“So they called these days Purim†(Esther 9:26, NKJV).
God’s people had survived a horrific plan of annihilation. These two days of celebration, Purim, were begun in order for these circumstances to be remembered. Today we would probably say it was a “national holidayâ€.
But it went beyond that …
They wanted God to receive glory for what He had done and they wanted to remember to give Him glory every year. They desired for every generation to know what He had done.
The story of Esther, and the circumstances surrounding God’s people, were confirmed by Esther and then written in a book (verse 32) to be preserved for all generations to commemorate annually.
I hope you will join me at W2W Ministries as I share insight from Dr. Warren Wiersbe on seeing the hand of God in history and celebrating.
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Today I am joining … Inspire Me Monday .
A summer kid’s camp our family has volunteered at and sent our own kids to for years has focused on Esther some years, and for their closing banquet, they did a Feast of Purim. It was so picturesque! We need to celebrate all the victories!
I love Esther’s story (and even more so when I realized it wasn’t quite so chaste and sanitary as it’s usually presented to kids 😉 ).