Explain it to Esther | Esther 4:6-8 | Week 4 Day 3 Study of Esther

When Esther’s eunuch Hathak met with Mordecai to find out what was wrong and why he was in sackcloth, Mordecai told him the entire situation. He gave him a copy of the edict, but even more importantly, Mordecai told him to tell Esther that Haman had offered to pay for the entire campaign out of his own pocket. 

This is no small detail. When was the last time you heard of a congressperson or a senator offering to pay for something themselves? It’s hard enough to find a story where our government officials pay for their own lunch, let alone a massive nationwide campaign! This shows the resolve that’s in Haman’s heart. 

The situation was dire, and he needed Esther to fully understand this. Haman had been very calculating with his plans, all the way down to leaving several months to get the word out and prepare local militias to carry out the order.

As cold and calculating as they were, not even the Nazis were this organized about their extinction of the Jews. No such order had ever been given against the Jews and no such order has ever been given like it since. 

Why do you think Esther didn’t know about the edict?

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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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