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We're back in the book of Esther today. Grab your Bible. Quickly. Get your Bible. We don't want to lose a second. You want to follow along? If you love what you're hearing, get the booklet, the prophetic guide. It's called the Billy Graham prophecy because Billy Graham was buried on the feast of Purim. Did you know that? And the symbolism and the prophecy of Kim Clement is all in my little booklet right here. And I want you to get the secrets to understanding the mystery code of Esther. The secrets of Esther in the scepter of Esther. Call 800-910-6349 or go to lancewellnut.com Esther how much is it, Brother Lance? Whatever you want to give. How's that for a deal, Lucille? Whatever you want to give, make it work for you. But get it. It's a great revelation. All right. Chapter two. We stop at the very point where Esther is under the custodial care of Haggai and H E g a I not to be confused with Haggai is Persian. Verse 9 says, for the young woman pleased him and she obtained his favor. So he readily gave beauty preparations to her beside her allowance. And then seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king's palace. And he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of women. See favor got him seven key advisors and beautic to do her hair, her nails, her teeth, her skin, her fragrance, her gowns, her attire, everything about we have this, but catch the language. Everything in the Bible has this beautiful reflection and a greater truth. And we're talking about the bride of Christ. My last lesson, which you might have missed was she got the role because the person who was supposed to get the job had a bad attitude. And so somebody who was called Vashti was supposed to go in and display her royal beauty. And she said, oh, the heck with that. I'm not going to go jumping around every time a man wants to see me. And so she got replaced. She rejected the invitation of the king. So God put someone else in there in the Bible, or the king put someone else in there. But I say it's all a biblical story meaning. And I gave this to you. Matthew, chapter 21, verse 43. Jesus was the king who was presented to the people, and the people rejected their king. And so there was a replacement, a new audition, you could say. Israel was set aside for a period and the word of God went to the remnant apostolic community, the upper room and the gentiles. Jesus said, therefore I say to you in chapter, what is it? 21:43, the kingdom of God should be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And in the same way, Jesus said, hey, this is Jesus saying to Israel, you guys aren't stewarding this. So I'm going to give it to someone else. And this is the story of Esther, the bride. She's a type of the bride of Christ is what I'm saying, which is interesting, her role. And here she is being beautified. You know, the Bible says in Revelation, chapter 19, verse 7, the bride hath made herself ready. The preparations of the bride are implied in the details of the scripture of the preparations of Esther. So first of all, she obtains favor. Second of all, she submits properly to the person who has the best, best opportunity to help her. So she knows how to get along with authority. He puts her in the best room with the best seven assistants, because she's going to be doing competition in a beauty pageant with everyone else who's run her up, who wants to be queen for the king. So each woman's turn came to go in. Oh, no, wait a second. Oh, I don't want to miss this. Esther, verse 10 had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. Well, this is interesting. Mordecai is like her uncle who's raised her since her parents died, and he's taking care of her. And he told her, honey, don't tell him you're from Judah. Don't tell him you're one of the captives from Israel. You don't have to trust me. Just at the right time, don't lead with that. So she goes into the, you know, the beauty pageant. There she wasn't wearing her star David in her bikini or whatever, and she kept her identity a secret, and Mordecai charged her. And every day, Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women's quarters to learn of Esther's welfare and what was happening to her. This is interesting. Every day he paced in front of the court. How's she doing? How's she doing? What's she up to? She looking good? Is she okay? Is she good? This is called. This is what that is. It's called a prayer walk. For you Pentecostals out there, you know, it's walking. He was walking and talking. He was inquiring how she's doing and praying for her and praying because she's his responsibility. And now she's up here in a very important job interview. And so her uncle's praying for her and inquiring how she doing so he can pray better. Each young woman's turn came to go into King Ahasuerus after she had completed 12 months. 12 months of preparation. What kind of preparation do they have? Well, according to the regulation for the women, there were the days of their six months with oil of myrrh. That's. Isn't myrrh one of the anointing oils? Isn't myrrh likened unto the myrrh in the frankincense and myrrh as part of the incense of worship? I think this has to do with the preparation of the anointing and prayer and intercession. Six months with the perfumes and preparations for beautifying the women. So there was this whole cosmetic ritual going on. I'm sure that this bride hath made herself ready, as implied in here. Thus prepared each young woman who went to the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women's quarters to the king's palace. Like, you know, what do you carry? You got to carry something, an object, this or that, jewelry, flowers, I mean, but she's brilliant. Listen to what she does. Each woman was prepared. Each woman was given whatever they desired. And in the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shashaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. And she would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name. Now, when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abichiel, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king. Watch