The Prophecy of Purim and the Day of the Lord or Messianic Kingdom

Prophecy of Purim and the Endtimes in 2017-2018 timeframe.

This 11 page paper covers Purim and the possibility of the timing to either the Day of the Lord or the Messianic Kingdom timeframe. Haman is likened to the Anti-Christ and his ten sons is likened to the Antichrist 10 Kingdoms or the Psalm 83 war with 10 nations and the Ezekiel 38-39 War with 10 kingdoms against Israel.

Purim may be a picture of the New World Order or the Beast System.

Purim is approaching when Jews celebrate the victory of Queen Esther and her people, the Jews, over the wicked Haman and his army. The story takes place in Persia around 470 B.C.

483 BCE   Sabbath Year (Shemitah) 19th Jubilee year (yovel יובל) from 1414 BCE.      Queen Vashti Deposed    Esther 1

                         478, 525 BC  Esther Becomes Queen    Esther 2;  Mordecai Thwarts a Conspiracy Esther 2:21
3450                     476 Sabbath Year (Shemitah); 476/530 69th Jubilee (Daniel’s 69^th week) from Creation   6000 years -3450=2550 (1260+1290). 2017+530=2547 years.
                         474, 500-475 BC   Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews Esther 3
                         473  Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot     Esther 4; Esther Prepares a Banquet  Esther 5; The King Honors Mordecai  Esther 6; Haman Is Hanged  Esther 7
                         472, 522/3 BC Purim Instituted   Esther 9; Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai  Esther 10
                        469 Sabbath Year (Shemitah)

      During the Purim festival, the Book of Esther is read in the commemoration of the saving of the Jewish people from Haman (considered to be an Amalekite) who leads a plot to kill the Jews. On the basis of Exodus 17:14, where the Lord promised to "blot out the name" of Amalek, it is customary for the audience to make noise and shout whenever "Haman" is mentioned, in order to desecrate his name.

    Esther. Possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar. The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the king of Persia. The king's advisor Haman persuaded the king to exterminate all the Jews in the realm. Warned of this plot by her cousin Mordecai, Esther revealed her Jewish ancestry and convinced the king to execute Haman instead. Her original Hebrew name was Hadassah.

    In Babylonia/Sumeria/Persia she was known as the goddess Astara, Astar, Ishtar or Ashtar. In Germania, her name was Ostara. In Greece, the people called her Astarte. In Babylon, she was called the Triple Goddess and her holy number was 666!

Mordecai. Means "servant of Marduk" in Persian. In the Tanakh Mordecai is the cousin and foster father of Esther. He thwarted a plot to kill the Persian king, though he made an enemy of the king's chief advisor Haman.

www.behindthename.com/name/esther and Mordecai.

     Marduk was one of then names connected to Nibiru. Passover is also connected to Nibiru. Easter is connected to Ishtar. So even Purim points to Passover timeframe for Nibiru. Some articles are now saying that we have 100 days until Chaos which will be the Passover timeframe from January of 2017.

Vashti represents Babylon the Great.
Esther represents the Bride. The Bride is gathered in the 10th month (January?? or the year of 2017 is called the 10th month).
Ahazeras represents God.

Est 1:10 On the seventh day (beginning of the 7000 years on the Sabbath or Feast of Tabernacles), when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, Est 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
Est 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth (Rev 6:16-17), and his anger burned in him.

Matt 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

Deu 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Est 2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Rev 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Rev 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. Saudi Arabia or America (end times Babylon, (Babylon the Great(JA)) destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. (Rev 17:16-18:24)

Est 2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Est 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Matthew 25:1-14 Day of Trumpet

Matt 22:1-8 Wrath refers to Day of the Lord to occur between Day of Atonement to Day of Atonement.
Mat 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Mat 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.Mat 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Jud 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Jud 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Jud 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Jud 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
In the Church, the tares are those who worship the Beast System (UN) or the Beast (the Church of Rome). They have the testimony of God They are False witnesses and the two witnesses (Jews and Christians). They have set themselves as a queen like Queen Vashti. They will not come to the wedding on the Day of Atonement and they will not want to be resurrected/gathered on the Day of Trumpet. They believe the kingdom belongs to them.

