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Esther 2-3: Haman's Pride Demands Genocide
Heather Rubio, Susan Merrill, Haman's Pride Demands Genocide, King Xerxes, Like Esther
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27 min·January 19, 2026
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Have you ever suddenly found yourself in terrible circumstances beyond your control? Like Esther sleeping while genocide is decreed, you've probably experienced that moment—the diagnosis, the layoff, the betrayal—when life spins beyond your control.
Even when it feels like evil is winning and God is silent, Esther 2-3 reminds us God is always several moves ahead. Inside this episode of our Esther Bible Study:
Mordecai at the King’s Gate. Why “sitting at the gate” means political authority, not loitering.The forgotten hero. Mordecai saves King Xerxes and is recorded...Speakers
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