> you've</c><01:00:13.630><c> said</c><01:00:14.489><c> to</c><01:00:16.269><c> Mordechai.</c> 01:00:17.570 --> 01:00:20.070 This<01:00:18.050><c> is</c><01:00:18.289><c> the</c><01:00:18.449><c> turning</c><01:00:18.690><c> point,</c><01:00:19.110><c> brothers</c><01:00:19.369><c> and</c><01:00:19.570><c> sisters,</c><01:00:19.889><c> in</c> 01:00:20.070 --> 01:00:23.090 the<01:00:20.230><c> whole</c><01:00:20.469><c> book.</c><01:00:21.230><c> Up</c><01:00:21.369><c> to</c><01:00:21.969><c> here,</c><01:00:22.789><c> everything's</c> 01:00:23.090 --> 01:00:26.170 been<01:00:23.329><c> going</c><01:00:23.469><c> down</c><01:00:24.050><c> for</c><01:00:24.510><c> Mordechai</c><01:00:24.869><c> and</c><01:00:25.070><c> up</c><01:00:25.469><c> for</c><01:00:25.789><c> Haman.</c><01:00:26.090><c> And</c> 01:00:26.170 --> 01:00:28.130 from<01:00:26.369><c> this</c><01:00:26.630><c> moment,</c><01:00:26.889><c> this</c><01:00:27.070><c> moment</c><01:00:27.369><c> right</c><01:00:27.769><c> here</c> 01:00:28.130 --> 01:00:31.670 in<01:00:28.289><c> the</c><01:00:28.489><c> centre,</c><01:00:30.190><c> everything</c><01:00:30.429><c> starts</c><01:00:30.690><c> going</c><01:00:30.889><c> down</c><01:00:31.090><c> for</c><01:00:31.289><c> Haman</c> 01:00:31.670 --> 01:00:34.289 and<01:00:31.929><c> going</c><01:00:32.150><c> up</c><01:00:32.510><c> for</c><01:00:32.710><c> Mordechai.</c><01:00:33.949><c> So</c><01:00:34.130><c> this</c> 01:00:34.289 --> 01:00:36.650 is<01:00:34.449><c> the</c><01:00:34.630><c> centre,</c><01:00:34.889><c> this</c><01:00:35.030><c> is</c><01:00:35.250><c> the</c><01:00:35.389><c> climax,</c><01:00:35.750><c> the</c><01:00:35.909><c> pivot.</c><01:00:36.449><c> It's</c> 01:00:36.650 --> 01:00:38.469 the<01:00:36.809><c> place</c><01:00:37.010><c> where</c><01:00:37.269><c> Haman</c><01:00:37.610><c> thinks</c><01:00:37.969><c> he's</c><01:00:38.289><c> won.</c> 01:00:38.889 --> 01:00:42.530 It's<01:00:39.210><c> full</c><01:00:39.630><c> blown</c><01:00:40.090><c> pride</c><01:00:40.630><c> on</c><01:00:40.909><c> display.</c><01:00:41.449><c> He</c><01:00:41.690><c> thinks</c><01:00:41.969><c> this</c><01:00:42.289><c> in</c> 01:00:42.530 --> 01:00:46.010 his<01:00:43.070><c> heart.</c><01:00:44.710><c> And</c><01:00:44.929><c> he</c><01:00:44.969><c> goes</c><01:00:45.170><c> on</c><01:00:45.550><c> and</c><01:00:45.710><c> on</c><01:00:45.849><c> and</c> 01:00:46.010 --> 01:00:51.309 says,<01:00:46.130><c> this</c><01:00:46.309><c> is</c><01:00:46.449><c> what</c><01:00:46.590><c> you</c><01:00:46.710><c> should</c><01:00:46.909><c> do.</c><01:00:49.409><c> And</c><01:00:49.570><c> he</c><01:00:49.690><c> will</c><01:00:49.889><c> be</c><01:00:50.090><c> honoured</c><01:00:50.670><c> and</c> 01:00:51.309 --> 01:00:52.849 Mordechai<01:00:51.750><c> will</c><01:00:52.110><c> be</c><01:00:52.469><c> hanged.