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Same banquet, take two.
Remember, Haman has just been humiliated by having to parade Mordecai around and praise him.
This was supposed to be Haman’s big day.
He was the only one asked to join the king at the banquet.
Once again the king asks Esther what she wants?
And offers her up to half his kingdom.
The king is certainly smitten with his queen.
Not knowing what she wants, he still offers her half of his kingdom.
OK king, what she wants is her life and the life of her people.
Her people have been sold to destruction.
To be destroyed, killed and annihilated.
Sounds like this punishment was written by a lawyer.
All her people will be killed.
Had they only been sold into slavery she would have kept quiet.
At least they would have been alive.
The Jews were in captivity already, what is another layer of slavery on top of that?
Besides, when the Jews were enslaved in Egypt they were rescued and became a great nation.
Nothing that the king is being paid will compensate him for the loss of blessing his kingdom gets from the Lord’s people.
But even that would not have been enough to make the queen speak up.
But the Jews are going to be DESTROYED!
Who would dare to do such a thing?
The king is MAD.
Do you blame him?
He just found out someone is trying to destroy his queen that he obviously loves very much!
Who would dare to do such a thing?
Who would even think of destroying his queen and her people?
The answer to the king’s question?
Haman!
Hey King, one of your closest advisors wants to destroy your queen and her people.
In fact, it’s your number 2 guy in the kingdom!
And he’s sitting right there!
Remember, Haman ASKED the king for permission to destroy his “enemy”.
The king didn’t ask who.
Haman’s enemy became the king’s enemy, and he never even asked who it was.
He never got details about why.
Don’t you think the king should have been a little curious about Haman’s request?
And her never got any proof!
What kind of man would authorize the killing of a person without proof?
Much less an entire people?
The king gave Haman his signet to make it law.
Not just law, but unchangeable law.
Another rash and ill informed decisions by the king.
Yes, it was Haman’s idea, but the king is complicit, even though that isn’t mentioned here.
Probably because it was Haman who would be killed.
Not just because his target included the queen, but for tricking the king into letting it happen.
I bet Haman was terrified!
You think parading Mordecai around was bad, you’ve been caught trying to destroy the queen and her people.
A queen the king obviously loves!
Sure, no one knew she was a Jew, but the situation for Haman has quickly gone from bad to worse.
A queen the king obviously loves!
If parading Mordecai was the beginning of his fall, this is jumping off a cliff to a bad end.
Notice the timing:
Haman cast lots to determine when he would destroy the Jews.
In his arrogance, he plans to destroy Mordecai just as the king is planning to honor him.
Now his plot to kill the Jews has been exposed, and one of the victims is the queen!
And this all comes to light before Haman puts his plan into effect.
Do you still think this was a coincidence?
I bet the king needed a minute to control his temper.
Gritting his teeth and trying to count to 10.
1…2…3...
Can you imagine how you would react if you found out a close friend threatened the life of your spouse?
How would you react to people who wanted to destroy your spouse and their family?
You think the Gadsden Flag (Don’t Tread on Me) might pop up here and there?
Would you have the self control to step outside, or would you just kill them on the spot?
I’m sure Haman begged the queen for his life.
He saw the look in the king’s face.
His life isn’t worth a plug nickel at this point.
What would you do when you realize you have truly stepped in it?
Haman has no other move than to beg for mercy.
Mercy he had not shown the Jews, or the queen.
So the king walks back in, probably after collecting himself, and what does he see?
Haman’s begging was so fervent he was falling allover himself and the queen.
From the king’s point of view Haman no only wants to attack the queen’s people, he will attack her in his own home!
After just collecting himself, I bet the king almost lost his cool when he saw Haman sprawled across his queen’s couch.
Have you ever had that happen?
You just get yourself calmed down and WHAMO, the same thing slaps you in the face again?
This is NOT looking good for Haman.
Just when he thought things couldn’t get any worse, they go from bad to worse VERY quickly.
Not only has the king found out that the people Haman convinced him to destroy includes his queen,
But now it looks like Haman is assaulting her in the king’s own house!
The palace guards take Haman into custody.
I not sure of the significance of covering his face, but it seems pretty bad.
Hey king, look there’s a nice big gallows!
I’m sure it could be put to good use.
Not only does Haman get hung, but on the gallows he had built to hang Mordecai!
The gallows Haman built to kill the man who “spoke good on the king’s behalf”.
I’ve heard of being hoist on your own petard, but Haman was hoist on his own gallows.
Do you think that was a coincidence?
We see here that as Zeresh had said, Haman fell before Mordecai.
Everything that Haman did to build himself up ended up building up Mordecai.
Everything Haman wished on Mordecai ended up befalling him.
When confronted with evil, Mordecai looked to God rather than his own machinations.
But Haman looked for revenge.
Like the axiom says, “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves”.
Think of what might have happened if;
Esther was not taken to the palace.
Esther did not go to the king to save her people.
Mordecai was right.
God would still have found a way, but think of how that would have effected Esther.
Could you live with yourself knowing you could have saved your people and chickened out?
Do you still think this was all a coincidence?
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