WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.839 I don't know if you have problems to sleep. 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:10.759 Many of us have certain periods in our lives where we have these difficulties to sleep. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:21.760 ! But here we see in this story of the book of Esther, chapter 6, how the king was not able to sleep. 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:23.839 We don't know the reason. 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:30.420 It's not like Daniel, a dream, or something which was bothering him. 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:33.939 It's like often happens to us. 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:36.460 We don't know why, but we can't sleep. 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:45.420 But of course, in that time, there was not the same sort of entertainment you can have when you are sleepless. 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:49.659 But there was also entertainment for a king, at least. 00:00:49.659 --> 00:01:00.339 There was no night television or internet to watch with a computer, but you could, of course, have anything. 00:01:01.539 --> 00:01:03.939 He had to drink and to eat. 00:01:05.179 --> 00:01:10.959 He had a whole RM, even dancing girls, if he wanted. 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:23.799 But we don't know why he had chosen, in the first verse of Esther, chapter 6, to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles. 00:01:24.759 --> 00:01:26.039 And they were read. 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:27.939 They were read to the king. 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:41.539 Maybe it's because he wanted something flattering to him, something about the praises of what he has done. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:44.120 Or maybe because it was so boring. 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:48.840 It was the easiest way to sleep, you know? 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.060 To hear all these deeds, you know? 00:01:52.340 --> 00:02:02.300 About battles and all the chronicles about the empire and everything that happened, probably during his reign. 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:14.659 But this chapter, like the whole book of Esther, is full of things which are surprising. 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:25.060 Because it happens that in that very moment, what it was read to him during the night was about Mordecai. 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:31.219 This Jew who was like Esther living in the Persian Empire. 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:39.719 But they are not like the Jews living in the empire of Daniel's time. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:49.060 The story of the book of Daniel, as you know, is the book of how faith dares to confess, you know? 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:50.539 That God is Lord. 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:56.900 But when you think about Mordecai and Esther, they don't confess anything. 00:02:57.579 --> 00:02:58.939 They are part of the empire. 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:03.579 They are completely taken over and serving fully, you know? 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:05.979 The interest of the king. 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:10.659 In a way, they are similar to us. 00:03:11.899 --> 00:03:16.719 What is true of us is that we hate to be different. 00:03:17.699 --> 00:03:19.839 We would like to be like anyone else. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:28.039 It's not that we are happy living under the empire and their values. 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:33.280 But we try to adapt to them, to live like them. 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:40.560 Even when we want to see Esther like a hero, no? 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:48.520 There are some things in the book which really are difficult to understand from a hero, no? 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:56.080 In the key moment in the chapter before when Mordecai really asked her, 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.939 you have to take a stance to speak for your people, no? 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:06.120 The problem is that they didn't know what was her people. 00:04:07.259 --> 00:04:16.399 And she knew that if she reveals the hidden secret of her identity, she was in trouble. 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:26.239 So you see that when Mordecai asked her to speak for her people, she's not so ready to do it. 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:29.699 She's hesitant, reluctant to do it. 00:04:30.939 --> 00:04:33.599 She doesn't accept easily the idea. 00:04:34.139 --> 00:04:35.620 Of course, we remember the words. 00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:38.379 If I perish, I will perish, no? 00:04:38.620 --> 00:04:46.920 But this is after a conversation, really, when she's not ready to do it, no? 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:51.100 In a way, you can understand these words differently. 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:58.139 You can understand these words as saying, well, if it has to happen, que sera, sera, no? 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:01.159 You cannot do anything about it, no? 00:05:01.719 --> 00:05:03.060 You have to say it. 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:13.560 But the way she dealt with it, as you know, is that she would speak to the king, but in a progressive way. 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:24.360 Not just one moment asking him to save her people, but with delays, no? 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:29.939 And after the first banquet you see in the chapter 5, no? 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:38.020 We don't know why, but maybe she didn't dare to say anything, or she thought it was better to wait for the next time. 00:05:38.780 --> 00:05:42.620 Another banquet, another opportunity to speak for her people. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.439 And in this chapter 6 is a turnover. 00:05:47.780 --> 00:05:49.020 The whole thing changes. 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:53.220 But as you can realize, it's not because of Esther. 00:05:54.360 --> 00:06:01.840 It's not because of her heroic deeds, no? 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.199 She dares to speak for her people. 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:11.800 No, it was in the way things happen very often in our lives. 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:19.639 A sleepless night, something is red, and the king thinks, 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:22.520 what happens with Mordecai? 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:30.819 He has heard a plot against the king, and he revealed that to the king. 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.579 And the Persian kings were known, like any other king, 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:41.959 to reward those who betray others, 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:47.699 who had the confidence to reveal things against them, no? 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:51.599 As you know, a king lives alone, isolated. 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.439 You need information. 00:06:55.240 --> 00:07:01.300 You need the intelligence service to bring the knowledge things were happening. 00:07:02.259 --> 00:07:06.459 But in a strange way, Mordecai didn't get anything. 00:07:06.459 --> 00:07:09.799 He revealed the plot to the king. 00:07:09.799 --> 00:07:11.239 He saved his life. 00:07:12.339 --> 00:07:14.979 But he didn't have a reward. 00:07:16.659 --> 00:07:19.620 Sometimes in life, we experience these things, no? 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:23.620 What you expect normally, you don't get it. 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:28.919 What you think you are going to have, does not happen. 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.920 And that was the case with Mordecai. 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:39.060 Mordecai was, in a way, not happy with that. 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:43.300 And particularly Haman, the third person of our story, 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.759 he was the man in position. 