Introduction

Good morning, everyone. Let's continue our study of Esther, chapter 4. The theme is, "Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" Actually, how one lives their life is a choice that each person must make. This way of living is based on your view of the world, of life, and of the things you encounter.

If your perspective aligns with God's, then you will surely live in His will. Next, we will analyze the decisions made by Esther and Mordecai and the logic behind them.

Seeing Everything in the World from God's Perspective

I once ministered to a sister who was afraid of everything. The memories of being abused as a child had a profound impact on her way of living. Can we see life from God's perspective, from the height of His throne? If we see through life and death, see through living, then many problems will disappear! But if you don't see through it, you will only see what is in front of you.

So how do you see through it? It's actually very simple! Imagine you are going to die tomorrow. Would you still care about the things you are encountering now? Even if you had debts of six million or six hundred million, you wouldn't care. Actually, people don't care about six hundred million, but they do care about six million, so people are very interesting.

However, the problem lies in the fact that people think they will live a long time. If you don't care for one day, and you don't care for two days, what about a month? It's only thirty days, it passes quickly, so I don't care either.

However, there was a sister who could never let go of her work, working desperately. I said, "Let it go, you won't die if you don't finish it!" But she never let go. One day, she suddenly let go because the doctor said she only had six months to live, she was about to die. People must know that their days on earth are not long!

There was also someone who had a profound impact on Chinese education, and he suddenly died a few days ago. He used to work very hard, but he didn't know he would die at forty-one, otherwise he wouldn't have worked so hard. In ministry, I have found that people don't need to be afraid. What is there to fear? If people are not even afraid of death, then what is there to fear?

A long time ago, I wanted to make a coffin, and I still haven't given up on that idea. Because when people can't see through things, lying in a coffin for a while should be helpful. What is all this in the world anyway? It is actually a play directed by God, one act after another.

Let me give you another example. There was a man named Job. What he experienced in the world was actually a farce directed by God. Satan and God both took a liking to Job, and then they put on a farce. From a human perspective, it was very upsetting because Job's twelve children all died. Some people said, "God, why did you let them die like that?"

Brothers and sisters, because you are human, you can't see through it, but if you stand from God's perspective, you can see through it! Many chapters in the Bible talk about this, who lived for how many years, then begat someone, and then lived for how many years and died.

In human eyes, living to a hundred years old is better than eighty, but that is not necessarily the case. If a person is lying in bed every day, needing someone to wipe their feces and urine, is that a good thing or a bad thing? But many people don't know, they still think it's good to be alive, but living one more day is suffering one more day, so what are you living for?

This is also a farce directed by God, one act after another. Some people say, "Why is God so bad?" Actually, the purpose of these acts is to let people see through it. If you don't see through it, then it's your own fault! However, if people see through it, then many things will be easily solved.

Esther later became queen, eating and drinking well, having everything she wanted, not having to do dirty or tiring work, and having people to serve her. It all seems pretty good. But this needs to be said separately. If she had married Emperor Chongzhen, who hanged himself on a tree, would his children and wife be well? So this is hard to say.

However, Esther became queen, and Haman became prime minister. Where can you reason with this? One is a Jew, and the other is an Amalekite. They have been enemies for generations. Then there was Mordecai, who refused to bow down to Haman, the prime minister, so Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish people. God put this script in front of Esther, Mordecai, and Haman.

You need to know that people who have God are God's people, and that is amazing! People either act according to God's script, like Esther, with the determination to die if necessary! Feeling that I will just do it! If people don't do it this way, then God's script will be changed to another person.

For example, in the Book of Exodus, the Israelites came out of Egypt. God's script was for them to enter the Promised Land, but they didn't want to, so they died in the wilderness. But for God, one more death is not too many, and one less death is not too few.

So people need to see through it. Only by looking at problems from God's perspective can you see through them. For example, recently, a sister among us encountered enemies in her family, and everything looked terrible, but if you see through it, this matter cannot affect you.

