Gathered Around the Fire

In the Book of Esther, Haman cast the 'Pur' (cast lots, similar to rolling the dice but calling on occult arts)  with evil intent, it was  to determine the best day to attack the people of God.  In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur (that is, the lot) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month.  And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar. Esther 3:7 The scripture indicates that the day Haman cast the Pur was the 13th day of Nisan.  Then on the thirteenth day of the first month , the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces, and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring . Esther 3:12 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to ...

In October 2021 I shared about Gideon threshing wheat in the winepress . You might want to read that post before reading part two of that topic. The wheat harvest came in the late Spring and the grape harvest is brought to the wine press 4 months later in the fall.  Threshing the wheat harvest in Scripture always speaks of the purification of the people of God, Israel, the Hebrews, the Jews, and the Church. even the two big events that happened on the Feast of Weeks declare this.  At the First 'Feast of Weeks' in the Old Covenant God gave his people the Torah = His Instructions.  At The First Feast of Weeks in the New Covenant, He gave His people His Instructor (the Holy Spirt)  Whereas, when the winepress is mentioned in Scripture it speaks of the judgment of the peoples of the world, the pagan nations, the unsaved, or the gentiles.  Today, I want to go on to reveal the significance of Gideon's harvest. What does it reveal about Gideon's heart condition?  ...