Queen Esther: Beauty and Courage

Queen Esther touching the scepter

In my last blog, I tackled about Queen Jezebel, the wicked queen from the Kingdom of Israel. Now, I will then talk about Queen Esther, and how she is very much the opposite of Queen Jezebel.

I will not go much into detail in the life of Queen Esther. Her story is found in the Book of Esther, which details her life from being a common woman to a queen. As queen, she saved the life of her adopted father, Mordecai, and her people. As well know, Esther was a Jewish woman who lived in Shusan. She and her people were carried off by the Babylonians during the reign of the Kings of Judah. Through her courage, she was able to save his adopted father Mordecai from being hang as well as his people from being slaughtered by their enemies by exposing the evil plots of Haman. A Feast, The Feast of Purim, was also established din her name. (ESTHER 1-10)

Esther did not just use her cunning and beauty to accomplish these things. She did what Queen Vashti, the King's first wife didn't do: submit to her husband. Even though she was queen, she still followed the law by touching her husband's scepter before she speaks. This shows her submission to him, thus she is highly favored by him.    

In the new testament, Paul's letter to the Ephesians show how wives should submit to their husbands:

Ephesians 5:22-33King James Version (KJV)

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

This does not give the husbands the right to violate the rights of their wives. But this shows the role that women were given by God. Just like Esther, the women should follow her husbands will, not because it is the law, but because she loves him. 

Finally in the Book of Proverbs, it shows the reward of a virtuous woman. Chapter 31, verse 28 reads: " Her children arise up, and  call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her". 

MAY  JESUS BLESS YOU!!

BRIAN LUCIANO

JANUARY 16,2017