Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them, the Jews firmly obligated themselves and their offspring and all who joined them, that without fail they would keep these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year, that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.
Early March is a day of honor in the Jewish faith. Not many Jews outside Jerusalem or Israel proper still celebrate what is written about above. When Haman, the second in command to King Ahasuerus, tried to destroy all the Jews, Mordecai and Queen Esther came to their rescue. The amazing fact is that both Mordecai and Esther were really no one in the Israelite nation at the time. Esther was chose for a beauty contest and won. Her reward was to be the slave-wife of Ahasuerus. Mordecai was her uncle and simply wanted to protect her. So he paced back and forth in front of the castle to hear about her condition and situation and overheard a plot to kill Ahasuerus. God took those situations and used to it protect an entire nation and, in the end, elevate Mordecai and Esther to greater influence and greater honor. This is what God does. He can take a moment in time and a simply movement of one action against the other and put His chosen people in a place of safety despite insurmountable odds. God does this every day in our lives. We see a situation and we think God has abandoned us and, yet, it is the very event God will use to put us in a situation that elevates His purpose and His will. In return He puts us in a place of honor, although the entire point was not our honor to be elevated, but His.
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