It took about 10 minutes to read the final portion of the book of Esther. After days of sorrow and dread came a day of deliverance for the Jews throughout the kingdom. Then came the edict from the king to defend the Jews who dwelt under the rule of the Persians. There was a day of celebration. Then, 9 months later, the day of reckoning arrived. It was a day designed to see the destruction of millions of Jews, but it resulted in the death of thousands of their enemies. The result was a memorial to celebrate what God had brought about by His providence. There were no prophets involved, no fire from heaven, no earth quakes or other signs. Just the working of God in the people who took His word seriously, and molded their life around His commands rather than the ways of this world. They lived out the truth that Paul and the Hebrew writer wrote about centuries later: The righteous will live by faith. (Romans 1:17, Galatians 3;11, & Hebrews 10:38)
Stuart
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