If you stand from God's perspective and see through life, death, and living, then the final outcome is victory. If you are God's people, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, no one can harm you! Those who curse you, God will curse; those who bless you, God will bless.

Brothers and sisters, don't be afraid when you encounter things. Don't say, "Oh, Mordecai, just bow down, kneel down, and be obsequious. What's so great about that? Why do you have to provoke Haman?" Actually, Mordecai's behavior is part of God's direction, because God wants to use this to destroy the Amalekites, so that people can see God's power once again.

The Apostle Paul said, "We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body." See how good this logic is? So it is normal for everyone to encounter some difficulties. If you have not been sold into Egypt, thank God! If you have been sold into Egypt and encounter such bad luck, that is also normal.

You act according to God's script. God does not want to harm you, but to promote you. So Joseph became the prime minister of Egypt at the age of thirty, which is very impressive! God's ways always surpass our imagination. So are you acting according to God's script, or are you acting according to your own script?

If you act according to your own script, it is: Anyway, I am the queen, I will just stay in the palace, I have nothing to do, if you die, you die, it has nothing to do with me! But according to God's script, it is: Die if I must, I will go in to see the king, I will act according to God's script! Actually, people's lives in the world are not long, and how you live is crucial.

Esther Became Queen, Haman Became Prime Minister, Wanting to Destroy the Jewish People

Although Esther became queen, Haman became prime minister, wanting to destroy the Jewish people. This is a farce directed by God, which is to test how people act in this play. As a result, thank God! Mordecai and Esther both acted well according to God's will.

Later, it was not Haman who destroyed the Jewish people, but Haman was hanged on the gallows, and Mordecai became the prime minister of King Ahasuerus. How good is this? Before that, God had prepared a military exploit for Mordecai. Acting according to God's script, the reversal comes too quickly!

Everyone needs to know that we have obtained a position, is it not for the present opportunity? You may be very wealthy, is it not for the present opportunity? So what is the present opportunity? It is not a crisis of a dying nation, but God still has a great purpose in us, so that we can manifest His glory in this generation and fill the whole earth!

Mordecai Spoke the Key

Mordecai sent back this answer to Esther: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:13-14)

Everyone must know that God has chosen you and arranged a position for you. If you can't do it, then God will find someone else. We look closely at the Bible, it is all like this! For example, Peter, God actually chose him to be the apostle to the Gentiles, but he couldn't do it, that's okay. Later, God chose the Apostle Paul, and the Apostle Paul took over this position and did so well!

So Mordecai spoke the key, which is, "If you are afraid of death at this time, and do not stand up, and remain silent, we Jews will surely get relief from another place." God will definitely have a way! If you don't play this role, God will find someone else.

This is the essence of Chinese Mingding Doctrine. If people act according to God's script, they often look like they are about to die, but they can't die, because God just wants to use you like this! If you don't act this way, God will use someone else.

There is a story that I have quoted many times. There was a Pastor Bu, God chose him to go to Africa, which was a miracle. However, there were hundreds of thousands of people attending the meetings, the aura was amazing! Actually, he didn't know what to do when he got to Africa, but God chose him, so he went.

God said to Pastor Bu, "Actually, you are not the first one I chose, but the fourth one, because the first three didn't go." Pastor Bu said, "God, you don't need to find a fifth one, I will go. Whether I can do it or not, it is not my ability, but your ability."

It was also a coincidence that in Singapore, Chinese people built a church, and I was also the fourth one. Thank God for choosing me. Actually, I didn't know at the time that God wanted me to correct many absurdities in Christian theology, and now I have corrected them.

About nine years ago, there was a prophet named Rick Joyner, and his book "The Prophetic Vision" had a very deep impact on me. In an interview, he said, "There is a small group of Chinese people, and God is going to raise them up to correct many absurdities in Christian theology."

At that time, I also thought it was good. Looking back now, isn't that what we are talking about? Then the reporter asked Rick Joyner, "Is this thing you are talking about a future time, or a past time?" Rick Joyner said, "It is now, 2017." However, our church changed to "Chinese Mingding Doctrine" in 2018.

