1. THE LIFE OF QUEEN ESTHER.

THE BOOK.

Covering this book may take some time as there are crucial Characters mentioned here. Each person has something to teach us

Before we look at the main characters in this true story, we note that God is not mentioned in this book. But you will see He is in the shadows watching over His own.

One Commentator has recommended that we should read the whole book twice! Will you?

The story is a crisis, a drama. It’s not fiction but fact. The author set it on the stage of natural history, and it centers around real people.

We will look at five figures;

AHASUERUS, The Persian Monarch;

VASHTI, The deposed Queen;

WICKED HAMAN, The Jew hater;

MORDECAI, The Jewish leader;

ESTHER, Who became the Queen.

The events occur in Susa, the principal Persian capital, and cover twelve years.

THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK is to demonstrate the PROVIDENTIAL CARE of God over His People.

There are no supernatural miracles as we see in other books.

We see:

PROVIDENTIAL OVERRULING, as distinct from SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION.

PROVIDENCE comes from the Latin word.

‘PROVISO’ PRO… meaning ‘BEFORE’

And ‘VIDIESO’ is interpreted as. ‘I SEE.’

SO PROVIDENCE means… ‘FORESIGHT.’

God is the only one with foresight, so He has Foreknowledge, and He uses His Power over all the Works of His Hands.

I am not going to answer the critics about the non-mention of God. It is established in history that God is involved in the outworking of all circumstances and all people involved in preserving the Jewish Nation.

Through this drama, l hope you catch the realization that for you, Roms 28:8 is a great Scripture to learn and study to give you the confidence that, through the bad times, though brutal and unrelenting circumstances, what Paul said is actual.

”FOR WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED, ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.” Romans 8:28.

WHY?

“THAT WE WOULD, THROUGH TOUGH TIMES,  BE CONFORMED  TO THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST.”  verse 29.

God’s purpose for allowing all kinds of trials and temptations is to:

MAKE YOU LIKE JESUS!

Satan may use them for evil, but when you are yielded and surrendered. God turns it for good and brings glory to Himself, where it belongs.

We must trust God in the dark. We must trust God when we lose control.

We must trust God when we do not understand why. Trust Him under Persecution. Poverty. Disappointment. Guilt and Shame. Sickness, sorrow, and Pain.

Becoming a Christian does not exempt you from suffering.

With Christ in your life and its complications, you are never alone. He is ‘always‘ with you and will ‘never abandon you.

He still cures your sickness and wipes away your tears of grief and sorrow.

“After you have suffered a while, He will strengthen, help and settle you.”

Praise His Glorious Name!

Without you even knowing it, He molds you into a perfect vessel of honour.

You come out with more strength, faith and patience, love, and forgiveness. You have been changed into His likeness and image.

PRAISE GOD!

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