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:53.379 And Mordecai thought that he was his enemy. 00:07:54.339 --> 00:08:00.420 So he was bitter because Haman didn't have enough respect for him. 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:06.399 Didn't realize how important was him. 00:08:07.219 --> 00:08:11.500 And Haman also was very much against Mordecai 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:20.060 because he didn't realize that he was the important person after the king. 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.600 So we see the conflict between these two men, 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:25.899 like so often happens in politics, no? 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:29.319 People who are the whole time, no? 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:31.920 Having things against each other. 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:37.000 But it happens that in that moment, 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.379 Haman is in this good position 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:46.159 that he can manage to finish his enemy. 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:51.840 He has so much hate for Mordecai 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:57.159 that he asks and has these plans 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:01.240 to build this stake, this gallows, no? 00:09:01.419 --> 00:09:02.200 To kill him. 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:07.780 And his family, when he came back from the banquet, 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:10.660 encouraged him. 00:09:11.640 --> 00:09:14.740 They say, yeah, you are the great man, no? 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:16.800 And you have to finish with your enemy. 00:09:17.400 --> 00:09:18.460 You have to be strong 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:21.800 and to show him who is in power. 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:25.560 So that night, maybe, they were building the stake 00:09:25.560 --> 00:09:27.980 and that was the reason he couldn't sleep. 00:09:28.040 --> 00:09:28.500 We don't know. 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:31.779 But Haman came early in the morning 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:33.500 and it was not usual. 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:35.940 And in the second verse, 00:09:36.179 --> 00:09:39.240 when we found that it was written 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:41.980 how Mordecai had told about this plot, 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:43.240 the king says, 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:45.320 what honor of distinction 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:49.480 has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:53.399 And the king's young men who attended him 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.779 say nothing has been done for him. 00:09:55.779 --> 00:09:57.860 And the king says, 00:09:57.939 --> 00:09:58.779 who is in the court? 00:09:59.079 --> 00:10:00.000 He heard something. 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:01.459 Someone was there. 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:03.120 It was Haman. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:05.439 Had just entered the outer court 00:10:05.439 --> 00:10:06.559 of the king's palace 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:07.839 to speak to the king 00:10:07.839 --> 00:10:10.379 about having Mordecai 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:11.939 hung on the gallows. 00:10:13.539 --> 00:10:16.120 So the king was not aware yet. 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:18.439 He was going to ask him 00:10:18.439 --> 00:10:21.899 to be able to execute him. 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.639 Probably on a stake, 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:24.899 a terrible death, no? 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:28.360 That was in his mind. 00:10:29.419 --> 00:10:31.679 And in this story of Esther, 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:33.779 what is interesting is that 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:35.879 you know what is in the minds 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:36.699 of the people, no? 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:42.019 You realize what they are thinking to do, 00:10:42.699 --> 00:10:44.939 but what happens is something else, no? 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:47.679 It's like very often in life, no? 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:49.419 We have our own thoughts, 00:10:49.939 --> 00:10:50.579 our plans, 00:10:50.739 --> 00:10:51.599 our ideas, no? 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:52.899 But things 00:10:52.899 --> 00:10:55.679 don't work the same way 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:56.699 we think, no? 00:10:59.159 --> 00:10:59.599 Haman 00:10:59.599 --> 00:11:02.059 was before the king, 00:11:03.199 --> 00:11:04.859 and the king's young men told him, 00:11:04.939 --> 00:11:05.279 he's there, 00:11:05.359 --> 00:11:06.159 standing in the court, 00:11:06.239 --> 00:11:06.819 and the king said, 00:11:06.899 --> 00:11:07.500 let him come. 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:09.840 So Haman came, 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:11.080 and the king said, 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:12.960 in verse number eight, 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:15.519 what should be done to the man 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:17.879 whom the king delights to honor? 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:21.379 And Haman said to himself, 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.220 whom would be the king 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:26.779 he would be delighted to honor? 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:28.159 more than me. 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:30.839 He's like ourselves, 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:32.259 so full of himself, 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:35.000 that he cannot even imagine 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.740 the king can be thinking 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:37.759 about someone else, no? 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:40.939 We are so immersed, no? 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.319 In our own lives, 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.139 really wanting, 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.600 needing the praise, 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.839 the favor, 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:51.939 to be well thought of, 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:52.919 everyone, no? 00:11:54.059 --> 00:11:55.120 That we cannot even 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.539 have in our own minds 00:11:57.539 --> 00:11:58.460 someone else 00:11:58.460 --> 00:12:00.039 in our place, no? 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:02.580 In that way, 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.940 we can judge 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:05.600 too easily Haman, 00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:08.179 because he's very much 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:08.980 like us, 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.139 constantly struggling 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:12.820 with his own mind. 00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:15.100 At the same time, 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:15.860 of course, 00:12:16.019 --> 00:12:18.419 Haman is an evil man, no? 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:20.500 He's someone hating, no? 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.139 The Jews, 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:24.659 and hating Mordecai. 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.700 In the Christian tradition, 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:29.000 he has been seen also 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.200 as someone portraying 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:32.580 like the devil, no? 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:34.779 The evil one, no? 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:36.379 Who is really trying 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:38.560 to finish God's people. 