this. She requested nothing but what Hegai, the king's eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. Understand what I was reading earlier? They could bring whatever they wanted. She didn't trust her own judgment to say, I think I'll do this, I think I'll do that. And she said, what do you think? See how brilliant that is? She's leaning on the advice of the man who she has favor with, who got her the best room and the best assistance. And he's not going to advise. He has to be impartial. But you know something? If you ask, you might be surprised what you get. And so she said, what do you think I should do? And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. And he said, I'd bring this in if it was me. And so he knew the best thing for her to bring in. So Esther was taking the king Ahasuerus into his royal palace in the 10th month. Month, which is the month of Tebeth in the seventh year of the reign. I love how the Bible gives you specificity whether you want it or not, because it's telling you these things are real, historic facts. God knows who was there. He knows what they said. He knows when it happened. Ought to make you think, because you're going to give an account for everything you ever say and do. God's got the record book. The books are opened. So Esther was taken to the king, Asher Esther in his royal palace. And the king loved Esther more than all the other women. And why was that, Brother Lance? She obtained grace and favor in his sight, more than all the virgins. So he set the royal crown upon her head. I want you to see something. Verse 15. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. And in verse 17, she had more than all the other women, for she had obtained a special grace and favor. Now, I'm looking at that grace and favor. I gotta do a word hunt here. According to my Bible, I have a note that says you ought to check out Zechariah 12:10. What is Zachary? You got your Bible with you? See, if you don't have a Bible, you can't go on treasure hunts. I haven't. I haven't checked this out yet before I did the show. Let's see what comes up here. I want to know Zechariah. Now, Zechariah and Haggai were the two prophets that prophesied the return to rebuild the house under Cyrus. So we have. It says here in chapter 12, verse 10, I will pour out on the house of David, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplication. Well, you see, I knew that Esther had favor, Favor, favor. It's repeated three times in chapter two alone. But now grace got tucked in, so. So the Bible's giving us a wink. For those of you that are word hunters, treasure hunters. And the Lord says, I slipped that word grace in there. What does that mean? Well, I'm going to pour it on the house of David, the spirit of grace and supplication. The word grace is chayin C H E N is the spelling. It refers to a unique kind of favor. A graciousness, a kindness, a beauty, a pleasantness, a charm, an attractiveness, a loveliness, an affectionate regard, not only attracted towards you, but feeling affection for you. Whoo. The root word means to act graciously or mercifully towards someone, to be compassionate, to be favorably inclined. God's grace poured out upon Jerusalem enables them to look longingly and beseechingly towards their God whom they have pierced. Oh, wait a second. What are we talking about here? Oh, interestingly enough, Zechariah is prophesying. Remember, Jesus said, you shall not see me until you say, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Well, this is evidently the spirit of grace and supplication is poured out upon them when they see him whom they have pierced. And it's the whole verse. I will pour out the spirit of grace and supplication, and then they will look on me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and grieve for him as one grieves for a firstborn. And in that day, there should be a great mourning in Jerusalem. Why? Because they will experience as Esther's people experienced the persecution of Haman. And they will cry out to their Messiah, Jesus, Yeshua, and say, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Their heart will be changed towards him. They will see that he was pierced for their sins, that they've rejected the one true Messiah. And that happens when the false Messiah betrays them. According to Daniel, covenant is made with the Antichrist for a week. And in the middle of the week, the abomination of desolation. We'll have to get into this. But when the Antichrist turns and unmasks himself and demands worship, the Jewish people go, hey, we like the temple. You got us. We like you advocating for Israel here when everyone else left us. But that's not what God says. You will bow, and they don't. And they go through intense, sorry to say, persecution, almost like a holocaust. But the revelation of Jesus comes at that time. The Messiah whom they pierced and rejected is the true Messiah. He is the true Christ. And they will mourn for him because the spirit of grace, how powerful that grace of God is. Do you know what favor is? Let me give you a definition of favor. Going back to Esther right here. It's favor is the attraction of God to you. It's not that you create it, it's an anointing that God gives you, but it's the attraction of God to you that releases an influence through you so that other people will like you and trust you and be inclined to help you in the assignment God gave you. The favor of God is a force that causes the gravitational alignment of things around you in order to accommodate the assignment that God gave you. Favor comes upon people connected to a God assignment. Favor is seldom ever found in the Bible, if at all disconnected from someone God is using for a purpose. So it's God's secret sauce to help you succeed. She had it, and she obtained grace and favor, which means the additional element of the supernatural empowerment of God to motivate the heart to move in a certain way of kindness and attraction and affection. Then the king made a great feast. He put a crown on her head and all his officials and