In the shadow of great empires and mighty rulers, the birth of Jesus Christ unfolded under circumstances that were anything but grand. It’s a beautiful account to us because we’ve read it and beautified it with western Christmas traditions.
David was a man who understood what it meant to be outnumbered. He had an enemy lurking at every corner just waiting to catch him. Much of his youth and young adult life was experienced in exile because of another man’s pride...
“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai…” — Esther 7:10 (NKJV) This verse is the most ironic and satisfying event in the Book of Esther — perhaps even in the entire Word of God...