A one day festival celebrating the deliverance of the Persian Judahites from one of the most dastardly plots in history to exterminate them. The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of how the beautiful Benjaminite Esther (Hadassah) and her counsin Mordecai thwart the evil Haman who plots to massacre the Judahites. The festival was instituted by Queen Esther but its observance is nowhere commanded anywhere by Yahweh in Scripture. Just as the Judahites were rescued, so believers are redeemed by our Righteous Messiah, Yah'shua (Jesus). True and complete redemption lies in our hands as we must turn to Yahweh in complete repentance. The attempt to exterminate one of the Israelite tribes in Persia foreshadows the Great Tribulation in which the Antichrist will attempt to exterminate all true believers just prior to the return of Yah'shua. Though New Covenant Christians teach the story of Purim as found in the Book of Esther, we do not hold any formal observance of the festival.

The Second of the Minor Festivals

1. Purim 2001: The Feast of Lots (Art)

2. Purim 2002: The Feast of Lots (Art)

3. Purim 2003: Earthly and Heavenly Homes (Art)

4. Purim 2004: Your Moral Choice (Art)

5. Purim 2006: Hadas'sah, Star of Benjamin (Art)

6. Purim 2007: False Paradigms and Looking Ahead (Art)

7. Purim 2010: The Leaven of Babylon (Art)

8. Purim 2011: Vengeance is Yahweh's (Art)

9. Hanukkah Revisited: In the Shadow of the Winter Gods (Art)

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