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Unspoken Lessons About the Unseen God: Esther Simply Explained is unavailable, but you can change that!

When it seems that God is not active in human affairs, he may be most at work. He may be most present when he seems most hidden. Nowhere is this more clearly illustrated than in the book of Esther. Although God's name is not mentioned in the book, the discerning reader may see the hand of God throughout the narrative, as he brings his purposes to pass for the good of his people. Derek Prime...

emphasis upon beauty occurs in the book.36 However, he would not have wanted to put her beauty on show in such a public manner had his judgement not been influenced by the wine he had drunk. Alcohol can hamper our better judgement. It may rob us of our brains. Queen Vashti declined! She probably did so because of the lewdness that her unexpected appearance at such a gathering would have occasioned. Strangers were not allowed to look at the beauty of Persian wives,37 and Queen Vashti’s defiance, therefore,
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