Esther 8:1-2 (Esther Saves the Jews)
On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Tag: God Restores Justice
God is in the business of restoring justice. God puts all the pieces back together again, eventually. We live in a world of injustice. The powerful prey upon the weak. The rich exploit the poor. The faithful and worthy are trampled by the faithless and wicked. The saint is exposed by the sinner. In Proverbs 1:10-19 we read that the wicked love to sit and prepare attacks agains the righteous. Note what Asaph says in this passage in Psalms:
Psalms 73:4-13
For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
Their eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find no fault in them.
And they say, “How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
We live in a world where wicked leaders believe they will conquer all and are never worried. In this passage in Esther we see that God has and does win in the end. God saw the wickedness of Haman and what he attempted to do to the Jews (Note: By wiping out the Jews that would have destroyed the line of the Messiah ... this Haman was a tool of Satan to destroy God’s plan for Christ). We might see wicked “look” like it is in charge in this world. But, like Haman, it too will come to an end. In the end it is the righteous who are clothed in royalty and given rings of authority.
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