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Esther 3:1–6, “After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment? Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.”
Xerxes, as king, supervised the regular running of the kingdom but he appointed administrators to carry out they day to day tasks. He promoted a man called Haman, to a senior administrative post in the kingdom. Haman was an Agagite. That is, he was descended from the Amalekite kings. (see, 1 Sam 15: 8 and compare Num 24: 7) The Amalekites were sworn enemies of the Jews because they refused to help Israel along the way, before they entered the Promised Land. This man was arrogant and proud; he expected everyone to bow down before him when he walked past because he was so important in the kingdom. On the other hand, Mordecai knew that he should only bow down to the Lord God and not to any man. Haman was enraged when Mordecai refused to bow down but he was also a malicious man and wanted to destroy all the Jews and not just this Jew. This is part of the great cosmic conspiracy. The Lord promised that he would bless all the families of the earth through Abraham’s legitimate descendants, Israel, but Satan wants to block that. Throughout the ages there have been people who have believed Satan lies and tried to destroy Abraham’s legitimate descendants to stop God from blessing all the families of the earth.
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