Oh my goodness, I totally forgot something really important.

Yesterday we were talking about the nuts and bolts of Esther and where it fits in the

Bible.

That was really fun.

I enjoyed talking about it, but we got to the end and I was talking about the themes.

I was like, oh yeah, well, one of the themes of this whole thing is the sovereignty of

God, the providence of God, even when you don't see Him doing stuff.

But then I was like, well, that's the theme of the core material of the book of Esther,

the expression of the book of Esther, that the Jewish people read and continue to read.

But I had to acknowledge in fairness that there are additions to the book of Esther and

that those appear in some Bibles presented in different ways depending on which Bible

you're looking at.

And those later additions to Esther, they kind of changed the point of emphasis of the

book.

They're still good stuff in there, but Christians do not universally agree that those

additions are inspired by God and are a part of the final form.

So as I was trying to explain that, and I wouldn't say tiptoe, but trying to just be cool

and respectful and express my appreciation for everybody who's trying to understand and

worship and follow the same God, I totally forgot to touch on this gigantic theme of Esther

that we got to talk about in order to really understand this book.

And this is going to seem like a weird way to get in there, but just bear with me here.

Think about the great big giant holidays in your culture, in your country, wherever

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