Purim is a minor festival of the Jewish calendar, occurring on the 14th day of Adar. This year 2025 on March 14th.
There are four main charters in this story. The hero, of course, is Queen Esther. She was Jewish and had won the Miss Shushan Contest and became the Queen. The King of Persia (Iran) was Achashveros, known in secular history as King Xerxes. In those days, he was the ruling empire, having conquered the Babylonians (Iraq). His kingdom was a multicultural society with a large Jewish community.
In Achasheros's Kingdom, one of his officials, Haman, was a very evil man. So evil in fact, that he required all the Kings subject to bow to him as he considered them all pagans. Also among the King's subjects was a Jew named Mordechai who discovered that Haman was planning to kill the King. To make things even worse, being a Jew he refused to bow to Haman as that would be considered idolatry.
We read in the Megillah that Haman was filled with rage at Mordechai's insubordination. He was so outraged in fact that he decided to kill all the Jews in Persia. He decided to make the decision on when to exterminate the Jews by casting lots. (Pur in Hebrew) and that is where the name Purim comes from. His plan was much like that of Hitler's it was to kill the young, old, women, and children. Mordechai had a niece her name was, you guessed it ":Esther". And we read in Esther 4:13-14, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the King's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
At great risk to herself, she openly approached the King, the Jews were saved and Haman was hung on the gallows he had built for Mordechai. There is much, much more to this story, and I encourage you to read the Megillah (The Book of Esther).
In every century there has been a wicked Haman, the Romans, the Greeks, Syrians, Turks, Babylonians, Egyptians, the Germans, and many others over the past 4000 years or so. Today wicked Haman has a few names and it’s shared by several Countries and World Leaders,
There is another element of this Holiday, that is fasting and prayer. For on the 13th of Adar (Ta'anit Esther) It is a time to remember the days of Queen Esther and to fast and pray in hopes of averting a massacre to the Jewish people.
Once again at the time of this Purim, we here in Israel are looking at a certain war with Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah to name a few it looks as if there is no way out for us. But we know of One who can deliver us from the evil, be it supernatural or however He chooses to do so. So I ask you now to miss a meal or two, to fast and pray for the Jews of Israel. So I ask you as a Jewish Believer in Yeshua to exercise that relationship, Talk to God, and if you should feel led to fast and pray for us here in Israel, it will be your Mitzvah (good deed for Israel and all Jews).
Proverbs 27:18 He who tends to the fig tree (Israel) will eat of its fruit.
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Shalom Jerry Golden
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