CHAPTER FOUR
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1.
What does Mordecai's action in putting on sackcloth and ashes and
fasting say about the godliness of the book of Esther?
2.
What was the original meaning of fast?
3.
Why did Mordecai feel it necessary to mention the exact sum of money
Haman had offered Xerxes?... [ Continue Reading ]
IV. Pluck of Esther, Chapter 4
A. Cry
TEXT: Esther 4:1-3
1
Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes,
and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the
city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;
2
and he came even before the king's gate: for none mig... [ Continue Reading ]
B. Crisis
TEXT: Esther 4:4-9
4
And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and
the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe
Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it
not.
5
Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's cham... [ Continue Reading ]
C. Contingency
TEXT: Esther 4:10-12
10
Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai,
saying:
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All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king
into the inner court who is not called... [ Continue Reading ]
D. Courage
TEXT: Esther 4:13-17
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Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with
thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the
Jews.
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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will
relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from anot... [ Continue Reading ]