![]() ![]() For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. I delight greatly in the LORD my soul rejoices in my God. What do I mean by that? Well, scripture tells us that we have been given the robe of righteousness and that there is a new way open to approach our King today. When we approach our King, we too should do so in our royal robes. So just as Esther went down into a position of death saying 'if I perish I perish' so we see in the scripture above that the king extended his golden sceptre to her and she was granted life and favour! All on the third day! Jesus, having gone down into the place of death, was also granted life and favour on the third day as well leading to the greatest event in the history of mankind - the resurrection! There is another picture here for us as believers as well. This itself is instructive for the mention of the 'third day' in scripture gives us a glimpse of that which is the ultimate fulfilment of the 'third day' references - the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now note also that it was on the 'third day' that Esther went before the king. I imagine that she went for the knockout for we read above that she even put on the royal robes. It is fair to say that she probably spent a bit of time on the dress and hair for she, doing what was unlawful, was completely reliant upon the king's approval. ![]() So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter. (2) When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. namely, Mr 'rotten to the core' Haman.Įsther 5:1-2 Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace in front of the king's rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace. This study will look at Queen Esther's approach to the king and we'll look at the beginnings of a plan to unseat that nasty character who was exerting an evil influence upon the kingdom. We need to learn, even with baby steps, to obey His will taking each step in faith in the knowledge that He will take care of the consequences. Now we saw that this is the attitude required in our relationship with God. ![]() Doesn't probably sound like much of a major to us but in those times it was potentially life threatening! Esther's attitude was one of 'if I perish, I perish' - that is, she was dead to her own desire and alive to the will and instruction of Mordecai. We saw in the last Bible study that Queen Esther had, after some initial resistance, obeyed Mordecai and made the decision to go to the king without being summoned. Esther Chapter 5: Esther's Prayer and the power of the third day ![]()
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