</c> 01:00:52.909 --> 01:00:56.349 And<01:00:52.989><c> it's</c><01:00:53.110><c> the</c><01:00:53.269><c> moment</c><01:00:53.590><c> Haman</c><01:00:54.010><c> thinks</c><01:00:54.369><c> he's</c><01:00:54.670><c> won.</c><01:00:55.010><c> Sin</c><01:00:55.130><c> is</c><01:00:55.449><c> completely</c><01:00:55.989><c> on</c> 01:00:56.349 --> 01:00:57.909 top.<01:00:57.010><c> Not</c><01:00:57.150><c> only</c><01:00:57.349><c> is</c><01:00:57.510><c> Mordechai</c> 01:00:57.909 --> 01:00:59.309 going<01:00:58.110><c> to</c><01:00:58.230><c> be</c><01:00:58.389><c> hanged,</c><01:00:58.570><c> because</c><01:00:58.670><c> I'm</c><01:00:58.809><c> going</c><01:00:58.889><c> to</c><01:00:59.010><c> 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was</c> 01:10:09.329 --> 01:10:16.229 reversed.<01:10:10.989><c> Everything</c><01:10:11.250><c> was</c><01:10:11.609><c> totally</c><01:10:12.229><c> reversed.</c><01:10:15.810><c> Just</c><01:10:16.069><c> come</c> 01:10:16.229 --> 01:10:19.050 to<01:10:16.350><c> Acts</c><01:10:16.710><c> chapter</c><01:10:17.069><c> 2</c><01:10:17.390><c> verse</c><01:10:17.710><c> 23.</c> 01:10:21.350 --> 01:10:23.890 This<01:10:21.449><c> is</c><01:10:21.810><c> another</c><01:10:22.029><c> verse</c><01:10:22.270><c> talking</c><01:10:22.550><c> about</c><01:10:22.930><c> timing</c><01:10:23.350><c> and</c><01:10:23.630><c> Peter</c> 01:10:23.890 --> 01:10:24.869 says<01:10:24.189><c> this,</c> 01:10:25.250 --> 01:10:29.270 him<01:10:25.510><c> being</c><01:10:25.850><c> delivered</c><01:10:26.210><c> in</c><01:10:26.369><c> verse</c><01:10:26.569><c> 23</c><01:10:26.970><c> of</c><01:10:27.149><c> Acts</c><01:10:27.350><c> 2</c><01:10:27.609><c> by</c><01:10:27.850><c> the</c><01:10:28.130><c> determinant</c><01:10:28.510><c> counsel</c><01:10:29.010><c> and</c> 01:10:29.270 --> 01:10:30.630 foreknowledge<01:10:29.630><c> of</c><01:10:29.829><c> God,</c> 01:10:30.710 --> 01:10:33.689 you<01:10:30.789><c> have</c><01:10:31.010><c> taken</c><01:10:31.329><c> and</c><01:10:31.550><c> by</c><01:10:31.810><c> wicked</c><01:10:32.010><c> hands</c><01:10:32.329><c> have</c><01:10:32.569><c> crucified</c><01:10:33.069><c> and</c> 01:10:33.689 --> 01:10:35.430 slain,<01:10:34.010><c> whom</c><01:10:34.090><c> God</c><01:10:34.350><c> hath</c><01:10:34.569><c> raised</c><01:10:34.909><c> up,</c> 01:10:35.430 --> 01:10:39.949 having<01:10:35.890><c> loosed</c><01:10:36.449><c> the</c><01:10:36.710><c> pains</c><01:10:36.890><c> of</c><01:10:37.069><c> death,</c><01:10:39.369><c> because</c><01:10:39.489><c> it</c><01:10:39.550><c> was</c><01:10:39.750><c> not</c> 01:10:39.949 --> 01:10:43.149 possible<01:10:40.329><c> that</c><01:10:41.829><c> he</c><01:10:42.029><c> should</c><01:10:42.270><c> be</c><01:10:42.489><c> holden</c><01:10:42.810><c> of</c><01:10:43.010><c> it.