Vashti Essay

Here we see in (2:7) Esther was a beautiful virgin woman who was raised and adopted by her uncle Mordecai when both her parents had died. In (2:16), Esther finds herself given the crown jewel and taking the place at the throne as Queen of Persia. “The King loved Esther more than all the other women; of all the virgins she won his favor and devotion, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti” (2:17).Without knowing God’s plan she was put into this position for a purpose unknown to her yet far more powerful than any other position she might ever have imagined. Being recognized mostly for her beauty she was given honor from King Ahasuerus, King of Persia during the time 486 – 465 BCE.
Although at the time before Esther rained a Queen by the name of Vashti, Esther had no intentions on every being put into this position, because of the wrong doing of Vashti the
This action came of concern to Esther that the evil Haman had planned to kill all the Jew’s out of anger toward Mordecai. “Mordecai also told Hathach all that happened to him and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the King’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews” (Esther 4:7). Hathach was appointed by the King to serve Esther which he now became the point of contact between Esther and her father Mordecai during this time of need. Although everyone knew that no one was allowed to approach the King without being called on including Esther, Mordecai found urgency in requesting Esther’s help, “Do you think that in the King’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews” (Esther