
70: Esther — Purim
The BEMA Podcast
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Is Esther Taking on the Name Esther?
The origin of the name esther is really the persian version of the name ishtar. Ishtar being wohe unfortunately name easter after easter is a mispronunciation by the romans of ishtara. The goddess of fertility was always incredibly sexually immoral and involved all kinds of prostitution. When i preached on that, so many people got angry. And yet, there were some people in the crowd that went, wait a minute. That's my story. I find myself where i am to day. Are you telling me that god could even use me for such a time as this?
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