In this fifth message from Esther we see the battle lines drawn. On the one hand, Mordecai, while sitting at the king's gate, demonstrated his loyalty when he discovered and revealed a PLOT against the king. Two of the king's officials, who guarded his door, were exasperated and sought to bring harm to the king. Mordecai exposed the plot through Esther, and the king was informed in Mordecai's name. The facts were carefully investigated, the officials were executed by being impaled on stakes, and the whole account was chronicled in the official record of the king. On the other hand, Haman was elevated over all the princes (wise men...who sat in the first place - 1:13-14). This PROMOTION made him number two in the kingdom. All the king's servants were to bow down and pay homage to Haman, but Mordecai was the exception, refusing to worship him. Mordecai's fellow servants explored his refusal and tried to get him to change, but ultimately they turned him in to Haman to see what would happen. Haman was furious and sought not only the death of Mordecai, but the extermination of all the Jews in the whole kingdom.
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Accurately teaching God's Word verse by verse for the purpose of equipping believers, Jack G. Ebner has served as pastor-teacher at Cascade Bible Church since 1990. Jack and his wife, Bev, have six children and two grandchildren.