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One Voice, September 27, 2026

One Voice, September 27, 2026

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One Voice with Dr Pastor Larry Montgomery 17 Providence of God Providence in the Book of Esther: Vashti's Refusal, Esther's Courage, and Haman's Own Gallows Dr. Pastor Larry Montgomery continues his providence series with the Book of Esther, tracing how God works unseen through Vashti's fall, Esther's rise, Mordecai's courage, and Haman's plot against the Jews that turns back on his own gallows. Introducing The Providence Series And The Book Of Esther Dr. Pastor Larry Montgomery opens the evening service by returning to his ongoing study of the providence of God, telling the congregation there is no way to come to the end of the subject because it appears in nearly every chapter of scripture. He reminds them that providence is God working out his will in the lives of his people, whether through natural or supernatural means, and that believers often praise God when providence is sweet but argue with him when it delivers a hard blow. He then turns the congregation to the Book of Esther, calling it a fantastic read that most people, even longtime believers, have never opened. He pushes back on the common assumption that the book is only about Jewish history, insisting it is really about the providence of God in the life of his people, and promises to walk through the story verse by verse to show God's hidden hand at work throughout. King Ahasuerus's Feast And Queen Vashti's Refusal Montgomery reads from the opening chapters of Esther, introducing King Ahasuerus, a ruler he identifies with the Xerxes line of the Medes and Persians who reigns over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. He describes the king displaying the riches of his kingdom for a hundred and eighty days before throwing a seven-day feast for everyone in the palace at Shushan, and he places the story on the biblical timeline by tying it back to Nebuchadnezzar's dream in the Book of Daniel, noting that if Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom is gold, Ahasuerus now represents the silver kingdom that follows. Once the king is thoroughly drunk, he sends for Queen Vashti so he can display her beauty to his guests, but she refuses to come. Montgomery describes the king's fury and the counsel of his officials, who convince him to dethrone Vashti and search the kingdom for a new queen, setting up the search that will eventually bring Esther to the palace. Esther Rises To Queen As Mordecai Foils A Plot Montgomery describes the year of purification the candidates for queen must undergo before meeting the king, and introduces Mordecai, whom he is careful to identify as Esther's cousin rather than her uncle, since Esther, originally named Hadassah, is the daughter of Mordecai's uncle and was raised by him after her parents died. Mordecai keeps watch daily at the palace gate, gathering news, while Esther, at God's quiet direction, keeps her Jewish identity hidden. When her turn comes, she pleases the king more than any other woman brought before him, and he crowns her queen. Montgomery jokes that most very pretty women are not very smart, praising Esther as blessed with both beauty and intelligence. He then recounts Mordecai overhearing two of the king's officers plotting to assassinate him; Mordecai reports it through Esther, the plotters are hanged, and the deed is recorded in the king's chronicles, a detail Montgomery insists is no accident but God's providence quietly setting the stage for what comes next. Haman's Pride And The Plot Against The Jews Montgomery introduces Haman, a proud official exalted second in the kingdom, whose anger boils over because Mordecai, alone among the people at the gate, refuses to bow to him. Haman goes to the king with a bribe and a warning that a certain people in the kingdom are dangerous, securing an order to destroy the Jews on an appointed day throughout all the provinces. Mordecai tears his clothes, puts on sackcloth, and mourns at the gate, and word reaches Esther in the palace that her people are condemned. She protests that entering the king's presence uninvited is punishable by death, even for the queen, but Mordecai answers that she may have come to the kingdom "for such a time as this." Esther resolves to go to the king anyway, declaring that if it costs her life, it costs her life, and instead of stating her request immediately she invites the king and Haman to a private banquet, buying time for God's plan to unfold. Haman's Gallows And The King's Sleepless Night Montgomery savors the reversal that follows. Haman leaves Esther's first banquet still fuming over Mordecai's refusal to bow, and on his wife's advice he builds a gallows to hang him the next morning. That same night the king cannot sleep and has the court records read to him, discovering that Mordecai was never rewarded for exposing the assassination plot. When Haman arrives at the palace to request Mordecai's execution, the king instead asks him how to honor a man the king wishes to reward, and Haman, assuming the honor is meant for...
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