servants. He proclaimed the holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the generosity of a king, which means great gifts. I've got my beautiful new queen. Isn't she lovely? Then, when the virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king's gate. Circle that one. King's gate. I'm a big believer looking for the symbols in the Old Testament, because Jesus said, I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Therefore, there's a king's gate, one of the gates in the city. And Mordecai is in proximity to the king's gate. Now Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just like Mordecai charged. Don't tell anybody about your Jewish background, honey. For Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai and as when she was brought up by him. Interesting characteristic of people that have this bridal company. Favor. The favor of God is on them. But look how she obtains favor with Hegai, the custodian of the women. He gives her advice. She's got favor with the king. She has favor with Mordecai, but she listens. She's willing to. She doesn't have to be swaggering in her authority. I'm all it. She's actually properly aligned with the people that God's put over her for counsel so that she could be promoted actually to a position higher than them. Ezra obeyed the command of Mordecai, just like when she was a little girl. And then in those days, while Mordecai sat within the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, two of his eunuchs who were doorkeepers. They had a unique authority to open the door and close the door of access into the court. They became furious and they wanted to lay hands on Ahasuerus. They wanted to assassinate him. Mordecai is in proximity to two disgruntled civil servants who have gatekeeper access to the king's quarters. And they're talking about taking him out. So the matter became known to Mordecai, and he told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name. And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both of them were hanged on gallows. And it was written in the book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king. Well, that's interesting. What we find out is that even though it's a foreign ruler, even though it's a heathen ruling over the Jews, Mordecai submits to the government that is there. So much so that he intervenes to protect from assassination. You want to get a hold of this? Lancewallnut.com Esther, I want to get you that. Plus the prophetic booklet study guide 800-910-6349. Your gift of any amount, so you can afford it. Here's the point I'm making. He will do this act. He will sow it in the spirit. He'll be like an employee that's looking out for the benefit of the corporation. What do I care? I don't own the place, not my company. See, the right attitude is I will treat this as though it was my company. I will treat my responsibility as though I was working for the Lord. And so Mordecai saves the king's life. And you're going to find out later on he didn't get an immediate thank you. He didn't get any recognition. You could say, just like when you give sow to the spirit, he sowed to the spirit, and God himself caused that to come back at the right time. God knows when to give you a return on the seed that you sowed. God knows when to bless you for a deed that you've done. Your job is to do it so that God sees it. God's job is to reward you at his time. Okay, now we're going to head into our chapter three. Suddenly Haman shows up out of nowhere. This cat shows up. That's why I say the Antichrist will come up and arise suddenly. The Bible has a very mysterious verses in Daniel, chapter 6, verse 17, that the Antichrist arises as a little horn with a small number of people. Like I got my eyes on Qatar, a little country with an oversized wealth capacity of trillions of dollars and billions at their put in the universities. It's a small, small country. It's kind of like with a little People, small country, little people. Boom. Springboards into disproportionate power. Well, here we have it. After these things. King Assuerus promoted Haman. Where did he come from? Nobody knows. Why do I know that? This is bizarre, because if you were with me in my first Bible study last week, I was avoiding reading all these names. Those that were closest to the king in chapter 1, verse 14, Kashanina, Shthara, Atmatha, Tarshish, Meroz, Mhsani, Mamukum. The seven princes of Persia, Media who had access to the King's Prayer. These were the closest ones. It names seven of them. Who they are. Guess who isn't listed? Haman. He somehow gets in there. Just like Daniel 6. 17 creeps in there seductively, shockingly, out of nowhere, you have a new celebrity. And I'm sure there's jealousy. Always happens when that happens. And anyway, the King Assueares promoted Haman, the son of Hammedefa the Agagite. Now anytime you see Agagites, you gotta look them up. You'll find out. The Agagites were people that were constantly killing Jews. So he comes from a lineage of A History of Jew Haters and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. All seven, Boom. You just got leapfrog right over all of them. And all the king's servants who were within the king's gate bowed and paid homage to Haman. For so the King commanded concerning him. Everybody bow and pay homage to my friend here. He's the chief adviser. He had a lot of favor. He had what you call demonic favor. Don't ever be jealous of people that have, you know, don't serve God. And things are always working out because things can reverse pretty fast. I'd rather have God as my friend, with God's favor and have man in opposition, than have the blessing of the devil and fall into judgment. And all the king's servants who were within the king's gate bowed and paid homage to Haman. For so the king commanded. But Mordecai, Mordecai would not bow. Mordecai would not pay homage. This is interesting. Why would Mordecai do that? Why didn't Mordecai bow down before the other man and pay him homage? Well, the king's servants who were within the king's gate said, why are you transgressing the king's command? You know, the king