Nov 30, 2016
ESTHER 7-8:
In
Esther 5 Haman planned to impale Mordecai on a pole in the NLT, or
just hanged in the GNT. (Given the period of time, I think that the
impaling method is more likely to be right.) But on the same night
that Haman planned for that murder, God caused the king to have a
sleepless night and read in the annals of the kingdom about
Mordecai. Haman came before the king at just the right time to get
assigned the task of honoring Mordecai.
2THESSALONIANS 3:
The
Thessalonians must have wondered how they would hear of Jesus’
return— given that Jesus would touch down so far from them at
Jerusalem. We will be able to anticipate Jesus’ return by whether
the ‘man of lawlessness’ has appeared, has drawn away many people
by working powerful miracles, and has usurped God’s position in the
temple. Note that God has not given us the order or timing of these
events in relation to what was foretold in 1st
Thessalonians.