Esther - 3 feasts
Tim Stephenson
- 2 minutes read - 219 wordsweek 1: the kings feast
week 2: the queen’s feast
week 3: the Jews feast
recap even though Haman had been defeated, the impossible situation because his law cannot be repealed.
an impossible game: cut a hole in a sheet of A4 for you to get thru.
bridge questions
What’s the name of the feast (Purim, Esther 9:26)
What did the Jews celebrate (saved from enemy attack, Esther 9:21-22)
how did they celebrate? (feast, sharing, gifts to the poor, 9:22)
teaching
xerces put Mordecai in charge (have signet ring)
Esther pleaded for her people still under Harman’s law (prop: scroll)
Xerces gave permission for a new law prop: second scroll: permission to defend themselves
defence, followed by celebrations
Esther and Mordecai declared 2 days celebration in remembrance each year, called Purim
game: feast and fight
search for goodies until 'the Jews are being attacked' then dash for a shield
or
game: bucket battle
Haman’s team and Mordecai’s team
attack by getting scrunched up property balls into buckets whilst defended by netball style defence
repeat but defenders cannot use hands
discuss
Jews faced certain death
God provided via the second scroll
celebration and remembrance is a big part of being god’s people today as then
our problem is sin, remembering and thanking Jesus for saving us is ongoing.
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