Ester 2

Esther 2
Ester: Una figura del remanente judío
La instrucción del capítulo 2 habla de que alguien podría tomar el lugar de Vasti. En el proceso de encontrar a esa persona de reemplazo, aparece “Ester” (Ester 2:1-71After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. 2Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: 4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. 5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; 6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. (Esther 2:1‑7)). Ella es una figura del remanente judío piadoso. Romanos 11 indica que cuando la cristiandad (gentil) sea repudiada y dejado a un lado por su infidelidad, Dios retomará con Israel y traerá un remanente de esa nación a bendición.
Siendo huérfana, Ester no tenía apoyo en el mundo, y esto describe acertadamente el carácter indigente del remanente piadoso de judíos en la Gran Tribulación venidera. Tendrán que depender totalmente de Dios.
Mardoqueo: Una figura de Cristo
Aunque era huérfana, Ester fue acogida y cuidada por su primo “Mardoqueo”. Él es una figura de Cristo quien providencialmente cuidará del remanente judío.
Antes de que Ester pudiera entablar una relación con el rey, ella tuvo que pasar por un proceso de purificación (Ester 2:8-148So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. 10Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it. 11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. 12Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. 14In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. (Esther 2:8‑14)). Esto habla de los resultados de las pruebas por las que pasará el remanente judío durante la Gran Tribulación. Durante ese tiempo, serán purificados y preparados para su Rey (Daniel 12:1010Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Daniel 12:10); Malaquías 3:2-42But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. 4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. (Malachi 3:2‑4); Zacarías 13:99And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. (Zechariah 13:9)).
Durante el período de la purificación de Ester, Mardoqueo se interesó mucho en su bienestar. Aunque no podía comunicarse abiertamente con ella, ya que su tiempo de purificación aún no había terminado, él pasaba cada día por el lugar donde ella estaba para preguntar cómo estaba.
De la misma manera durante la Gran Tribulación, Cristo no se comunicará directamente con el remanente judío, sino que observará su progreso con intenso interés. Lo hará desde la distancia, por así decirlo (Isaías 8:17; 18:4; 54:817And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. (Isaiah 8:17)
4For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. (Isaiah 18:4)
8In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:8); Cantares 5:66I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. (Song of Solomon 5:6); Génesis 42:7,23-24; 43:307And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. (Genesis 42:7)
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. (Genesis 42:23‑24)
30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Genesis 43:30)). Él continuará haciendo esto hasta que la obra de arrepentimiento y purificación esté completa en el remanente, momento en el cual Se revelará a ellos (Génesis 45).
Hegai: Una figura del Espíritu Santo
Ester fue entregada al cuidado de Hegai, quien la prepararía para encontrarse con el rey (capítulo 2:8,15). Él es una figura del Espíritu de Dios quien trabajará con el remanente de judíos creyentes durante el período de la Tribulación (Isaías 40:13; 48:1613Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? (Isaiah 40:13)
16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. (Isaiah 48:16)). El Espíritu ejercitará a los judíos creyentes con respecto al rechazo de Cristo por parte de la nación hace muchos años y producirá una obra de arrepentimiento en ellos. (Vea los Salmos Penitenciales: los Salmos 25, 32, 38, 41 y 51).