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SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 8, 2022
TEXT:
Esther 1:13-22
13.
Then the king spoke to the wise men who understood the times [asking for their
advice]-for it was the custom of the king to speak before all those who were
familiar with law and legal matters-
14.
and who were close to him [as advisors]: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish,
Meres, Mersena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who had
access to the king and were ranked highest in the kingdom.
15.
[He said,] “According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti because
she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus which was conveyed by the
eunuchs?”
16.
And Memucan answered in the presence of the king and the officials, “”Vashti
the queen has not only wronged the king but [also] all the officials (royal
represntatives) and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King
Ahasuerus.
17.
For the queen’s conduct will become known to all women, causing them to look on
their husbands with contempt (disrespect), since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus
commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
18.
This [very]day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s
refusal will speak [in the same way] to all the king’s officials, and there
will be plenty of contempt and anger.
19.
If it pleases the king, let a royal command be issued by him and let it be
written in the laws of the Persians and Medes so that it cannot be repealed or
modified, that Vashti is no longer to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the
king give her royal position to another who is better and more worthy than she.
20.
So when the king’s great decree is proclaimed throughout his [extensive]
kingdom, all women will give honor to their husbands, from the great to the
insignificant.
21.
This statement (advice) pleased the king and the officials, and the king did
what Memucan proposed.
22.
SO he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own
script and to each people in their own language, saying that every man should
be the master and rule in his own home and that he should speak [in the
household] in the language of his people.
(Amplified
Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
WHEN EVIL RULES THE HEART
The seven eunuchs were
ordered to dress and present Queen Vashti in a manner he had earlier displayed
his riches and wealth. In other words, the queen was treated as one of the ‘possessions’
of the king.
Perhaps it was a sign
that his power to acquire the very best was not limited to material wealth. The
queen refused to be used in this manner. The king became angry and, encouraged
by his drunken state, took a rash decision under the influence of the seven
revered wise men of Persia; all women were to be ruled and subjected to their
husband’s control.
Failure to submit, they
should be subjected to the same humiliation Queen Vashti received when she
refused to obey the king’s command and lost her royal position.
QUESTION:
What rules your heart, especially when you feel happy?
PRAYER:
Dear Jesus, I surrender the control of my heart and emotions to You, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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