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Esther 10 — The credits scene that proves God was directing the whole movie
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nocap.bible editorialSo after everything — the plot to wipe out the Jewish people, courageous move, spectacular downfall, and the massive reversal that saved a nation — the book of Esther wraps up with a quick epilogue. And honestly? It reads like a credits scene that confirms the sequel.
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This isn't a dramatic finale. It's a quiet flex — a summary of where things landed after all the chaos. And where they landed is very good.
King went back to doing king things — imposing taxes across the land and the coastlands. Business as usual for a empire that stretched across the known world. The government didn't stop just because there was almost a genocide. Empires gonna empire.
But here's what got recorded in the official royal chronicles: every act of power and might the king did, and — this is the part that matters — the full account of rise to honor. The king himself elevated Mordecai to the highest position a non-king could hold. All of it, written down in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of and Persia. That's not just a W — that's , permanently on the record.
Because Mordecai the Jew — the same man who sat at the gate, the same man built a gallows to hang — was now second in rank to the king himself. He was great among the Jewish people and beloved by the whole community. Not because he chased , but because he sought the welfare of his people and spoke to all of them. That's the . Not just status — influence used for the good of others. Elite leadership, no cap. 💯
The book of never once mentions God by name. But look at where this story ends: the man who refused to bow to is now running the empire, and the people marked for destruction are thriving. You don't need God's name on the page when His fingerprints are all over the plot. That's — working all things together even when you can't see the hand behind it. 👑