Q&A: Providence
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Providence
Question
According to your approach on this issue, are the coincidences in the Scroll of Esther (Mordechai overhearing Bigthan and Teresh, Vashti rebelling, Esther being chosen, the king not being able to sleep that night, Haman suggesting the gallows, Harbonah proposing that Haman be hanged, and so on) simply a huge amount of good luck that the Jewish people had in that generation? No providence and no direction of events from above?
Answer
It is possible that there was intention behind it, but that cannot be inferred from the events themselves. Only if there is a prophet who identifies it as such.