Through the Bible: EstherSample

From Destruction to Celebration 

…as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of sending presents to one another and gifts to the poor.

Esther 9:22 (ESV)

…and said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favour in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

Esther 8:5 (ESV)

Esther is a type that foreshadowed what redeemed believers in Christ will look like. 

Esther found favor with the king, seemed right to the king, and was pleasing in his eyes. 

Thus, she was instrumental in turning around a day marked for the massive destruction of the Jews into one of great deliverance and celebration.

Like Esther, because of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and resurrection, we have found favor with God and are pleasing in His eyes. He calls us His branches; He being the vine with the branches being an integral part of the vine, not a separate plant. 

A type is often an inferior copy of something higher in the future, which is called an antitype...If Esther can experience such deliverance and success, how much more can we, being one with Christ, work powerfully to carry out the work He has in store for us. To deliver His gospel, bring His love to the world, and rescue people from destruction by sin to celebrate in God’s Kingdom.

Prayer

Father, thank You for Your love blessings in Christ; that we are called Your children. Enlighten our hearts to see who we are and to rest in Your love. Let our view be clear in this as we co-labor with your Spirit to bring Your love to Your beloved people. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.