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.279 So these people are 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:42.539 like representing 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:44.799 more than themselves. 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:47.340 Esther and Mordecai 00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:49.279 are part of God's people, 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:51.059 and Haman 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:52.220 are 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:54.379 the ones 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:55.039 who are against 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:55.579 God's people, 00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:56.919 the ones who want 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:58.019 to finish God's people. 00:12:59.100 --> 00:12:59.919 But you see 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:00.559 in this chapter 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:02.539 that this great turnover 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:04.339 comes 00:13:04.339 --> 00:13:06.019 not from any of them, 00:13:06.839 --> 00:13:08.480 but from the one 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.679 who is the king 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.740 above the king, 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.559 the one 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:14.000 who is not mentioned 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.259 in the whole book. 00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:17.159 As some of you know, 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:18.519 there is not 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.679 one single verse 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.639 in the whole book 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:21.100 of Esther 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:22.539 with the name of God. 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:24.980 Nothing is said 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:25.500 about him. 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:27.399 This is why 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:28.399 I think it's a book 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:29.819 so close to us, 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.039 to our present situation. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:34.259 We are 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.379 in a part 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:35.960 of the world 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:37.480 where religion 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.939 is not any more important. 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.659 To speak about God 00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:43.139 is only a way 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:43.639 of cursing. 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.719 You don't have 00:13:46.719 --> 00:13:47.600 anything to do 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:49.620 with what is God 00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:51.279 in the past 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:51.740 and 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:53.519 what has been religion. 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:55.319 This is why 00:13:55.319 --> 00:13:55.860 it's so 00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:57.459 good for us 00:13:57.459 --> 00:13:58.339 to read Esther 00:13:58.339 --> 00:13:59.699 with these eyes 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:01.839 in our secular society. 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.539 Because the one 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:04.179 who is 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:05.559 behind the curtains 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:07.620 doesn't want 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:08.120 to stay 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.079 out of the screen. 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:11.440 he 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:12.460 is really 00:14:12.460 --> 00:14:13.120 on the script 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:14.220 but it's hidden. 00:14:15.040 --> 00:14:15.700 It's unseen. 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:16.820 It's invisible. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:19.240 And his hand 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.200 is everywhere 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.980 in the book 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.400 of Esther. 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:24.040 But like 00:14:24.040 --> 00:14:25.200 in our present life, 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.220 we don't see him. 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.220 We cannot 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.320 show God 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:30.120 to the people. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.200 Look at him. 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.500 It's an unseen, 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.820 invisible hand 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:35.580 working 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:36.840 behind 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.440 the action. 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.520 And this is 00:14:39.520 --> 00:14:40.240 the first lesson 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.820 we have 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:42.260 from our test. 00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:43.820 That God 00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:44.420 works 00:14:44.420 --> 00:14:45.840 in an invisible 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.280 way. 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.480 It's true 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.180 that Christians, 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:51.060 we are hungry 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:52.060 for miracles. 00:14:53.280 --> 00:14:53.860 Supernatural 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.660 signs. 00:14:55.660 --> 00:14:56.100 Clear 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:57.140 ways 00:14:57.140 --> 00:14:57.700 of seeing 00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:58.060 God. 00:14:58.920 --> 00:14:59.360 But 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.740 God's will 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:01.500 has been 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.460 very often 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:03.700 like in Esther's 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:03.940 time. 00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:06.520 not to work 00:15:06.520 --> 00:15:07.420 in a spectacular 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:07.980 way 00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:09.600 by signs 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.240 and wonders, 00:15:11.160 --> 00:15:11.800 but taking 00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.360 the sleep 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:13.540 to the skin, 00:15:14.760 --> 00:15:15.660 letting him 00:15:15.660 --> 00:15:17.260 be a book 00:15:17.260 --> 00:15:18.040 be read, 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.720 remembering 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:21.360 Mordecai, 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:24.420 bringing the chance 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.520 and the opportunity 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:26.220 that Haman 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.440 comes at the moment. 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.840 And of course 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.220 this 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:32.000 great conversation 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:33.180 between the 00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:33.620 king 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.940 and Haman 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:36.840 has 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:38.440 this twist. 