Ruth 1:
1.In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab
I propose a premise from which I hope to expound and attain a conclusion on a topic in dire need of understanding. I’m doing this in conscious knowledge that the cognizance of this matter is the pillar upon which the grace of God and salvation – the true meaning of human existence – hang.
Proem
I was praying one morning in the twelfth month of the year 2019 when I felt attracted to the Book of Ruth in the Bible. I was suddenly seized with the riches of the book. And I felt that God wanted me to have a critical look at it again and to examine my life in the light of it. Every letter, I found, was a treasure “untold.” The book assumed a deeper meaning to me in those dark hours of life; sometimes, a catharsis to a bleeding heart. Yeah, it led to a healing process.
Epilogue
Esther 10:
1. And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea
The Word of God
Esther 9:
18. The Jews in Susan, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it it a day of feasting and joy
Battle Ready and The Word of God
Esther 9:
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the days the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had had rule over them that hated them.)
The Shadow of Christ’s Greatness
Esther 8:
15. Mordecai left the king’s presence wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold and purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration
The Law of Life
Esther 7:
1. So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen
2.And the king said again unto Esther on the second day of the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? And it shall be granted to thee: and what is thy request? And it shall be performed, even to half of the kingdom
Esther 6:
1.On that night could not the king sleep and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before him
Wisdom: decoying Haman
In the last reflection, the king held out his golden Sceptre to Esther to indicate she was being granted the favour to state her request, even if the kingdom was in it. The kingdom it should be but this wasn’t the pressing issue now: the life of a race was at stake.