Esther 3
Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the
princes that were with him.
2 And all the king's servants, that were
in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so
commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
4 Now it
came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto
them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand:
for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 And when Haman saw that
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had
shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the
Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the
twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before
Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that
is, the month Adar.
8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a
certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the
provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people;
neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit
to suffer them.
9 If it please the king, let it be written that they
may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands
of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's
treasuries.
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it
unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
11 And
the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to
do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
12 Then were the king's
scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was
written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the
rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof,
and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was
it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
13 And the letters were
sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to
cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in
one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the
month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
14 The copy of
the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published
unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
15 The
posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was
given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but
the city Shushan was perplexed.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.