Esther wanted the ten sons of Haman to be “hung on a tree.” 509 - 9 - 6

God wasn’t fond of the Amalekite, descendants of Amalek, Esau’s grandson, Genesis 36:12, “And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek. Amalek was the first nation to attack Israel as they left Egypt and God declared that Israel would have war with Amalek in every generation. Exodus 17:14, “And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

Through the prophet Samuel God commanded King Saul to destroy the Amalekites, 1 Samuel 15:3, “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.” Nevertheless, King Saul took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive as well as the best of the livestock in direct violation of God’s commandment.

1 Samuel 15:26, “And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.” Samuel “l hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.”

Haman of the Book of Esther was a descendant of Amalek.

Per CM’s PDF, “The execution of the ten sons of Haman completed the utter destruction of Amalek.” This was in fulfillment of Esther’s request.

Who and Where is Amalek Today?

“’Today, though Amalek definitely and unfortunately exists, we cannot say with certainty who, or where, all of them are. However, there is a noteworthy exception. When Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany visited Jerusalem during his journey to the Holy Land almost all the religious leaders of Jerusalem came to the city gates to greet him. Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (d.1932), the spiritual leader of Ashkenazic Jewry in Israel at that time, did not go. When asked about his refusal he answered that although the Kaiser himself was deserving of the honor bestowed upon him, “I have a tradition that Germany is Amalek.”’

[http://www.breslov.org/who-and-where-is-amalek-today/]

So are there any Amalek alive today or is it a mind-set? There is another theory.

“It is traditionally believed that the German Nazis were of direct descendants of Amalek, thereby making them literal and biological “sons of Haman” (14). This could be the case and is definitely a valid viewpoint. Even if this is not the case, the ten executed Nazis still could have been considered as “sons of Haman” because they were clearly tied in with the same antichrist-spirit as the original ten sons of Haman.”

[http://joshpeckdisclosure.blogspot.com/2014/08/haman-to-hitler-secret-nazi-prophecy.html]

Anti-Semitic activities are on the increase throughout the planet. More rockets were fired from Gaza recently with one exploding within Gaza, oops. Jewish cemeteries have been vandalized and the boycott of Israel products is main-stream. The United Nations never misses an opportunity to accuse Israel of human rights violations. Thankfully the Trump administration is pro-Israel, however, there are years of Amalek mind-set damage to undo. 

Queen Esther’s showed great courage by appearing before the King un-requested 509 - 8 - 1

Lots of drama in the story of Esther. Through the deception of Haman Esther’s people were to be slaughtered about a year hence. Esther was unaware of this but heard that Mordecai was wearing sackcloth and in anguish. Through palace intrigue, a copy of the decree calling for the extermination of the Jewish people was sent back to the queen along with an order from Mordecai to use her office as queen to intercede for her people.

Nevertheless it was a capital offense for anyone to appear in the inner court of the king without invitation. The exception would be if the king extended his golden scepter to the petitioner. Several years had passed since her wedding to the king; From Esther 4:11, “but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.”

Mordecai’s reply was very to the point. Esther 4:14, “For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Esther called for a three-day period of fasting by the Jewish population and then she would approach the king in opposition to the law of the land.

Esther had what seemed a wonderful life, however and in my opinion, she was like a bird in a gilded cage to answer whenever they king requested her presence. Since the king had not requested her presence for a month there was a possibility that the rather capricious king had lost interest in her and would not hold out the Golden scepter thereby condemning her to death.

Fasting and praying, Esther put on the "The Whole Armor of God" against Haman, a type of the 20th Century Hitler. Ephesians 6:12, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Esther was a Jew in a court of pagans. however, she could still say "If I perish, I perish." Esther approached the king, he extended his golden scepter and Esther’s people were spared extermination.  

Esther placed the survival of her own people ahead of her own life and her office as queen to the powerful king. She was willing to risk both her royal station and her life. Not only was Esther very brave, she was a very humble woman.

Esther arranged two banquets for the king and saved her people 509 - 8 - 3

“The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God's story. The Bible contains an Upper Story and a Lower Story. The Upper Story tells the big picture, the grand narrative of God unfolding throughout history. The Lower Story contains the sometimes delightful, other times appalling particulars of human experience. Without the lens of the Upper Story, the Lower Story seems out of focus and perplexing.”

