📅 June 23, 2026
📚 BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS
📖 Daily Bible Reading: 👑 Esther 7
⚖️ The Truth Comes to Light
✨ When God Turns the Plans of the Wicked Around
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📍 Introduction
After days full of tension, the decisive moment has now arrived. Esther has fasted, prayed, and waited for the right time. At the second banquet with the king and Haman, she finally reveals her request. Chapter 7 shows how God brings hidden truth to light and how seemingly unstoppable plans suddenly turn against those who made them.
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🧵 Commentary
At the second banquet, King Ahasuerus once again asks Esther what her request is. Again, he promises to grant even great petitions. Now the moment Esther has been waiting for has come.
With great courage, she does not ask for wealth or influence, but for her own life and the life of her people. She explains to the king that a decree has been issued calling for her destruction and the destruction of all her people.
The king is shocked. He immediately asks who has dared to devise such a plan.
Then Esther points directly to Haman and says that this man is the enemy and adversary.
Suddenly, the entire situation changes. Haman, who until now had possessed power, now stands accused. Filled with anger, the king leaves the room and goes into the palace garden.
Haman realizes that his life is in danger. Desperate, he remains behind and begs Esther for mercy. When the king returns, he sees Haman lying near Esther’s couch. This makes the situation even worse.
For the king, it is now completely clear that Haman is guilty. At that moment, one of the servants remembers that Haman had built a high gallows—originally intended for Mordecai, the man who had once saved the king’s life.
Then the decision is made. Haman is executed on the very gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Thus, one of the great reversals in the book of Esther is fulfilled. The man who had planned the destruction of others falls through his own plans. His pride, hatred, and intrigues ultimately lead to his downfall.
At the end of the chapter, the king’s anger subsides. Yet although Haman has been removed, the problem remains: the decree against the Jews is still valid. The actual deliverance of the people is still to come.
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🧺 Summary
In Esther 7, Esther reveals Haman’s plan of destruction against the Jews to the king. Haman is exposed as the guilty one and is finally executed on the gallows he had built for Mordecai. However, the threat against the Jewish people has not yet been completely removed.
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🔦 Message for Us Today
God sees injustice and does not allow evil to remain forever. Even when pride and power seem to triumph for a time, the final authority belongs to God. He can bring truth to light and turn situations around when the time has come.
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📝 Thought Prompt
Are there areas in your life where you need to trust God to bring truth, justice, and clarity to light at the right time?
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📆 June 21–27, 2026
📚 BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS
📖 Weekly Reading from the Spirit of Prophecy
👑 Ellen White | Prophets and Kings
⚖️ Chapter 10: The Voice of Stern Rebuke
✨ Courage for the Truth – When God’s Love Speaks Through Serious Warnings
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📖 Blog 3: 👦 The Son Lives Again
When Prayer Is Stronger Than Death
📍 Introduction
In the midst of the miracle of provision, the family suffers a severe loss.
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🧵 Commentary
Elijah brings the mother’s distress before God. Three times he prays with deep earnestness. Finally, God intervenes and gives new life.
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🧺 Summary
God shows His power over life and death.
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🔦 Message for Us Today
No situation is hopeless when it is brought before God.
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📝 Thought Prompt
What seemingly hopeless situation may I entrust to God today?
