DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD'S FINGERPRINTS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – GOD'S FINGERPRINTS

"That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king." (Esther 6:1)

The police come to the crime scene. They first secure the area to make sure that no evidence is compromised. Then they call the CSI – the Crime Scene Investigators – to comb the area for anything that would identify the perpetrator. No one saw the criminal, and no one heard anything. All they have is the residue of the DNA and the fingerprints that the felon left behind.

The Book of Esther is like that. There is no physical evidence that God is the person behind the scenes that is responsible for the situation. In fact, nowhere in the Book of Esther does the author even mention God.

So what leads us to believe that this book is more than just an historical record of a king, a queen, and a race of Jews? It is because the fingerprints of God are on every page of the book.

What are the chances that a Jewish maiden would be the most beautiful woman to be found in the Persian empire and become the queen of the greatest empire of that day? What is the chance that a Jewish man named Mordecai, the queen's cousin and protector, would discover and report a plot to kill the king? That a king would have insomnia on the eve of the execution of Mordecai by the wicked Haman? That the king would call for the reading of the historical record? That the particular entry that was read was about Mordecai saving the life of the king from assassination by two of the king's eunuchs employed as doorkeepers in the king's palace? That the Jewish queen would be in a position to save all the people of God, the Jews?

There is just too much woven into the story to be coincidence. This is not just a novel. It was recognized by the Jewish theologians as example of God at work to save a nation from certain genocide – annihilation of a whole race of people, not just in the capital city of Shushan, but throughout the whole empire.

When it seems that God is nowhere to be found, we can be assured that He is at work, accomplishing His purposes. Look for His fingerprints.

Love, Dad