Esther 6 - 10
When we left Esther yesterday, she had invited the king and Haman to a special dinner to be held the next day. That night, the king couldn’t sleep and had an attendant read to him the book of history of his reign. He read the account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot to kill him. When he was reminded that Mordecai had never received any reward or recognition for his service. Haman, who had come to ask the king to impale Mordecai on a pole, was brought in so the king could ask him what he should do to honor a man who truly pleased the king. Thinking the king meant to honor him, Haman gave the king a long list rewards including:
- Dressing him in one of the king’s own royal robes
- Allowing him to ride a horse that the king himself has ridden (one with a royal emblem on its head
- Leading the him on the horse through the city square accompanied by an official shouting “This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor.”
The king told Haman to do this for Mordecai. Haman had no choice but to do it, then hurried home completely humiliated. Haman’s wife tells him it would be fatal to continue opposing him. The king’s eunuchs came to take Haman to the banquet.
When the king presses Esther to tell him her request, she tells him the she and her people have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter and annihilate them. When the king asked who had done this, Esther told him it was Haman. The king became enraged and stormed out. While Haman was begging for his life from Queen Esther, he made the mistake of falling on the couch where Queen Esther was reclining. Right then, the king came in and asked Haman why he was assaulting the queen right before his eyes. Haman ends up being impaled on the pole set up for Mordecai.
Queen Esther ended up getting all of Haman’s property. When the king found out how Mordecai was related to Esther, he gave his signet ring to Mordecai. Mordecai was also appointed by Esther to care for Haman’s property. After Esther begs the king to save his people, Mordecai, with the king’s permission issues a decree that the Jews can unite to defend their lives.
Needless to say, the Jews were very happy throughout the land. They overpowered their enemies and killed 300 men in the fortress of Susa alone. All of these events are celebrated annually with the Festival of Purim where they feast and give gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister with authority much like that of King Xerxes himself.
Can you see why this is one of my favorite books?
Tomorrow, we’ll read Ezra 7 - 10.
Do you remember January 3, 2007?
I've been saying this for years, but this email probably explains it better and more clearly. This is NOT a political message, but rather a clarification to remind us all of the correct facts.
Remember that on October 9, 2007, 11 months before our economic crisis occurred (that was actually created), the Dow hit its highest point ever, closing at 14,164.53 and reaching 14,198.10 intra-day level 2 days later.
Unemployment was steady at 4.7%. But things were already being put in place to create the havoc we've all been experiencing since then. And it all started, as this email explains, on January 3, 2007.
I'm sending this to each of you regardless of your party preferences because I believe it is something you may not have considered.
This tells the story, why Bush was so 'bad' at the end of his term.
Don't just skim over this, it's not very long, read it slowly and let it sink in. If in doubt, check it out!!!
The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007, which was the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.
The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.
For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this: January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.
At that time:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH
Remember the day...January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
Unemployment... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!
Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA !!! And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress.
So when someone tries to blame Bush. REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007....THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"
Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party.
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.
In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.
And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.
There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
PLEASE DO YOUR PART !!!
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery !” Winston Churchill
Until next time…
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