Hi Shalom,
<<When of course, you mean that, Esther was probably even a bigger seductress, and she probably was a lot more treacherous too.! Since she had the blood of thousands of people on her hands, and just their blood did not satisfy her, but after she had the sons of Haman hanged in the palace, she insisted that they be hung on the gallows before all the people in public. The entire book of Esther was a drunken feast.
As to Esther, I am not so sure as to why she is considered a heroine?
I should start off by saying thatI have more questions Len, concerning the book of Esther, than I have answers.>>
Can you please share the verses that you feel portray Esther as blood thirsty. The treacherous person was HAMAN. Was it not that her husband the King only allowed the Jews to defend themselves and not to be the attackers? The people that died IMO died because they were attacking the people of God. Esther was a beautiful woman that had allot of respect for her husband, enough to please him so much that she survived coming into his presence. This is the word of God and if there is a problem with understanding why it is there it is our lack of understanding of what God wants us to know.
Does anyone care about what Haman was attempting to do? Can no one see that God used Esther to stop a trajedy? The Jews were not plotting anything, Haman was, and plenty of people went along with him at the loss of their lives. Esther was a heroine because of the love and loyalty she had for her people and her God IMO.
Nancy |