Churches both Christian and Jewish Messianic and Synongues will be full of those who are left behind.
    Presently there are 7.4 billion people on Planet Earth and 2 billion are Jews and Christians but few are chosen.
    One billion or less will be taken. Maybe only 500 million will be taken but no one will know who they are until the rapture on the Day of Trumpet.     Many Jews today believe that the hanging of Haman’s ten sons in the story of Esther is prophetic of the Nuremberg trials following World War II. At that time ten Nazi leaders were hung for crimes against the state. Furthermore, the Talmud suggests that Haman’s daughter committed suicide (information that is not in the literal biblical narrative). Therefore, the daughter did not have to be hung. In the Nuremberg trials, Herman Goering, a homosexual and well known Nazi cross-dresser, also committed suicide. So, Goering was not hung with the other ten Nazis.

(JA note: What catches my attention here is the ten sons of Haman. During the reign of the Antichrist, there will be 10 kings ruling over 10 kingdoms. These 10 kings will be hanged at a future time because they joined up with the Antichrist. Hmmm!!).

    One World Government: NWO Ten Kingdoms: 1 (America, Canada, Mexico--New World Republic); South America; (India, Australia, New Zeland)South Asia Pacific Union; Western Europe; Eastern Europe--European Union; Japan; South Asia; Central Asia-West Asia Union; (N. Africa, Middle East); Remainder of Africa--United African Nations. These may change. Under each of these, it is divided into ten divisions and ten subdivisions, etc.

Islamic Ten Nations: [ot-video type="youtube" url="www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_n8fiKYgPQ"]

Here is ISIS’s proposed 10 Muslim regions without the 3 Christian nations that must be taken over:

1-Anatolia (Turkey); 2-Kurdistan; 3-Gogaz, (C.I.S, which includes Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)
4-Khorasan (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and possibly Indonesia); 5-Iraq; 6-Sham (Syria, Lebanon); 7-Qinana (Egypt, Sudan and Somalia)
8-Maghreb (which includes Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania); 9-Yemen; 10-Hijaz (which includes the Gulf States)

**If the regions are at 10, then we must keep an eye on this because we Could / Might be looking at what the Bible prophesied about in Daniel and Revelation. However if the number goes up to the desired 13–or any other number– then we have nothing to worry about…at least for the time being…

Esau/Edom/Palestine/Haman  and Philistines/Gaza/Hamas  House of Israel Return.com 441 pages. America is Babylon the Great. 2nd Exodus on Day of Trumpet either in 2015 or in 2016. God will provide the way of escape by a super highway to Israel and depart the Atlantic Ocean from America. Judgment comes because people do not follow the Torah (5 Mosaic Books of the OT).

Also with the Psalm 83 war there are 10 nations attacking Israel. The Arabs, Iranians, Nazi’s have all been called Amalekites.

Balaam lists Moab, Edom, Seir (Horites). Many nomadic groups from the Arabian Desert, apparently including Amalekites, have collectively been termed "Arab(s)". Iranians, Arabs, Nazi’s, Islam, are all considered to be Aamalekites.
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    Whether this association of the Esther story with the Nazi trials is correct or not, we still need to consider the prophetic nature of Purim. We must also understand that biblical prophecy can be repeated more than once.

   It is time now to return to the prophetic nature of Purim. I suspect that the events that are portrayed in the Book of Esther are still prophetic, and will be repeated once again at some time in the future. A BibleInteract volunteer, Elizabeth Avalone, recently made a suggestion when I was trying to “see” the biblical events in between the end of the Millennial Kingdom and the beginning of the Great White Throne Judgment. Queen Esther, she pointed out, was selected from among many women to marry the king (Millennial Kingdom). But then Haman attempted to “destroy, kill and annihilate” all of God’s people (Esther 7:4; the final battle at the end of the Millennial Kingdom).

