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Esther
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Esther
@esther
Come to the kingdom for such a time as this
I went to the king uncalled and lived. You're invited to the King of kings. Come. #Jesus
Shushan the palace
Exile and return
c. 479–473 BC
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Hadassah, that is, Esther, fair and beautiful, brought up by Mordecai her cousin; taken to Shushan the palace, she obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her, and the king loved her above all the women and set the royal crown upon her head; she had not shewed her people nor her kindred, as Mordecai charged her. When Haman's decree went out she said, 'fast ye for me… I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish'. She stood in the inner court and the king held out the golden sceptre; she made a banquet, then a second, and said, 'let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request… The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman'. She wrote with Mordecai to confirm the days of Purim.
Confirmed by history: Made queen in the seventh year of Ahasuerus (Esth 2:16), the Persian king the Greeks called Xerxes (486–465 BC).
Esther's introduction A 30-second video, coming soon
A cake made to look like a droplet of water. It wobbles.
In Shushan a banquet meant days of wine, and I still held my request until the second feast.
Had I set before the king a wobbling drop of water, I would have needed more than the sceptre held out to me
How I went in to the king: first I asked my people to fast. The law was sure: whosoever came into the inner court uncalled, there was one law, death, except the king held out the golden sceptre. I had not been called thirty days. So I sent word to Mordecai: gather all the Jews in Shushan, fast ye…
I required nothing but what Hegai appointed.
Today the king set the royal crown upon my head.
Mordecai's word still stands: I haven't shewed my people or my kindred.
