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Esther 9:1-4
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be
put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have
power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had
rule over them that hated them;) The Jews gathered themselves together in
their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand
on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear
of them fell upon all people. And all the rulers of the provinces, and the
lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews;
because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. For Mordecai was great in the
king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this
man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar.
It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from
extermination. The story of Purim is told in the
Biblical book of Esther.
The villain of the story is Haman, an arrogant, egotistical advisor to the
king. Haman hated Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman, so
Haman plotted to destroy the
Jewish people. In a
speech that is all too familiar to Jews, Haman told the king, "There
is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all
the provinces of your realm. Their laws are different from those of every
other people's, and they do not observe the king's laws; therefore it is not
befitting the king to tolerate them." Esther
3:8. The king gave the fate of the Jewish people to Haman, to do as
he pleased to them. Haman planned to exterminate all of the Jews.
Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of
Adar, which is usually in
March. (March 10, 2009) The 13th of Adar
is the day that Haman chose for the extermination of the Jews, and the day
that the Jews battled their enemies for their lives. On the day afterwards,
the 14th, they celebrated their survival. In cities that were walled in the
time of Joshua, Purim is celebrated on the 15th of the month, because the book
of Esther says that in Shushan (a walled city), deliverance from the massacre
was not complete until the next day. The 15th is referred to as Shushan Purim.
Jewish Year 5769 : sunset March 9, 2009 - nightfall
March 10, 2009
This would mark the time, 22 days after
the dragon first went after the Jews at the abomination of desolation
on February 16, 2009
according to
the studies I've been doing. (This also happens to be Presidents
Day) This falls within the time that Israel would be taken into
the wilderness and protected from the dragon for the remaining 1260 days. This
would be a good time of year to be celebrating being saved from a planned
complete annihilation by an enemy, the dragon! This would both fall in that 30
day time frame and be considered a cutting short of the great tribulation.
Interesting that, if this timing is correct, verse 22 talks about the
shortened days and it's 22 days after the abomination of desolation.
Matthew 24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Israel is labeled as God's
elect too.
Isaiah 45:4 What this means is that
Purim, celebrated by the Jews for their salvation from complete destruction,
is 22 days after their attempted complete destruction by the dragon at the
abomination of desolation. it's within the 30 day time period allotted by the
exact day prophecies, but it's also shortened. So on Purim, 2009 Israel would
be taken into the wilderness on wings of a great eagle and saved from complete
destruction.
Another interesting thing I just discovered that could be
connected to this timing and the heavens.
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken:
If the cut off at Purim is truly significant, then "immediately
after the tribulation of those days," the
time of Jacob's
trouble, would be the
celestial signs of the sixth seal that herald the
day of the Lord.
Many take the "tribulation of those days" to mean the whole time of
great tribulation, however taking
Matthew 24:15-29 in context the
tribulation of those days is focused on Israel in Judea connected
with
Daniel 12:1 and
Jeremiah 30:4-7.
Revelation 12:13-16 also speaks to
Israel being saved out of persecution by Lucifer upon being cast
down to the earth and I believe this marks the escape of the 1/3
remnant of Israel,
Zechariah 13:8,9, into the
wilderness to a place prepared for them. It is here that the
144,000 are sealed
and protected through the pouring out of God's wrath.
Revelation 7 shows this along with
a vision of multitudes beyond counting from every nation, tribe and
tongue in heaven following the unknown
harpazo of
the bride of Christ and just before the seven trumpets are
handed out and blown in
Revelation 8. You can see this laid
out in the
watchman calendar on 30 Boxes and in the
watchman
charts according to the timeline from the
HIStory, Our Future Bible studies.
Here are just some interesting side notes I found
in searching for other information that may be connected or may not.
I'm hardly an expert, but I wanted to put the information here in
case there is any significance.
Mystery of Hebrew Language
"The Hebrew alphabet is composed of 22 letters. The last book of the Bible
(Revelation) has twenty-two chapters. Combining twenty (Kaph, which
means "holding or reaching hand" or "redemption") with two (Beth, which
means "house"), we get twenty-two (22), which represents "an
active hand with purpose in my house." The number twenty-two (22)
can also mean "banned or exiled to another world." Jacob was separated from
Isaac for twenty-two years. Joseph was separated from his father for twenty-two
years."
Another quote from
website: "God’s Revelation should not be a business to make a lot of money
because truth revealed does not belong to me. I share what God has led me to
discover for free. I do not seek to merchandize the good news of God’s coming
kingdom or commercialize the wondrous insights I have gained by applying
scientific thinking to the Bible. I simply wish to share what I have learned
with everyone willing to listen. Many violate this principle, of course, as you
probably already know."
The following information I found while searching for a 22 link
after the previous website. It has some interesting thoughts about scripture and
how God's fingerprints are all over it.
Acts 17:11
The
Bible Wheel:
The number 22
"The Number 22 is the Number of Revelation. It governs the
overall structure of Scripture, from the Twenty-two Spokes of the Bible Wheel
to the Twenty-two Spokes of the
Inner
Wheel of Revelation.
The divine integration is astounding. The Number 22 - the Number that
unites the entire body of Scripture - is also the value of the fundamental
Hebrew word  (Yachad,
Unite,
S# 3162) used in Psalm 86 above! Yet there is more, the phrase "unite my
heart" is numerically equivalent for the Hebrew word for the Wheel, Gilgal. We
have a pair of identities:
|
Unite My Heart!
Yached Levavi |
= 66 = 
(Galgal, Wheel) |
Think about this! The Number 22 unites the entire Bible in
the form of the Wheel, and the Wheel (Galgal = 66) unites the heart
of all 66 Books of the Holy Bible, and all of this is united in the intrinsic
alphanumeric structure of the Greek and Hebrew languages! Three Cycles of 22
Books united in One perfect Cirlce. Three and One (cf.
13 and the
Unity Holograph).
Divine perfection bursting forth! Glory to God in the highest!
Yet there is more. The words given in Isaiah 22 say that God shall
commit the government into his hand. The word written is
 (B'Yado).
It is formed from the word for a hand (Yod) prefixed with a Beyt and
suffixed with a Vav. The
Beyt (House) signifies the preposition in, with, or by.
The Vav signifies the third person masculine possesive (his hand). The
same construct occurs in Genesis 22.6, translated as "in his hand.""
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