(JA note: The Bride of Christ marries Christ but Haman (the Antichrist, Obama/Erdogan attempts to “destroy, kill and annihilate” all of God’s people.)

If the Book of Esther is still pointing to something future, possibly the time between the Millennial Kingdom and the Great White Throne Judgment, or the Day of the Lord then the key to unlock this prophetic mystery may be in Haman the Agagite.

Haman is repeatedly called an Agagite in Esther 3:1, 10; 8:3, 5; 9:24. Agag was the name given to the kings of the Amalekites, a people who are recorded in the Bible at the time of the wilderness wandering following the Exodus from Egypt. “Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim” (Ex 17:8). What follows is the account of Joshua holding up the arm of Moses, because only then did the children of Israel prevail against the Amalekites. Moses is a type of Christ. I suggest that Joshua represents a righteous leader, which describes the remnant.

In Judaism, the Amalekites came to represent the archetypal enemy of the Jews. In Jewish folklore the Amalekites are considered to be the symbol of evil. This concept has been used by some Hassidic rabbis (particularly the Baal Shem Tov) to represent atheism or the rejection of God. Nur Masalha, Elliot Horowitz and Josef Stern suggest that Amalekites have come to represent an "eternally irreconcilable enemy" that wants to murder Jews, and that Jews in post-biblical times sometimes associate contemporary enemies with Haman or Amalekites, and that some Jews believe that pre-emptive violence is acceptable against such enemies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalek

     When the battle at Rephidim ended, God told Moses to write these words so that all generations of Israel would remember them. “I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven” (Ex 17:14). Thus, Amalek represents Satan and all that is evil and must be utterly destroyed.

     Of the 613 laws that Jews believe God commanded them to obey, there are three that refer to the Amalekites. In a characteristic Hebrew tradition, one commands Israel to remember and another exhorts Israel not to forget. This doublet conveys extreme importance. Here are the three laws:
     Remember what the Amalekites did to the Israelites (Dt 25:17:18).
     Do not forget when the Amalekites did to Israel (Ex 17:14; Dt 25:19).
     Destroy the Amalekites utterly (Dt 25:19; 1 Sam 15:3).

    Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt, how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. Therefore it shall come about when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.  Dt 25:17-19

    God’s commandment to utterly destroy the Amalekites has not yet been fulfilled. In the story of Saul, who was the first king of Israel, we learn that Saul defeated the Amalekites at Havilah and “utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.” However, then we read that “Saul and the people spared Agag [king of the Amalekites] and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and [they] were not willing to destroy them utterly, but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed” (1 Sam 15:8-9). For this failure to obey God’s commandment to utterly destroy all of the Amalekites, Saul was removed from the throne and David was selected in his place. Of course, the Amalekites crop up again in the story of Esther and Haman.

bibleinteract.com/newsletter_teaching/purim-is-prophetic-of-end-times/#comment-22655

End of article one from the internet.

The story of Purim refers to the Day of the Lord time frame between the Day of Trumpet in 2017/5777 and Day of Atonement (Armageddon; Psalm 118) in 2018.

    Who are the Amalekites of today of the Islamic countries surrounding Israel? Could it be Iran/Iraq or is it the Philistines (Palestine Authorities-Arabs). How does Purim tie to Ezekiel 38-39 war of 2018 or the Psalm 83 War of 2017?

    The Book of Esther is not just the story of "once upon a time in a kingdom far away," it is a living lesson for the saints of the Most High. According to Revelation 12:14, these saints are defined as those "…that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus [Yeshua]." Are the saints of Revelation two people groups, those that keep the commandments, and another who hold on to the faith of Yeshua? Or are they one group, one people, with one faith who hold on to both? The Book of Esther is a veiled prophecy, which indicates these two people groups have joined to become one powerful force to be reckoned with in the Last Days.

