1. “And If
I perish,
I perish”
Esther 4:16

2. One of the Great Love Stories of our Bible
The Book o f Esther –
One of the Great Love Stories of our Bible
How One Woman Loved Her God
and Loved Her People so much
That When faced with Absolute Evil
Not only did she Cry Out to God
Esther took Action!
She was willing to lay down her life
Esther 4:16 “And so I will go in unto the King,
and if I perish, I perish”

3. As We Look at Esther’s Life
We Will See This is not just a Book about the Past
… Esther is a Book about Great Things to Come
There are so many parallels to the Book of Revelation
So many 7’s in the book of Esther……..
A great Feast for 7 Days,
In the 7th Year
7 chamberlains
7 maidens,
7 Princes
A Bride & A Wedding Feast
One wicked Decree to Kill the People of God
10 Evil men to carry it out!

4. The Kingdom of Persia is IRAN
There is another Evil Ruler who want to wipe out the Chosen People of Israel
and The Church –
Another Haman – The Top Islamic Ruler
is the Ayatollah Hameini
The 10 sons of Haman – Future 10 Kings under the Anti-Christ

5. I want to ENCOURAGE the Church
to Strengthen the Believers
That in Evil Day s,
God is STILL doing a great Work
For Us, In Us and Through Us
Just as Esther is Preparing
to Go Before the King
To Seek His Face

6. Tonight so many Evil things happening around the world –
Like in Turkey, in Paris, Israel, and recently in the US…..
We cry Out to God as the Church …
When Evil seems to be ADVANCING…

7. God Has A Word About The Days
we Are Living in …….
A Word to Encourage us….
How To Stand in the Day of Evil l
……like Esther did
Let’s Go to:
Malachi 3: “The Book of Remembrance”

8. Malachi 3:14-18 14.“You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God
and what profit it is that we have kept
His ordinance …and that we have walked
mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
15. And now we call the proud happy;
yes, they that work wickedly are set up;
yes, they that tempt God
are even delivered.”
Malachi 3:14-18

9. 16. “Then they that feared the Lord spoke often one to another: and the Lord harkened & heard,
and a Book of Remembrance was written before Him
for them that feared the Lord
and that thought upon His Name.”
Malachi 3:14-17

10. as a man spares his own son that loves Him.”
17. “And they shall by Mine, says the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels,
as a man spares his own son that loves Him.”

11. Serve God Like Esther did….. With her Life!
18. “Then shall You return & discern between the righteous & the wicked, between he that serves God & he that serves Him not.”
Serve God Like Esther did….. With her Life!

12. Now these verses were spoken to Israel

13. But these verse are also for The Church
“Jewels” = in Hebrew
“ A Peculiar Treasure”

14. “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency
God calls Us His Jewels– His Peculiar Treasure
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, A holy nation,
a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of Him
who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” 1 Peter 2:9
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency
of the power may be of God and not of us” 2 Corin. 4:7
“Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works
Titus 2:14

15. What Day is God sparing His Jewels from? The Tribulation
Malachi 4:1 “For, behold, the Day comes that shall burn as an oven:
and all the proud, yes & all those who do wickedly shall be stubble:
and the Day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving them neither branch nor root.”

16. The Day That He makes Up His Jewels - The Rapture

17. The Day of Remembrance…
Points to the Rapture”

18. When God’s People Remember Him ….. He Remembers them
When We Take a Step Towards God
Like Esther Did
God Takes a Giant Step towards Us
When We Lay Our Lives Down like Esther
He will move in Our Own Lives like Esther
He Will Use Us for His Great Plan
If the Cry Of Our heart is Remember Me
O God…..

19. Have Supernatural Strength Destroy enemies like Samson
28. Samson called to the Lord, & said,
O Lord God, remember me
I pray, and strengthen me, I pray, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my 2 eyes.
29. And Samson took hold of the 2
middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up,
of the one with his right hand
& of the other with his left.
30. And Samson said,
Let me die with the Philistines.
And he bowed himself with all his might; & the house fell upon the lords,
and on all the people that were there.
So the dead which Samson slew
at his death were more than those
Which he slew in his whole life.”

20. Receive Supernatural Healing & Protection Like Hezekiah
“Remember Me, O God...”
“He prayed to the Lord, saying
"Remember now, O Lord
I beseech You, how I have walked before You
in truth and with a whole heart,
and I have done what is good in Your sight.”
And Hezekiah wept.” Kings 2::3

21. Take Back what God has Given you!
Conquer Fear
like Nehemiah
Take Back what God has Given you!
“”Be Not Afraid of Your Enemy”
Remember the Lord
is Great & terrible
Fight for your Brethren
Fight for your Sons & Daughters
Fight for your Wives & Homes

22. Give Birth to Supernatural Sons – Pray like Hannah!
“O Lord, if You will indeed look
on the affliction of your maidservant and remember me,
& forget not your maidservant,
but will give me a son;
then I will give him to You
all the days of his life” 1 Samuel 1:11
And the Lord remembered Hannah
She bare a son and named him Samuel

23. Receive Double for your Trouble like Job, When You feel like giving up
“O, that You would hid me in the grave, that You would keep me secret
until Your wrath be past,
that You would appoint me a set time and remember me.”
Job 14:13

24. Lay your life down for others - Prophesy like Abigail
“ When the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember me” 1 Sam 25:31

25. Now to the New Testament

26. Worship like the Woman with the Ababaster Jar
“Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, there came to Him a woman with a alabaster box of very precious ointment & poured it on his head
as he sat to eat.”
“When his disciples saw it. They were indignant, saying…Why this waste,
She could have sold the ointment for much and given to the poor.
Jesus said to them, ‘She has done a good work for Me.
Your will always have the poor, but you will not always have Me with you.
She has poured this ointment on my body for my burial.
Wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world,
what this woman has done will be told as a memorial to her.”
Matthew 26:6-13

27. “One of the men which were hanged
railed on Him, the other rebuked him, saying “Don’t you fear God,
seeing you are also condemned.
We are condemned justly
for we receive due rewards of our deeds,
but this man has done nothing wrong.”
Real Real
Repentance
“And he said to Jesus, Lord,
remember me when You come
into Your kingdom.
Jesus said, Verily I say to you,
today you shall be with Me
in Paradise.”
Like the Thief
on the Cross

28. Receive Your Salvation Be Baptized in the Holy Spirit
like Cornelius - Acts 10
First Gentile Saved – a Centurion
A Just Devout Man
Prays and Fasts
Gives Offerings
One that Fears God
Speaks in Tongues
“Your prayers & your alms have come up for a memorial before God.” Acts 10:4

29. Now the Best Part –
The Holy Spirit Takes Part
He Brings All Things to Our Remembrance!

31. We Remember God when Celebrate the Lord’s Supper –
“This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me. In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, This is the New Covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 1 Cor. 11:24-25

32. There is another Supper to Come!
He will Rapture us
For The Wedding Supper
of the Lamb

33. ENCOURAGE the Church
Strengthen the Believers
God is doing a great Work
For Us, In Us and Through Us
Just as Esther is Preparing
to Go Before the King
As We Lay Our Life Down… The Plan Of God Advances!

34. “And If
I perish,
I perish”
Esther 4:16