This man hates Mordecai not simply because he is a Jew, but because Mordecai won’t bow down to him.

“If you follow my rules, I will be able to pour money into your treasury. All I ask is that you give me the legal right to rid the land of all of these Jews.” And so King Ahasuerus, believing Haman and ignoring the savage genocide he is plotting, passes it off with a wave of his hand, “Go ahead, do whatever you want to do.”. When Mordecai gets word of what Haman is planning, he is making a vital but threatening call.

He must tell his adopted girl, Esther ; she must know about Haman’s malevolent plan. Because, you see, by this point Esther had become queen, but no-one knew she used to be a Jew. When she was selected as the king’s consort, Mordecai had suggested her not to tell anyone about her ethnic origins. He was sure that God wouldn’t let His folk be wiped from the face of the earth. He and Esther could be finished, but eventually somebody would deliver the Jews. what if God’s plan was in process? What if the means to that deliverance had already been instituted by the hand of God? What if it included Esther’s getting involved? She was, of course, the queen. “God’s hand was on my getting the message from Haman the Jews will be snuffed out.

Maybe you were put into this position only for this altogether unique hour in our history. I have heard some folks claim that they can’t accept the sovereignty of Our Lord God because doing so makes you passive. It drives me before Him as I plead, “Lord, involve me in the act, if it pleases You.