Haman. Esther 3

 

 

Esther 3. Haman

 

Haman is promoted by the king to the position that would correspond to Prime Minister. He was of the Amalekites. We are going to see why God has moved Esther to the throne. If she had not been there, this Haman would have exterminated the Jews. That was his intention.

 

The king sent out word that he had promoted Haman and that everyone was to bow to him. Mordecai is a judge at the gate. He must bow to Haman, but he does not. Mordecai is out of the will of God, but he is still recognizing God. The Jews were not to bow to anything but God Himself. Mordecai and Esther were not faithful enough to return to Jerusalem, but they were willing to jeopardize their lives to save their people. When asked why he did not bow to Haman, he revealed that he is a Jew. He took a stand. The Jews was known as a worshiper of the one and true God.

Haman should have ignored Mordecai and begins to stand out as a man of Satan. Haman knew nothing about God’s promise to Abraham to bless those who blessed the Jews and curse those who cursed the Jews. The fact that they have not been exterminated even today is miraculous.

Everyday Haman’s irritation grows. Every time he goes through the gate everyone bows except Mordecai. He decided that a nationwide massacre of the Jews would solve his problem. Haman told the king of a people that followed the Mosaic Law and not the kings. He told the king they should be exterminated. The king agreed with the plan. Haman doesn’t know the Queen is a Jew and Xerxes does not know that she is Jewish and is signing her life away. Xerxes pressed his signet ring in wax as the signature of the king. This decree to destroy the Jews goes out as a law of the Medes and Persians and cannot be repealed.

The City of Shushan was perplexed. They had committed no crime. Somebody is going to have to intervene.  God was preparing for this very thing.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible.