Women in the Bible
Lesson Fifteen: by turtle

Today as we continue the saga of Esther plight, we continue looking at the enemy in new light.
See even God’s enemies can not prevail for any length of time. In fact with all their
scheming and plotting sooner or later the devil will get his due. Haman fate is quickly coming.
All Haman ever had to do was make things right and stop his dastardly plan. See Hamaan
problem was he want glory and honor he thought was rightful his because of his position. I be
truthful, I rather have no honor or glory or position in the way of the world. Sooner or later
one is soon to make an error of some sort. Haman however was more then error, his plot was
devilish.

If any a time in history we can see a man acting like the devil it is in this story about Haman.
One thinks of the garden of Eden and how the devil thought he was in charge by tempting eve.
How in Isaiah 14 the devil fell from heaven to earth, all because of pride and thinking he was
better then God. Now Mordecai was no god, but he was one of God’s people. And for this
reason God plan begins to unfold.

How many nights I have spent without slept only to find myself wrapped in a good book. Way
back then the educated people of the time also read and apparently there were no good novels
to read that day, king opened the history books to see who he could bless. He found he had
overstep Mordecai.

Esther 6:1-3 KJV
(1)  On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of
the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
(2)  And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's
chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
(3)  And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then
said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Now the king of that day and time is no different then kings and queens of anytime. Seldom was
honor paid out by the King in person, except for coming before the king. Leaders always have
had others to do their bidding. The king goes about seeking someone to do his bidding and
guess who is in the court pacing at that early morning hour?

Esther 6:4-6 KJV
(4)  And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of
the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared
for him.
(5)  And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king
said, Let him come in.
(6)  So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom
the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king
delight to do honour more than to myself?

Haman is found inside the court pacing, perhaps because he was thinking of his dastardly deed
he was fixing to do.  Not only was he found in the court, but when he heard the king, he got a
big head. I mean one that must of swollen to the size of any large boulder, for he thought it was
him the king wish to honor. After all was he not invited by the kings wife to dine that day. Oh
how the shock and dismay he must of felt when he realize who it was he was to honor. What
made matters worse he had no time to object and if he had worse would of befallen him.

Esther 6:7-11 KJV
(7)  And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
(8)  Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king
rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
(9)  And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble
princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him
on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to
the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
(10)  Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou
hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of
all that thou hast spoken.
(11)  Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on
horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Can you imagine how hard it was for Haman to do the king’s bidding. He was put in a
position of total embarrassment. He had sought to destroy Mordecai for his response to his
decree of bowing to him, and now he had to honor this guy. Oh how humiliating and so when
the deed was down he went and complained to all his friends and family. Now to make matters
worse in his telling of the tale, he finds he is late for the Queens banquet. What more distress
can this man take for being late for such and honor position.

Esther 6:12-14 KJV
(12)  And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning,
and having his head covered.
(13)  And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then
said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before
whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before
him.
(14)  And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to
bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

One learns when preparing for any job or type of society position never be late, unless it is
vogue to be fashionably late.  To have to be called to a meal or even to a meeting is taboo even
among business people. Time is money in the business world and no doubt even back then
Haman had fallen in disgrace by being late.  The moral of the story is do not plot against Godâ
€™s people for God will have revenge and though it might not seem much like revenge,
remember Haman last week order for gallows to be built. See first God is putting people in their
rightful position before lowering the boom so to speak on Haman. No the king is not God, but
God put the king in position to do His bidding. And though the king was not a godly king, he
still had to take his orders from God.  See the King had already offend God by going against
his people. Now God is going about rectifying the problem. As we wait til next week we will see
the fait of Haman and though this seems to drag out there is a reason for it. For life is much
like this story it happened not all at once. Though it was done all in a few days, the problem
could not be rectified all at once. Sometimes we need to be patient.