THE WAR OF WORDS – OVERTURNING JUDGEMENTS
The book of Esther is a shadow that points us to the purpose of Jesus Christ coming to the earth:
“For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8 KJV
Esther’s ascension into the palace must have come as great a relief to her uncle Mordecai, however, unknown to her she was being positioned by God to redeem the children of Israel from the unfair sentence of Haman that was yet to be released.
The king loved Esther more than all the other women and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so, he set his royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. Esther 2:17
In Esther 4, Queen Esther’s story shadows the climax rendered by our Lord Jesus Christ. After three days of prayer and fasting, Queen Esther was ready to face the King to wage war for the lives of her people. These three days are a shadow of the three days our Lord Jesus Christ spent in the grave, wherein humanity’s greatest enemies, sin and death were defeated.