JA Note: The Jewish Messianic Movement is made up of both Jews and gentiles or Christians who keep the commandments f God and the faith of Yeshua.
     In the days of Esther and Mordecai the Jew, the kingdom of Persia had written decrees that were to be carried out in every province within their jurisdiction. Written by the direction of the adversary Haman, these evil decrees were designed to murder all the Jews in territories of King Ahasuerus's domain, including Jerusalem.

    …on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded…in the name of King Ahasuerus…and sealed with the king's ring. And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day…The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed (Esther 3:12-14).

      The issuing of these dispatches produce their prophetic impact, when they are layered upon the Biblical feasts, as commanded in the Torah (the first five books of Moses). What is the 13th day of the first month? According to Scripture, the first month is Nisan (or Aviv). What significance does this date have for those that have the testimony of Yeshua? It is the day before Passover, the anniversary of the Last Supper, which was shared in the Upper Room. What do the saints do on the 13th day of the first month? Prepare for Passover, the remembrance of the deliverance from Egypt and the memorial of Messiah Yeshua's atoning death.

     During the reign of King Ahsuerus, the entire kingdom was confused by the orders issued, but Haman the Agagite sat down to eat, drink, and be merry (Days of Noah—Matt 24:37ff). Haman was of the seed of Amalek and the seed of Satan. He was following after his father the devil with his murderous decrees. He simply had no conscience about it and must have been gloating that his orders were being sent out and distributed on the 14th of Nisan, just as Jewish parents were sitting down with their children to eat their Passover meal. What a total shock this news would be to the Jews, on the day set aside to celebrate their deliverance from Egypt! Not only were they being issued a death sentence to be enacted 11 months later, their neighbors were forced–by the decree–to commit the crime against them. No wonder everyone was perplexed in Shushan! Haman must have licked his chops at the idea that he had concocted such a scheme, to ruin the special feast of those he hated so passionately. (I see Obama throughout).

    All seven of the abominations of the wicked one from Proverb 6 were emboldened in Haman (Obama). Haman was arrogant; he spoke lies against the Jews and persuaded the king–through his false witness–to give his royal stamp of approval to the evil imagination of his heart, the shedding of the innocent blood of Abraham's seed. Haman acted swiftly in sending his dispatches throughout the provinces to sow discord in the kingdom. In one day, by one decree, neighbor was set against neighbor. The wicked lampilluminated in Haman had one agenda, death. Haman was not content with just one word, "kill" in his murderous decree. His agenda was to "kill, destroy, and annihilate" the Jewish people because "their laws are diverse from all people" (Esther 3:8). Haman despised the Torah and the people who kept the commandments of their God. The seed of Amalek hated the seed of Abraham with such blazing wrath, that Haman wanted to wipe the Torah honoring faithful from the face of the earth. This is a prophetic picture that continually repeats throughout time and history.

     Fools say "there is no God" in their heart. Haman was a fool, yet he thought he was wise. God in heaven cannot be mocked by men. He is a strong Deliverer and He will deliver his people, no matter what force of darkness comes against them.

     Gather this into your soul: When all is said and done, Satan can't win and you can't lose… God always trumps Satan. Every hope and every victory the enemy thinks he has, is maddeningly thwarted at the perfect time…His first giveaway should have been the timing.

     The edicts were written on the 13th day of Nisan and delivered on the 14th, just as the Jews in all the provinces were preparing to remember the Exodus from Egypt. This great deliverance celebration is an annual reminder of the power of Yahweh and His ability to save His people through great signs and wonders. What a night to remember! With the news of Haman's command,

     ... what was meant to be a commemoration of a past event, suddenly turned into a concert of imminent need. Decades earlier, the Persian Jews had chosen not to take advantage of their deliverance under the decree of Cyrus and their permission to return to Jerusalem. They decided they liked Persian life and stayed put. Then [along] came Haman. Maybe that's one reason God allows 'Hamans' to come along in life – so we will quit being so at home here.

