Unique for many reasons, the book of Esther is a story of God's providential hand even in the shadows of life.To get a sense of the power of the story of Esther, we look at the end - but not just the end of the story. After a lot of set up, we finally get to the plot of the book of Esther. An assassination plan has been foiled by Mordecai and his subsequent refusal to bow to an historic enemy of the Jews has the Jewish population of Persia in trouble.