Logic of the Powers: Towards an Impact-Driven Practice of Futurist Statecraft by Pak Nung Wong

Author:Pak Nung Wong [Wong, Pak Nung]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, International Relations, General, Social Science, Future Studies, Sociology of Religion, Peace, American Government, Geopolitics, Public Policy, Globalization
ISBN: 9780429558498
Google: HA0xEAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 56987699
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2021-07-29T00:00:00+00:00

After fasting for three days and three nights, the contemplative Esther decided to risk her own life and went to see the king in person. As the realist power struggle between Haman and Mordecai was escalated into zero-sum, Haman plotted to have Mordecai killed. God intervened at this juncture. He made the king sleepless at one night. In this particular sleepless night, Xerxes reviewed the official records and recognised that Mordecai actually saved his life from an assassination plot. Xerxes decided to honour Mordecai. This indirectly deterred Haman’s plan to eliminate Mordecai. As Haman went to attend the banquet organised by Queen Esther, he was summoned to death by the king there. This did not only save the lives of the Jews, it also promoted Mordecai to be the ‘second in rank to King Xerxes’ in the Persian and Median Powers ‘because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews’ (Esther 10: 3).

In such an emergency, the pure-hearted Esther decisively participated in the bitter struggle between Haman and Mordecai. Due to God’s intervention in the developmental course of this power struggle, Esther became the key historical instrument causing the fall of Haman. She did not only save her own people, she also actualised the domestic peace within the Persian Empire. Although Esther was not publicly known as a prophetic witness, her critical role as the Queen and prayerful action to join the power struggle had enabled her to mark a historic difference in bringing peace to the entire land of Persia. She indirectly realised God’s salvation plan in this drama of political intrigues and deadly power struggle.

This is the second ethical postulate of being in but not of the Powers. In a critical historical juncture, the pure-hearted witness would contradict her/his usual attitude of being indifferent to state politics, s/he can actively participate in the realist struggle within the Powers, yet with a contemplative heart and prayerful action. Her/his purpose is therefore not driven by fear and self-interest, enabling her/him not to win the struggle for his/her own reason/interest, but to participate in the larger peace-making and salvation plan on earth as it is in heaven.

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