The Jewish people rejoice in being able to defend themselves from terroristic attack.

Esther 8:15-17

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“So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.” Esther 8:15

In Shushan, the city that is inside what is now Iran, there was an order for the destruction of all the Jewish people everywhere. The Jewish people felt hopeless as they waited for the day of their doom. They were greatly encouraged to see Mordecai, one of their own, wearing the royal clothes that the king had given him. It would mean that there was hope for their salvation.

Mordecai represents to us Jesus Christ who is dressed in the Holy apparel of God His Father. In the suffering of His soul is an ardent yearning for the Salvation of the Jewish people. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:37-39

We are followers of Jesus Christ, and He is the Son of God who came from His Father’s presence to offer hope and Salvation to humanity. In these hard times, in the city of “Shushan”, where Christianity faces extinction Revelation 12, we rejoice and are glad because our hope is in Jesus Christ. “…looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” Titus 2:13-14

“Shushan” is a city representing great distress for God’s children, including both the nation of Israel and those who confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The global government of the beast is progressing forward to eliminate the sovereignty of the State of Israel. The global culture of the beast is progressing forward in eliminating the presence of Christianity in the world. The global government and its culture cause traits of psychopathy to flourish in every city against God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. They live by the entity supplanting the human conscience by giving people what to think, feel, do, and say.

The entity giving people what to think and feel enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. The global culture feels empowered to exalt their will over the will of God and the followers of Jesus Christ. They feel no guilt, remorse, or shame in annihilating the idea of the need for Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin. To them, the Holy Spirit is someone to oppress, exploit, manipulate, and kill. In the “Shushan” of this world, anti-social behaviors and lawlessness abound with no empathy for human beings. “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18

“The Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor. And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them.” Esther 8:16-17

God’s decree is the New Covenant given through Jesus Christ, and God is no longer exclusive to the Jewish people. “For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.” Romans 2:28-29 Being a Jewish person inwardly through the Spirit, we are filled with the light of Jesus Christ, we live in gladness and not gloom, agony, and despair, and we feel honor not degradation.

Since the birth of Jesus Christ, His death, resurrection, and ascension into Heaven, many people have come to fear God through Him. The decree sent to all of humankind is this, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1