As long as man has been on earth, Satan has sought to derail the plan of redemption.
Cain kills Abel.
God has to exterminate the contaminated race except for Noah and their kin.
Babel unites the world against God.
Abram is chosen.
The Jews are persecuted first by Egypt and then by Amalek.
Nowhere is the drama of God’s plan and Satan’s attack more clearly seen than in Esther’s backdrop.
Haman [mentioned 45x in the Scriptures; literally "magnificent," chief minister of Ahasuerus, the enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was executed, with his family, on the post he had made for Mordecai]. Haman was the last descendent of the Jew killing Amalekites [3:1], poised to at last exterminate the people of the Covenant.
Mordecai [mentioned 60x in the Scriptures; literally "little man" cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim; a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel] a faithful and obedient descendent of Saul [2:5] is the tool God uses to complete His plan for the Amalekites.
Theme: The God who is in control
The book of Esther is skillfully crafted, demonstrating God’s unfailing control. Our Lord is seen in the seemingly insignificant coincidences of life that together form the tapestry of His providential directing all things together for good. Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to [His] purpose. (NASB)
God’s sovereign rule is assumed, though never stated throughout the book.
This makes His power even more vivid because it is seen but never mentioned.
Esther 4:12-16 And they related Esther’s words to Mordecai. Then Mordecai told [them] to reply to Esther, "Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" Then Esther told [them] to reply to Mordecai, "Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish." (NASB)
From OTI-17 – Esther – Our Invisible God (960403WE)
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