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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>T4501R
- LAMENTATIONS, ECCLESIASTES, ESTHER - OVERVIEW</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>'THE
REALITY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE'</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>1.
LAM 1:12 (1-5) LAMENTATIONS: FOR DESTRUCTION AND HUMILIATION OF
JERUSALEM. “Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? Behold,
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought
upon me, By which Jehovah has afflicted <i>me</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
in the day of his fierce anger.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Holocaust is this written all over again. But like Nebuchadnezzar,
Hitler went too far, and both were themselves judged! How faithful
You are, Father! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
ECCL 1:12-13 (1-2) QUEST BY PERSONAL EXPERIMENT. “I the Preacher
was king over Israel in Jerusalem. </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">13</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all
that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God has given to
the sons of men to be exercised in.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Yes,
and we too are driven to do it! And until we find wisdom and rest and
peace in Jesus, Father, we remain restless, dissatisfied and
frustrated! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
3:11 (3-5) QUEST BY GENERAL OBSERVATION. “He has made everything
beautiful in its time: also he has set </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>eternity</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has
done from the beginning even to the end.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
it is </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Your</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
image and likeness in which You have made us. That gives us
understanding of Your creation and Kingdom. We rest in You and trust
You concerning these things.</span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
7:29 (6-8) QUEST BY PRACTICAL MORALITY. “Behold, this only have
I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many
inventions.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">You
started us out right Father, but through Adam we have now a bent or
trend to do our own thing. But You provided redemption and
reconciliation in Messiah. We need intercessors to walk Your way.
</span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
12:13-14 (9-12) QUEST REVIEWED AND CONCLUDED. “</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">This
is</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the end of the matter; all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his
commandments; for this is the whole </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">duty</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of man. </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">14
</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">For
God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">These
are some of the wisest words written in Your book, Father. Thank God
they are included. Grant us grace to heed them. </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
ESTHER 3:6 (1-5) CRISIS ANTICIPATED. “But he thought scorn to
lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the
people of Mordecai; wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews
that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people
of Mordecai.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
we see Your Providential hand at work. Every detail is seen and
planned aforetime by You, the Master Chess-player. You move, and the
enemy is powerless to respond. </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
9:25 (6-10) CRISIS OVERRULED. “But when </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the
matter</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device,
which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own
head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.”
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Here
is poetic justice! Here You watch from heaven Father, and mastermind
justice for Your people and throughout the earth! You are Sovereign!
</span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one.</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
Megillot: (Hebrew - scrolls) The name given the five books - Song
of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, included in
the Hebrew Bible among the Hagiographa, and read in the Synagogue on
Passover, Pentecost, the Ninth of Ab, Tabernacles and Purim,
respectively. </b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
note is somewhat technical, and appears in “An Encyclopedia of
Religion”, edited by Vergilius Ferm, Published by the Philosophical
Library of New York, 1945. </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Note
especially the Book of Lamentations as it falls on the 9</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of Av, this year of 2009 on July 30</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
Many tragedies happened to Israel on this date. Hitler planned the
Holocaust; and both temples, that of Solomon approximately 1000 BC,
and Herod's Temple, 70 AD, were destroyed on this date. Psalm 122
says, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - they shall </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">prosper</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that love you!” We as Gentile believers have the privilege of
praying for Israel according to Romans chapter 11. </span></span></span></font>
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<h1 class="western" style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Solomon
wrote 3 books of the Bible: Song of Songs he wrote as a young man,
while he followed the advice of his father David, and was Beloved of
God. Later he married 700 wives and had 300 concubines, who led him
away into idolatry by forsaking God. Can a human being find peace
apart from God? </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>NO!</b></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
This is the 3</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">rd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
book he wrote, and ought to be carefully looked at by all human
beings, young and old, but especially young! But in his mid years he
wrote his second book, the Book of Proverbs, for his son (really his
sons and daughters!) This is a treasure book, and should be read by
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">all</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
ages. We never grow too old to benefit from these wise sayings. Too
bad that the humanists and liberals of our day have forsaken these
wise counsels! </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
book of Esther is one of the encouraging books for Israel in all
time, but can be applied to any people and nation who love God. May
our United States not forsake the wisdom and guidance of our Founding
Fathers and their Constitution in these last days. How Satan would
love to have our leaders forsake the wisdom herein contained! Pray
that the fear of God will come into the hearts of our leaders, from
President on down. May He grant dreams and visions of the night to
them, as we read in the book of Job, 33:13-18. Such are designed to
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">change</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the course of leaders. God did this for Pharaoh under Joseph, and
Nebuchadnezzar under Daniel.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">The above 5 books may be small - but they are treasures
indeed! Blessed the individual who reads and profits by obedience
through the wonderful lessons in each one of them. - J.A.W.</font></p>
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