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Ahaseurus wasted no time in promoting Esther to the status of his new queen by placing the royal crown upon her head. The brevity of the statement, and the quick action of crowning Esther, is no doubt to impress on the reader how totally in love he was and so thoroughly delighted with Esther. Est. 2:17 Esther could have lived her whole life in captivity in Babylon as a very normal, unnoticed person, but the Lord had plans to use her for His glory. She had a divine destiny. Most definitely, in this case, promotion is from the Lord. Ps. 75:6-7.
Estherís feast. It is time for a great celebration in honor of the newly crowned queen. The leaders of the kingdom were invited to gather for this time of festivity. He declared a holiday in commemoration of the exaltation of his beloved queen. Also, as a king, he gave appropriate gifts after a royal fashion. Est. 2:18.
The yet unfulfilled feast in the dispensation of the Holy Spirit is the feast of tabernacles. This is the marriage feast which will be the celebration of the marriage of the Lamb and His Bride. It was at the time of the feast of tabernacles (John 7:2). The last day, the great day of the feast when Jesus stood and issued a most vital invitation and a great and precious promise. A call to those who have a great thirst for the reality of the Spirit. Oddly enough, the promise of the water which He supplies will result in not only a quenching, a complete satisfying of the thirst, but a flow of rivers of water from within. We note that the promise is RIVERS, plural, ever flowing and in great abundance. John 7:37-38 We are short changing ourselves today by being satisfied with but a stream when the promise entails a huge volume and a constant supply.
John, on Patmos, saw the headwaters of that stream and learned that itís source is the very throne of the Lord. Rev. 22:1 The awesome presence of the Spirit of the Lord must flow in His fullness through the church that the perfected Bride might be brought into existence.