Yesterday I bought a new Bible . This version is easy to read, to be
understood, and naively I asked God to direct me into something I have anything
to learn. I don't hear His voice (I wish) but at sort, shutting my eyes, I
opened my new book and Esther appeared. It was an act of faith, I wish my
fingers were used ant taught, but this way started to read and these are some
ideas I got.
This is anything I would call HISTORY. Inspired or not, I see
traditions rather than God's commands, and I see how the Purim feast
came to be as it is.
This helped me to understand Persian culture. At certain points, it
looks like Jewish, but it is not the same (according to my few previous
readings on Jewish culture).
If it were possible to live this Persian way, I don't mind that
change of mind, because Christianism is Jewish, in many ways. But I will be
like Mardoqueo, not worshiping any man. Here there is a foreign
background mingled with the Jewish, abroad.
I believed Nehemiah, and others (Nehemías 13: 25-30) were sad that
their people chose to marry unbelievers, and Esther knew that king was to
divorce Vasti, having previous marital intercourses with more virgin
girls. The thing I would not like for my daughter, is allowing a man with several
women at hand (Ester 2:14-15).
These notes are not exhaustive, but I haven't seen Jesus
partaking in the Purim (so I have to check this later on).
It is a pity I haven't read, nor understood, all the written sources
Jewish and Catholic people had for their actual traditions; but I'm happy that
Jesus came to make us to be one (John 11:51-52) and my concern is
aimed to acknowledging God in His teachings.
Esther is both, History and Jewish tradition and there, the book
itself, insists on telling me what this is and I'm thankful that this serves me
to see Persians and Jewish people, as culture.
Esther “married” a rich king for convenience, not love. Vasti
was right in avoiding her boastful husband (Esther 1:11) and she was
forced to be “divorced” (Esther 1:19) while that king -same way as David- had more women (Esther 2:14-15).
If I were to compare today's Christianity, I see people unequally
yoked, same way Samson or king David (i.e., rich with poor,
Christians with unbelievers). I don't expect my view acknowledged, but I
rather like God's approval, because I have failed more than I thought it
could be possible for my human good intention (one divorce, and a couple of
failures).
The religious background could warn me that that king was an
adulterer. He played “the showy” when being drunk, so he would not be the
best choice for my daughter, it I were the one to give her an advice (I don't
care how rich he is). This reminded me 2 Kings 20:13, 15, 17. If I had
anything, I don't want to be like that man who swanked and got lost...
As a man, I will not lie telling that Persian standards are bad
for men. I wish both, men and women show respect for one another, so I
would agree with the rule that king approved (I'm not too feminist). I like
Mardoqueo's attitude and the end result. And that reminded me Joseph's account
and his hardships to be the second after the Egyptian Pharaoh, but I don't like
the predicament to marry my daughter with an unbeliever and, wealth is a great
temptation to avoid, as well as convenience.
I don't find arguments for beauty. I married my ex because I thought
she was nice looking, but time has proved we both need more than oil treatments
to remarry any. Ha! Ha! That fashion -for make up- won't make a little on
people like me (Ha! Ha!) but I have an idea on Esther and the others (2:12). I
need several years of intense beauty treatment! He! He!
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