Thematic Bible: Post


Thematic Bible



My days are swifter than a runner! They flee away and see no good. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfFast RunnersNothing GoodLife Cut Short

Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured. Verse ConceptsMessengerCapturing Cities

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses: Verse ConceptsMulesSealing The MessageRiding Horses

So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business. They wasted no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town. Verse ConceptsMules

Runners delivered letters to every division of the kingdom. They ordered the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force. Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

The runners went out quickly with the king's order. A public statement was made in Shushan. The king and Haman took wine together, but the town of Shushan was troubled. Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfPuzzlement

Messengers carried letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. The king's order said: Israelites should return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Then he will return to the few of you who escaped from the power of the kings of Assyria. Verse ConceptsHeraldRevival, CorporateInfidelity To GodMissionary Examples

So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. Verse ConceptsLaughterRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodRejection Of Spiritual InstructionTownInfidelity To God