Analysis of the book Esther by Dony Osorio

Esther book

Base situation.

The book of Esther is a narrative book an important part of the history of the nation of Israel.
The Jews were then scattered throughout the territory of the Persian Empire which put them at a disadvantage against any malicious and perverse decision rulers or leaders.

But as they obey the laws and regulations of the town in which prisoners were all would be well for all Israel.

One day everything changes when two characters come on stage, Mordecai and Aman.
Aman, a man driven by his arrogant and self-centered way of thinking and a choleric personality, is a man of principle and simplicity of heart, this man's name is Mordecai.
Mordecai, moved by their principles, tended to maintain their integrity, demonstrated while caring for a young girl who stayed in the orphanage.

So one morning, while Aman enjoying his new role as arrogant ruler, he meets Mordecai, who worked on the door of the palace of the Persian king Asuero.

Regarding the socio-political situation of the time which was part of the Jewish people for being passively as slaves, the Persians had a military power that allowed this nation to become a powerful empire in the known world conqueror then.
King Xerxes invited all the princes to celebrate with him the conquest and subjugation of many peoples with their kings.

In a particular fact , the king wanted to introduce the beautiful queen had to wife .
Her name was Vashti.
The queen prepared its own celebration and call all her maids to eat and drink , and to talk about how great it had become.
When the king sent the queen to call him to the princes present, this he refused to obey , as the king's proposal would have been unseemly for her, since they probably had to walk naked in front of many men eager to satisfy their morbid mindset.

When the king heard Vashti 's refusal , this was very angry , and embarrassed that his own wife, Queen disobeyed him , though a direct order he had received , made ​​the decision that it was not the wife of the emperor more Asuero  queen nor the Persian nation .
The king's advisors , recommended him to the emperor , who did a contest in which they chose the most beautiful , submissive and wise maiden who occupied the throne that Vashti was lost, not only become the wife of the king, but also , came to be the queen of the mighty empire .
King consider the proposal very wise , because that way there would be a lesson not only to his ex-wife , but also the women of the kingdom , who upon hearing about Vashti 's disobedience , women rebelling and do according at will in homes, creating instability in society and loss of their values.
So that led to the choice of the future Queen the Persian Empire.

So they held a contest many call of beauty, in which thousands of aspiring to the throne were brought, and taught classified as necessary to be in court with the king and presented in a way relevant to the real issues .
Among the maidens appear Esther, who was not only physical beauty but inner beauty, which allowed him to win the favor of many for his humility and simplicity.
Once the election, Esther becomes Queen and wife of King Ahasuerus.
Its simplicity made ​​him win the favor of everyone who saw her because she was a persoan of principles and faith.
All had taught her uncle Mordecai who as we know, he was also a man with moral and spiritual values​​.

Aman Meanwhile , the cruel prince , enjoyed the admiration of the people, which made him a far worse man , and that his intentions was to take care of it and did not mind the rest of the people .
One day he discovered that the palace gate sat a man who every time he passed , not bent like the rest of the people to give respect and reverence.
This greatly upset the prince because he could not Mordecai will give you the adulation he needed .
So I began researching this man who was irreverent and why his rebellion against his person .
They said the name and nation , as well , who were slaves and who had been conquered by the Medes , in one of many military incursions that the rule of King Xerxes did in central Asia and Africa way .
This was enough to start an evil plan Aman would destroy not only Mordecai , but his family and the other Jews scattered by the Persian Empire .

Aman, every day I saw how to plan disgrace and destruction of those they regarded as a threat , so I came to King Asuero and proposed a lie about the people of the Jews.
King Asuero  without further research considered a threat , because who said it was one of the most important rulers and Aman 's proposal was to destroy the Jews .
The evil prince made necessary arrangements and investigate the date would be the best for his evil plan.

The emperor , a very vain and lazy , did not take the time to hear the case concerning the Jews , leave everything in the hands of the evil prince Aman, trusting their judgment and thinking it was better to end the threat.