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:39.980 He doesn't 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.380 know 00:15:40.380 --> 00:15:41.680 about whom 00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:42.340 is the king 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.740 speaking. 00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:44.280 He thinks 00:15:44.280 --> 00:15:44.660 it's about 00:15:44.660 --> 00:15:45.160 himself. 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:47.200 But of course 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:47.700 the king 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.400 is thinking 00:15:48.400 --> 00:15:49.560 about Mordecai. 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.680 So you get 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.960 two different 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.820 minds 00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.520 and thinking 00:15:55.520 --> 00:15:56.060 at the same 00:15:56.060 --> 00:15:56.440 time. 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:58.160 And you get 00:15:58.160 --> 00:15:58.640 the tension 00:15:58.640 --> 00:15:59.500 of the story. 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.780 This masterful 00:16:00.780 --> 00:16:01.260 story, 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.460 you know? 00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:02.800 It's a bit 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:03.660 like Alfred 00:16:03.660 --> 00:16:04.100 Hitchcock 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.560 films. 00:16:05.400 --> 00:16:05.980 The most 00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.400 well-known 00:16:06.400 --> 00:16:07.080 book about 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.580 Hitchcock 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.600 is a book 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.000 of conversations 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.720 between a 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.940 French film 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.440 director, 00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:13.020 François 00:16:13.020 --> 00:16:13.480 Trifaut, 00:16:14.160 --> 00:16:14.880 and Hitchcock. 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.600 They could 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.100 not speak 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.820 English like 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.320 myself. 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.860 He had 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.240 troubles 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:19.220 to express 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.640 himself. 00:16:19.760 --> 00:16:20.100 So they 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.900 have an 00:16:20.900 --> 00:16:21.420 interpreter, 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:22.160 a translator, 00:16:22.640 --> 00:16:23.260 who was 00:16:23.260 --> 00:16:23.940 bringing the 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.400 questions. 00:16:24.880 --> 00:16:25.120 But he 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.660 had many 00:16:25.660 --> 00:16:26.360 good questions. 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:26.760 He knew 00:16:26.760 --> 00:16:27.340 very well 00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:27.899 Hitchcock 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.280 films. 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.120 And 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.480 Alfred 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:30.780 Hitchcock 00:16:30.780 --> 00:16:31.519 explained that 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.360 the tension 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:32.820 in his 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:33.580 films comes 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.200 because you 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.780 know more 00:16:34.780 --> 00:16:35.540 than the 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:35.920 characters. 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.540 You see 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:37.920 the two 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.519 persons 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.960 sitting there, 00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.460 but you 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:40.899 know that 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.180 there is 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:41.620 a bomb, 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.000 something 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.519 threatening, 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.000 behind it. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.000 But the 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.440 characters 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:46.879 don't know 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.080 it. 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.100 You know 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:49.240 more than 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.800 the people 00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:51.080 who are 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.300 in the 00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:51.600 story. 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.540 And this 00:16:52.540 --> 00:16:53.000 is the 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.220 way he 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.019 gets 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.980 this 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.600 feeling, 00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.100 this 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:59.580 curious 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.340 interest 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:00.820 we have 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.259 about the 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.620 story, 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:03.080 about what 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.440 is going 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:03.940 to happen. 00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:05.259 And this 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.700 is really 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:07.440 what the 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.720 Bible 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.259 brings us 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:08.539 with the 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.839 book of 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.120 Esther. 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.079 You know 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.579 what is 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.000 happening 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.860 behind, 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.339 in their 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.779 minds, 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.759 but you 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.019 don't know 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.319 what is 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:15.640 going to 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:15.960 happen. 