7:7 - Esther really does a good job of manipulating the king to get the perfect situation she needs to help save her people. She gives the king food and wine for two days. She waits until the king has had a little too much to drink and is entranced by her presence, and she springs the trap on Haman. Because the king's senses were lowered by the wine, he is angrier than usual with Haman and does not allow the man to talk his wait out of trouble. I wouldn't suggest getting people drunk when you want them to do what you want, but Esther shows us that it is important to use intelligence ad ingenuity when serving the Lord's will.
7:10 - Haman dies on the gallows he had constructed for Mordecai. How many people have been destroyed by their obsession with hatred and revenge?
8:11 - Not only are the Jews saved through the king' proclamation, but they are given more freedom and power then they have ever had in this empire. Clearly God is at work in the lives of the people described int he book of Esther. God may not be mentioned, but His fingerprints are all over.
9:10/15 - The Jewish people are given permission to plunder the people who are out to destroy them, but interestingly enough they choose not to plunder. Why do you think this is the case? Maybe it is because they don't want to take on the pagan possession...maybe it is to show the king how honorable they are and that they are not trying to make a power play in the kingdom.
10:3 - Mordecai's new found power only serves to highlight the fact that he is a man of integrity. How many times in the biblical narrative have we seen people, even god people, who were given power that abuse it? The more power Mordecai is given, the more responsible ad others focused he becomes.
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