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A Book of Mysteries:
Something Hidden

by Chuck Missler

"Esther is an obscure book to many, even though it is a story of romance and palace intrigue set in the glory days of the Persian Empire. A Jewish maiden, elevated to the throne of Persia as its queen, is used by God to preserve His people against a Hitler-like annihilation.

To this day, the Feast of Purim commemorates the memory of this deliverance. Even the works of Shakespeare's dramatic genius cannot compare with the drama and irony in this captivating epic.

However, the book deals with real historical events, not just a story to highlight a moral. It deals with an escape from genocidal annihilation after their return from Babylonian captivity. Chronologically, Esther makes possible Nehemiah. It was Esther's marriage to the king of Persia that ultimately leads to the rebuilding of Jerusalem and enables the chain of events that led to the appearance of the Messiah five centuries later.

The Mysteries of the Book

However, the Biblical mysteries abound: There is no mention of the name of God in the book. There is no reference to worship or faith. There is no mention or prediction of the Messiah; no mention of heaven or hell; there is nothing "religious" about it. It is a gripping tale, but why is it here in the Bible? Martin Luther believed it should not be part of the Canon!

The name Esther gives us a clue: it means "Something Hidden"! And we discover that there are numerous surprises hidden behind, and underneath, the text itself."

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"The Feast of Purim was instituted by Mordecai to celebrate the deliverance of the Jews from Haman's plot to kill them. Our Jewish friends continue to celebrate this feast to this day, which is based on the events in the Book of Esther. Purim (from Akkadian, puru, "lots") is so called after the lots cast by Haman in order to determine the month in which the slaughter was to take place."


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Foiling the First Nazi:
The Book of Esther

The famed foiling of the wicked plot of Haman to blot out the Jews is, of course, one of the more dramatic narratives in the Bible. In addition to the many twists in the plot, there are also some surprises hidden behind the text itself. It is significant that the name of the book itself, Esther, means "something hidden"!1




Hidden Acrostics

An acrostic can be a mechanism for including a hidden message. In the Book of Esther we encounter some remarkable surprises. The name of God is hidden no less than eight times in acrostics in the text. Four times it appears as an acrostic, the famed Tetragammaton, "YHWH" or "Yahweh" or "YeHoVaH"; once as "EHYH" or "I AM" as at the Burning Bush. Also, Meshiach ("Messiah"), Yeshua ("Jesus"), and El Shaddai ("The Almighty"), also appear as equidistant letter sequences.9

As Gentiles, we need to remember that we are grafted into the true olive tree by the skin of our teeth.10 We must not forget that we were joined into what was a Jewish Church-with Jewish leaders, a Jewish Bible, and are worshipping a Jewish Messiah. Baruch HaShem.Bless His Name!

Deeper Roots

The more we look, the more we realize that there is still much more hidden, and thus reserved for the diligent inquirer. (Would you expect anything less in the Word of God?) The entire drama has deeper roots. Haman was a royal Amalekite, a descendant of the very king Agag whom King Saul was supposed to have slain (1 Sam 15:1-28). If Saul had followed his instructions, there wouldn't have been a Haman. For Saul's failure, his kingdom was taken away. Mordecai, too, a key benefactor in the tale, was a result of David having refused to take vengeance upon Shimei so many years earlier.11 It was Esther's marriage to the King of Persia that ultimately led to the rebuilding of Jerusalem.

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Why do you try to separate them?

Because they are separate.

He consistently has only one purpose- and that is to deny the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

He will stand before Jesus Christ fully accountable in review of every word every time.

Imagine that..

Why do you all of you guys not answer me when I ask you something directly, but always answer when I ask someone else something?

Jesus' sinless life is essential to His sacrificial death.

But I do not expect you to believe any such thing, of course, and for whatever your reason, I don't care.

You can tell Jesus Christ when you are standing before Him.

See you there.

lol, I believe in God and His Son. It's called faith. Faith is believing in something I do not have the ability to prove. Quoting a bible verse does not prove the existence of God to non believers.

There's lots I don't know. My knowledge seems to fit well In world history. I have yet to find any major doctrinal flaw in my doctrine. That wasn't always the case when I was an independent baptist.

I wasn't trying to prove God to unbelievers, I was proving God is not a trinity and Jesus is not YHWH to believers.

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They are both separate and the same.

Again, please explain your own words.

Why do you try to separate them?

Jesus' sinless life is essential to His sacrificial death.

"You are my witnesses," declares YHWH, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. Isaiah 43:10

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven."

And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming."



Monotheism,

Were the scribes right?

I'm not really trying to separate them but I think Christians focus way to much on His death and not His life.

You tell me.

but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?" John 10:32

The gospel is the truth that Christ taught. It is only through His teaching that someone can be redeemed. The idea that His message was only for the "jews" is insanity. Christ said clearly in His gospels that His doctrine was for everyone and it would stay that way until the end.

And that is...

Deceiver.

If Jesus had returned at the hight of Christian influence, Christians would have tried to have him burned at the stake for denying the trinity. Imagine that. That says it all.

Monotheism,

Who forgives sins?

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