Chapter Sixteen/She Acted Wisely, Bravely, and Selflessly -Questions About Esther

 Why did Mordecai allow Esther to marry a pagan unbeliever? There is no basis for the suggestion of some scholars that Mordecai was an opportunist who wanted Esther to wed the king for the sake of prestige. As a faithful Jew, he would not have favored such a marriage. (Deuteronomy 7:3) Ancient Jewish tradition holds that Mordecai tried to prevent the marriage. It seems unlikely that either he or Esther, mere foreigners in a land ruled by an autocrat who held a godlike status, would have had much choice in the matter. In time, it became clear that Jehovah used Esther's marriage as a means of protecting his people. - ESTHER 4:14.

Why does the book of Esther contain no mention of God's personal name, Jehovah? Mordecai was evidently the inspired writer of the book. Perhaps the book was first kept with official Persian records before it was taken to Jerusalem. The use of Jehovah's name might have moved worshippers of the Persian gods to destroy the book. In any case, Jehovah's  involvement in the story is clear. Interestingly, God's personal name is contained in the original Hebrew text by means of acrostics, wherein the phrasing appears to have been arranged deliberately so that the first or the last letters of successive words spell out God's name. - ESTHER 1:20. 

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