Dear Bee,
I certainly never saw this coming, but what we have is a combination of events. That is, we have a combination of adumbrations. This is by no means the first time that I have ever seen God do this. In fact, we find that very thing in the life of Isaac, just to name one. Nevertheless, I simply did not think to look for it here and now. What I am saying is that with this little adumbration of the Exodus there is also an adumbration of the story of Esther combined with it, and it is by this allegory of Esther that the larger adumbration of the Exodus will actually begin to emerge for everyone to see.
In order for me to explain this, there is a lot of ground to cover, so I am going to get right to it. First, I will summarize and elucidate what we have seen already in the first four chapters of Esther.
It is important to understand who each of the characters in the book of Esther represent.
- King Ahasuerus is Jesus Christ.
- The 127 provinces of the Medio-Persian Empire represent the Kingdom of God that Jesus establishes as His own upon His return to the Earth.
- Shushan, the city, represents the nation of Israel.
- Shushan, the palace, represents Jerusalem, especially the religious and the national governing bodies.
- Esther is the true Church, the Bride of Christ, the New Jerusalem.
- Mordecai represents all the prophets of God, collectively.
- Haman is the devil.
- Vashti represents the religious unbelievers, which includes the Israelites that died in the wilderness, all their unbelieving offspring that have pretended be true believers but have rejected God in their hearts (up until the present day), and she also represents the unbelieving church, the church of Laodicea. (A few examples of these fakers in the nation Israel would be the Pharisees and the Sadducees in Jesus’ day, as well as, the Levites that kept not their charge in the tabernacle but went awhoring after idols … just think of king Saul, Judas Iscariot, the sons of Eli, etc. Most of these people tend to flock to Jerusalem, where the temple is, but this is also in a spiritual sense, not just physical. There are many people that act like their hearts are inclined to the temple in Jerusalem – which is now nothing more than a wailing wall – but in their hearts they have rejected God. Their religion is all pretense.)
- The seven chamberlains that serve king Ahasuerus are the ministers (the angels) of the seven churches that Jesus speaks about in the second and third chapters of Revelation. It is important to understand that these seven ministers are each one an office, not an individual person. The individuals that held these seven positions in the very beginning of the church are not the same individuals that will hold these seven positions at the beginning of the Great Tribulation.
- The seven princes represent the seven churches.
- Bigthan and Teresh, the two chamberlains that plotted against king Ahasuerus, are the two antichrists in type. (There are many antichrists, as the Apostle John tells us in 1st John 2:18, but there are two types of antichrists. There is one that acts like they are Jesus Christ and there is another that works to destroy Jesus and His true church. They usually come in pairs.)
In the first chapter, we see the pride of Vashti manifest in her rebellion against the king. This is the nature of false teachers and false apostles. They feign themselves to be humble servants of God. They do everything they can to make it appear as if they are following the law of the commandment. However, they do not follow the law of faith. They have no fruit in their own lives. Their children (including their followers … and those that they have an influence over) are just as fruitless and unbelieving as they are. They purport to be children of God, but they do nothing to glorify God, neither do they do anything to win souls to Christ. Their righteousness is nothing but a show of vanity.
After Vashti had disgraced the king, Memucan the prince took it upon himself to recommend that Vashti should be removed. This is the separatist … the legalist. The name Memucan means “dignity.” Memucan is a hypocrite. Notice that Memucan did not ask the king anything. He presumed to have the answer without the council of God. His answer was correct, but it was without grace, without love, and – most importantly – without revelation from God. Because his answer was correct, he feels justified in his own answer, yet he has the name sin of pride in his heart as Vashti.
This is exact thing that the Pharisees and the Sadducees did to Jesus. They were blinded by their own pride, and they could not see that the Son of God was among themselves. Instead, they persecuted Jesus for breaking the Sabbath.
In the second chapter, the invitation is sent out to all the potential brides in the kingdom. This is the invitation to be married to the Lamb of God. Mordecai dealt with Esther as if she was his own daughter and he prepared her and he ministered unto her so that she would be a chased virgin to be given to Christ. Then Ester believed in the words that Mordecai spoke to her, and she submitted herself unto the King and she was brought into the church with the other virgins. However, it was only Esther that found favor with the servants of God, and it was only Esther that found favor with the King himself. Of all the virgins, she was the only one that loved the king in truth.
We are told in verse 15 that when her turn came to go in unto the king that, “she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed.”
