“Paul's First Letter to Timothy — Prisoners of Hope — Part 3”

“Prisoners of Hope”, this is how the prophet Zechariah described the often downtrodden and persecuted people of his select nation of Israel.  Today we continue a mini-series on the work of God through believing women in the Old Testament.  Our focus today is on Esther, a godly woman raised as an orphan by her uncle Mordecai in the nation of Persia.  Through an amazing series of events where the Lord God overrules the hearts and intents of many, Esther becomes the wife of the King of Persia and orchestrates the saving of the Jewish nation in bondage there.  In addition, all indications are that the son of the King and godly Esther is Cyrus, who will not only deliver the children of Israel from death at the hand of the evil and satanic Human, but also provide directly for the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.  God directed him to do it and he did.  Indeed, as the apostle has written, “she shall be saved in [THE] childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”  And so be it!