Queen Esther and Mordecai’s “stand your ground” law is sent to every city in the kingdom.

Esther 8:9-10

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“So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language. And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses bred from swift steeds.” Esther 8:9-10

Mordecai’s decree, which permitted the Jewish people to fight back, reached the same destinations as Haman’s decree that authorized their destruction. The verses above are a mirror image of the destination of Haman’s decree in Esther 3:12-15. Just as the Jewish people had the right to defend themselves against Haman’s plan to annihilate them, Israel had the legal right to fight back against Hamas’s terrorist attack. Even today, there are laws of the United Nations written against the State of Israel. At the same time, there are laws written in favor of Israel conducting a war on terrorism.

As I write this (7:00 am EST January 26, 2024), the United Nations International Criminal Court is deciding whether there is enough evidence to accuse the State of Israel of genocide in its war against the militant group Hamas. They are saying Israel’s war on terrorism may be genocide against the civilian Palestinians in the Gaza strip. The world court has decided to keep the case against Israel open, while not preventing Israel from pursuing the war. The State of Israel has extremely difficult days coming.

Day by day, the independence of the State of Israel is being eroded to force conformity to the United Nation’s goal of establishing itself as the one world government. As goes the State of Israel, so goes those who live for the Gospel of Christ. Christianity is considered a non-conformist to the global goals the same as the State of Israel. Genocide has been committed against the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the message of the Cross is no longer found in the churches. Government lawmakers no longer include the values of the Bible in their policies. The educational system no longer allows the teaching of the Bible in the classrooms. Christianity is not wanted in any sector of society.

At the same time the United Nations is proceeding forward with a ruling against Israel, the Jewish people are commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The United Nations ICC ruling on whether Israel is committing genocide is polluting the importance of remembering the Holocaust. The horror of the Holocaust is being erased from existence in the global culture, which is intended by the world government of the beast.

Today, there is an unwritten law permitting the attack on God, on the need for Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and on the Holy Spirit. “It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:7-8

The global culture is living by the entity giving them what to think, feel, do, and say and they detest Christianity. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. By what they say and do they wage war on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are urged to fight the good fight of faith through the Spirit, not a physical battle, Ephesians 6:10-20. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12

The map below shows the vast territory mentioned in the verses above, stretching from India to Ethiopia. Shushan is located in Iran of today where the Jewish people fought back against their attackers in Esther chapter nine. It was in Shushan (Iran) where the decree to annihilate the Jewish people was issued in Esther 3:15 and where the decree to allow the Jewish people to defend themselves was announced in Esther 8:14. In essence, the people in Iran (Shushan) were put on notice that the Jewish people would be allowed to defend themselves from a terrorist attack.

Today, a major threat against the State of Israel is in Iran. Iran was declared a State sponsor of terrorism in 1984, which would make them a legitimate target in the war on terrorism. That gives Israel the legal right to fight back against any threats or attacks coming from Iran. However, it’s obvious that the United Nations is steadily binding the hands and feet of Israel from conducting any type of defense against terrorism at all. Iran is known to be operating against Israel in several places around the Middle East region, such as the Gaza Strip. Israel is now being taken to the International Criminal Court for genocide relating to actions against terrorism within the Gaza Strip. Iran also operates in Syria, Iraq, through Hezbollah, Lebanon, etc.

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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