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OK, so I watched “One Night with the King” last night & the parallels in her life to the Bride of Yeshua are just astounding.
On top of watching the movie, I found a GREAT historical account written from a Jewish perspective this morning in a book called, Let My Nation Live, so I'm pretty immersed in her story right now. You can read it here:
http://www.artscroll.com/Chapters/llih-001.html
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The thing that hit me first-off was that it was Esther who asked for an audience with the King, knowing full well that she could be denied an audience (was unworthy to go without being asked), and could be killed for making such a request. All of our sins make us headed for the same fate.
Yet, she dared to enter His presence & ask for MERCY for her & her people. He granted her this request because he loved her, even though another (Vashti - the daughter of Belshazzar & greatgranddaughter of Nebuchadnezzar & rightful heir to the kingdom) REFUSED his invitation to the banquet — an obvious nod to Israel, the intended heirs to Yeshua's kingdom.
From the story:
“‘So why did he decide to stop the reconstruction?’ (of the temple) asked the youngster.
Queen Vashti, his eighteen-year-old bride, persuaded him to do it. She is the daughter of Belshazzar, the Babylonian king who died on the night Babylon fell, the great-granddaughter of Nevuchadnezzar, the one who destroyed the Beis HaMikdash. ‘Why are you building up,’ she asked, ‘what my ancestors tore down?’ With the support of the haughty queen, Achashverosh issued the decree that put an end to the reconstruction.”
Whoah!!!
This chart also stuck out to me:
| 3315 | Yehoyakim becomes king of Yehudah. |
| 3319 | Nevuchadnezzar assumes the throne of Babylon. He subjugates the Kingdom of Yehudah, makes it into a vassal state and exiles its king and the elite. |
| 3327 | Yechanyah becomes the Jewish king. Nebuchadnezzar exiles him. |
| 3338 | Nevuchadnezzar destroys the Beis HaMikdash. King Tzidkiah and the Jewish nation are exiled. |
| 3364 | Nevuchadnezzar dies and is succeeded by his son Evil Merodach. |
| 3387 | Belshazzar becomes King of Babylon. |
| 3389 | Belshazzar dates the “seventy years†of Yirmiah’s prophecy from the beginning of the Babylonian Empire. He is, therefore, elated that they have passed without incident. On his night of celebration, Darius I attacks, kills Belshazzar and conquers Babylon. Vashti, Belshazzar’s daughter, is twelve years old. |
| 3390 | Darius dies. Cyrus becomes King of Persia-Medea. Cyrus orders the reconstruction of the Beis HaMikdash seventy years after Nevuchadnezzar’s conquest of King Yehoyakim and Yehudah. |
| 3393 | Achashverosh becomes king and halts the reconstruction. |
| 3395 | Achashverosh makes the great feast; the Jews are not redeemed from exile. |
| 3399 | Esther becomes queen. |
| 3400 | Darius II is born to Esther and Achashverosh. |
| 3406 | Achashverosh dies and is succeeded by Darius II. |
| 3408 | Darius II orders the reconstruction of the Second Beis HaMikdash; seventy years from the destruction of the first Beis HaMikdash. |
According to this chart, Esther reigned as Queen of Persia with King Achashverosh for 7 years before he died. Their child was King Darius II. I never knew this. Darius II is the one who ordered the reconstruction of the Second Temple — seventy years from the destruction of the first. Little Darius II was only 8 years old when this decree went out, so we know who influenced that decree — QUEEN ESTHER!
Oh, the parallels. My mind is boggling. The most obvious is we will reign with our King for 7 years during the tribulation.
It then appears that our Lord will order construction of the Millennial Temple in 2019/2020 (2 years into the reign of the king) according to this foreshadowing. I'm sure we will all be crying out & influencing our King Yeshua to rebuild a Temple that is pure & right on earth once we see the desolation that will take place mid-tribulation — with our righteous King of Kings ruling with a rod of iron from the Mercy Seat, of course.
True justice will finally be realized throughout the world.
AMAZING.
Website: www.onenightwiththeking.com/main.html
Glad you liked, Melissa. Did you mean to say something, Nikki? Your post didn't come through.
I love that parallel, too.
You mean Rachel & Leah, right?
Yes, SO many parallels.
I was thinking of Rachel (Jacob's 1st cousin) & the parallel to the bride of Yeshua this morning. In the end, she died in childbirth (to Benjamin - from whose line came both King Saul, the first king of Israel, the apostle Paul & many others). Believers in this generation will also have their lives cut short giving birth to the coming kingdom.
But, it will be worth it to be with our Bridegroom Yeshua, & to reign with Him in His Millennial Kingdom.
