An orphan queen, a wicked decree, and deliverance with perfect timing.
"And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a ______ as this?"
God is never mentioned by name in Esther — not once — yet His providence steers every chapter. It's the Bible's masterclass in working behind the scenes.
Haman built a gallows fifty cubits high — about seventy-five feet — for Mordecai. He was hanged on it himself. The book does not lack for poetic justice.
The feast of Purim, still celebrated by Jews every year, comes straight from this story — named for the 'pur,' the lot Haman cast to pick his date of destruction.
Esther risked death just by approaching the king uninvited. 'If I perish, I perish' — four words of the coolest courage in Scripture.