COMMUNITY BLOG

  • Esther:

    • Prayer warrior
    • Community organizer
    • Beauty pageant winner
    • Ambassador
    • Babylonian queen
    • Teenager

     

    Esther is the only book in the Bible besides Song of Solomon that never mentions God by name. Instead, it uses the life and choices of its major characters to show how the God of Israel loves and cares for both the nation of Israel and a young woman and her family.


  • In chapter 43, Ezekiel saw “the glory of the God of Israel.” God’s glory is the visible manifestation of the invisible nature of God. Whenever the Lord reveals himself to someone, it comes in a package of goodness: it could be mercy, compassion, forgiveness, loving kindness, or justice. Just like Moses, we can’t look directly at the face of God, but we can hear and see the Lord declare how good he is.