     Those who had faith during the dark hours of the death threat could hope in the same God. The God Who delivered them from the bonds of Pharaoh would also be able to deliver them from the hand of Haman. The saints are told to rehearse and remember the events of the Exodus.

     And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, 'What mean ye by this service?' That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S [Yahweh's] Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses… (Exodus 12:26-27).

     Remembering to observe the commandments of Passover can remind us of our God's greatness.

     For those who know Messiah Yeshua, Passover takes on an even deeper meaning of redemption. Yeshua, the Lamb of God, came to die to deliver us from the bondage of sin. Passover is the annual reminder of our escape from the merciless control of the power of sin. The Passover seder has clues of eternal significance, "For as often as ye eat this bread [the unleavened bread of Passover], and drink this cup [the cup of redemption – the third cup of the Seder] ye do show the Lord's death till He come" (1 Cor. 11:26).

     When our Purim heroine, Queen Esther, learned of Haman's evil decree, she declared a fast instead of feasting. This fast lasted for three days and three nights. It began on the first day of Unleavened Bread, Nisan 15, and continued through Nisan 16 and 17. What is the spiritual and prophetic impact these days have for the saints? These are the same days that Yeshua, was buried in the tomb! He died on Passover, was in the ground for 3 days, and rose on the Feast of First Fruits.

    In the year 30 AD, the day of Passover (Nisan 14) was a Wednesday. What we traditionally know as Palm Sunday, was actually Palm Sabbath, Nisan 10. Four days after the Lamb was taken and examined in the Temple, He was labeled as YHWH's lamb, with the title The King of the Jews, and mocked as He hung on the cross. The number four has to do with authority. Yeshua gave up His authority and died on the fourth day, at the time the Passover lambs were slaughtered in the temple. The background music of the Hallel (Psalm 113-118) was sung by the Levites as Yeshua took His last breath.

    He was taken down from the tree and buried in the tomb before the annual Sabbath of Unleavened Bread began (Nisan 15). In Hebraic reckoning, days begin with nightfall the evening prior. Yeshua was in the tomb at the end of the 14th of Nisan just as the day of Nisan 15 began. He remained there for three entire nights and three entire days. At the end of the three nights and days, He came forth from the grave at the eve of the Biblical feast of First Fruits.

    During this same three days centuries prior Queen Esther also had her people die to themselves in fasting and prayer, for the sake their deliverance, during these same three days. Do you think there is a coincidence in the timing? Not with Yahweh!

     At the end of the three-day fast, Esther invited King Ahasuerus and Haman to a feast. This first banquet, at the beginning of the Biblical holiday of First Fruits, was the initiation of the exposure of the Adversary. The queen was obviously deeply distressed and the king was willing to give her up to half of his kingdom to give her peace. When asked, Esther declined to tell the king what her source of trouble was and instead invited Haman and the King to another banquet the following night.

    During the night between these banquets, the King's sleep was shaken and he was up through the wee hours reading the chronicles of his life. Perhaps he was searching for something to give him a clue to what has disturbed his Queen. In reading about a past assassination attempt, the king realized that he omitted honoring the man who once saved his life, Mordecai the Jew.

    Haman also has a troubled night, because he did not have the patience to wait 11 months for the death of Mordecai. He had to have it immediately! How ironic, that both the King and Haman couldn't sleep and both were focused on Mordecai.

