Book of Esther In this last Message of this Series, we see the Providence of God at work in the Persian people and learn that God ordains our salvation In the Conclusion of the previous Message about the Providence of God at work in Israel, we were saying that Haman’s plot to mass genocide the Jews in Persia had failed but the problem remained – the King’

As we have been studying the Providence of God, we have been using the Old Testament Book of Esther which describes Haman’s wicked plot to kill all the Jews in Persia and how God saved them                                                                                 We see the Providence of God at work in Israel and learn that God has ordained His choice of Israel   In Deuteronomy 7:6-8a God said of Israel, ‘For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of a

Book of Esther   The Old Testament Book of Esther describes Haman’s wicked plot to kill all the Jews in Persia and how God saved them    Today we are studying the Providence of God at work in Haman and learn that God ordains the destiny of the unbeliever                                                                                                                          Esther 7: 9                                                                                             

2 Samuel 9: 1-13 This narrative is not just about King David and Mephibosheth; it serves as an Old Testament parable – a Gospel miniature in which King David represents God and Mephibosheth represents us   Firstly , in Mephibosheth we learn that in our ‘fallen’ sinful condition we are unable to save ourselves Mephibosheth was the grandson of Israel’s (first) King Saul, and the son of Jonathan When Mephibosheth was only 5 years old and in the care of his nurse, King Saul and