Esther 8:3a,5,6

Esther 8:3a,5,6  And Esther spake yet again before the king, ... And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? Esther and Mordecai knew that the wicked Haman was gone. But the death warrant over the Jews was still a law. And King Ahasuerus could not change it. But King Ahasuerus had an idea. He had a plan that would protect the Jews while flushing out their enemies. Ahasuerus sent out a new law by those same fast postmen. On Adar 13^th, the appointed day when Haman had planned to kill all of the Jews, a new law was to take effect. When an enemy of the Jews would attack a Jew using Haman’s original law, that Jew used the king’s new law to destroy his attacker in self-defense! The Jews would be protected and their enemies would be destroyed. A brilliant plan! So on the day that was to be the execution day for all of the Jews, that same day became their victory day. Victory over their enemies! And to this day, the Jews still celebrate the feast of Purim around March 16. It is a joyous time of food, gift-giving, and sharing with the poor. I’m glad that Esther and Mordecai were faithful in doing God’s will. I’m glad that God has blessed the Jews over the years and sent us Jesus Christ through His chosen people, the Jews.