Heard It All Before Series Vol II

Purification First Then Grace & Favor

Esther 2:9–17 KJV

9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. 10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. 11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. 12 Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house. 14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. 15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

A Handbook on the Book of Esther Esther 2:12

“The young women of the harem had to follow for a year the beauty treatment prescribed for the women.”

Their beautifying with oil, spices, and ointments apparently refers to massages, as TEV makes explicit. Myrrh is a resin of certain trees in Africa and Asia that gives off a good smell. Where myrrh is unknown, one may say “oil of very good quality.” The spices are taken by some translators to be balsam (TEV, FRCL, TOB). Balsam was a mixture of oil and resin that was obtained from certain trees and shrubs, and was used for medicines and perfumes. Obviously the spices are not condiments associated with cooking. Most versions indicate use of oil the first six months and perfumed substances the second six months.

Esther Commentary

Typically, the queen was of noble rank, chosen for family or political connections. While she might be comparatively attractive, given the fact that she would have access to the best clothes, cosmetics, and hairstylists, beauty was not a qualification for queenship. Persian society was fiercely hierarchical, and people rarely crossed class lines in marriage. Among the later Achaemenid rulers, the purity of the royal line was so protected that there were even marriages of brothers and sisters, and even fathers with daughters.80 The procedure described here sounds more like the way one would choose a concubine, as when King David’s servants conducted a search in Israel to find a young woman to share his bed and keep him warm (1 Kgs 1:2–3).81

I’d Like to talk with you on this subject:

Purification First Then Grace & Favor

Tell Some-one Not as good looking as you, Purification comes first then Grace & Favor.

Preparing For Marriage is a Process Ladies:

Today I am Going to Be your Hegai, And i asked google for some help.

What are some things a female should do before getting married. (To be honest as I worked on this i realized that most of these are something men should do as well.

Live Alone

“Living alone teaches you so many things,” “You learn how to be financially and emotionally independent. Paying all of your bills gives you a sense of accomplishment, and spending a few weekends and weekday nights alone gives you strength.”

2. Be Financially Independent

Along the same lines of being able to live on your own, having a solid grasp on your finances will go a long way in making sure you feel ready to get hitched. “Whether you have a career or a good-paying job, being financially independent means you are not going to get married because you need to,” “You have worth.

3. Travel the World

If you haven’t had (or taken) the opportunity to see and experience the beautiful world around you, buy a plane ticket before you say "I do." Of course, you can, and likely will, travel with your future spouse, but having the experience of traveling solo or with friends on your own accord—experiences that you can carve out for yourself and decide what they mean to you as an individual—can help solidify who you are as a person.

4. Stop Eating Out

Practice Your Cooking skills by cooking 5 days a week. Meal prep your lunch for work by eating left overs. (save More Spend Less)

5. Learn How to Deal With Conflict Privately

When you get mad, no Facebook rants or cryptic quotes about a fight you may be having, and no more calling all of your friends for consensus about whether you are right or wrong in an argument,” Your marriage is sacred and what happens in your relationship needs to stay in your relationship.”

OWN Your Stuff

6. Develop a Hobby or Two

7. Live a life free of drama, complaints & gossip

8. Make God Your Priority

When God becomes the priority, the purification process begins

The Toxins in Our spirit, In Our Soul & In our behavior has to me massaged Out by the word of God.

John 17:17 KJV

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Ephesians 5:21–31 (NCV)

21 Yield to obey each other as you would to Christ.

22 Wives, yield to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

A couple that has a relationship with Christ Prior to coming together should already be accustom to yielding to God.

If God was not a priority prior to your marriage neither will be your spouse. (yield: Give In)

23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.

24 As the church yields to Christ, so you wives should yield to your husbands in everything. ( Wives yield to your husband somethings, only the things they agree with, my momma didn’t do it I an’t doin it)

25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it (The Husbands Love must supersede Submission and must be willing to Die for his wife)

26 to make it belong to God. Christ used the word to make the church clean by washing it with water. (This is where i need us to be!! The Word That Purifies the church comes with Priority) When you lack sanctification its a result of Christ not being your Priority. And thats why its more cranktified sisters than sanctified.

27 He died so that he could give the church to himself like a bride in all her beauty. He died so that the church could be pure and without fault, with no evil or sin or any other wrong thing in it. (Christ Died so we that we would have abudant Life) If you walk around miserable, low self esteem, all in the mustard and can’t kacchup.. Your Not living. And Who would want to marry someone that has need’s that only God can give them and they refuse to go to the well.

28 In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.

29 No one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church,

30 because we are parts of his body.

31 The Scripture says, “So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.”

I hear the Lord saying Give me 12 months of preparation and watch the Grace and Favor explode on your life…

Proverbs 18:22 KJV

22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

We Don’t Celebrate Sarah like we should, But her Grace and favor is what caused Abraham to be blessed..

Genesis 20:18 KJV

18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.