Purim

The feast of Purim starts the evening of March 9th this year and goes through the evening of March 10th. Purim comes from the book of Esther. There was a law written that was going to wipe out the Jewish people. In those days once a law was written it could not be undone. Queen Esther petitioned the king and asked him to write a new law that would override the previous law. The Bible tells us that the new law turned the tables and gave the Jewish people the right to attack anyone who was attacking them. 

Purim is the table turner day. The table turner is the one thing that puts you in control in life. When Jesus went into the temple he actually turned over the tables. Jesus is the table turner. The Old Covenant used to be in place. And it was eye for eye and tooth for tooth. If you did well you were blessed, but if you did bad you were cursed. Jesus turned the tables by bringing in the New Covenant. It does not do away with the old but overrides it. Jesus even said he did not come to abolish the Old Covenant. 

The New Covenant turns the tables, and God is now only trying to do continually good for you, because of Jesus. Purim is a reminder of this. 

In the Jewish culture Purim is celebrated with a minor fast during the daylight hours on the day before Purim ( March 9th) to remember how Queen Esther and the people fasted before the tables were turned. Then the day of Purim is celebrated starting the evening of March 9th by reading the book of Esther, sending food gifts to friends, feasting, celebrating, and giving gifts to the poor.

Purim is a reminder of how quickly God can take us from fasting to feasting when the tables are turned.

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