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:17.920 And 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.299 Haman 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.799 said to 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.259 the king, 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.900 for the 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.440 man whom 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.840 the king 00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:22.380 delights 00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:22.880 to honor, 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.100 let royal 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.880 robes be 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.200 brought, 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.600 which the 00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:27.039 king has 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.319 worn, 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.140 and the 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.740 horse that 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.039 the king 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.640 has ridden, 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.559 and on 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.140 whose head 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:31.819 a royal 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.940 crown is 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.200 set. 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.299 And let 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:34.799 the robes 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.140 and their 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:35.880 horse be 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.579 handed over 00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.259 to one of 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.759 the king's 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.340 most noble 00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:38.940 officials. 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.259 Let them 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.759 dress the 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.579 man whom 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.120 the king 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:43.140 delights 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:43.579 to honor, 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.480 and let 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.940 them lift 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.940 him on 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.580 the horse 00:17:46.580 --> 00:17:47.420 through the 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.240 square of 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.720 the city, 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:50.059 proclaiming 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.799 before him, 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:51.960 thus shall 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.240 it be 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.160 done to 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.660 the man 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:54.720 whom the 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.080 king 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.840 delights 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.460 to honor. 00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:59.120 So what 00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.340 he 00:17:59.340 --> 00:17:59.820 expresses, 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.500 what he 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.039 reveals, 00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:01.660 is what 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:01.880 is in 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.080 his 00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:02.420 heart. 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.600 And what 00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:06.120 Haman 00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:06.680 wants, 00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:07.700 is not 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.120 power, 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.059 he's the 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.700 second man 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.320 in the 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:10.720 empire, 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.600 he doesn't 00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.220 want money, 00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:14.880 he has 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:16.200 the treasures 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.820 of the 00:18:16.820 --> 00:18:17.540 empire for 00:18:17.540 --> 00:18:17.960 him, 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.680 administration, 00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:20.760 he wants 00:18:20.760 --> 00:18:21.840 the praise, 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.780 he wants 00:18:23.780 --> 00:18:25.160 to be 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.740 well thought 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.040 of, 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.260 to be 00:18:27.260 --> 00:18:28.040 admired by 00:18:28.040 --> 00:18:28.520 the people. 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.400 It's very 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.640 often like 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.320 that with 00:18:32.320 --> 00:18:32.700 idols. 00:18:33.520 --> 00:18:34.160 You have 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:35.560 some big, 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:37.160 great idols 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:37.700 in our 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.380 society, 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.100 money, 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.120 sex, 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:41.780 power, 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:43.119 but there 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:44.599 are like 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.899 a hidden 00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.639 under 00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:48.000 idolatry 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.960 of other 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.559 things you 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.940 can get 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.359 with them. 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.660 People 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.259 want money 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.859 for different 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.319 reasons. 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.720 People 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.399 want power 00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.000 for different 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.519 reasons. 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.779 So you 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.200 can see 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.539 that they 00:18:58.539 --> 00:19:00.000 live for 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.440 the money 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:00.879 or for 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.379 sex or 00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:01.940 for power 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.720 but you 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.379 don't realize 00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:04.039 really what 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.619 is behind 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:04.879 them, 00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:05.779 what is 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.399 the motives 00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:06.859 behind 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.119 them. 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.399 Certainly 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.900 Heyman 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.600 showed us 00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:12.320 that he 00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.920 wanted that 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.780 power and 00:19:13.780 --> 00:19:14.480 that position 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:16.400 because he 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:17.580 needed the 00:19:17.580 --> 00:19:18.140 attention of 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.500 the people. 