Two Genocidal Persian Decrees against Israel 2362 Years Apart!
March 4, 2007
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First Genocidal Persian Decree in 356 BC – Esther 3:19-14 – And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. [11] And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. [12] Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring. [13] And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil
of them for a prey. [14] The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
END RESULT OF FIRST DECREE– Esther 9:12-19 – And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further
? and it shall be done. [13] Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. [14] And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons. [15] For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey
they laid not their hand. [16] But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, [17] On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. [18] But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof; and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. [19] Therefore the Jews of
the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day
of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Second Genocidal Persian Decree Issued in 2006 – Ahmadinejad, President of Persian Iran, decrees his desire for Israel to be eliminated from the face of
the earth.
PROPHESIED END RESULT OF SECOND DECREE – Ezekiel 39:2 – And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
Zechariah 14:12-14 – And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. [13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
[14] And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
Malachi 4:1-3 – For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. [2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. [3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
Begin Arutz Sheva Article
Jews Celebrate Killing of Iranian Anti-Semites
by Ezra HaLevi
Arutz Sheva, Israel National News
March 3, 2007
(IsraelNN.com) Jews in Israel and throughout the world Saturday night began celebrating the thwarting of a genocidal decree in 356 BCE, which was following by the two-day killing
of tens of thousands of Iranian anti-Semites.
The Festival of Purim celebrates the hidden hand of G-d working through a seemingly fortuitous sequence of events that brought a Jewess named Hadassah to the Persian King’s palace under the assumed name Esther (meaning “hidden”) and allowed her to use her position to thwart the genocidal plans of the monarch’s Jew-hating advisor Haman.
The holiday, though sometimes erroneously treated as a children’s festival, was considered by Jewish sages and mystics to be the holiest day of the year, surpassing Yom Kippur and the high holidays in its stature. The Talmud says that even in Messianic times Purim will remain in effect.
The Scroll of Esther is read Saturday evening, as well as the following day. Jews are also obligated to send gifts of ready-to-eat food to at least one friend and to give charity to the poor.
A festive meal takes place during the festival day, during which wine is imbibed, the Purim story recounted, songs are sung and the contemporary relevance of the holiday’s lessons are expounded upon.
Though wine plays a central role in the holiday, with the sages exhorting Jews to drink until they can no longer distinguish between the hero Mordechai and the villainous Haman, organizations such as the Orthodox Union have highlighted minority rabbinical opinions that joy should be attained without alcohol, or through sleep.
In cities that were walled at the time of the Megilla’s events – notably Jerusalem – the Megillah is also read on the 15th of Adar (Sunday night/Monday). In Yaffo (Jaffa), Acco, Tzfat and Hevron the Megilla is read on both days due to uncertainty about the walled status in those times.
This year, several outdoor Megilla readings are taking place throughout the country. In Tel Aviv, the Megilla was read on the corner of Rothschild and Sheinkin Street – a bastion of the city’s Bohemian set.
In Haifa, a similar reading took place as well and Chabad and Breslev Hassidim are making the rounds ensuring that IDF soldiers in far flung bases and positions can hear the Megilla.
The IDF has put a complete closure on Palestinian Authority administered parts of Judea, Samaria and Gaza ahead of the holiday.
Police are on high alert, with 70 intelligence reports of impending terrorist attacks.
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