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ESTHER | Esther 1-10

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Big Idea:

God’s people have

gospel-courage in the

midst of cultures in crisis

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Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him…

a. The Story

~Esther 1:1-3

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Chapter 1-2: The rise of Esther

Chapter 3: The rise of Haman (the bad guy)

Chapter 4-7: Esther faces difficult choices

Chapter 8-10: God saves His people

b. The Scene

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God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.

c. The Significance

~1 Corinthians 1:27-31

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d. The Savior

1. Implied (the “photo negative”)

2. Patterned

3. Promised

4. Present

🡪 Seeing Jesus in the OT:

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