</c> 01:10:43.270 --> 01:10:49.590 This<01:10:43.430><c> was</c><01:10:43.590><c> done</c><01:10:43.810><c> according</c><01:10:44.250><c> to</c><01:10:45.250><c> the</c><01:10:45.470><c> determinant</c><01:10:46.289><c> counsel</c><01:10:47.149><c> and</c><01:10:47.609><c> foreknowledge</c><01:10:48.289><c> of</c><01:10:48.590><c> God.</c> 01:10:49.850 --> 01:10:52.529 God<01:10:50.069><c> orchestrated</c><01:10:50.649><c> the</c><01:10:50.850><c> lot,</c><01:10:51.170><c> brothers</c><01:10:51.350><c> and</c><01:10:51.590><c> sisters.</c><01:10:51.949><c> He</c><01:10:52.069><c> made</c><01:10:52.289><c> it</c> 01:10:52.529 --> 01:10:54.350 happen<01:10:52.909><c> at</c><01:10:53.250><c> precisely</c><01:10:53.770><c> the</c><01:10:53.949><c> right</c><01:10:54.189><c> time.</c> 01:10:54.430 --> 01:10:59.829 The<01:10:54.609><c> angels</c><01:10:54.829><c> were</c><01:10:55.029><c> hard</c><01:10:55.229><c> at</c><01:10:55.430><c> work,</c><01:10:56.989><c> but</c><01:10:57.090><c> Pilate</c><01:10:57.390><c> never</c><01:10:57.590><c> saw</c><01:10:57.810><c> those</c><01:10:58.050><c> angels.</c><01:10:58.689><c> Caiaphas</c><01:10:59.029><c> never</c><01:10:59.270><c> saw</c><01:10:59.409><c> any</c><01:10:59.569><c> of</c><01:10:59.609><c> those</c> 01:10:59.829 --> 01:11:01.810 angels.<01:11:00.130><c> Herod</c><01:11:00.310><c> never</c><01:11:00.550><c> saw</c><01:11:00.729><c> any</c><01:11:00.949><c> of</c><01:11:01.029><c> those</c><01:11:01.250><c> angels.</c><01:11:01.470><c> To</c><01:11:01.569><c> the</c> 01:11:01.810 --> 01:11:04.390 ordinary<01:11:02.170><c> onlooker,</c><01:11:03.470><c> this</c><01:11:03.810><c> was</c><01:11:03.949><c> just</c><01:11:04.170><c> another</c> 01:11:04.390 --> 01:11:06.550 story<01:11:04.770><c> in</c><01:11:04.890><c> the</c><01:11:05.050><c> annals</c><01:11:05.250><c> of</c><01:11:05.430><c> human</c><01:11:05.670><c> history.</c><01:11:06.210><c> It</c><01:11:06.210><c> should</c><01:11:06.350><c> have</c> 01:11:06.550 --> 01:11:08.310 probably<01:11:06.890><c> and</c><01:11:06.989><c> could</c><01:11:07.210><c> have</c><01:11:07.369><c> started</c><01:11:07.590><c> with</c><01:11:07.810><c> the</c><01:11:07.909><c> word</c> 01:11:08.310 --> 01:11:14.050 and.<01:11:10.369><c> But</c><01:11:10.609><c> this</c><01:11:11.109><c> was</c><01:11:11.729><c> the</c><01:11:11.949><c> pivot.</c><01:11:12.710><c> This</c><01:11:12.890><c> was</c><01:11:13.130><c> the</c><01:11:13.350><c> centre.</c><01:11:13.729><c> This</c><01:11:13.850><c> was</c> 01:11:14.050 --> 01:11:15.289 the<01:11:14.310><c> climax.