Once the king gave written consent to the wicked governor, sent them to all cities by letters and very efficient mail system possessed at the time.
When everyone was aware , and Aman was satisfied that everything was going according to his evil plan.

The prince had also thought of giving a cruel death Mordecai, so prepare for enemy command a gallows so high that he could see all that passed by the house of the evil ruler.
All was well for Aman and that there were no doubt invite all your friends to tell as the king believed much more than the rest of their rulers, I prepare a big party and wanted to tell all of his plans to destroy Mordecai and all his fellow Jews.

Mordecai when he learned of the evil plan to Esther said she entered the palace with the king but this he had not called and begged for it, he and his nation.
Esther said it was a crime to do that, if someone came to the king without this I would have called, could lose life at that moment.
So Esther gave all to fast for three days and at the end of these, she would go to the king to plead for the life of the Jews and annul the evil plan of Aman.

One night the king Asuero could not sleep, so I asked him what they should read the chronicles of happened during the period of his government, so he began to hear each of the things and events that had occurred until I get the account of Mordecai discovered the conspiracy against the king , denounced this and so the king was saved from death.
The king asked : who was this man , as he recognized ? His servants told him that he had not been given any recognition.
So he wanted to give a good recognition and among the more thought as I could, Aman came to the palace with the intention of denouncing Mardoqueo and that this was hanged on the gallows he had prepared.
But before Aman speaking , the king asked him a question : as it should be to a man whom the king wishes to recognize.
Aman immediately thought that the king was thinking about him , so Haman also said , it's my chance to get the greatest recognition to the people , family and friends .
Aman said , the man who must honor the king owes dress the best outfit of the king, let her ride in the city on the king's horse and cry in front of him and be done with the man whom the king delights to honor .
The king loved the idea and told Aman, do exactly what you said to the Jew Mordecai and the welfare of the king try and save the life of the monarch.

Filled with anger and disappointment back home , and with more force exterminate thought Mordecai and all the Jews in Susa , which was the capital of the kingdom.

The date of the feast would last seven days came, and of course Aman was honored guests as they sit near the king and queen .
After the first banquet, Love did not enjoy at all always see Mordecai in the gate of the palace without bowing to honor him , so tell them to family and friends of all the favors and honors he had received from their Majesties the King and queen of Persia but also how annoying it was to know he was not revered by a man , Mordecai.
His friends told him that he proposed to the king to give him permission to hang him for being a traitor and infidel nation that would ( in the words of Aman) at risk to the powerful nation .
This seemed like an excellent idea , so when I came to bring to the second banquet, a smile on his face , imagining the moment when the king Asuero granted the desire to kill who he considered his enemy.

But everything changed suddenly, as the king Ahasuerus said to Esther would ask what she wanted and he would grant it , but she pretended not to have anything important to ask the king.
The king again said to Esther to ask what he would , and then she saw the determination of king said , I ask no more than the favor and mercy of the king, and that someone wants to kill me and my people , because the king is of agreement I have no more to ask for mercy.
The king arose very angry and she called for an immediate explanation of what was happening and to give the name of him who had dared to do such a cruel thing possible .

She told him that the evil and ruthless was his most distinguished prince Aman.
THE king could not believe it and left the banquet to the patio, with a lot of anger and disappointment at what he heard .
They love to feel exposed, was far princess was lying and fell at his feet to beg for mercy , at the precise moment when the king went to see the Queen . This scene was not pleasant for Ahasuerus who thought that the evil Haman wanted was abusing Queen Esther , so I asked Aman to take out of sight and put him in jail while investigating what this man had planned to do the Israelites .

This happened when I was near the date on which the Jews were to be exterminated so that Esther requested the king to spare the life of his countrymen.
In this way the king change the decision and allowed the Jews to defend themselves from attack.

The End
The evil Haman ended up being hanged on the same gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.
Was made governor Mordecai and Esther as queen of the Persian Empire.