OT Volume 28 Lessons:

1.  God Knows the Need: King Ahasuerus; plan, demand, search, and new queen

2.  God Knows the Problems: Mordecai's challenge; Haman's conspiracy; Mordecai's grief; Esther's obedience

3.  God Knows the Good and the Evil: A foolish boast; a sleepless king; an important change; a quick execution

4.  God Causes His People to Triumph: A better law; an important victory; a special celebration; a new prime minister

1. King Ahasuerus' feast

2. Queen Vashti refuses to honor

the king's request

3. Mordecai tells Esther not to

reveal her ancestry

4. Esther is crowned queen

5. Mordecai refuses to bow

to Haman

6. Haman convinces the king to

execute the Jews

7. Mordecai sits at the gate

writing to Esther

8. Esther and handmaids

kneel in prayer

9. Haman's wife and son watch

him gloat over his power

10. Ahaseurus listens to the reading

of past records

11. Haman honors Mordecai in

the city streets

12. Esther accuses Haman

to the king

13. Mordecai writes and seals

the new law

14. The Jews defend themselves

15.A Jewish family celebrates

the feast of Purim

16. Mordecai prays outside near

a boulder