Would you ever go against those with power in order to remain faithful to God? Esther is the story of a woman named Esther. She was raised by her cousin Mordecai due to the fact that her parents had died when she was a child. Esther marries King Xerxes after he notices her beauty when trying to find a new wife. One night, Mordecai overheard two guards talking about killing the King. Mordecai suggests to Esther that she tell her husband about the plot against him. Mordecai is rewarded for his good deeds. This is not the only time, however, that Mordecai is seen as a hero. Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haram, a very high noble, in order to be loyal to God. Haram is angered by this and orders that all Jews be killed. Due to Mordecai’s connection to …show more content…
After the King learns about this horrific plan, he commands that Haman is hanged. Mordecai is then rewarded, once again, and remains a hero to all. Major themes in Esther are power, Law of Retribution, and conflicting loyalties, all of which are themes found in other books of the Bible. There are themes in Esther that overlap with the themes in a variety of other books in the Bible. Exodus contains two common themes with Esther: power and conflicting loyalties. In Exodus, it states, “for you shall not worship any other god” (Exodus 34:14). This is an example of conflicting loyalties because it states that you should not idolized another powerful figure. In Esther, Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haram in order to remain loyal to God. Mordecai was very conflicted because he knew that he would be punished for not bowing down to Haram, an extremely powerful noble. This event shows Mordecai’s loyalty to God because he denied his allegiance to Haram. Another theme in Exodus is power. In this