2006-10-23 03:59:32 · 7 answers · asked by jordanlynn40 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Simply means that something/someone has been positioned in a place to do a particular/specific task/job at a particular time. Perhaps, in a situation where the individual may be the only solution to the problem.
2006-10-23 04:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by bombastic 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The quotation is from the Book of Esther in the Bible and the events which led to the celebration of Purim as a feast by Jews each year. She was just one woman. She had been unaware of the problem, but now the reality hit home. The threat of injustice loomed large: thousands of innocent men, women and children were under sentence of death.
What could she do? The whole power of the state was ranged against her. To speak up was to risk her life. Much safer to stay quiet, unnoticed.
But she had the perfect opportunity, her own unique qualifications. She had access to the person with ultimate power. All this created an awesome responsibility and a weighty moral pressure. ‘Who knows,’ said Mordecai to Queen Esther, ‘but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?’
"For such a time as this" means that all that has gone before suddenly comes into focus and we realise that this is our great opportunity to achieve something and make sense of it all -- our moment of destiny.
2006-10-26 23:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the phrase is actually "for a time such as this"it simply means that you have saved something to use for a certain thing or a certain time,something special ,it might even be a statement ,a piece of clothing ,anything really...Iam getting confused now ,somebody will explain it in a moment.
2006-10-23 04:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by wozza.lad 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means :such a time as this" can meet all of such a crucial moment those words have been uttered a nmillion times over.
Two men of the same priod used it in their speeches Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Each faced dire times as many before and many after/
2006-10-25 15:09:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For such a time as this means given the times as they are now and as they stand.
2006-10-23 07:03:39 · answer #5 · answered by MAC C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, you know when you save something for a rainy day? When that rainy day comes you say that you saved that something for such a time as this.
2006-10-24 05:04:50 · answer #6 · answered by Kari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking, > ''for such a time as this'' < ....or what?
'Parenthasis' - or anything - to indicate 'what exactly your pointing out or to, would help a whole bunch.
Sash.
2006-10-23 04:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