Esther 8:1-10

For Reading and Meditation:     Esther 8:3-17

Esther';s next task is to try to persuade the king to overrule the edict which called for the annihilation of the Jews. This was not as easy as it sounds, however, for the laws of the Medes and Persians were inviolable. Not even the king himself could revoke them once they had been...

For Reading and Meditation:     Esther 8:1-2

With Haman dead, a new day is about to dawn in the great empire of Persia. Esther, recognizing that this is the right moment to introduce her foster-father, Mordecai, to the king, brings him with her into the king's presence. When the king sees for the first time the man who saved his life, he is filled with delight and...