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.420 And we 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.759 are so 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.300 hungry of 00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:21.540 that. 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:23.380 When we 00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:23.980 are children 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.660 and even 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.340 teenagers 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:27.300 constantly 00:19:27.300 --> 00:19:28.380 hungering for 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:28.900 the attention 00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.340 of other 00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:29.680 people. 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.660 And we 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.180 spend the 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.900 whole life 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.680 like that. 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.240 When we 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.259 come to 00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.700 work, 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.840 when we 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.240 come to 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.860 relationships, 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:39.359 we really 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.579 need to 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.339 catch the 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.000 attention of 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.459 the people. 00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.219 We want 00:19:43.219 --> 00:19:43.459 to be 00:19:43.459 --> 00:19:44.000 well thought 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.240 of. 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:44.659 We want 00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:44.919 to be 00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.339 praised. 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:46.479 And 00:19:46.479 --> 00:19:46.839 secondly, 00:19:47.199 --> 00:19:47.899 we have 00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.439 this lesson 00:19:48.439 --> 00:19:48.799 here, 00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.339 a warning. 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.339 Be careful 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.439 if you 00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:53.719 time. 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.699 We despise 00:19:54.699 --> 00:19:54.919 him. 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.339 We ignore 00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:56.639 him. 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.539 In this 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:01.119 very 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.599 moment, 00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.339 like in 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.799 these two 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.859 days in 00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.279 the story 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.719 of Esther, 00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:06.519 the first 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.039 chapters are 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:09.319 about nine, 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.700 it's a long 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.259 period of 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.599 time. 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.359 And then 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:12.859 you have 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.839 just two 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:15.440 days when 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.119 this happens 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.240 in chapter 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.819 five and 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.159 six. 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.220 But this 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.440 is the 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.740 whole 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.119 turnover 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.619 of the 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:20.940 story. 00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.139 In just 00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.819 that moment, 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.180 everything 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:25.680 comes to a 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:25.960 different 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.440 conclusion. 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.680 The rest 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:27.940 of the 00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.539 chapters of 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.940 the book 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.139 is just 00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:30.940 because of 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.619 what happens 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.759 in that 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.119 moment. 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:35.859 so there 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.779 is a 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.339 moment in 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.799 history, 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.219 in God's 00:20:39.219 --> 00:20:39.659 plan and 00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:40.099 purpose, 00:20:40.719 --> 00:20:41.399 when everything 00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.019 is changed. 00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:45.239 After 30 00:20:45.239 --> 00:20:45.739 years, 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.500 reaching 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.099 upon this 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.439 earth, 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:50.939 God, 00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.379 who became 00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:52.819 a man, 00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.419 Jesus Christ, 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.659 he was 00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.759 brought to 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.359 that cross, 00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.199 to that 00:20:59.199 --> 00:20:59.679 suffering. 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:03.360 and that 00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:04.120 humiliation, 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.779 that disgrace, 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.799 that same, 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.940 was the 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:11.360 fall of 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:12.400 Satan and 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.720 the evil 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.000 one. 00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.620 The New 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.539 Testament says 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.900 that in 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.680 that cross, 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.600 all the 00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:20.560 evil plot 00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:22.500 from the 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.860 beginning, 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.740 from the 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.039 devil, 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.420 was 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.460 finally 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.740 brought 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.100 down. