What Has Been Done for Mordecai? | Esther 6:1-4 | Week 6 Day 1 Study of Esther

To say that this is a reversal of fates is a biblical understatement. The Lord has orchestrated something truly spectacular here in the story of Esther. 

The king couldn’t sleep that night. As stated before, maybe it was because Haman’s workmen building the death device specifically for Mordecai is what kept him up. Maybe it was just the providence of the Lord. One way or another, the Lord kept him up and led him to hear a specific bed time story that he otherwise wouldn’t have heard that night.

Ahasaurus decided to have his accomplishments read to him, and the bedtime reader just happened to turn to the story about Mordecai uncovering and stopping the assassination plot against the king we read in chapter two. It’s obvious that this reading somehow extended into the wee hours of the morning, and the king was bothered until it was time to be awake anyway. 

That morning, he asked the reader to read what had been written about what was done for Mordecai. When he couldn’t find anything further written, the king decided to spring into action to rectify the situation. He wasn’t going to let Mordecai go another day without being rewarded for his loyalty. The king wanted to consult one of his advisors, so he asked his attendants if anyone was already in the court that morning.

As luck would have it, Haman just so happened to be walking in early that morning with a small request about who else but Mordecai. Not knowing what the king had been reading that night, he was there to ask if he could just go ahead and put Mordecai to death now on the pike (or gallows) he had built the previous day (and probably overnight). 

What a set up!

What do you think kept the king awake that night?

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Esther is simultaneously a victory and a tragedy. In some ways, If you look at it through a modern lens, it should be called the Victory of Mordecai and the Tragedy of Esther. Esther loses her parents and then is taken into the harem of a despotic king to be used as he wishes. Mordecai ends up, like Daniel, a very high official and ruler in his expatriated land. 

This will be a great study of Esther as we look at the emotions, the world and the meanings of one of the most cherished, and often misunderstood books of the Bible.

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