Nancy,
"I think it was not that the author or persons in the account did not mention God but that God was silent in order to test the people involved. What do you think? I think God is silent in times of testing"
I agree with your silence idea in Esther. But also concurrently, in re-reading the story it is so apparent that God's hand is obviously working throughout it, even when God's name is not mentioned. I mean many things happened in this story that obviously were not coincidental or of man, but as God planned.
How the events unfolded were surely of God. His name need not be mentioned. So IMO, your testing theory holds true and why it reads the way it does might very well be for the reasons you have mentioned. But we must not forget that the results of the tests, meaning the peoples reactions and actions, worked to forward God's plan. The Lord is obviously soveriegn over all things. And from Gods word we know this true..........
Romans 8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
God Bless,
Steve
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