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Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant, cleansing as His Bride, getting ready for His soon return as our Bridegroom-----
Many now born again in Jesus' flock (John 10:16), especially gentiles, are unaware of the earlier books of the Bible and the spirits of evil that are disclosed in His Word. Replacement theology removed Jews and the focus on earlier books by the Lord.
May the spiritual depth of this key day in history wake up MANY to see God's ongoing Hand to protect His Chosen People. And in the process may MANY open their eyes to see, and then to choose, the Messiah Yeshua, Jesus the Christ.
In Exodus 17: 13,14 we learn: " So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
We read in the Book of Ester how much Haman, of direct Amalek heritage, hated Jews. Yesterday another operating in this wicked Amalek spirit, Ayatollah Khomeini and 40 others in his wicked kingdom, were killed. This can be a beginning take down of the wicked anti-semitic spirit of Amalek.
May anti-semitism be removed in all of our hearts and nations.
Sara Lamm of http://theisraelbible.com has another article today on God's timing on Iran, Persia, Purim and Amalek:
Israel woke up yesterday to sirens and history.
It was February 28th, 2026. The eve of Purim. Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath on which we read the command to remember Amalek. As families walked to synagogue to hear those ancient words, the air-raid sirens began to wail.
By the time we finished reading the Torah, the Supreme Leader of Iran was already dead.
These are the moments when the Bible truly comes to life.
On Shabbat Zachor, we read:
זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לְךָ עֲמָלֵק בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt
Deuteronomy 25:17
אֲשֶׁר קָרְךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּב בְּךָ כָּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִים אַחַרֶיךָ וְאַתָּה עָיֵף וְיָגֵעַ וְלֹא יָרֵא אֱלֹהִים׃
how, undeterred by fear of Hashem, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear.
Deuteronomy 25:18
וְהָיָה בְּהָנִיחַ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְךָ מִכָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ מִסָּבִיב בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה־אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ תִּמְחֶה אֶת־זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם לֹא תִּשְׁכָּח׃
Therefore, when Hashem your God grants you safety from all your enemies around you, in the land that Hashem your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
Deuteronomy 25:19
It is the only Torah reading that commands us to remember evil. Not in vague moral terms, but by name. Amalek attacked the weak. Amalek targeted the stragglers. Amalekdid not wage war for territory. Amalek waged war against covenant.
And in the Book of Esther, that war resurfaces. Haman is called an Agagi, an Agagite (Esther 3:1),
אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה גִּדַּל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אֶת־הָמָן בֶּן־הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי וַיְנַשְּׂאֵהוּ וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־כִּסְאוֹ מֵעַל כָּל־הַשָּׂרִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ׃
Some time afterward, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite; he advanced him and seated him higher than any of his fellow officials.
Esther 3:1
a descendant of Agag, king of Amalek. The Persian plot to annihilate the Jews was not random politics. It was the next chapter in an ancient hostility.
ThePurim story does not end with Haman’s death. That is where most people stop reading. Haman is hanged, the Jews are saved, roll credits. But the text is more dangerous than that.
After Haman is executed, the genocidal decree remains in force. The Jews are still marked for slaughter. The empire has not changed its mind.
The true turning point comes two months later, on the twenty-third of Sivan:
וַיִּקָּרְאוּ סֹפְרֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּעֵת־הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים בּוֹ וַיִּכָּתֵב כְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה מָרְדֳּכַי אֶל־הַיְּהוּדִים וְאֶל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים־וְהַפַּחוֹת וְשָׂרֵי הַמְּדִינוֹת אֲשֶׁר מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד־כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה כִּכְתָבָהּ וְעַם וָעָם כִּלְשֹׁנוֹ וְאֶל־הַיְּהוּדִים כִּכְתָבָם וְכִלְשׁוֹנָם׃
So the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, that is, the month of Sivan; and letters were written, at Mordechai‘s dictation, to the Yehudim and to the satraps, the governors and the officials of the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia: to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, and to the Yehudim in their own script and language.
Esther 8:9
This past June, on the days surrounding the 23rd of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar, Israel fought a twelve-day war against Iran. That was Part One. The Jewish people, once again, exercised the right to defend themselves against a regime that had publicly and repeatedly called for their destruction.
And now, just days before Purim, over Shabbat Zachor, as the words “blot out Amalek” were being read aloud in synagogues across Israel, the Supreme Leader of that regime, the modern day Amalek was struck down.
That is Part Two.
Our Modern Day Purim story gave us both chapters, just in reverse order. First, the authorization to fight. Then, the downfall of the enemy. First Sivan. Then Adar. First self-defense. Then celebration.
וּבִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם בּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִגִּיעַ דְּבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְדָתוֹ לְהֵעָשׂוֹת בַּיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר שִׂבְּרוּ אֹיְבֵי הַיְּהוּדִים לִשְׁלוֹט בָּהֶם וְנַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁלְטוּ הַיְּהוּדִים הֵמָּה בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶם׃
And so, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month—that is, the month of Adar—when the king’s command and decree were to be executed, the very day on which the enemies of the Yehudim had expected to get them in their power, the opposite happened, and the Yehudim got their enemies in their power.
Esther 9:1
The Book of Esther is famous because God’s name never appears in it. Not once. No splitting seas. No pillars of fire. No prophetic voice thundering from the heavens. Just a sleepless night of the king. A banquet delayed by exactly one day. Gallows built too early. A decree reversed at precisely the right moment.
In Esther, the miracle is hidden. But the God of Israel is not locked into one mode.
The modern State of Israel sees miracles that are not hidden at all. Thousands of rockets intercepted mid-sky. A nation that should have been destroyed a dozen times over, still standing, still building, still fighting. Children walking to synagogue under an iron dome that did not exist a generation ago.
And then, on top of the visible miracles that take place, there is also the miracle of the timing. A twelve-day war that aligns with the 23rd of Sivan. A strike against a genocidal regime that lands on Shabbat Zachor, and on the eve of Purim. The symmetry is not decorative. It is structural. It is the same Author writing in the same language, through the same calendar, for those willing to read it.
And so I am here. Typing away silently in the dark of the bomb shelter. My children are sleeping, and there are “booms” or explosions overhead as the miraculous and amazing Israeli Army shoots down Ballistic Missilies from Iran. There is still so much unknown right now.
And yet, we are filled with light and joy.
לַיְּהוּדִים הָיְתָה אוֹרָה וְשִׂמְחָה וְשָׂשֹׂן וִיקָר׃
The Yehudim enjoyed light and gladness, happiness and honor.
Esther 8:16
Now, Proverbs warns: “When your enemy falls, do not rejoice”. We are not celebrating death. We are celebrating the collapse of a regime that built its throne on the promise of Jewish destruction. We are celebrating that Jewish children woke up this morning. We are celebrating that the covenant holds.
And this year, as sirens pierced the morning air on Shabbat Zachor, the ancient command to remember Amalek did not feel like ritual.
It was the Bible coming to life before our very eyes.
We have remembered Amalek. And 2500 years later, history answered back.
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In Exodus 17: 13,14 we learn: " So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
Rockets from Iran have already killed Isrealis. Please pray NOW for all of Israel to be protected from rockets from Iran in retaliation for the massive Israel and US strikes.
Many now born again in Jesus' flock (John 10:16) are unaware of the earlier books of the Bible and the spirits of evil that are disclosed in His Word. May the spiritual depth of this key day in history wake up MANY to see God's ongoing Hand to protect His Chosen People. And in the process may MANY open their eyes to see, and then to choose, the Messiah Yeshua, Jesus the Christ.
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