![]() ![]() Plonk! That would have been the sound of Haman's jaw and heart dropping as he learns for the first time that the Queen herself belongs to the race of people he desires to annihilate! Oh boy. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king. For I and my people have been sold for destruction and slaughter and annihilation. Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, grant me my life-this is my petition. The stage was now set as the king, queen and Haman sat down at their second banquet and Esther would courageously declare her nationality and expose the wicked Haman! But now the time for silence and holding her tongue had past. ![]() We can learn a lot from Esther in this regard. ![]() Too often we try to run ahead of God instead of setting aside time to seek His will and ways. But the beauty of what was unfolding is that it all was done in accordance to the perfect precision of God's timetable. This was no small event! We saw in a previous study that Esther got to the point where she was totally abanded to her own will and self-preservation saying only 'if I perish I perish'. Esther had asked all the Jews to fast for three days as she sought God I believe in preparation for coming before the king and exposing Haman. Up until now Esther had been silent and kept her peace. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time for peace and a time for war. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done." (Esther 7:1-2)Įcclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven. And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. Now the king and Haman came to drink wine with Esther the queen. But in Haman's hatred and desire to destroy the Jewish people we also see a type of the spirit of the antichrist so this aspect shall be examined as well. We shall see more aspects of that in this study. We have mentioned previously that Haman is a type of the flesh (that sinful self-centered nature within all of us). Here is what we will look at in this study. But who will it be? Oooooh the suspense is killing me! Well, by the end of the chapter one thing is for sure and that is that someone will be swinging from that gallows. Haman's gallows that he had constructed specifically for Mordecai was still empty but Haman was holding on to the hope that he can still win favour with the king and have Mordecai swinging from it by lunch time. Queen Esther had called for a second banquet where she planned to unmask her people's enemy before the king. The hatred Haman had for Mordecai had only intensified as he saw the king exalt Mordecai and not himself before the adoring crowds. The close of the last study in Esther chapter 6 saw the events drawing to a dramatic conclusion. Esther Chapter 7: The Downfall of Haman the Wicked ![]()
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