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> The Book of Esther occupies a controversial place in the Bible.

> John Calvin did not include the book in his biblical commentaries and only referenced it once in the Institutes (see 4.12.17). Though he included it in his Bible, Martin Luther was highly ambivalent about it. “I am so great an enemy to . . . Esther, that I wish [it] had not come to us at all, for [it has] too many heathen unnaturalities,” he said in Table Talk 24. And in one exchange with Erasmus he said it “deserves. . . to be regarded as noncanonical.”

>> The Book of Esther occupies a controversial place in the Bible. >> John Calvin did not include the book in his biblical commentaries and only referenced it once in the Institutes (see 4.12.17). Though he included it in his Bible, Martin Luther was highly ambivalent about it. “I am so great an enemy to . . . Esther, that I wish [it] had not come to us at all, for [it has] too many heathen unnaturalities,” he said in Table Talk 24. And in one exchange with Erasmus he said it “deserves. . . to be regarded as noncanonical.”

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The Book of Esther is misunderstood by all... The preachers like to use this book as to how the Yew is not to be questioned or examined and beyond reproach.. However, the truth of the matter is much different.. The book of Esther actually reveals the international yew and his conspiracies to dominate the kingdoms of the earth... Let us examine...

Mordecai is a jealous man, he will not give any honor to a respected man named Haman... Mordecai schemes to destroy Haman.. So Mordecai breaks the laws of God by pimping out his adolescent niece to a heathen king Ahasuerus

Mordecai is a human trafficker...

You can examine the original hebrew words for maids, Esther is a child, a youth.
5291 na`arah nah-ar-aw' feminine of 5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence):--damsel, maid(-en), young (woman). see HEBREW for 05288

The entire book goes on to show how Mordecai uses his child/youth/adolescent niece by way of porn/sex/lust of the king to manipulate Ahasuerus and eventually Mordecai kills Haman and takes over as #2 in the country. Then he creates a new holy day to celebrate the conspiracy & killing/murder of his enemies.

This story has been played out how many times?