Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.

Psalm 24.10 http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_127.asp

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. Esther 1.3

180= Face

This reminds me of Paul Wilbur's song "Let the Weight of your Glory Fall..."we do not seek your hand, we only seek your FACE!

The Face of God is what we will see at His Coming. It is a fundamental theme of Spoke 17 The Promise of His Coming http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Peh_AV.asp#face (breaking forth imediately before His Advent on Spoke 18.)

which includes such links as: Matthew 17 - Transfiguration , theophany , Purim

And when these days were expired, ( to be full, be accomplished, be ended) the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

And the drinking [was] according to the law; (Hebrew"dath" used as meaning law 7 times, and as commandment 10 times, and it appears 9 times as "decree" ALL in the book of Esther only, with the exception of Deu 33:2!!!) none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman ( "faithful" ), Biztha , Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal crown royal= (kether =diadem of a Persian King, used 3 times, only in Esther!) (kether =diadem of a Persian King, used 3 times, only in Esther!) to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.

( Psa 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Psa 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me. Psa 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Psa 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Beauty for ashes? Read Isa 3 & 4. Time of Jacob's trouble?

Eze 16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

At this point I am not going to do more on this tonight, because it's super late,(3:35 am) and I found TONS of scriptures! Richard McGough has SO MUCH on the biblewheel site it's just amazing! Richard, your work is amazing! Truly Holy Spirit inspired!

All I did was open up two windows of the Blue Letter Bible Verse Retrieval , then on specific words, do a search in the other window using Word and Phrase Search . I was amazed that with the first several the verses that were pulled up were all in Esther! Then, with other words that appeared in numerous books, when I clicked on them and read them, it all fit. I think the Lord has hidden many of these truths/verses from mainstream end-times thinking.

Also, has anyone else noticed where God seems add computer-lingo smiley faces sometimes? Check out Est 1:1 to see what I mean :) I've noticed this before too. Also Est 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal... Now, they were discussing the King hosting a party and he was merry with wine. Instead of saying "before the king with the royal crown," it says "crown royal."

OK, it's late, and I'll just include two links:

Purim:Heroes & Villains http://www.everythingjewish.com/Purim/Purim_Heroes.htm

"Megilat Esther"- Scroll of Esther http://www.ou.org/chagim/purim/megillah1.htm

Oh, one more thing...

Purim -- Adar 14, 5767  Sun, Mar  4, 2007  and Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, and the salvation of the Jewish people!!!

Kay