</c> 01:11:17.010 --> 01:11:19.069 And<01:11:17.090><c> that's</c><01:11:17.229><c> what</c><01:11:17.350><c> we</c><01:11:17.630><c> remembered</c><01:11:17.850><c> this</c><01:11:18.130><c> morning</c><01:11:18.369><c> when</c><01:11:18.609><c> human</c> 01:11:19.069 --> 01:11:20.529 pride,<01:11:19.510><c> brothers</c><01:11:19.689><c> and</c><01:11:19.869><c> sisters,</c><01:11:20.069><c> thought</c> 01:11:20.529 --> 01:11:23.989 that<01:11:20.989><c> it</c><01:11:21.050><c> had</c><01:11:21.350><c> won.</c><01:11:21.770><c> Sin</c><01:11:21.930><c> appeared</c><01:11:22.289><c> to</c><01:11:22.470><c> have</c><01:11:22.810><c> conquered</c><01:11:23.329><c> and</c> 01:11:23.989 --> 01:11:26.829 reigned<01:11:24.229><c> supreme.</c><01:11:25.069><c> And</c><01:11:25.250><c> then</c><01:11:25.390><c> the</c><01:11:25.529><c> roles</c><01:11:26.090><c> were</c> 01:11:26.829 --> 01:11:31.850 reversed.<01:11:28.109><c> Three</c><01:11:28.250><c> days</c><01:11:28.470><c> later,</c><01:11:31.250><c> they</c><01:11:31.250><c> were</c><01:11:31.350><c> dramatically</c> 01:11:31.850 --> 01:11:34.729 reversed.<01:11:33.470><c> And</c><01:11:33.569><c> from</c><01:11:33.630><c> that</c><01:11:33.810><c> moment</c><01:11:34.029><c> onward,</c><01:11:34.470><c> the</c><01:11:34.510><c> kingdom</c> 01:11:34.729 --> 01:11:38.329 of<01:11:34.850><c> God</c><01:11:34.970><c> has</c><01:11:35.090><c> been</c><01:11:35.189><c> going</c><01:11:35.310><c> up</c><01:11:35.609><c> and</c><01:11:35.750><c> up</c><01:11:35.890><c> and</c><01:11:35.970><c> up.</c><01:11:37.069><c> And</c><01:11:37.210><c> the</c><01:11:37.289><c> kingdom</c><01:11:37.529><c> of</c><01:11:37.689><c> men</c><01:11:37.909><c> will</c><01:11:38.090><c> go</c> 01:11:38.329 --> 01:11:39.670 down<01:11:38.729><c> and</c><01:11:38.970><c> down</c><01:11:39.250><c> and</c><01:11:39.449><c> down,</c> 01:11:39.689 --> 01:11:41.710 like<01:11:39.810><c> the</c><01:11:39.930><c> little</c><01:11:40.130><c> stone</c><01:11:40.409><c> growing</c><01:11:40.770><c> and</c><01:11:40.989><c> growing</c><01:11:41.149><c> and</c><01:11:41.329><c> growing.</c><01:11:41.510><c> Nothing</c> 01:11:41.710 --> 01:11:43.810 will<01:11:41.930><c> stop</c><01:11:42.130><c> it.</c><01:11:43.270><c> But</c><01:11:43.390><c> the</c><01:11:43.470><c> point</c><01:11:43.649><c> is,</c> 01:11:43.930 --> 01:11:47.590 brothers<01:11:44.010><c> and</c><01:11:44.210><c> sisters,</c><01:11:44.550><c> can</c><01:11:44.729><c> you</c><01:11:44.989><c> see</c><01:11:45.189><c> that?</c><01:11:46.109><c> Can</c><01:11:46.270><c> I</c><01:11:46.529><c> see</c><01:11:46.729><c> that</c><01:11:46.949><c> living</c><01:11:47.210><c> in</c> 01:11:47.590 --> 01:11:48.829 this<01:11:47.829><c> godless</c><01:11:48.130><c> society</c><01:11:48.630><c> where</c> 01:11:48.829 --> 01:11:52.149 nothing<01:11:49.109><c> is</c><01:11:49.390><c> attributed</c><01:11:49.729><c> to</c><01:11:49.890><c> God</c><01:11:50.050><c> at</c><01:11:50.229><c> all?