I just don't get it.

I just don't get it. Like I said I've been studying Beth Moore's study on Esther. During the last video session we went through some back history on Mordecai and Haman, 2 influential people in the book. The context was meanness always has a history, so we studied the history behind the rivalry of Haman and Mordecai. It went all the way back to Exodus when the Amelakites attacked the Israelites when the were tired and weary traveling from Egypt to the promised land. God said the he would be at war with the Amalekites from generation to generation (Ex 16:8-16). As time goes by and a couple more incidents occur between the Amalekites and Israelites on which the Amalekites preyed on the weakest, women and children. Finally we get to the boom of Samuel and God tells Saul to blot out the Amalekites, destroy all taking no plunder. Saul disobeys and brings back plunder along with their King, Agag. Why is this important? Well Haman is an Amalekite and a descendant of Agag and Mordecai is a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin and a descendant of Saul. The anger they have toward each other began hundreds of years earlier. I love learning new things. Of course with this information it makes more sense that Haman wanted to destroy the Jews. What's my point you say? My point is this, how on Earth can you say the Bible is just a book? How else do you explain the fact that the same people are mentioned, stories told, information given throughout the 66 books that were not written by the same people! That is one big coincidence if you ask me! Thank you Jesus for giving me your word, your God-breathed word for me, I don't know what I'd do without it.

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