Publication date
1932
Book
Preservation
Publication page
136
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PRESERVATION 
ES'l'nF..B 
people 
at 
my 
request; 
for 
we 
are 
sold, 
and 
my 
people, 
to 
be 
destroyed, 
to 
be 
slain, 
and 
to 
perish. 
But 
if 
we 
had 
been 
sold 
for 
bondmen 
and 
bondwomen, 
had 
held 
my 
tongue, 
although 
the 
enemy 
could 
not 
countervail 
the 
king's 
dam­ 
age."-7: 
3,4. 
Esther 
asked 
not 
only 
for 
her 
own 
life, 
but 
for 
the 
life 
of 
her 
people 
as 
well, 
thus 
disclos­ 
ing 
to 
the 
king 
and 
to 
Haman 
that 
she 
was 
Jewess. 
This 
was 
the 
crucial 
hour, 
and 
she 
met 
the 
test 
bravely. 
Today 
God's 
remnant 
appeal 
to 
the 
heavenly 
King 
for 
the 
preservation 
of 
God's 
people 
to 
his 
own 
honor. 
They 
do 
not 
appeal 
to 
Satan's 
organization 
for 
protection 
from 
their 
enemies, 
yet 
they 
are 
plainly 
telling 
the 
political 
and 
commercial 
elements 
of 
the 
world 
that 
the 
clergy 
of 
so-called 
"organized 
Christianity" 
are 
hypocrites 
and 
are 
seeking 
the 
destruction 
of 
God's 
witnesses 
who 
are 
espoused 
to 
Christ. 
The 
remnant 
must 
definitely 
identify 
themselves 
as 
members 
of 
the 
Lord's 
'elect 
serv­ 
ant' 
class. 
This 
they 
do 
not 
do 
egotistically, 
but 
do 
so 
in 
taking 
their 
firm 
and 
unequivocal 
stand 
for 
Jehovah. 
King 
Ahasuerus 
then 
said 
to 
Esther: 
'Who 
and 
where 
is 
he 
who 
dares 
thus 
to 
do 
this 
terri­ 
ble 
crime 
l' 
With 
emphatic 
and 
dramatic 
speech 
Esther 
replied: 
'There 
is 
the 
man, 
the 
adversary 
and 
enemy, 
the 
wicked 
Haman.' 
It 
was.then 
that 
Haman 
showed 
fear. 
He 
knew 
that 
"the 
jig 
was 
up" 
with 
him. 
May 
it 
not 
be 
that 
the 
Haman 
class 
will 
show 
some 
fear 
when 
they 
awake 
fully 
to 
the 
fact 
that 
it 
is 
by 
the 
hand 
and 
power 
of 
Jehovah 
God 
that 
the 
witness 
work 
of 
the 
rem- 
136 PRESERVATION Esrume 7 people at my request; for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to ba slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.”—7 : 8, 4. Ksther asked not only for her own life, but for the life of her people as well, thus disclosing to the king and to Haman that she was a Jewess. This was the crucial hour, and she met the test bravely. Today God’s remnant appeal to the heavenly King for the preservation of God’s people to his own honor. They do not appeal to Satan’s organization for protection from their enemies, yet they are plainly telling the political and commercial elements of the world that the clergy of so-called “organized Christianity” are hypocrites and are seeking the destruction of God’s witnesses who are espoused to Christ. The remnant must definitely identify themselves as members of the Lord’s ‘elect servant’ class. This they do not do egotistically, but do so in taking their firm and unequivocal stand for Jehovah. King Ahasuerus then said to Esther: ‘Who and where is he who dares thus to do this terrible crime? With emphatic and dramatic speech Iisther replied: “There is the man, the adversary and enemy, the wicked Haman.’ It was then that Haman showed fear. He knew that “the jig was up” with him. May it not be that the Haman class will show some fear when they awake fully to the fact that it is by the hand and power of Jchovah God that the witness work of the rem

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