</c><01:11:50.829><c> And</c><01:11:50.970><c> yet</c><01:11:51.069><c> he's</c><01:11:51.270><c> everywhere.</c><01:11:51.630><c> He's</c><01:11:51.949><c> in</c> 01:11:52.149 --> 01:11:56.810 everything.<01:11:56.409><c> He's</c> 01:11:56.810 --> 01:12:00.069 God's<01:11:57.250><c> providence</c><01:11:57.590><c> at</c><01:11:57.829><c> work.</c><01:11:58.090><c> Can</c><01:11:58.250><c> you</c><01:11:58.430><c> see</c><01:11:58.590><c> it?</c><01:11:59.670><c> Well,</c><01:11:59.829><c> that's</c><01:11:59.970><c> why</c> 01:12:00.069 --> 01:12:01.890 the<01:12:00.210><c> book</c><01:12:00.289><c> of</c><01:12:00.529><c> Esther</c><01:12:00.609><c> is</c><01:12:00.810><c> there.</c> 01:12:02.050 --> 01:12:06.789 God<01:12:02.229><c> is</c><01:12:02.529><c> there.</c><01:12:03.449><c> He</c><01:12:03.750><c> is</c><01:12:04.029><c> and</c><01:12:04.310><c> always</c><01:12:04.529><c> will</c><01:12:04.750><c> be.</c><01:12:06.149><c> And</c><01:12:06.310><c> the</c><01:12:06.489><c> whole</c> 01:12:06.789 --> 01:12:09.750 story<01:12:07.090><c> of</c><01:12:07.369><c> Esther</c><01:12:07.909><c> was</c><01:12:08.489><c> a</c><01:12:08.750><c> little</c><01:12:09.050><c> parallel</c><01:12:09.590><c> of</c> 01:12:09.750 --> 01:12:13.649 what<01:12:09.949><c> God's</c><01:12:10.430><c> doing</c><01:12:10.609><c> with</c><01:12:10.970><c> human</c><01:12:11.630><c> history.</c><01:12:12.869><c> And</c><01:12:13.029><c> the</c><01:12:13.229><c> first</c><01:12:13.409><c> half</c><01:12:13.550><c> of</c> 01:12:13.649 --> 01:12:16.010 the<01:12:13.750><c> book</c><01:12:13.850><c> of</c><01:12:14.109><c> Esther</c><01:12:14.550><c> matches</c><01:12:15.289><c> the</c><01:12:15.590><c> first</c><01:12:15.810><c> half</c> 01:12:16.010 --> 01:12:19.710 of<01:12:16.229><c> human</c><01:12:16.390><c> history.</c><01:12:17.210><c> And</c><01:12:17.409><c> the</c><01:12:17.710><c> second</c><01:12:17.930><c> half</c><01:12:18.550><c> of</c><01:12:19.229><c> the</c><01:12:19.369><c> book</c><01:12:19.470><c> of</c> 01:12:19.710 --> 01:12:22.470 Esther<01:12:20.050><c> is</c><01:12:20.630><c> a</c><01:12:20.949><c> reverse</c><01:12:21.449><c> of</c><01:12:21.770><c> the</c><01:12:21.989><c> first</c><01:12:22.250><c> half,</c> 01:12:22.470 --> 01:12:30.430 and<01:12:22.670><c> it</c><01:12:22.890><c> matches</c><01:12:23.489><c> the</c><01:12:24.090><c> second</c><01:12:24.289><c> half</c><01:12:24.729><c> of</c><01:12:25.170><c> human</c><01:12:25.409><c> history.</c><01:12:27.449><c> I</c><01:12:27.550><c> think</c><01:12:27.890><c> that,</c><01:12:28.569><c> brothers</c><01:12:28.670><c> and</c><01:12:28.890><c> sisters,</c><01:12:29.289><c> is</c><01:12:29.670><c> absolutely</c> 01:12:30.430 --> 01:12:35.310 astonishing.