Heralds Digest

  “ For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen .” Esther 10 : 3 NKJV For anyone to correctly discern the good greatness, he must first be comfortable with the concept of great goodness. Otherwise, greatness can be very deceptive and a mismanagement of goodness in life and ministry. For those who care about scriptural guidance, Mordecai represents a commendable model of great goodness, i.e., the seeking of the good of the people, especially at the expense of personal good. Unfortunately, the human heart is wired for self-seeking, self-centredness, and self-projection, especially at the expense of sacrificing systemic good. But by God’s grace, the heart is made to trust in God for its own goodness, while being called to live and labour for the goodness of the people. Actually, like it was with Mordecai and many other saints...

  ” For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen .“ Esther‬ ‭10‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ By reflecting and contrasting on the final advancement of Mordecai the Jew with the revelation of the eternal reign of Jesus Christ in Revelation 5:13 “ And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever !”“, it teaches that it pays to live for the true God instead of the pursuit of temporary throne. Like the Lamb of God who was slain, humiliated, and crucified on the rugged Cross for the sin of humanity, Mordecai had his moments of trials and travesties under the temporary reign of Haman for his faith in God against human worship. Unfortunately, the p...