Esther 7: Esther Bets Her Life as ☧ Did, King Saves Face

Rev. Steven Theiss, pastor of Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Esther 7.

“If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request. For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated.” Queen Esther prefigures Jesus Christ Himself. Her selflessness enables her to be faithful both to God as well as to her pagan husband King Ahasuerus.

Esther’s delays aren’t just for dramatic effect. By publicly raising the stakes, she allows her husband to save face when she makes her big revelation. Like Esther, we might feel stuck, unable to go to the Judah we long for. Yet in Christ we are kings and queens, and there’s no limit to how much good God can work—even through the least of us.