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In the biblical book named after her, Esther is a young Jewish woman living in the Persian diaspora who finds favor with the king, becomes queen and risks her life to save the Jewish people from destruction when the court official Haman persuades the king to authorize a pogrom against all the Jews of the empire.
As such, God has a plan for the greater good! Whether through us or those around us. God placed us in a perfect position to help change people’s lives for the Good! By spreading the good news of the Bible and living righteous lives, others will hopefully grow curious and will want to acquire the same peace that many of us are blessed to share. Likewise, even when we face struggles and trials, as long as we face them with God in our hearts, we will have peace! There are numerous accounts of nonbelievers' conversions based on how they saw Christians face the most challenging times with the peace and grace of God in their hearts!
Miracles are rare, but nothing is impossible with God around us! As long as we continue to live faithfully and carry out God’s will, he will never leave us, as the account of Enoch and Elijah teaches!
According to the Bible, Enoch and Elijah are the only two people God took to heaven without their dying. Genesis 5:24 says, “Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more because God took him away.” Second Kings 2:11 relates the earth-to-heaven translation of Elijah: “As they [Elijah and Elisha] were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.”
Enoch and Elijah shared one primary trait—they were both exceptionally faithful in serving and obeying the Lord. Perhaps for this reason, God desired to spare them from experiencing death.
Enoch lived during an exceedingly evil period in world history, right before the Flood. Almost every living person had rejected God, becoming wholly corrupt, and the world was full of violence (see Genesis 6:5–12). However, Enoch stood for righteousness and refused to be silent about the sinfulness all around him. According to Jude, Enoch prophesied against his wicked generation: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him” (Jude 1:14–15).
The author of Hebrews seems to suggest that Enoch was taken to heaven without dying because his great faith pleased God: “It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—‘he disappeared because God took him.’ For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God” (Hebrews 11:5, NLT).
Some hypothesize that Enoch and Elijah were taken to heaven in preparation for a strategic role in end-times events. Malachi prophesied that God would send Elijah back before “that great and dreadful day of the Lordcomes” (Malachi 4:5). Some thought Jesus might be Elijah returned (Matthew 16:14; Mark 6:15). Elijah “appeared in glorious splendor” with Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration to discuss with Jesus His soon departure (Matthew 17:1–8; Mark 9:2–8; Luke 9:28–36).
A conceivable theory is that the two witnesses of Revelation 11:3–12 are Enoch and Elijah. Neither is mentioned by name, but both have the “power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying, and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want” (verse 6).
Citation: https://www.gotquestions.org/Enoch-Elijah.html
