Welcome to Revelation Unraveled. I'm your host, William Tapley, also known as the Third
Eagle of the Apocalypse and the Co Prophet of the End Times. On this program I want to
talk about one of the most amazing prophetic books in the Bible, and that is the book of
Esther. The book of Esther prophesies about the end times, the times we are living in
today and Esther is unique in all of the Bible, because it prophesies also the end of the
Old Testament. Now, one of the proofs that Esther is an end times prophecy is the author's
extensive use of biblical numerology, especially the numbers 4, 7 and 12. These are three of
the most important end times numbers and the reason is because 4 is the last week in a
month, 7 is the last day in a week and 12 is the last month in a year. Therefore when
a prophetic author in the Bible want to speak about the last days, he uses these numbers.
Let's see how the author of Esther begins his book. In chapter 1, verse 1, 'In the days
of Ahasuerus', (now, Ahasuerus was probably Xerxes, in fact many Bibles use his name Xerxes),
who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces'. Now, this 127 is a very interesting
number, because it is not an end times number, until you break it down into two components.
In other words there are 12 7s in the Book of Esther. Now, the first of the 12 7s
is found in the number 127 itself, and the second 7 we will find in verse number
3, where the author lists 7 princes. 'Now, in the third year of his reign, he made a
great feast for all his princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians
and for the nobles of the Medes and the governors of the provinces in his sight.' That is the
second 7 in the book of Esther. This great feast, by the way, refers to the Old Testament
and all these famous people represent the chosen people of the Jews. In verse number
5, we find our third 7. 'And when those days had expired, the king gave a banquet
lasting 7 days. Now this short 7-day banquet refers to the ministry of Jesus which
follows the Old Testament. In verse number 10, 'On the 7th day when the heart of the
king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and
Carcas, the 7 eunuchs who served in his presence.' Now, actually there are three 7s in this
verse because we have two 7s listed plus the 7 eunuchs are listed. So that gives
us a total of six. Now, this phrase 'merry with wine' is very interesting. It does not
mean symbolically that the king is drunk or out of his senses, in fact, just the opposite.
It means that the king is filled with the Holy Spirit. The king symbolizes God, specifically
Jesus Christ. Now, as I said, the short 7 day party following the long party symbolizes
Jesus' ministry to the entire world, following the Old Testament. King Ahasuerus invites
his queen Vashti to come to this party and show the common people her beauty, but Vashti
refuses. Vashti symbolizes the scribes and the Pharisees of Jesus' own time. They did
not want to share their exclusivity to the Gentiles. This angers King Ahasuerus who symbolizes
God, and he asks the 7 princes who are assembled with them, what their advice should
be. Now these 7 princes are Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena
and Memucan, the 7 princes of the Medes and the Persians. Therefore we now have eight
7s. Now Esther is chosen to replace Vashti. 'And the maiden pleased him and he gave her
7 maidens.' These 7 handmaidens constitute the ninth 7 in the book of Esther. And
in chapter 2, verse 16, 'So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in his royal house in the
tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the 7th year of his reign.' That's the 10th
number 7. And we finish up with two more recitations of 127 which give us number 11 and number
12 for the number 7. The number 7 is not the only indicator of end times prophecy. The
number 4 is also extremely important, and there are three 4s in Esther. The first
of these 4's is in chapter 1 verse 4, 'That he might show the riches of the glory of his
kingdom and the greatness and boasting of his power for a long time.' Now, this 'long
time' symbolizes the Old Testament, 'an hundred and four score days'. Now, this four does not
count on our list of 4's, because this 'hundred and four score days' is 180 days, and that
represents one half of a year and that symbolizes the first half of revealed scripture. The
Book of Esther describes the end of the Old Testament. Vashti symbolizes the Jews. Her
beauty symbolizes monotheism which she refuses to show to the assembled commoners who symbolize
the Gentiles. Therefore God must find a substitute for Vashti, and his substitute will be Christianity,
and Esther symbolizes the Blessed Virgin Mary. Now, let's look at our second and third 4.
'And in every province and every city, wherever the edict of the king went, there was joy
and gladness among the Jews with feasting and celebrating.' That's our second 4. 'And
all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and the officers of the
king, helped the Jews.' That is our third number 4. The third great end times number
is the number 12. 'Where were white, green and blue hangings, fastened with cords of
fine linen, purple and silver and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver
upon a pavement of red, and blue, white and black marble.' So, we see 12 adjectives for
the decorations in the palace of King Ahasuerus. Now, we've already mentioned the three 12s
in the number 127, which is repeated three times. So this is the fourth 12 in the book
of Esther. All the maidens who are candidates to replace Queen Vashti must go through a
year of vigorous training. 'Now, when every maid's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus,
after 12 months', there's our fifth 12, '6 months with oil of myrrh and 6 months with
sweet perfumes'. Now this 6 and 6 constitutes our sixth 12. Normally in end times prophecy,
these numbers would stand alone, because 6 is an evil number, but because this is specifically
a breakdown of the 12 months, this 6 and 6 counts as another 12. In chapter 3 verse 7,
we find two more 12s. 'In the first month, that is Nisan, in the 12th year of the reign
of King Ahasuerus, they cast lots and the lot fell on the 12th month which is the month
of Adar.' That gives us eight 12s. In chapter 3 verse 13, 'And the letters were sent to
annihilate all the Jews on the 13th day of the 12th month of Adar'. That's our ninth
number 12. Now in chapter 8, verse 12, we find another 12, 'the 13th day of the 12th month,
the month of Adar', number 10. And in chapter 9 verse 1, 'On the 13th day of the 12th month,
the month of Adar, our 11th number 12. But where is the 12th 12? And I believe we
find the 12th 12 in Esther when we add together the three 4s. Remember these three
4s? Those add up to the number 12. For more than 2000 years, the book of Esther has been
studied and analyzed, but no Rabbi, no Pope or Bishop, no Catholic theologian or Protestant
Bible scholar has ever understood the hidden prophecies in the book of Esther. That's because
it was not necessary to know what Esther was about, until these end times. Esther predicts
the end of the Old Testament in order to verify that these prophecies about the end of the
New Testament are also true. And it's very important for us to know what these prophecies
are. And in part number 2 of this series on the book of Esther, I will reveal the importance
of the end times prophecies in the book of Esther. And if you would like a free copy
of my book, Revelation Unraveled, simply write to the address you see on your screen.