Book of Esther Essay

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Book of Esther & One Night with the King

The Book of Esther is about a young women standing up for her people and fighting to give them the freedom and rights that they deserve. There are many life lessons in this story about how to face success and how we should be living. Esther was brave and risky, she was willing to take many chances that I myself would never take. Being quiet and un-confident, I would not have done what she did. Her personality gave off almost like that of Jesus’, because of the dangerous sacrifcices she was making. I do not believe I could ever live up to that and do something that courageous.
After having seen and read about Esther’s story, I think the lesson we learn today from her story is to stand up in what we believe and who we believe in. In order to accomplish something great like she had done, risks will have to be made and sacrifices will be made as well. We must have hope in ourselves and those around us who give us support are there to have hope in us too. In her story she got her strength from the story of David Goliath and others similar to that one. Now, we may be able to adopt some of her strength after seeing how she achieved her goal after she fought for it.
Since Esther’s time, we no longer have Kings and Queens with such great royalty and power. In many places all faiths and religions are treated the same, no certain faith should be destroyed because others don’t share the same beliefs. Now a days there isn’t as much segregation or ruling of certain people.
In chapter nine the part that is not covered in the movie is the purim. This was when Haman and his ten sons were hanged from the gallows. Esther went to the king and ordered this to happen. The celebration of Purim is a Jewish holiday in which they celebrate the deliverance of the Jews from their enemies in the Book of Esther. The celebration got its name because of Mordecai’s letter and all of the things that happened to them.
The difference between Saul’s and Esther’s acts are that Esther’s act was selfless, and Saul’s was selfish. Esther was trying to save her people, unlike Saul who just disobeyed God, twice. His first act of disobedience is when he offers a prebattle sacrifice rather than waiting for Samuel to do this, because priests are the only ones allowed to offer prebattle sacrifices. Secondly, Saul aborts in carrying out the ban against a defeated enemy. Esther wasn’t going against God, she was doing good for her and her people without disobeying God.
In a way I agree that the Book of Esther is a more secular book, however, whenever she read a story or made a reference, we need to remember that God was always involved; even though His name was never particularly mentioned. God was also