ESTHER 3: 1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. 2 And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage. 3 Then the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?” 4 Now it happened, when they spoke to him daily and he would not listen to them, that they told it to Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for Mordecai had told them that he was a Jew. 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath. 6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month, until it fell on the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore, it is not fitting for the king to let them remain. 9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be written that they are destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
10 So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, “The money and the people are given to you, to do with them as seems good to you.” 12 Then the king’s scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded—to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the officials of all people, to every province according to its script, and to every people in their language. In the name of King Ahasuerus, it was written, and sealed with the king’s signet ring. 13 And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.14 A copy of the document was to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day. 15 The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So, the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
ESTHER 3:2 And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage. NKJV.
ESTHER 3:2 ALL THE ROYAL OFFICIALS AT THE KING’S GATE KNELT DOWN AND PAID HONOR TO HAMAN BUT MORDECAI WOULD NOT KNEEL DOWN OR PAY HIM HONOR.
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ALL THE KINGS BOUND SERVANTS THAT WERE INSIDE THE KINGS GATES BOWED AND PROSTRATED THEMSELVES TO HAMAN BECAUSE THE KING COMMANDED SUCH THINGS CONCERNING HIM. BUT MORTDECAI BOWED NOT NEITHER DID HE REVERENCE HIM.
MORDECAI WAS REBELLIOUS TO THE COMMAND OF THE KING
Always be submissive to authority as long as it does not contradict the word of God.
REFLECTION:
It was at work and I got fired…
EXPLORATION~
It says he had power. He was advanced and set in a seat above all the princes who were with him. Verse 1 he was like a god.
2. It was against the commandments of the Lord to have no other god before Him Exodus 20:3 the first commandment. It also says “No one can serve two masters….You cannot serve God and wealth” (Matt. 6:24) But almost anything related to Polytheism can become twisted in our desires to the point that it interferes with our love for God. Matthew 22:37-38 says Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.
3. Could have been loyalty, could have been fear, and it also could have been a case of sucking up. Nevertheless, it was a command by the king.
4. Haman was filled with wrath.
5. Convincing the king to make a decree to kill all the Jews for 10,000 talents of silver.
6. Obedience, standing firm to the law, honesty,
REACTION
7. Utmost is commonly used as an adjective meaning greatest or highest in degree or quantity, as in This is of the utmost importance that we live in the most reverent way to the Lord to do something as well as you can by making a great effort as we serve Him in obedience.
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10. The world, the flesh
11. Wow really umm because Jesus said we would be. John 15:19
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. A spiritual battle Ephesians 6:12. Christianity challenges the sin culture. “A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also” (John 15:20). Matthew 5:10-12 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’s sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 1Pe 4:14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part, He is blasphemed, but on your part, He is glorified.
12. Read, Pray, Fellowship, worship in song…
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