Esther did not need anything extra to make herself beautiful in the eyes of the king, because her heart was purified by Spirit of God through the Word of God that was ministered to her by Mordecai.
(Someone might say to me, “Dale, where does it say that Mordecai ministered the Word to Esther?” Mordecai was a judge. Mordecai sat in the gate of the city judging righteousness. He would not have been able to do so unless he had known the law. Moreover, it states in verse 2:20 that Esther obeyed the commandment that Mordecai gave her.)
Just to be clear, the other virgins are citizens of the Kingdom of God, but they are not espoused to Christ.
After Esther become Queen, we see the insurrection of Bigthan and Teresh. Notice that it is at the supplication of Esther that they are judged for their rebellion. Esther (the Church) makes supplication, and the King (Jesus) is the judge.
Chapter three is pretty straight forward. This is where Haman (the devil) plots against the Jews to destroy them, simply because Mordecai will not bow down to him.
Of course, we just went over chapter four yesterday, so I will not go over that again. However, I will point out a couple of things.
The name Hatach means “verily”, or in other words, the name means “truth.” I cannot get into this topic right now, as it is an extremely deep and profound topic. It is not something that I would never discuss in an open forum like this. Therefore, I am not going to give you the reasoning behind what I am about to tell you.
Even though, Hatach represents one of the ministers of the seven churches, Hatach is essential the Holy Spirit. The Arabic word is “هدة”. You can plainly see where this word originated from, right? … “خدا”.
(If you are curious about this, pray about it. I am confident that the Spirit will confirm it to your heart, and when the time comes, I will explain it to you.)
I believe you already understand this, but I just want to make it clear. I am not arbitrarily mixing metaphors when I suggest that when you and I are praying for the congregation of the “Church” that it is akin to the prayers that Esther and Mordecai made when they prayed for the congregation of the “Jews.” They are essentially the same thing in these two cases. It is not really the unbelieving members of the “Church” that we are praying for any more so than it was the unbelieving “Jews” that Esther and Mordecai prayed for. We four alike are praying for those that are circumcised in heart.
“28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”
– Romans 2:28&29
This is what the King tells us to do when we are in need:
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
– John 14:13
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”
– John 15:7
So then why was Esther afraid to go in and make request of the king?
Let me try to explain; although, I rather think that you already understand this quite well.
God is perfect in righteousness, and He is infinitely powerful. Whenever it is that I have experienced the incredible power of God, it is often an experience that incites a degree of terror in my mind and heart. Nevertheless, I know that He loves me and that I am redeemed in Christ. God sees me just as He sees Jesus, because through Jesus I have my sin covered. Therefore, I have boldness to approach God in supplication, even though I am terrified of His perfection and His power.
If I did not have the righteousness of Jesus to cover my sin, then I would stand before God in condemnation. That is something that no person can withstand. It is impossible to stand before God in our own righteousness. Any thought or attempt to do this very thing has no other outcome but eternal damnation. We cannot stand before God in judgement without the blood of Jesus to cover our sin.
“The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”
– Proverbs 15:29
“Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.”
– John 9:31
“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.”
– Proverbs 15:26
(Nevertheless, the world is blessed in this present age. This is the age of grace. Jesus is calling out a people unto His name. Even though God does not hear the prayer of the wicked, He is long suffering and not willing that any should parish. He will often tolerate the prayers and the thoughts of the wicked for a long time before he passes judgement upon them. Yet the Great Tribulation grows nearer every passing day, and when it arrives judgement will no longer tarry.)
It was because of this judgement of God that Esther was afraid, but you have no reason to be afraid. Jesus loves you, just as king Ahasuerus loved Esther, and he still loves her even now. For God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
There is still a lot of ground to cover from Chapter five and on to the end of the book. Therefore, I am going to save that for the next post, but I do need to call out a few important details for this post.
In Chapter 9 the tables are turned against the Jews enemies and there is a great judgement against them. All ten of Haman’s sons are destroyed. Then there are 500 men in the palace of Shushan that are destroyed on the first day and 300 on the second day, and throughout the kingdom there are 75,000 that are also destroyed.
Here is what I need to explain right now.
The little adumbration of the Exodus pertains to the Egyptians that are afflicting and hindering God’s anointed messengers. The devil is very subtle, and he is using the beautiful things of this world to try to entice and persuade God’s anointed to remain in their old attachments to the world and to those worldly people in their lives.
