A while back, He showed me the similarity between the story of Esther and that of Jesus.
An enemy had caused a decree to be made which would destroy all the Jews living in the kingdom over which Esther was queen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RZTYDPavEY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
She went before the king and as she approached clad in her royal robes, she found favour in his sight and he raised the sceptre so she would not die, but LIVE. He loved her too much to let her perish.
An enemy had caused a decree to be made which would destroy all the Jews living in the kingdom over which Esther was queen.
In the same way the law of sin and death had been man's destruction since the fall.
Because of Sin, man could no longer enter into God's presence, and as a result sin had the upper hand and we couldn't fight back.
In the book of Esther, she is hesitant to go before the king because "All the king's servants and people of the king's provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except to the one whom the king holds out his golden sceptre, that he may LIVE"(Esther4:10&11).
Similarly in the old covenant the holy of holies was a no go area for all apart from the high priest, and even he could only go in once a year compulsorily with blood to offer for "himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance."(Heb9:7). He could not just waltz in whenever he felt the urge to be in Gods presence. If he did, he would surely die.
After Esther was warned about the consequences that would befall her if she refused to help the Jews, she and all the Jews fasted for 3 days and nights (Jesus resurrected on the third day :) ) and said "so I will go to the king which is against the law and if I PERISH, I perish".
She went before the king and as she approached clad in her royal robes, she found favour in his sight and he raised the sceptre so she would not die, but LIVE. He loved her too much to let her perish.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever beleiveth in him shall not PERISH, but have everlasting LIFE.
Esther had seen perishing as the consequence of approaching the king without him bestowing his mercy, but he raised his sceptre, and she lived and was ultimately bestowed with the power to deal with her enemy Haman, which in this case is the power over sin.
Jesus was the Sceptre God raised up to shine His mercy upon us. He had to be born for the mercy of God to have full effect upon those who had been barred from coming into Gods presence, He had to be born for Gods mercy to be bestowed on the whole of mankind!
Jesus was the Sceptre God raised up to shine His mercy upon us. He had to be born for the mercy of God to have full effect upon those who had been barred from coming into Gods presence, He had to be born for Gods mercy to be bestowed on the whole of mankind!
Tomorrow (by God's grace) we will delve deeper into the power over sin made available to us once we are in favour with the King, which is yet another dimension to the reason Jesus had to be born, and why His birth is always a cause for intense jubilation.
Be Spekky...Be Spectacular!
(Matt5:14-16).
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