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.860 because 00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:32.720 that sign 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.400 of disgrace 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.620 was his 00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:34.980 victory. 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.820 Why? 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.160 Because of 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.100 the unseen, 00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.420 invisible 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.180 hand of 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.440 God. 00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.920 No one 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.519 could see 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:46.320 around that 00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:46.700 cross 00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:48.240 that 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.519 God was 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.779 doing 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.440 something 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.120 apart 00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.920 from 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.440 punishing 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.799 Christ 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.360 as an 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.560 evil 00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:55.900 one. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.560 But God 00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.480 was working 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.080 through that 00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.480 cross, 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:01.019 for our 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.500 salvation. 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.220 And in 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.900 this glory, 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.460 we can 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.060 see something 00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:08.060 of the 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.519 future 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.299 of the 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.600 Son, 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.140 Jesus 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.620 Christ, 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.779 seated 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.460 at the 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.980 right hand 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.460 of God, 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.259 receiving 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.779 every praise 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.519 and honor, 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.160 and for a 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.440 whole 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.980 eternity, 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.160 a whole 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.620 crowd, 00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.940 from every 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.460 nation, 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.519 language, 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.559 drive, 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.059 all 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.440 sort of 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.839 people 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.059 will only 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.639 praise 00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:35.059 the man, 00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.839 the king 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.299 has his 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.720 delight. 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.579 Because there 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.220 is nothing 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.379 God does 00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.420 that is not 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.799 for the 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.279 delight 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.240 in his 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.879 beloved son. 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.880 God, 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:48.000 from the 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.600 very beginning, 00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.740 in this 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.240 plan of 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.780 salvation, 00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.020 the idea 00:22:52.020 --> 00:22:53.400 was that 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.200 the one 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.600 who was 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.080 going to 00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.600 sacrifice 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.720 himself on 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.380 that cross 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.860 will be 00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.160 praised 00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.560 forever. 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.940 And the 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.260 delight of 00:23:03.260 --> 00:23:03.740 God to 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.500 fulfill his 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.900 plan, 00:23:06.040 --> 00:23:06.460 to give 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.800 us what 00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.380 we ask, 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.140 to expect 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.120 everything from 00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.420 him, 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:12.500 we know 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.420 that we 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.019 can expect 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.500 it because 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.200 of God's 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.400 son. 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.480 When we 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.840 pray, 00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.720 like now, 00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.500 in his 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.820 name, 00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.600 we know 00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:24.320 that it's 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.740 God's 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.200 delight, 00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:26.980 the king's 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.440 delight, 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.980 to do 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.620 anything, 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.820 anything, 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.220 really, 00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.620 for the 00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.960 sake of 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.400 that man. 00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.519 His 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.860 beloved 00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.300 son, 00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.039 Jesus 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.560 Christ, 00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.560 