To challenge the entire Christian theological system is no joke. I didn't dare to before, but now I am speaking openly, "Jude," "1 Peter," and "2 Peter" are all being spoken openly. In the early years, when I first challenged the logical system of "James," those brothers and sisters who were very close to me felt that I was too much, but now no one feels that way anymore, everyone has become smarter.

Therefore, Mordecai spoke the key, if you don't do it, God will find someone else. But since God has found us in this generation, then we will do it well, so Paul said, "Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! You and your father's family will perish, and we Jews will be saved from another place."

Thank God! This group of us are all people who have seen through life and death! If you see through life and death, see through living, then is money still a matter? Brothers and sisters, listen to my advice, see through life and death, see through living, then is living still a big deal? Isn't it just a trivial matter? Then why are you still entangled?

Some brothers and sisters are still worried and anxious in the workplace, so what are you worried about? Things that can't kill people are small things, and things that can kill people are not a matter! Mordecai spoke the key:

Mordecai sent back this answer to Esther: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:13-14)

So I advise everyone to see through all these things. Why are we able to overcome this world? Able to overcome the dark forces in the air that control the dark world? Because we see through life and death, see through living, this world has nothing in us.

Let them come "full force," God is definitely the God who saves me! Even if we are up against the dark forces in the air, so what? We still rely on God to be saved! This is the key to Mordecai's words.

"Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" Did you think it was to make you live comfortably? God gave you this position to give you a Mingding, to let you live for God, and when God wants to use you at a critical moment, you can stand up. Do you all understand this principle? Many of our brothers and sisters value work very much, but they don't value God.

Esther Made the Right Choice.

Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” (Esther 4:15-16)

Do you all understand? Everyone is fasting and praying. Fasting is humbling oneself before God. In the past, everyone lived for themselves, just muddling through life in Susa, waiting for death. Now, the entire race is about to be exterminated, everyone is going to be killed, and all the money they earned will be snatched away by Haman. There is no way out! It's like I want to prepare a coffin and lie in it for a while. At this moment, everything is let go! Because death is imminent.

However, the decree has already been issued, sealed, and sent to various places. All the Jews are to be wiped out in the twelfth month. That is a government document. The government has soldiers and police. What's so difficult about wiping out the Jews? Even if you have money, it's useless! But aren't you living for money? Aren't you very wealthy?

Although the Jews are very good at doing business, making money, and living well, they are about to die. So, don't even mention fasting for three days; they would fast for five days! If they were asked to fast for three days at any other time, they would say, "Don't I have to manage the factory? Don't I have to do business? Don't I have to ship goods? My project is only half done."

Now, everything can be let go! I tell you, humans are a very base kind of animal. If God didn't orchestrate this, the Jews in Susa would remain the same. So, sometimes I am in a dilemma. When I see brothers and sisters being weak, should I pray for blessings or for hardship?

I wish that brothers and sisters could experience more of the death of Jesus Christ, so that the life of Jesus Christ may also be in you, just like entering a coffin to die once, and then coming back to life again through the power of God. Old Ma, the one who rules the dark world in the air, wants to kill us all the time. If our hearts are bound by the world every day, then you are not far from death!

So, Esther was trained in Mordecai's house from a young age. Mordecai knew her very well. Especially after she entered the palace, Mordecai lay in ashes wearing sackcloth. Esther thought he was out of money, so she sent him clothes. As a result, Mordecai challenged Esther: Don't think you can escape. You can't escape. Even if you escape Haman's massacre, you can't escape God's pursuit!

So, brothers and sisters, can you see clearly God's good will for us? God wants to show us clearly in this generation that this is truly the era of Mingding Doctrine! I am not trying to deceive you or boast about anything. It is just that God has chosen me and used me, that's all. I don't want to build my own little kingdom, but God's will is obvious.

In fact, God is tearing down churches everywhere. How many churches were torn down during the COVID-19 pandemic? Then everyone searched for us online. But you don't necessarily have to come to us, but millions of people are listening to our Bible studies and sermons, and being inspired by us. How many people has our church blessed? Why is it called "Mingding Doctrine"? It is a theology of "living for God"!

