Esther 2
Now that Vashti was gone, King Xerxes needed to replace her and so he went on a search to find the right maiden to become his new Queen. The king chose some 400 virgins to be candidates to possibly fill this position. These women would undergo a year of beauty treatments before getting to meet the king. Esther was one of the women chosen. She was a Jew. Her parents were dead, and so she was in the custody of her uncle Mordecai who had adopted her and treated her as his own daughter.
Esther along with all the other maidens had gathered at the palace under the watchful eye of Hegal. And when at last she met the king, he was very pleased with her. But her uncle had told her not to let the king know she was Jewish.
After she became queen, and at some point later, the king appointed an evil man to look after his affairs. This man's name was Haman. He did not like Mordecai because Mordecai had refused to kneel down and honor him at the king's gate. Haman wanted to destroy all the Jewish people in the kingdom and this was fine with the king. A decree went out that all Jews, young and old were to be killed.
When Queen Esther found this out through her uncle, he asked her to go to the king and plead for mercy for her people. There was only one problem. There was a law that stated that no one could enter the king's presence without being invited. And Esther had not been invited for the past 30 days. The queen hesitated to even attempt this. It could mean her death. But her uncle talked her into and he had said, "Who knows but what you have come into the kingdom for just this reason." It took great faith to muster up the decision for her to do it and so she asked the Jews and her own maids to fast for three days and then she said she would go even though it was against the law, and she said, "If I perish, I perish."
And so Queen Esther did break the law to go before the king. What happened to her? Was she killed for it? Or was she able to convince the king to stop the murderous plot on her people? Come back tomorrow for more of this story.
March 29, 2019 Promise: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open to their prayers but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 1 Peter 3:12
I am happy you have been here to spend some time in God's word about Esther and her faith in God. Have a blessed day!
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