ESTHER 8
Esther had exposed the enemy and saved her own life, but what about her people? The king himself could not revoke his edict, but he could issue another edict. He gave the Jews the right to arm and protect themselves and gave them nine months to get ready. The people of the land got the message: the king did not want the Jews to be harmed.
Can you see here an illustration of how God solved the sinner’s plight? You were under condemnation because of the law of sin and death (Rom. 3:23;
But that is not the end. We are the King’s couriers, sent into the world by His authority to share the good news that condemned sinners need not die! Just as those couriers “hastened and pressed on by the king’s command” (v. 14), so we must get the gospel to the ends of the earth as quickly as possible. After all, people will perish unless we tell them the good news!