07/09/20 THE BOOK OF ESTHER IN 24 CPs —

24. RESULT: A    COMMAND     PERFORMANCE   (6:10-8:5…)

    Esther’s (and Mordecai’s and God’s) plan works perfectly! Curiously she delays telling the king her request until he had agreed and attended two feasts she prepared! (6:1) One early morning (God ensures that) the king cannot sleep. Reading his royal journals, he realizes that Mordecai has never been rewarded for saving his life. At that moment, Haman just happens to be the only one waiting to see him. The king orders Haman to march ahead of Mordecai and proclaim his heroism to the people, in abject humiliation (6:10). The plan of his family and friends to have Mordecai hanged the next day inexplicably backfires entirely! When Esther exposes Haman’s deadly plan, the king has him hanged on the same gallows instead.

    BUT a final serious obstacle remains: No edict signed by the king could be revoked. So the king authorizes the Jews to defend themselves, to attack anyone hostile to them!

    Though God’s NAME appears nowhere, His “finger prints” and “signature” are all over this episode. In Acts 9:4, the Lord Jesus asks, “Saul, Saul, why you persecuting Me?” God has always taken it personally when enemies attack His people and He still does. Count on it!

( SORRY — I found NO Notes for Esther chapters 9 and 10. Maybe that’s where the other 9 CPs came from originally! I COULD try to come up with a few NEW CPs. Hmmm… I’ll think about it. )