Esther is prepared to ask the king for help for the Jews, but she can’t simply jump into it. Special treatment is her recipe. Haman has to dish it out too. They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. That may be true, but Esther put a little more ‘umph’ […]
Haman has the order he wants, to annihilate the Jews. Esther is their only hope, for such a time as this, she has become queen of Persia. Haman is furious because Mordecai won’t bow to him. Mordecai says it is because he is Jewish and Jews don’t bow down to men. Haman decides to kill […]
Esther is now queen. Mordecai still comes daily to the king’s gate. Haman is exalted by the king but Mordecai won’t bow to him. The plot for revenge begins to take shape. This is the first time Mordecai has admitted to his heritage. He has ‘hidden in plain sight’ until something that he cannot hide […]
Vashti has been banished. King Ahasuerus has that ‘special itch’ that needs ‘scratched’. He wants someone new. All the beautiful virgins are rounded up, including Esther. I mentioned the last time that I wonder what happened to Esther’s parents. How Mordecai ended up with her. After reading the beginning of chapter two, I have a […]
Esther’s story starts with Queen Vashti displeasing the king. She refused to come to a drunken king and was removed from her place forever. Enter, Esther. When thinking about writing the story of Esther, I had a vision in my mind of the story. But I didn’t know if it was my own vision or […]