    Another irony is that on the 18th day of Nisan, the King decided to honor the Jew, the one who saved his life. To twist the irony even deeper, the honoring was done at the advice of prideful Haman, who thought more highly of himself then he ought. Mordecai the Jew was then exalted with royal robes and paraded on one of the King's horses throughout the whole city of Shushan with the words, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor" (Esther 6:9). This lifting up of Mordecai the Jew was the exact opposite of the intention of Haman's vile heart. Haman intended to lift Mordecai up on the gallows, and God intended to see him lifted up in kingly honor. The full fury of Haman's wrath must have reached its peak that First Fruits of Nisan 18. He was suddenly escorted into the king's presence for his last supper with Esther. During this feast, the Queen, whose identity and ancestry was hidden until this precise time, exposed the Enemy and delivered his head to the very same gallows, which Haman had erected to kill Mordecai.

     For the saints, the picture is clear. The King will honor the Jew, who is willing to die ("if I perish, I perish") for the sake of the people and will lead them in triumph over every Enemy. Those who plot against the work of Yahweh will be exposed, for who they are, just as Satan was exposed in the victory over death at the resurrection. Yeshua, the Bread of Life, came forth from the ground as the First Fruits of the resurrection. We speak this truth every Sabbath eve with the words, "Blessed are you Adonai/Yahweh, King of the universe, who brings forth Bread from the earth." The 18th day of Nisan confounded the work of the Enemy and will always be remembered as the victory for the saints. Yeshua's death on the cross, erased the decree of destruction for us, and made a public spectacle of Satan. What the Adversary meant for harm on Nisan 13th, God triumphed over on Nisan 18. Yeshua gave up His authority and died on the fourth day of the week. Four days later–with His ascension on First Fruits–Satan's authority over mankind was forever destroyed.

    For in Him [Messiah Yeshua] dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised…Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith… And you, being dead in your sins…hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us…nailing it to His cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you… in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come… (Col. 2:9-17).

    The saints are one people, with one hope, and one faith in the Most High God. Let no man deceive you or judge you according to the Sabbaths you choose to honor. Yeshua is our Passover and our First Fruits of the resurrection. The Biblical feasts are the Sabbaths set aside to honor the awesome work of our God. The Book of Esther teaches the Torah and the Testimony of Yeshua in shadows. The New Covenant Scriptures openly display the Torah of Yeshua and how He, as Messiah, fulfills the commandments of God in the Feasts of the LORD.

     In the Book of Revelation, there is only one group of people that will stir up the wrath of the Enemy to the vexation level of Haman. It is the saints that know who they are and who obey the voice of their God. "…And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ [Yeshua Messiah]" (Rev. 12:17). This united group of people will be a powerful witness of the authority of the Kingdom of God over all the forces of darkness. They will shine as the people that know their God and they shall do exploits against the Pharoahs and Hamans of this world.

    In conclusion, the covenant community of faith is the one which keeps both the commandments of God (the Torah) and the Testimony of Yeshua. May all those who read this have the courage and patience of the saints, like Esther, to stand as lights in this dark world, and overcome all the work of the Enemy. It is Yeshua, our Passover Lamb, who will lead His people to victory. "And they overcame him [the Accuser of the brethren] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death" (Rev. 12:11). From Purim until today, the pattern of our victory is the same. It all centers on the blood of the Lamb and the faith inspired testimony of our lives. May our lives be a strong testimony this Passover season, bringing light to this dark world, and hope to those who are in need of knowing the One who assures our victory.

Resources:

The Creation Gospel, Book Two, The Seven Abominations of the Wicked Lamp by Dr. Hollisa Alewine.

Beth Moore, Esther – It's Tough Being a Woman, page 73 and 74, Lifeway Press, 2008)

www.rosettacalendar.com

The Creation Gospel, Book One, The Seven Spirits of God, One Holy Spirit by Dr. Hollisa Alewine

The Feasts of Adonai, Why Christians Should Look at the Biblical Feasts by Valerie Moody, page 33. 

messianiccovenant.com/resources/teachings/521-prophecy-in-purim-and-the-passover-deliverance

So what is Obama/Erdogan going to do to the Jews and the Messianic Jews and Christians at Passover of 2017/2018?