said to do it now. It happened when they spoke to him daily. He wouldn't listen to them. And they Told it to Haman. They said, hey, check this one guy out. Check this one guy out. He ain't bowing down to see whether Mordecai's words would stand for. Mordecai told him he was a Jew. He told him he was a Jew and he would not bow down and worship any man. When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay homage, Haman was filled with wrath. So here's the. So typical. Everybody else is submitting. One guy didn't, and he walks through that gate, he's fixated on that guy. Ooh, he won't bow down and honor me. I'll show him who's boss. So when Mordecai. When Haman saw Mordecai didn't bow or pay him homage, he just became filled with wrath. But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they told him of the people of Mordecai, you know, he's a Jew, a bunch of them here. Instead, Haman decided, I'm just going to destroy all the Jews rather than pick a fight with him and have all the backlash from those Jews, I'll just take them all out. So he found out the Jews were throughout the province of the whole Kingdom of Assuerus and his people. These Jews were there all over the place. In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the 12th year of King Assuerus, they cast Pur, that is allot. The Pur means Allah, which is why it's called the Feast of Purim. It's the feast of the lot that was cast. They cast the lot before Haman to determine the day and the month until it fell on the 12th month, which is the month of Adar. I want you to understand what's going on here. Haman is an occult practitioner. The Antichrist, the Bible says, will understand. Like dark speech, there will be an element of the occult working with demons and fallen angels. And so what Haman does is he consults with the practitioners of the occult in order that he might be in alignment with the Principality of Persia, who is instructed to destroy the Jews. And so the Prince of Persia, by occult cooperation, cast the lot so that supernaturally the demons would show what's the perfect day to kill the Jews. And the Principality said, do it on the 12th of the month of Adar. That's the most propitious day in the celestial calendar for the killing of the Jews. And we'll be behind it. He got a witchcraft date from the occult realm Ooh now he's working. He's determined the best day to carry out the destruction of the Jews. Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, you know, there's a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people of the provinces of your kingdom. And, you know, I'm not going to tell you who they are. I'm just going to say they're different. And they got different laws, they got different customs. And I'll tell you right now, they rebel against your laws. They have nothing. They won't acknowledge your laws. Matter of fact, they defy you. Kind of like Vashti did. You know, they're mocking you and not submitting to you. What in my problem is a big kingdom? Listen, I just found out about it. I got a couple of those rebels I'm running into at the gate. So if it pleases the king, I'll take care of it. I'll fix it for you. Not a problem. Let's let a decree be written that we uproot them. We just get rid of them. Destroy them. And by the way, I don't want this to cost you any inconvenience. I'm going to pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work. I'll personally pay for it because I hate to see you disrespected like that. And that's like 300 tons of silver. I mean, we're talking about 30% of the nation's budget. I'm willing to just pay. You know why? Because he's going to sign a decree that says we're going to get ahold of all the Jews, gold and silver. They were craftsmen. They were business people. They learned how to carve out a prosperous existence in a foreign country. We're going to kill them and take all their assets, their homes, their property, their money, their businesses. I'm going to make more than 300 talents of silver out of this deal, and I get my revenge. So the king took his signet ring from his hand. He gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. And the king said to Haman, you know, the money and the people actually just keep it. Plunder them all and keep it all and do with them whatever you want to do. As far as I'm concerned, if they're that bad, I trust you. Get rid of them. Then the king's scribes were called on the 13th day of the first month to. And a decree was written according to all that Haman Commanded to the king satrap to the governor's rover, all the provinces, all the officials, every province, according to the script, every language, in the name of King Assuerus. It is written, and I'm sealing it with the authority of the royal signet ring. This is the name of the king on my hand. And when I seal the wax boom. It's as though a decree came from the throne of God to make it permanent. Now this is important and this is a great mystery. The signet ring in the Bible will show up again in the end of the story. It will be taken from Haman and given to the finger of Mordecai. The signet ring is a symbol of the authority of the name of Jesus and in this case, the authority of a king to decree a thing and make it happen. And it was given to the Antichrist spirit to persecute God's people. We need to be prepared for these things in history so we don't wig out like what's going on. We have to like. We have to be like the Esthers, hidden for the right time, the Mordecais who refuse to compromise. And we have to recognize that there are Hamans who don't like you. And no matter what you do, they're not going to like you. But God will be your defense. Want to teach you about this. End time teaching 800-910-6349 Lance Wall now wall n a u.com Esther, whatever you want to give, you can have it. But I recommend you get the booklet, the Prophetic Study Guide and the teaching. It'll bless you because we're only in chapter three, heading our way into chapter four. And what a book this is. See you again in the next one. Did you enjoy this latest episode? 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