Esther 4 - Introduction

CHAPTER FOUR
REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.

What does Mordecai's action in putting on sackcloth and ashes and fasting say about the godliness of the book of Esther?

2.

What was the original meaning of fast?

3.

Why did Mordecai feel it necessary to mention the exact sum of money Haman had offered Xerxes?

4.

Why did the emperor of Persia forbid people to come in unto him unless he extended the golden scepter toward them?

5.

Why would Queen Esther be in danger of losing her life?

6.

How could Mordecai believe God had brought Esther to the throne for this time?

7.

Why do we conclude that Esther's resolution was not just human fatalism?

8.

Is the providence of God involved in the length of our individual lives?