I apologise in advance there will some dry facts but please stay with me.
In the last study you will notice I forgot to include Mordecai warning king Xerxes of a assassination plot. I will admit I felt guilty but then I realised God might have other plans for that passage. First thing i noticed is that Mordecai is sitting by the gate, which is a good place to hear gossip and conduct business. You will recall the two angels encountered lot at the city gate when they came into Sodom, Then the king records the event in his annals but does not reward Mordecai yet. You know sometimes i need reminding that good deeds does not always come with immediate reward.
You will also notice that Mordecai this foreign king to point of saving his life. Sometimes I think that some Christians have the false notion that we should throw of the shackles of civil law but that is not the case (read Romans 13:1-7, which also says we should pay our taxes, and 1 Samuel 24 and 26). After the bible doesn't say wear a seat belt but does that mean you shouldn't wear one, of course not!
Now in Esther 3 we are introduced to Haman the Agagite, who is elevated seemingly without reason, but what is an Agagite? Agagite probably refers to king Agag of the Amalekites. The Amalekites were the 1st to attack the Israelites as they came out of Egypt in Exodus 17:8-13. This started a war of sorts wear God says one day the Jews will blot out the Amalekites. Now king Agag appears in 1 Samuel 15 when God tell king Saul to blot out the Amalekites but Saul spares some and as a result loses his kingship to David. So the author points out the continuing war between the Jews and Amalekites.
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