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Esther 4:15-16 NIV
15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
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"What is the significance of Esther saying, "If I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:16)?
by Got Questions
"God raised Queen Esther to her position in the royal palace for a holy purpose—to save her fellow Jews from annihilation. But the courageous act would require putting her own life in jeopardy. Esther dared to approach King Xerxes (or Ahasuerus) on behalf of her people, knowing that the death penalty awaited anyone who entered his presence uninvited. “If I perish, I perish,” was Esther’s declaration of faith and trust in God. She believed that obedience to the will of the sovereign Lord mattered more than preserving her own life."
https://www.gotquestions.org/if-I-perish-I-perish.html
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Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light. John 12:36, NIV
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According to His riches in glory refers to a biblical promise found in Philippians 4:19, which states that God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. This verse emphasizes God's provision and generosity towards believers.
10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a command for Mordecai: 11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Yet I myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.” 12 So they told Mordecai Esther’s words.
13 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
When ever I read this passage I reflect on the importance of trusted advisers. Mordecai had raised Esther as his own daughter, though I think he was actually her uncle or older cousin or something. And, she trusted/ respected him.
It's so awesome how God speaks to us through His word!