First Lynnhaven Baptist Church Bible Study Wednesday, June 3, 2015 “Treachery, Trickiness, and Trust” Esther 1: 1-22.

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First Lynnhaven Baptist Church Bible Study Wednesday, June 3, 2015 “Treachery, Trickiness, and Trust” Esther 1: 1-22

Focusing Premise: We must always be aware of God’s grace in the midst of human events. “God, WHAT are YOU DOING?”

RULERSTARTEND Cyrus the Great 559 BC530 BC EZRA (FLASHBACK) Cambyses 530 BC522 BC Bardiya 522 BC Darius I 522 BC486 BC EZRA (FLASHBACK) HAGGAI (ACTUAL) ZECHARIAH (ACTUAL) Xerxes I 485 BC465 BC ESTHER Artaxerxes I 465 BC424 BC EZRA (ACTUAL) NEHEMIAH (ACTUAL) From Cyrus to Artaxerxes I = 135 Year period!

Darius and Xerxes in HOLLYWOOD!

QUICK PEEK!

TABLE TIME!!!

The Story of Vashti: LET’S READ! 1 Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to [a] Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence. 4 [b] And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.ab 5 When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace. 6 There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s [c] bounty. 8 The drinking was done according to the law, there was no compulsion, for so the king had given orders to each official of his household that he should do according to the desires of each person. c

The Story of Vashti: LET’S READ! 9 Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the [d] palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.d 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.

The Will of God? GOD’S PRECEPTIVE OR REVEALED WILL. God has chosen to reveal some of His will in the Bible. The preceptive will of God is God’s declared will concerning what we should or should not do. For example, because of the revealed will of God, we can know that it is God’s will that we do not steal, that we love our enemies, that we repent of our sins, and that we be holy as He is holy. This expression of God’s will is revealed both in His Word and in our conscience. GOD’S DECRETIVE, SOVEREIGN, OR HIDDEN WILL. This is God’s "ultimate" will. This facet of God’s will comes out of the recognition of God’s sovereignty and the other aspects of God’s nature. because God is sovereign, His will can never be frustrated. Nothing happens that is beyond His control. This does not imply that God causes everything to happen; Rather, because He is sovereign, He must at least permit or allow whatever happens to happen. GOD’S PERMISSIVE OR PERFECT WILL. This facet of God’s will describes God’s attitude and defines what is pleasing to Him. This expression of God’s will is revealed in the many verses of Scripture which indicate what God does and does not take pleasure in.

GOD’S DECRETIVE, SOVEREIGN, OR HIDDEN WILL. This is God’s "ultimate" will. This facet of God’s will comes out of the recognition of God’s sovereignty and the other aspects of God’s nature. Because God is sovereign, His will can never be frustrated. Nothing happens that is beyond His control. This does not imply that God causes everything to happen; Rather, because He is sovereign, He must at least permit or allow whatever happens to happen. VASHTI OUT... ESTHER IN!!!

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