“All the king’s officials and even the people in the provinces know that if anyone, whether man or woman, enters the inner court to see the king without being summoned, the king has only one law: that person must die. The only exception to this law is for the king to extend the gold scepter to them and spare their lives. But I have not been called to see the king for thirty days.” (Esther 4:11)

"In the palace, violating the rules is breaking the law. Can you break the rules set by the Emperor? But Esther is going to rush in to see the Emperor. If it is not God, it is a dead end. It is a reckless act. So, if Christians do not have the faith of 'if I perish, I perish,' then it is difficult for you to overcome Old Ma."

In fact, if you don't have the faith of "if I perish, I perish," you won't live long anyway, just seventy or eighty years. If people know that they won't live that long, many problems will disappear. The worst thing is when people think they will live a long time. If you are paralyzed in bed from one hundred to two hundred years old, how much money will that cost? The worst thing for people is to live too long and suffer.

But people just think that the longer they live, the better, because they have no eternal life. Everyone in this world will die one day, either with the weight of Mount Tai or as light as a feather. Which one do you choose? To die for God is incomparably good! Once you choose to die for God, thinking "if I perish, I perish," then it is difficult to die.

I have had several brushes with death, but I have a logic of not being afraid of death in me. If I am afraid of death, it will be terrible, and I will be caught by Old Ma! But because I am not afraid of death, I am still doing well.

To be honest, I look very calm when I work, never nervous. But in reality, I am under tremendous pressure, to the extent that sometimes my heart "thumps," and I feel like I am going to die. Then I lie on the table to rest. When I wake up again, more than three hours have passed. Some people may just "thump" and pass away. When I lie on the table, I pray in my heart that I am really not afraid of death.

In the past, because the work pressure was very high and the relationship with the boss was not good, but after a few years, our relationship became very strong. In the beginning, I often clashed with the boss, for about three or four years. It was very hard! The workload was also large, and as a result, I had nosebleeds every day. Two or three packs of tissues would all turn red, but I didn't take a single day of sick leave.

At that time, I had a friend who was about the same age as me. The symptoms he described were the same as mine! Later, he went to the hospital for a checkup. I didn't go. What's the point of getting a checkup? My logic is that there is a time to be born and a time to die, and I won't die!

He went to the hospital for a checkup, but nine months later, I attended his funeral. He was lying in the coffin. I said, "Goodbye, brother!" I tell you, the faith of "if I perish, I perish" can solve many problems, so I didn't die.

About five years ago, I got infected with the COVID-19 virus again. It was terrible! I couldn't preach for those few weeks. But I didn't go to the hospital. I just prayed silently in a low voice. Do you know what happened? I burped thousands of times a day and farted thousands of times. The gas was "whooshing" out. As a result, after twenty days, I got out of bed and was fine. Three days later, I was full of energy and my strength was fully restored!

If I were afraid of death, I would be ruined, but I am not afraid, so if I perish, I perish! This is the "golden rule." I am definitely qualified to tell everyone, but some people say, "Teacher, I can't believe in your stuff." Then you should be afraid. Once people are afraid of death, they will be rubbed on the ground by Old Ma. So people need to see through life and death.

Some people live to be forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, or over a hundred years old, and then die. There is no difference! Do you understand? I know that doctors will not extend my life, but I will suffer a lot in the hands of doctors.

People live in eternal life, so why care about a physical body? Brothers and sisters, can you make the right choice? Sooner or later, you will leave this world. Where are you going? Why do you take these "trivial matters" of work so seriously? What's the point? Then the pressure is still high, and you often do this wrong and that wrong! In fact, if you do something wrong, you do something wrong. What's so great about it? So our brothers and sisters must not think that living is for making money. You live to rejoice in your labor!

Thank God, I feel healthier and healthier now! In fact, I got severe rhinitis when I was in my early thirties. I was blowing my nose and sneezing from morning to night. There were always tissues in my pocket. It was really too painful. Later, I established a church and prayed a lot. Then my nose got better and better. In the past, if I wore short sleeves in an air-conditioned room, my nose would immediately be bad, but now it's fine!

