she hath suffered many a day
now her griefs have passed away A sermon from the 4th chapter of Esther Well, you’ve got to love how ODD today’s scripture is. Don’t you? We don’t have time to go through the whole book of Esther. * It is only 10 chapters, though, and you could easily read it in an hour, or so . But quickly, an official decree has been made that all Jewish people living in the Persian empire should be put to death . …Not for any good reason, mind you. Simply because Mordecai , Esther’s uncle, refused to bow to an official of the court. And this official, unaccustomed to any loyalty higher than worldly power, campaigns to have all people like Mordecai, the Jewish people, killed … What the official doesn’t know, though , is Mordecai has a ringer ; Esther. Because Esther has two identities. She is Jewish . BUT , she is also the queen . Esther was born Jewish. But she became queen through a series of unlikely events: Born ...