[ Randy Frazee “The Upper Story and a Lower Story”]

The following paragraph deals with the “lower story” between Esther, her king and the scheming Haman.

“Opinions vary as to why Esther planned these two delays before making her request: (1) She wanted time to ingratiate herself with the king, having apparently been out of favor with him (see notes on Est_4:9-12); (2) her courage failed her both times; (3) she wanted to build up an element of suspense and impress upon the king that her business was vitally important and no mere whim; (4) she wanted to inflate Haman's pride and take him off guard before she exposed him as a vicious murderer. Perhaps elements of all these ideas entered into her strategy.”

[Believer’s Bible Commentary]

While the four main characters in this drama were interacting in the “lower story” God was busy in the “upper story.” It wasn’t in God’s timing for Esther to present her request to the king during the first banquet.

That night God kept King Xerxes from sleeping so the king had the chronicles of his reign read to him. A divine "coincidence" you think? The portion read to the King detailed the attempt on his life and that Mordeca prevented it several years earlier. When the king realized that Mordeca had not been rewarded he arranged to have Haman perform a great tribute for Mordeca, the same Mordeca who Haman sought to destroy.

God was in control of the timing for the tribute to Mordeca. So by the time for the second banquet Haman must have been both enraged against Mordeca and fearful that his plot against Mordeca and the Jews would come out.

Esther presented her request before the king asking for her own life and the lives of her people who were sentenced to death. The king asked who had instigated the plot against Esther’s people.

 Esther 7:6, “And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.” The king stormed out and Haman begged Esther to intercede for him. Perhaps it was God who tripped Haman causing him to fall on top of Esther as the king walked back into the banquet room. Haman was executed on the gallows he had built for Mordeca.

Eventually the king allowed Esther and Mordecai to write and distribute another decree counteracting the first decree created by Haman. The Jewish race was saved!

Satan has used his “puppets” throughout history to try to thwart the plan of God. 509 - 7 - 5

God hates pride. Pride was the motive behind Satan’s fall when he sought to rise above God. Satan appealed to Eve in the garden first through doubt and then by appealing to her pride by saying “you could become like God.” There are warning against pride in the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs 13:10 "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom" and Proverbs 16:18, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

Lust is another tool in Saran’s toolbox. God called King David “a man after his own heart,” however, 2 Samuel 12:10, “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.”

Murders and betrayals were legion with the descendants of King David. Most notably was the horrific actions around King Jehoram of Judah and his wife Athaliah.    

“2 Chronicles 1:4-6 Judah's fifth king chose to walk in the way of the kings of Israel instead of in the way of David. Jehoram was a murderer and an idolater. He ruthlessly killed all his own brothers to strengthen his hold on the throne. Scripture leaves us in no doubt as to the evil influence that caused Jehoram to act so wickedly: His wife was Ahab's daughter (v. 6). Earlier Jehoshaphat had arranged the marriage between the two kingdoms, and now Judah was infected with the same wickedness that was ruining Israel. Ahab's daughter Athaliah was a tool in Satan's hands to bring judgment on God's people.”

[Believer's Bible Commentary]

After eight years Jehoram died and his son Ahaziah was crowned king. Within one year Ahaziah and his brothers and their sons were murdered. Athaliah became queen and then “destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah” except for Joash.

Israel (Northern Kingdom) was defeated by Assyria and the northern tribes exiled and co-mingled with other races losing their Jewish identity. 2 King 17:6, “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

The evil and prideful Haman plotted the massacre the Jews after Mordecai’s refusal to bow to him. Esther 3:6, “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”

So many plots against Israel throughout history including:

Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) ransacked Jerusalem, prohibited Torah practice, and set up the “Abomination of Desolation” in the Temple. God raised up the Maccabean who recaptured and rededicated the Temple.

The Roman Catholic Church has long been hostile to the Jewish race. The RCC’s Concordat with Hitler’s Third Reich was pretty much a blessing to exterminate the Jewish race.

Reich Concordat 1933.

"The Reich Concordat was an agreement that was intended to regulate the relationship between the German Reich and the Catholic Church. It was signed by representatives of both entities on July 20, 1933, and ratified on September 10, 1933."

[http://holocaustonline.org/reich-concordat-1933/]