{"id":809,"date":"2025-03-27T00:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?post_type=book_of_esther&#038;p=809"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T21:40:49","slug":"5","status":"publish","type":"book_of_esther","link":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?book_of_esther=5","title":{"rendered":"5 \u25ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Esther 5 - Drama in Xerxes Palace\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SkazD9S5QYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Esther 5 &#8211; Drama in Xerxes Palace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Brave Queen Esther risks her life, by going uninvited to the king. 3 days of pray &amp; fasting were dedicated to God in preparation for this risky move. Xerxes ultimately extends his golden sceptre to Esther and spares her life. Then Esther is given an incredible offer by the king. But instead of taking the king up on his offer, she simply invites the King and his chief official to a second feast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Haman, bursting with pride, has his day ruined when he sees hated Mordecai the Jew. So he calls together his own private brains trust, to advise him what he should do about Mordecai. They come up with an evil plan to impale Mordecai on a 75 foot spike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Part 5 of sermon series at the Greek Free Church in Kingsgrove in 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">0:00 Introduction<br>2:29 Esther 5: 1<br>3:36 Esther 5: 2<br>4:58 Esther 5: 3<br>5:38 Esther 5: 4-5<br>7:39 Esther 5: 6-8<br>8:55 Esther 5: 9-11<br>11:09 Esther 5: 12-13<br>12:07 Esther 5: 14<br>13:06 Conclusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-809","book_of_esther","type-book_of_esther","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 \u25ba - theBible.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?book_of_esther=5\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 \u25ba - theBible.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Esther 5 &#8211; Drama in Xerxes Palace Brave Queen Esther risks her life, by going uninvited to the king. 3 days of pray &amp; fasting were dedicated to God in preparation for this risky move. 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