The letters were sent by mounted couriers into all the king’s provinces to cause the destruction, slaughter, and annihilation of all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and even to plunder their possessions.

Esther 3:13

We occupy interesting times indeed. Something crossed my timeline mentioning the blood moon and the scuttlebutt with Iran.

If one is keen to these things… Blood moons (really lunar eclipses) tend to be taken as ominous portents. That is something to consider. As i write this, the next lunar eclipse occurs March 2-3 2026.

Now, the relatively common Jewish calendar shows that the thirteenth day of the twelfth month comes on March 2, 2026.

Is that significant?

Given Haman’s plot to annihilate Jewish folk in Persia, and that Persia is considered modern Iran… Maybe. It might be something to watch.

The entire account of Hadassah, most likely more familiar to all as Esther, is how she was at the right place for such a time as this. That is, to save God’s people from slaughter. When we read the Bible, pattern becomes apparent. And how I understand, pattern is often prophetic.

Could this be one?

Haman plotted, Mordecai (Esther’s uncle) discovered the plot. The king learned of Haman’s plot Providence led Haman to be executed, but the plot Haman set forth was still a lawful edict that could not be undone by law.

This lends itself to a macro-level view of the problem of sin, and how Jesus needed to die, but I leave that for another time. There are other things I have covered from Esther that may help the reader understand the types and shadows.

Nevertheless, Esther is the hero by sacrificing herself to enter the king’s presence without invitation. To do so could mean death. As queen, she put herself at the mercy of the king. The king accepted her bold move by extending his golden scepter. (Another type and shadow of Jesus.) He asks why she needed his attention, and she revealed her Israeli ethnicity and the plot against her people.

I cut short on the intrigue. The king issued a new edict…

What the king granted to the Jews in each and every city was the right to assemble and to defend their lives by annihilating, slaying, and destroying any army of any people or any province that would assault them, the little children and women included, and to plunder their possessions. This would happen on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month Adar).

Esther 8:11–12

The same scheduled day of their annihilation became their day of forestalling that genocidal atrocity. It is celebrated at this time every year as Purim.

But back to our modern reality. I am writing this on the last day of February 2026. We woke up to news of Israel and the United States going to war with Iran. A blood moon comes on the same day thirteenth day of the twelfth month.

My question is, was that first Purim a pattern that would be repeated?

Let’s see how it plays out.