so here, 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.660 we are 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.300 asked also 00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.900 to believe, 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.620 to believe 00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.940 in that 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.320 man, 00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:50.019 who is 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.480 going to 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.860 be the 00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.420 center of 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.539 the 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.039 universe, 00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.560 who is 00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:53.900 God 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.680 himself, 00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.019 shown to 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.519 us, 00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.180 made 00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.620 human, 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.700 like us, 00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.900 but getting 00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.700 the praise 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.440 and the 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.660 honor we 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.400 always want. 00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:07.500 So we 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.120 have to 00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.740 die 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.340 ourselves, 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:11.579 we have 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.740 to let 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.659 any 00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.399 expectation, 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.459 dream, 00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.439 any 00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:17.879 plan 00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.980 apart 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.439 because 00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.039 and for 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.579 the sake 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.000 of him. 00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.240 And that's 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.919 what I would 00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.619 like to ask 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:25.859 you 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:27.699 to share 00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.220 with me 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.000 in this 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.319 prayer, 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.240 to ask 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.639 him 00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.639 that we 00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:32.919 would 00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:35.659 forget 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.900 all these 00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.300 dreams 00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.340 and plans 00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.820 we have 00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.000 for 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.560 ourselves, 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.540 to 00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:44.580 be 00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:44.940 finally 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.340 free 00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:46.820 of this 00:24:46.820 --> 00:24:47.279 hunger 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.140 to get 00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.240 the 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.700 attention, 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.380 the praise, 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.600 to be so 00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.200 well thought 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.440 of, 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.940 and to 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.320 think of 00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:55.000 someone else. 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.019 praise, 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.500 because we 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.759 are not 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.220 going to 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.500 reign, 00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.759 we are 00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.059 not going 00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.339 to be 00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.799 the king, 00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.420 we are 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.720 not going 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.059 to get 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.700 the praises 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.700 to someone 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.079 else. 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.819 Maybe 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.059 for some 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.559 people this 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.900 is bad 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.220 news, 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.599 but this 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.859 is the 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.180 truth. 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.839 The truth 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.440 is someone 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.200 else who 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.480 is going 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.819 to be 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.200 praised. 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.400 And if 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.859 we don't 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.180 do it 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.480 now, 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.880 think about 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.759 this warning 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.460 about 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.799 Haman. 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.879 it can 00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.639 be too 00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:24.980 late. 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.859 It will 00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.200 be a 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.440 day 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:29.299 when 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:31.000 if we 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.419 have not 00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.859 bowed 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.419 our knees 00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.319 before him, 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.619 we will 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.919 fall like 00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.599 Haman fell. 00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.440 Let us 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.700 pray. 00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.500 Let us 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.059 talk to 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.460 the Lord 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.480 about it.