This book in the Old Testament describes how the king of Persia replaced his queen with a woman called Esther, who subsequently helped to save her people, the Jews, from extermination. The book is a scriptural parable, where the characters represent other people:

King Xerxes: Jesus/God
Jews: Followers of Jesus
Mordecai: Jesus
Esther: Mary Magdalene/myself
Haman: St. Paul
Queen Vashti: Followers of Paul who should be following Jesus

King Xerxes represents God. In the third year of his reign, he threw a banquet lasting seven days in his palace (1:5) – Jesus' ministry lasted three years and the 'seven days' could refer to the Genesis story. Using the idea that a day is like 1000 years to God, the 'seventh day' according to the Jewish calendar starts 200 years after the time of the end. The king's banquet represents the teaching of Jesus. The king was generous with the Royal wine (1:7).

On the seventh day of his banquet, the king demanded that his queen appear before the court so that he could show off her beauty. However, the queen refused to appear. The queen represents followers of Paul who refuse to do what Jesus says. When she refused to come, the king decided to replace her with another woman. This correlates with the idea that the teachings of Paul are replaced with the teachings of Jesus.

Esther was one of many women who the king could choose from. She was a Jew. In verse 2:17, Esther became queen.

Esther had been brought up by a man called Mordecai, a Jew who worked in the Royal palace. He refused to bow to the king's Prime Minister (Haman, who represents St. Paul) because Haman belonged to a nation who were enemies of the Jews. Haman is also the fourth beast that Daniel saw.

Haman was very angry about Mordecai, and he plotted to kill not only Mordecai, but all the Jews in the king's empire. Haman told the king that the Jews "observe customs that are not like those of any other people. Moreover, they do not obey the laws of the empire, so it is not in your best interests to tolerate them." Followers of Jesus do not to obey laws when true standards demand otherwise. In 3:8, Haman went on to promise that he would be able to put 10,000 talents of silver into the king's treasury (reflecting that the priesthood would charge everyone a 10% temple tax for going to church). The king agreed with Haman's proposal and ordered the eradication of the Jews. Haman's proposal reflects that Paul's teachings are a primary cause of the time of the end because they present a distorted view of the teachings of Jesus.

Haman built gallows to hang Mordecai on. However, Mordecai was in the king's favour because he had previously succeeded in preventing an assassination attempt on the king by two of the king's Eunuchs (perhaps representing Simon Peter and Mary Magdalene). When the king found out that Haman had plotted to kill Mordecai, Haman was hung on the gallows instead.

Esther requested that her people, the Jews (representing followers of Jesus) not be killed because she had revealed Haman to be evil. This relates to this article which proves that Paul's teachings are evil. However, the king had already issued the order and put the Royal Seal on it; this refers to God having already ordered the time of the end. Esther was allowed to write whatever she wanted to the Jews and the Royal Seal was put on it (representing the articles on this website). 8:10: "Mordecai had the letters written in the name of king Xerxes, and he stamped them with the Royal Seal." The letters told the Jews to prepare to fight back against their enemies.

8:17: "In every city and province, wherever the king's proclamation was read, the Jews held a joyful holiday with feasting and happiness."

In chapter 9, the Jews fought and destroyed their enemies whenever anyone tried to harm them. Finally in chapter 10, Mordecai was given the property that belonged to Haman, and was given a position second only to that of the king. This refers to the ultimate triumph of Jesus and the followers of his teachings.