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Esther with Greek Additions

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Old Testament · History · 5 studies + Overview · 6 earlier recordings · Total audio: 2 hrs 46 min

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Included Additions

These deuterocanonical additions are kept with Esther in the shelf.

  1. Intro Esther with Greek Additions - Overview Esther with Greek Additions teaches hidden providence, prayer under threat, holy courage, restraint after deliverance, and the need to interpret history before God. 16 min read Earlier recording
  2. 1-2 Esther 1-2 - Dream, Empire, and Hidden Faithfulness Esther 1-2 joins Mordecai's dream to Esther's hidden obedience, exposes the court's misuse of power, and prepares the prayer-and-deliverance arc without hiding the Greek text's... 23 min read Earlier recording
  3. 3-4 Esther 3-4 - The Decree, the Fast, and Holy Intercession Esther 3-4 shows how wounded pride becomes public slander and death-dealing policy, and how God's people answer through mourning, fasting, prayer, intercession, and costly... 27 min read Earlier recording
  4. 5-7 Esther 5-7 - Esther Before the King and Haman's Fall Esther 5-7 shows prayer-born intercession under mortal risk, patient courage at the banquets, hidden providence through delayed remembrance, and Haman's fall into the humiliation... 26 min read Earlier recording
  5. 8 Esther 8 - The Counter-Decree and Shared Deliverance Esther 8 teaches that deliverance must become public truth and shared protection, as Esther continues interceding, Mordecai receives authority as stewardship, and the... 19 min read Earlier recording
  6. 9-10 Esther 9-10 - Purim, Restraint, and Mordecai's Interpretation Esther 9-10 teaches the ending of deliverance honestly, with hard violence, restraint from plunder, remembered joy, gifts to the poor, Mordecai's service, and the final confession... 22 min read Earlier recording