prejudice to an extreme (Esther 3)

After reading this text, I am reminded of something my pastor says about the way Satan attacks believers. He describes it as a lion strategy and a serpent strategy and I think we see both of those strategies in this text, so lets jump in.

You notice Haman is mad because Mordecai refused to bow to him, but he takes his anger out on the Jews. He hates the Jews because of what one person did or didn't do.  I admit i have done this,  right after 9/11 i hated all of the Muslims were terrorists because of what a rogue group of extremist Muslims did until i spoke to a Muslim at a bus station and she was nicer than most Christians i meet, sadly.

so Haman wants to destroy all of the Jews , now we see the lion strategy.
1 Peter 5:8

"the enemy is a roaring lion seeking whom he should devour."

This is the frontal assault the persecution. 

Haman then casts the pur which means "lot" to determine when the Jews would be annihilated.  He tells the king there are a people to have different costumes and are rebelling the king and he even flatters the king. I think this is a good example of the serpent strategy that Satan has used from the beginning (Gen 3), spinning truth with lies.  It's true that the Jews had different traditions but they were not rebelling. And it works, Haman is given the signet to seal the decree to destroy the Jews, meaning it could not be revoked (refer to intro to get explanation).

tune in next time for Esther's reaction