Ben Connelly - Sunday, 15 August 2021
The man, the woman and the snake
Scripture References: Genesis 3:1-24, Revelation 22:1-5, Matthew 26:18-30
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CloseWe see that sin has affected every part of our lives and the world. But in his judgement God still shows mercy and gives a glimpse of how the problem of Sin will be dealt with through the death and resurrection of the Son. Sin means that there is no possible way for us to earn our way to God. But Jesus makes sure that everything that is needed to be done to bring us to God, has been done for us. Now when He returns, the curse will be done away with and sin will be no more.
Scripture References: Genesis 3:1-24, Revelation 22:1-5, Matthew 26:18-30
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We love a turning point. Whether it is a story or a football game. Hope dawning at the darkest time. Where is the great turning point in Esther? It could be our memory verse, when Esther is persuaded by Mordecai to act to save her people. It could be when the king looks with favour upon Esther and holds out the golden scepter to her. It could be when Haman is forced to lead Mordecai through the city mounted on the king’s horse and proclaims that he is the man the king delights to honour. They are major events in the story of Esther. They are turning points of a sort. But the writer of Esther points us to another event. That looks so trivial.
Esther is such an exciting story! There are evil plots. There are interesting yet flawed characters. There is risk and sacrifice. There is heroism and villainy. Today, we are introduced to the villain of the plot, and what an evil scheming villain he is! He spins lies and concocts murderous plans to do away with the Jews, God’s covenant people. How will the people respond? Will he get away with his evil plan? Will God, who is not mentioned at all, intervene to protect His people, to live up to the promises He made to Abraham, the people at Mt Sinai, and to David?
There is so much that sounds familiar in these first two chapters of Esther: the world is dominated by loud and brash and imposing and degraded power, the people of God are small and struggling and faced with ambiguous decisions and actions and God seems so far away he is almost absent (at least to our minds and hearts). As we read this book, we will need God’s revelation to help us navigate its strangeness, its ambiguity, and its confrontational narrative. In this, we have the key to the book—the lack of God’s name in letters does not mean the lack of God’s presence.
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