The story of Purim reveals the commitment, the faith and the trust that Esther (hebrew name-Hadasah) had towards her God and her mentor Mordacaih.

In the midst of her fears, she chose to stand up for the human rights of her nation (Jewish people). 

The time when the enemy of the Jews had decided to destroy and annihilate the whole nation, Esther was brave enough to accept her fate, which was used by God to retaliate the evil of the enemies of Jews upon their own head.

According to the rabbinic teaching; Purim represents the Hebrew letter called “Mem”, which stands for the numerical value of number 40.

Number 40 also represents the woman nature or female attribute which has come into it’s full ability of being able to mother, to barah, to nurture, to rule as a queen, to structure and to administrate the childish behaviors into responsible sons.

In the kabalah teaching; number 40 is also the number that heaven (heavenly court) uses to count before the announcing of someone’s soul mate is declared.

Purim of 2014 according to gregorian calendar, being the year 5774 on the Hebrew calendar, (notice the last number “4” on both of the years). 

2014 & 5774 marks the entrance into 40th number or age of the Messianic era.


Read about the Messianic era.

Article written by Apostle Ngabo Alex.