c.+Esther

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 * Esther **

// (20) Esther still told nothing of her kindred or her people as Mordechai had instructed her; for Esther continued to obey Mordechai, just as when she was reared by him. //

As Esther, you have just been chosen to be queen. Should you reveal your identity?

Here are some possible answers from Esther. After each one, write what might happen in the Purim story if Esther chose that answer.

1. I’m afraid! What will I do if they ask who I am?

2. But I’m Queen now – can’t I tell the truth?

3. Perhaps I’d better keep it a secret, just like Mordechai advised me.

Which answer did Esther really give?


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 * Esther **

// (13) Then Mordechai said in reply to Esther, “Do not imagine in your soul that you will be able to escape in the king’s palace any more than the rest of the Jews. (14) For if you persist in keeping silent at a time like this, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, while you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether it was just for such at time as this that you attained the royal position!” //

As Esther, you have just been urged by Mordechai to go to the king to beg for your people’s lives. Here are some responses you might have given Mordechai. Under each one, write what he might have said back to you:

1. Esther: I’ll be risking my life! Why me? Mordechai:

2. Esther: If I do go, how will handle it? How will I succeed in changing the king's mind? Mordechai:

3. Esther: You say I'll die anyway. But maybe I won't. I'll survive! Mordechai:

4. Esther: You say that maybe this is why I was made queen. But I'm just a young woman. What power do I really have? Mordechai: