Acts 22-25

I spent about 15 minutes reading this passage. The Old Testement book of Esther displays the nature of God working through his providence and the prayers of his people without even mentioning him at work. With the exception of Jesus' vision to Paul in the brigg at Jerusalem (23:11) this story is equal to Esther in displaying God's providence. Paul sits through three trials over the period of at least two years. Each time he refutes the accusations made against him, or side tracks the arguments. All of this done by God-given words. Two plots on Paul's life are foiled; once by a young man in the right place at the right time, and the other time by the logic of a Roman politician. All of these events were intended to stupify the faithless amoung the Jews, witness God power to the Roman government, and get Paul safely to Rome. Very much the same things that God did through a young woman named Esther.
Stuart