The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 305


 The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 305

Esther 7:8-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai
8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?” As the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. 9 Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.” Then the king said, “Hang him on it!” 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.

Esther – Meditation in The Wisdom and knowledge of God

Going back to chapter 3:7-11 of Esther we find that Haman found favor with King Ahasuerus in his request to destroy the Jews. Roughly, one year has passed since the decree to slaughter the Jews was put into effect. Now notice Esther 7:5-6 – So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?” Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden, but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he foreseen that evil was determined against him by the king.  

The king seems somewhat perplexed when he returns to the queen’s chamber. He had not forgotten Haman’s request to slaughter a certain people (the Jews) in the kingdom, and these kings never rescinded their proclamations. However, his perplexity ceased when he saw Haman laying on the couch with the queen. No one was allowed to be within one cubit of the queen, this was a dishonor to the king and a disgrace to the queen. The covering of Haman’s face served a twofold purpose. (1) Haman’s action to plead for his life was taken by the king as an immoral act, giving the king the opportunity he needed to rescind the original decree. And (2) covering the head of a criminal convicted of  a immoral crime was normal.

Psalm 9:15-16 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught. The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Meditation. Selah We, as all nations are reminded in all Scripture to be diligent and protect the Israelites, the world around the nation Israel is becoming more and more hostile toward the Jew. Anti-Semitism is growing at a fast pace and our nation; The United States of America is caving into this way. One of the ways Satan accomplishes this is by influencing peoples of all nations to align with the movement of a ‘one-world governing system’. Not only is this system anti-Semitic, but it is also, anti-Christ.

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