Purim

PURIM, TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP, “BY THOSE WHO ARE IN THE WAY”?

There are several major components of the Purim holiday, including public readings of the Book of Esther (k'riat megillah), giving charity to the poor (matanot la'evyonim) and delivering gifts to friends (mishloach manot). But Purim is most obviously characterized by a boisterous feast (se'udah) during which participants dress in costumes and drink to excess. Jewish people are instructed to revel in alcoholic drinks until they cannot tell the difference between Mordecai and Haman.
In the Book of Esther, Mordecai and Haman are portrayed as the embodiments of good and evil, respectively. In the story, Haman, the right-hand man of the Persian king, feels personally insulted when Mordecai will not bow to him.
During the reading of the Book of Esther, every mention of Haman's name is drowned out by festive noisemakers (called groggers), shouting, stamping and every manner of booing. Mordecai's name is cheered. But by night's end, the difference between Haman and Mordecai, between good and evil, becomes nonexistent. Participants wear masks to acknowledge that goodness, being Set-Apart and Father Yah’s truth to them are most often hidden.
Does this sound like something that those who are keeping the commands of scripture should be keeping, those that are really seeking Father Yah, and those that are seeking to develop the mind of Messiah? This is a Jewish festival that we are not told to keep in anyplace in scripture. This is no different than a mix of Halloween and Christmas. In many ways this is worse, because the people are told to drink so much, to become obliterated that they can’t tell the difference between “Mordecai and Haman”. Where in scripture are we told to do anything like this? We are not! Please do not think, because you keep the commands of Father Yah that this is a day you are to keep, because other Jewish people keep it!

Hab_2:15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbour, pouring out your wineskin, and also making him drunk – in order to look on their nakedness!

Eph_5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,

Pro_31:6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those embittered in being.

Isa_5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning pursuing strong drink, who stay up late at night – wine inflames them!

Isa_28:7 And these too have gone astray through wine, and through strong drink wandered about. Priest and prophet have gone astray through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they wander about through strong drink, they go astray in vision, they stumble in right-ruling.

I hope this was a blessing to you all!