June 7, 2022: Day 121 – Esther 8-10 and Psalm 12 and 14-15

I didn’t remember how the end of Esther came about.  I remembered Haman being hung and also all of his family, but I had forgotten that since the original edict of the king could not be reversed the king had to allow for another edict in order to counter ballance the first one.  If the first one said that the Jews were fair game and anyone could attack them and steal their property the perfect foil for that would be an edict that says that not only could the Jews defend themselves but they could also proactively take out their enemies.  It sounds a lot like the purge if you have seen any of those movies.  They are not great movies, so hopefully you haven’t seen any of them.

All that is carried out and we also get the command to celebrate this day in the future and the name of the celebration was to be called Purim because pur was the lot that was cast against the Jews was turned on its head and against Haman and his family.  

The three psalms that we read point to how the ungodly have become a very strong presence in the world and the Lord is not happy about it.  Psalm 14:3 states: “All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.”  It should sound a lot like Romans 3:23