Esther: Chapters 2 through 6, and parts of 7 & 8
The king had promoted the wicked Haman to be his top prince. Haman was honored by all those below him except Queen Esther's uncle Mordecai, who refused to bow to him. This greatly angered Haman and he wanted to ask the king to put out a decree to not only destroy him, but also he had found out he was a Jew, and so he wanted to destroy all the Jews. When Haman brought this to the attention to the king, that he wanted this done, the king agreed.
Not only that, but because Haman had been so angry at Mordecai in the first place, his friends told him he should have a gallows put up and have Mordecai hanged.
What he had not been counting on though was the fact that Mordecai had also heard that there had been a conspiracy to murder the king and when the king had found this out, he wanted to know in what way was Mordechai honored for this. And he was told, none. By then, Haman had come to him to speak with him about hanging Mordecai and instead, the king asked him what should be done with a man that had done what Mordecai had done about reporting the men that wanted to kill the king. Despite what Hanan had wanted to tell him, he had to tell him that he should be treated almost like royalty. (Chap.6: 8-9). And it was so ordered by the king for Mordecai, which made one Haman, a very unhappy and grievous man.
Meanwhile, Queen Esther had prepared a banquet for the king and Haman. And he...Haman had been very happy about that because as he was the highest in command of all other princes, he was the only one of them invited. His ego had been very much stroked at all of it and he had been upon his high horse for a while Now, he was underneath it. But it turned out that the banquet had been well....his undoing. When they were gathered there with her, the king asked Queen Esther what she wanted. She had asked for this meeting with him and it had to be for something. Whatever it was, he loved her and wanted to give her anything she was asking for. Even up to half of his kingdom which he had told her.
But she did not ask him for any part of his kingdom. What she did want was for her own life to be spared along with the Jews that would be wiped out in Haman's plan to annihilate them. The king wanted to know where she had gotten this information and she gave Haman up right then and there.
Hanan begged for mercy but it looks like he was going home with his tail tucked between his legs. But did he? And what happened to Queen Esther after her meeting with the king? Did he save her people or not?
Well, there is still a bit more to this story. So check back with me tomorrow for the rest of it. Thanks for coming today Friends. Have a blessed day!
March 30, 2019 Promise: And they shall see his face and his name shall be written on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4
Hallelujah, he is coming soon!
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