Author Frederick Buechner once said that a coincidence is just God’s way of remaining anonymous. If that is so, then God seems to be taking a very active—albeit low-profile—role in this chapter. On what could well be the last night of Mordecai’s life, Ahasuerus has a sudden attack of insomnia (v. 1). This is the first major “coincidence” of this scene, and the second is like unto it in significance. The king calls for the royal records to be read,
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