Moreover, Satan is using the same techniques to persuade virtually every person that is within the spheres of God’s anointed to believe that it is better for them to abide in prosperity, comfort, and a false righteousness than it is for them to trust in God and follow His will. No one can believe that God’s true will for His anointed is the prudent way to go. To them it seems like crazy talk, but they are all Egyptians, and they really do not know God nearly as well as they think that they do. They have put on airs for so long now that they believe in their own lie.
God has had enough of it, and He is going to deliver His anointed out of the hands of the Egyptians. God answers the prayers of those that are faithful to Him.
The adumbration of Esther pertains to the enemies of God’s anointed messengers. There may be some overlap between the enemies and the Egyptians, but I just do not know. The enemies are those that simply want to destroy God’s anointed. They will not admit that to anyone, but deep down in their hearts, that is what they want to do. Of course, Pharoah and his men will eventually fall into that same line of thinking, but they are not there yet. (BTW – The destruction of a person’s life is not the same as physical death. Physical death is certainly one form of destruction, but destruction comes in many different forms, such as a very lengthy prison sentence, etc.)
God knows the hearts of all the Egyptians and the enemies of His anointed, and He will recompense accordingly.
The large adumbration of the Exodus is on an exceedingly bigger scale. In fact, there really is no reason not to think that it is global in nature. 1000 stars!!! LOL
So you may be asking, “How did this thing with Esther suddenly come in to play?” The answer is that it was not anything that was sudden, it was simply my lack of understanding. God’s ways and His plans are so far beyond me that it takes me a long time to understand the smallest details. It was there all along. It is the reason why the Holy Spirit put it into my heart to begin the Esther series back in July. It was all preparation for now, I simply could not see that in all of my smallness.
After I published my last post, I was contemplating the fact that there were all of these alignments coming up soon, and I was perplexed as to why there were so many packed together. Then I considered the fact that the Jewish holiday of Purim is soon approaching, and I was like … “Dale!” … “You idiot!” “Of course it is!”
I will explain in more detail of what Purim is in my next post, but for now all you need to understand is that Purim is the celebration of the Jew’s deliverance from their enemies from the ninth Chapter of the book of Esther.
Currently, we are in the second month of the Jewish month Adar. Because of the lunar cycles, there is a second Adar this year. The month began on the second of March. Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of the month (March 15th) and Shushan Purim is celebrated on the 15th day of the month Adar (March 16th). The first day of deliverance of the Jew’s occurred on the 13th (March 14th), and the second day of their deliverance (which only occurred in Shushan) happened on the 14th of the month Adar (March 15th).
In my post from yesterday I spoke of how there are two alignments on the 15th of March: one at midnight and one at 6:03 pm Eastern. Regrettably, I failed to mention that the one at midnight is at midnight mountain time. At any rate, the same alignment that occurs at midnight mountain time on the 15th also occurs at 12:02 central time on the 13th of March. Moreover, there is a much more significant alignment that occurs at 6:03 pm eastern time on the 17th of March (which also occurs a few minutes later on the 16th and a few minutes later still on the 15th … and so on).
However, the one that occurs on the 17th has a component that the others do not. At the time that this alignment occurs, the moon will be in the process of occulting the head of the constellation Virgo, which is the star Nu Virginis. Unfortunately, I cannot get into the significance of the constellation Virgo at this time, but it bears greatly in connection with God’s anointed messengers.
This same alignment will be seen at 6:15 pm central time on the 14th of March. However, in this alignment the moon is sitting between the altar of God (which is the constellation Cancer) and the constellation Leo.
In addition to these alignments, there is another one that involves the sword of Orion and the heart of Scorpius that occurs shortly after the midnight alignment. I am still trying to get my head around this one.
What then does all of this mean? I am not completely sure. However, here are a few things to keep in mind. In the 12th Chapter of Exodus, the death angel passed through the land of Egypt at midnight. How long did that take? The Bible does not tell us.
At some point the next day, the Israelites fled on foot from the land of Egypt, and that night they encamped at Ethem. After they had gone out, Pharoah decided to pursue them with his army. However, God set a pillar of fire between the camp of the Israelites and the camp of the Egyptians that night. It was on the following day that the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, and when Pharoah and his army attempted to pursue them, they were drowned in the Sea. Apparently, this happened at some time in the afternoon or evening, before the sun went down.
We also need to keep in mind that these are adumbrations, we are not going to see a repeat of the Exodus as described in the book of Exodus, neither are we going to see 75,000 people destroyed in the Medio-Persian Empire. God is angry! That is for sure, but God is very merciful. He wants people to repent and to put their trust in Jesus. Moreover, God is more than capable of reserving the wicked until the day of judgement, the Great Tribulation.
