Esther and Daniel Honor the King With a Shrewd Subversion

Brugeman: Esther and daniel honor the king with a shrewd subversion that subverts the ways of empire. You don't stay in persia just to enjoy persia, you stay in Persia to engage ayou stay inPersia to influence persia. That was the narrative of esther. And so as ezra and nehemiah and zachariah and hagai, they're all getting worked up about come on, guys, we're ging to go back home. We're gon to rebuild esther and ango. But i think he's different than jeremiah, though. It's just about covenant relationship with god. For