The Secrets of Esther the Intercessor – ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry
The elaborate pattern we see in the book of Esther gives clues about what it means to be an intercessor. We can learn the protocol of approaching the King in the heavenly palace.
Esther was an undercover agent. Esther wasn’t even her real name. She was really called Hadassah (the Hebrew name for the myrtle plant) originally by her Jewish parents. Who, by the way, we never get to hear much about. Nor does she disclose her Jewish identity while in the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes, until absolutely necessary….
Source: The Secrets of Esther the Intercessor – ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry
Esther 9: The Jews Overpowered those Who Hated Them
Esther 7-8: The Exact Words at the Perfect Time
Queen Esther, a Jew, informs the King of Haman’s evil plans to destroy her people. The King seals Haman’s fate.
The King gives all that belonged to Haman to Queen Esther, and she put her uncle Mordecai in charge of Haman’s house.
God tells us to not be afraid, that He will give us the words to speak in the hour of need.
Again, Queen Esther bravely pleads to the King that the orders Haman had written to destroy the Jews be reversed.
The King, bound by custom and law was unable to reverse the orders, but did issue new orders;
“the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions”
– Esther 8:11
In every province where the king’s commandment was delivered, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day.
Esther 5-6: What is Your Request?
The King asked Queen Esther, “What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”
Evil Haman builds gallows 50 ft. high to hang Mordecai the Jew from.
The King tells Haman that he would be pleased if Mordecai was publicly honored for having previously saved the King’s life from would-be assassins.
Humiliated Haman does as the King ordered.
Zeresh, Haman’s wife, tells him,
“If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
– Esther 6:13