Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Again, as sacred history shows, severe pressure was exerted against Mordecai to bow down to Haman, a mere mortal man. Day by day, just as it happened in Joseph’s experience, pressure was mounted against the one who would not bow. At first, entreaty was used, then political pressure and peer pressure were employed daily, to try and wear down the servant of God, but when Mordecai refused to bow down, the last resort was the use of force, as it has always been.
That pattern of exercising, and increasing pressure, used by satan through human agents is particularly troubling, and must be thoroughly understood, for it almost always begins with entreaty, but always ends with the use of brute force…. Esther 3: 2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
Esther 3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, why do you transgress the king's commandment? 4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
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.
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