<01:12:32.050><c> It's</c><01:12:32.470><c> a</c><01:12:32.609><c> book</c><01:12:32.869><c> of</c><01:12:33.210><c> reversal.</c><01:12:34.949><c> There's</c><01:12:35.109><c> a</c><01:12:35.210><c> few</c> 01:12:35.310 --> 01:12:36.729 more<01:12:35.470><c> things</c><01:12:35.649><c> that</c><01:12:35.789><c> we</c><01:12:35.869><c> could</c><01:12:36.010><c> say</c><01:12:36.189><c> about</c><01:12:36.430><c> the</c><01:12:36.609><c> book</c> 01:12:36.729 --> 01:12:41.670 of<01:12:36.970><c> Esther</c><01:12:37.229><c> and</c><01:12:37.850><c> the</c><01:12:37.949><c> way</c><01:12:38.130><c> in</c><01:12:38.250><c> which</c><01:12:38.550><c> it</c><01:12:40.149><c> parallels</c><01:12:40.630><c> human</c><01:12:41.210><c> history.</c><01:12:41.609><c> But</c> 01:12:41.670 --> 01:12:42.909 I'm<01:12:41.890><c> going</c><01:12:42.010><c> to</c><01:12:42.010><c> leave</c><01:12:42.170><c> it</c><01:12:42.350><c> there.</c><01:12:42.649><c> I</c><01:12:42.750><c> think</c> 01:12:42.909 --> 01:12:47.210 you've<01:12:43.090><c> probably</c><01:12:43.329><c> heard</c><01:12:43.649><c> enough</c><01:12:43.890><c> about</c><01:12:44.609><c> classic</c><01:12:45.029><c> structures.</c><01:12:45.590><c> But</c><01:12:46.069><c> I</c><01:12:46.909><c> just</c> 01:12:47.210 --> 01:12:48.630 think<01:12:47.430><c> that</c><01:12:47.670><c> that</c><01:12:48.010><c> unlocks</c> 01:12:48.630 --> 01:12:51.989 book<01:12:48.949><c> of</c><01:12:49.170><c> Esther</c><01:12:49.369><c> for</c><01:12:49.590><c> me.</c><01:12:50.529><c> It</c><01:12:50.689><c> shows</c><01:12:51.010><c> the</c><01:12:51.289><c> reason</c><01:12:51.529><c> it</c><01:12:51.649><c> was</c><01:12:51.789><c> put</c> 01:12:51.989 --> 01:12:54.869 there.<01:12:52.829><c> It</c><01:12:52.930><c> shows</c><01:12:53.310><c> God's</c><01:12:53.909><c> providence.</c> 01:12:54.949 --> 01:12:57.750 It<01:12:54.970><c> links</c><01:12:55.229><c> with</c><01:12:55.409><c> the</c><01:12:55.510><c> book</c><01:12:55.630><c> of</c><01:12:55.789><c> Daniel</c><01:12:56.310><c> through</c><01:12:56.789><c> its</c><01:12:57.149><c> structure</c><01:12:57.470><c> so</c><01:12:57.649><c> that</c> 01:12:57.750 --> 01:12:58.449 you<01:12:57.810><c> can</c><01:12:58.010><c> see,</c><01:12:58.310><c> yes,</c> 01:12:58.449 --> 01:13:03.909 it<01:12:58.609><c> should</c><01:12:58.829><c> belong</c><01:12:59.130><c> here.