So people should seek God. I thought: God, what is your will for me? I want to do according to your will. You let me live in this world. When you need me, don't leave me out! This is the opportunity God gives us!

A few days ago, there was a video describing the collapse of five mega-churches because the pastors were just building magnificent cathedrals. One pastor spent a lot of money to build a glass cathedral with tens of thousands of pieces of glass. The exterior was very beautiful and became an internet celebrity check-in place, but the church collapsed because it fell into the eyes of money.

I was thinking: God, the opportunity has come. Every time I hear such news, I have a very heavy burden in my heart, because these churches all speak English. Can we become a blessing to English-speaking brothers and sisters? How to shepherd them?
I don't know. Although we can't, God can. May God use us!

One day, we will see the whole earth blessed by Chinese Mingding Doctrine and see the glory of God! If I perish, I perish! How good it is to be used by God! So our brothers and sisters should broaden our minds and lengthen our vision. God wants to use us greatly! Isn't God raising us up for the present opportunity?

There are too many absurd things in Christianity, but even if we poke a hornet's nest and get stung by hornets until our faces are swollen, if I perish, I perish! It's nothing great. Even if people say we are heretics and extremists, it doesn't matter. This is us!

These toxic things have been rampant in the church for many years. Since God has chosen us, then if I perish, I perish! Many people do not accept us. You tell people that they have believed wrongly for a lifetime. How can people accept it? It's very difficult! But it doesn't matter, we will do it little by little.

I tell you, there are many small pastors all over the earth who are full of confusion in their hearts because they do not have the true doctrine. Didn't you all come to our church with a lot of confusion? Many Christians are full of diseases and still think it is a good thing. But when you come to us, aren't you getting better and better?

Some people live very poorly. It's not that being poor is necessarily bad, but this is definitely not God's promise. So brothers and sisters, if God uses you, then act according to God's script and obtain your Mingding to live for God!

What is the Foundation of "If I Perish, I Perish"?

What is the foundation of "if I perish, I perish"? The foundation is very simple, because we live in eternal life, so although our physical body dies, our spirit still lives, so the physical body is useless. According to people, Jesus Christ died in his thirties, isn't that a pity? But Jesus Christ will also be resurrected after death, so seeing through is the key! If you can't see through, isn't that very troublesome?

Everyone must not think that after seeing through, you will become an ascetic monk, but eating, drinking, and living are very comfortable. Then when God wants to use us, we are also very willing and comfortable to offer ourselves, just like Isaac offered himself. Once you offer yourself, all the problems in this life are solved, so what is there to be afraid of?

So there is no need to be afraid of crisis. Crisis is just used to destroy those stubborn worldly things in us. If you are going to die, then you have to destroy them even if you don't want to, and then we will be free. Thank the Lord, this is seeing through! Jesus Christ died for us and also resurrected for us, just to let us have freedom in Jesus Christ, and let us be able to overcome death in Jesus Christ by relying on the Lord Jesus who loves us!

I have a hope in my heart that our co-workers, small pastors, and brothers and sisters can overcome Old Ma. To be honest, there are times when I see brothers and sisters unable to overcome Old Ma, and there are still worldly things in them, and I am actually very sad in my heart, so I wish that brothers and sisters could live with the faith of "if I perish, I perish."

This era will be because of you and me that people will receive the benefits of this gospel, and people will be able to see the glory of God! Because of you and me being used by God and working with God, let the gospel of Jesus Christ restore the power it should have, the power of resurrection from the dead! This is the foundation. If you have this foundation and know it clearly in your understanding, will you still care about those "trivial matters"? So we must see through.

No matter what position you are in, maybe you are a small boss or a big boss, isn't the position that God has given you for the present opportunity? Maybe you are an official or a professional, but no matter who you are, God's plan will be fulfilled in us. May God raise us up, Amen!

We will share this Bible study here. May God bless everyone!

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