Esther, Zechariah,

Malachi, Ezra, and Nehemiah

Week 41

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Genesis

ExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy

JoshuaJudgesRuth

1&2 Samuel

1 & 2 K ings

- - T h e P s a l m s - -

EzraNehemiah

Esther

Captivity

Job?

Job?EcclesiastesSong of Solomon

P r o v e r b s

Habakkuk Obadiah Joel Jonah

Amos Hosea Micah

JeremiahLamentations

Nahum Isaiah Zephaniah Habakkuk

Ezekiel Zephaniah

MalachiZechariah

Haggai (p1247ff)Old Dude.Message:

Don’t be selfish…it didn’t work. “Is it a time for you yourselves to

be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains in ruins?”

Future Glory (1248)… The REAL Dwelling Place of God

Does the clean sanctify the dirty? (1249) Nope.

Addressed to Zerubbabel and all people.

Zechariah(Yahweh Remembers)

Young dude.Don’t turn back…except to God.

Esther (1276)No reference to Yahweh in the book.Lots of references to lots.

The feast of Purim (lots)The four main mitzvot of the day are:

1. Listening to the public reading, usually in synagogue, of the Book of Esther in the evening and again in the following morning (k'riat megilla)

2. Sending food gifts to friends (mishloach manot)3. Giving charity to the poor (matanot la'evyonim)4. Eating a festive meal (se`udah)

Lessons? From Haman, Mordecai, Esther, and Xerxes

MalachiThe people question:

Do you really love us that much? How have we been disrespectful?

How have we defiled the Lord? Why doesn’t the Lord accept us? How have we tired the Lord? How can we turn back to the Lord? How have we robbed God? How have we spoken against God?