</c><01:13:00.130><c> It</c><01:13:00.289><c> then</c><01:13:00.729><c> plays</c><01:13:01.050><c> out</c><01:13:01.409><c> God's</c><01:13:01.890><c> plan</c><01:13:02.090><c> and</c><01:13:02.390><c> purpose</c><01:13:02.890><c> in</c><01:13:03.649><c> a</c> 01:13:03.909 --> 01:13:05.630 small<01:13:04.109><c> local</c><01:13:04.569><c> situation</c><01:13:05.170><c> here</c> 01:13:05.630 --> 01:13:10.850 and<01:13:06.130><c> says</c><01:13:06.350><c> that's</c><01:13:06.670><c> what</c><01:13:06.890><c> God's</c><01:13:07.329><c> doing</c><01:13:07.470><c> on</c><01:13:07.750><c> a</c><01:13:08.069><c> global</c><01:13:08.550><c> situation.</c><01:13:10.390><c> So</c><01:13:10.529><c> I</c><01:13:10.630><c> hope</c><01:13:10.729><c> and</c> 01:13:10.850 --> 01:13:11.430 pray,<01:13:11.149><c> brothers</c><01:13:11.170><c> and</c> 01:13:11.430 --> 01:13:16.670 sisters,<01:13:14.090><c> that</c><01:13:14.329><c> that's</c><01:13:14.489><c> shown</c><01:13:14.649><c> you</c><01:13:14.949><c> just</c><01:13:15.350><c> God's</c><01:13:16.090><c> handiwork</c> 01:13:16.670 --> 01:13:19.670 at<01:13:17.449><c> how</c><01:13:17.890><c> the</c><01:13:18.130><c> scriptures</c><01:13:18.390><c> came</c><01:13:18.670><c> together.</c> 01:13:19.890 --> 01:13:23.029 And<01:13:20.310><c> as</c><01:13:20.689><c> I</c><01:13:20.890><c> said,</c><01:13:21.189><c> you</c><01:13:21.289><c> can</c><01:13:21.449><c> leave</c><01:13:21.609><c> it</c><01:13:21.789><c> here</c><01:13:22.109><c> and</c><01:13:22.550><c> you</c><01:13:22.590><c> can</c><01:13:22.770><c> go</c> 01:13:23.029 --> 01:13:25.489 and<01:13:23.590><c> stick</c><01:13:23.750><c> to</c><01:13:23.989><c> prophecy</c><01:13:24.289><c> and</c><01:13:24.590><c> stick</c><01:13:24.770><c> to</c><01:13:24.989><c> archaeology</c> 01:13:25.489 --> 01:13:28.569 or<01:13:25.729><c> stick</c><01:13:25.970><c> to</c><01:13:26.949><c> gene</c><01:13:27.250><c> allergies</c><01:13:27.649><c> and</c><01:13:27.869><c> all</c><01:13:27.970><c> of</c><01:13:28.090><c> those</c><01:13:28.210><c> things.</c> 01:13:28.890 --> 01:13:30.170 Or<01:13:29.149><c> you</c><01:13:29.270><c> can</c><01:13:29.409><c> say,</c><01:13:29.529><c> yeah,</c><01:13:29.750><c> I'm</c><01:13:29.909><c> going</c><01:13:29.970><c> to</c><01:13:30.010><c> look</c> 01:13:30.170 --> 01:13:33.130 out<01:13:30.350><c> for</c><01:13:30.550><c> classic</c><01:13:30.829><c> structures</c><01:13:31.270><c> from</c><01:13:31.550><c> now</c><01:13:31.750><c> on</c><01:13:32.010><c> and</c><01:13:32.449><c> just</c><01:13:32.770><c> see</c> 01:13:33.130 --> 01:13:35.970 what<01:13:33.729><c> was</c><01:13:33.909><c> the</c><01:13:34.170><c> author</c><01:13:34.449><c> trying</c><01:13:34.770><c> to</c><01:13:35.010><c> make</c><01:13:35.090><c> me</c><01:13:35.390><c> understand</c> 01:13:35.970 --> 01:13:39.869 by<01:13:36.510><c> writing</c><01:13:36.829><c> it</c><01:13:37.109><c> in</c><01:13:37.289><c> that</c><01:13:37.489><c> way.</c><01:13:38.210><c> So</c><01:13:38.470><c> thanks</c><01:13:38.850><c> very</c><01:13:39.090><c> much.</c>