12/5/2023 0 Comments Esther bible study spurgeon![]() ![]() Oftentimes more pity should be evoked by the sight of those clothed in purple and fine linen. The outward affects more than the inward. Sad hearts beat and throb beneath costly robes. We may well suppose that this sadness gave attractive sweetness to her countenance. ![]() Esther at this time must have had a sad heart and however tastefully she may have been adorned, the sadness of her heart could not be concealed. Let us now consider the royalty of Esther’s faith, and may it stimulate us to seek more earnestly to be invested with this royal apparel, and inwardly strengthened with this royal grace. Leah’s fruitfulness was of a natural character Esther’s fruitfulness was moral. It surrounded her with an irresistible grace. It gave inexpressible sweetness to her sadness. It enhanced the claims of her natural beauty. WATSON says-“True faith is prolifical, it brings forth fruit faith hath Rachel’s beauty and Leah’s fruitfulness.” Esther’s faith in this instance gave to her more than Rachel’s beauty and Leah’s fruitfulness. ] The king held out the golden sceptre as a token of his favourable disposition and Esther drew near and touched the top of the sceptre probably kissed it, as the Vulgate renders the word. The inner court of the king’s house] This must have been situated directly in front of the royal audience chamber, or “throne room,” where the monarch was wont to sit when receiving ministers of state, and attending to the business of the empire.- Whedon’s Com.Įsther 5:2. put on royalty the expression signifies royal dignity appeared as became the great occasion. Thus the three days’ fast would last from the afternoon of the first to the forenoon of the third day, i.e. The fasting, then, would not begin till midday and on the third day Esther went to the king to invite him on that day to a banquet, which would surely take place in the forenoon. The third day] must be counted from the day of the transaction between the queen and Mordecai the first day being that on which it took place. ![]()
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