2009-07-16T16:42:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/ring/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Esth.8.2-Esth.8.10&version=NIV 2009-07-16T16:42:44-05:00 The signet ring of a king acted as his seal of approval. The object itself has no power, much like a marriage ring, but it's a symbolically powerful item. In this passage in Esther, we see that any document sealed with the king's signet ring was as good as the king's word itself.