Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same… From the narrative of the preceding chapters we learn — I. THAT GOD PLACES HIS AGENTS IN FITTING PLACES FOR DOING HIS WORK. II. THAT THE LORD NOT ONLY ARRANGES HIS SERVANTS, BUT HE RESTRAINS HIS ENEMIES. III. THAT GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE TRIES HIS PEOPLE. IV. THAT THE LORD'S WISDOM IS SEEN IN ARRANGING THE SMALLEST EVENTS SO AS TO PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS. V. THAT THE LORD IN HIS PROVIDENCE CALLS HIS OWN SERVANTS TO BE ACTIVE. VI. THAT IN THE END THE LORD ACHIEVES THE TOTAL DEFEAT OF HIS FOES AND THE SAFETY OF HIS PEOPLE. Lessons — 1. It is clear that the Divine will is accomplished, and yet men are perfectly free agents. 2. What wonders can be wrought without miracles! In the miracles of Pharaoh we see the finger of God, but in the wonders of providence, without miracle, we see the hand of God. 3. How safe the Church of God is! 4. The wicked will surely come to an ill end. 5. Let each child of God rejoice that we have a Guardian so near the throne. Every Jew in Shushan must have felt hope when he remembered that the queen weal a Jewess. To-day, let us be glad that Jesus is exalted. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) |
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