Esther 6-10: No Weapon

Whether in exile or in the diaspora, there have always been people who wanted to annihilate the Jews.  Haman was not the first and Hitler was not the last.  All of their plans have been foiled, not by man's hands, but by the hands of God.  Even while Haman was building the gallows where he planned to have Mordecai hanged, God's was working behind the scenes.

That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. - Est. 6:1-2 NIV

It was no accident that on that night, the king could not sleep.  It was no accident that he ordered the record of his reign to be brought in and read.  After tossing and turning for hours, he may have thought it it would ease his mind to look over the impressive conquests of his kingdom or review the vast wealth he had accumulated.  But, what he saw was only what God wanted him to see, and it set in motion the events that ended in Haman's downfall and Mordecai's promotion.  Even now, when the odds often look like they are stacked against Israel, God's eye is on his people.  The promise that he gave through Isaiah remains:

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. - Isaiah 54:17 KJV

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