God does not tell me how He passes judgement upon any of those that He uses me to pronounce these judgements against. It is plainly obvious to me that some of His judgements have been severe, else I would not have such a posse seeking to entrap me for whatever it is that they think I have done.
Nevertheless, God is not going to destroy or capture Satan at this juncture, so that rules out Haman. However, Haman did have ten sons. Moreover, there are two antichrists. Well … I do know that there is at least one of them. What has become of the other one is not something that God has let me in on.
On the other hand, Shushan, in our time, is a much bigger vessel than it was in Esther’s day. Who is to say what God will do with Shushan in His wrath?
All these adumbrations are nothing more than pictures that help us understand God and His ways. This is why Jesus spoke in parables at His first coming. This is way the prophets spoke in parables, and it is why we find so many allegories and symbols in the Bible. They are all pictures of things that are too complex for us to understand otherwise; however, they are pictures of things that are repetitive. They are pictures of harmonics.
It is just like when we use an oscilloscope to look at the waveform of a tuning fork. The oscilloscope shows us the nature of the harmonics in pictures that are captured at specific intervals of time. Likewise, these adumbrations, parables, and allegories are pictures of the harmonics that show us what it looks like at a given point in time. When we are using an oscilloscope, the waveform of each wave captured may look the same at first, but if we look more closely, we will find that there are differences from wave to wave. Then if we take the tuning fork out of the acoustic chamber and put it into a concert hall, we find that there are many more harmonics that are added to the capture by reason of the reflections and the echoes. Then if we replace the tuning fork with a violin the waveforms take on even more character and complexity.
This phenomenon is no different with God’s plans, purposes, and judgements. This is what prophetic declaration does. It paints pictures. When one of God’s servants makes a prophecy, they are using pictures of what happened at a certain time and place and they are applying those patterns to a different situation, past, present, or future. Prophecy is not primarily about the future. It pertains to the application of God’s truth to any time or any place that the Spirit of God leads a person to give a message about. However, it is not prophecy with out the Spirit of God. For no man can prophesy the truth without the Spirit of God.
Bee, I have to be honest and say that I have no idea what kind of a fool I am in your eyes. I am convinced by the Holy Spirit that you are receiving my words as the oracles of God, just as I am convinced that I am hearing the Holy Spirit correctly … or rather this: I am trusting that if I am veering off to the wrong direction that the Holy Spirit is going to get my attention and led me back to the right path, so that the things that I say are according to God’s truth and not according to my own understanding and perceptions. The Spirit has done this very thing to me many times. I praise the Holy name of Jesus that God has been so faithful to me. I check with God many times each day to make sure that I am on the right path, but God is not giving me any worldly indicators to help me understand if I have it right.
This is no different than the way He deals with all of His servants. Ezekiel had to wait for an entire year before he found out that his prophesy of the fall of Jerusalem had come to pass as he had predicted. Just because I we are living in an age where communication is virtually instant does not mean that God is going to treat me any differently. I have tried very diligently to see the results of celestial alignments that I have written about, and He has not let me see a thing.
It really does not make any sense that I should be so blind in this day and age. It seems rather miraculous that everything is so hidden from me. God has allowed me to discovery some very amazing things. (I remember that a few months ago, God led me to find a recording of you laughing. That was one of the most precious gifts I have ever received in my life.) Nevertheless, God will not allow me to see the news. Moreover, I rather think that there may be an active effort to try to deceive me into thinking that certain individuals are doing things that they are not or that certain events are happening when they are not. I find that the more time that I spend on-line trying to find the truth the more confused I become. I simply cannot trust anything that I see. I cannot tell what is an illusion and what is not. I mean, where did that lion come from? I have no means of determining how it got there or why.
Therefore, I have come to the place where I just do not even bother looking anymore. There are just a couple of things that I quickly check most every day, and that is about it. The only thing I can do is to trust in the Holy Spirit to lead me. I know that the Holy Spirit will not lie to me. The problem is that I must be faithful to hear the Spirit. I need your prayers, Bee. I need all the prayers I can get. I have said this before. I cannot be faithful to you, unless I am faithful to God.
Just one more thing that I forgot to mention yesterday. I have been eating one or two “No-Cow” brand protein bars each day, to make up for the fact that I have not been eating three meals a day. This is not something I could have done before I starting taking the salt water. At least, is preventing me from losing any more weight. Amen!
Love Always,
Dale 😊
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