What is the context?
Esther joins Mordecai in writing with authority to confirm the letter concerning Purim. The communication reaches Jews throughout the provinces with words of peace and truth.
The confirmation also remembers the fasting and lamentation linked with their commitments. Joyful observance does not require forgetting the distress from which the celebration arose.
Esther’s decree is recorded, closing the account of how the days are established. Her public responsibility extends beyond gaining a moment of royal favor to helping preserve the community’s memory.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley distinguishes the earlier recommendation from the more formal confirmation and understands the community as committing itself and its descendants. The narrative gives Esther an authoritative role in this communication, rather than making the written observance Mordecai’s action alone.
What is our position?
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