“Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said “‘A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman’s house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.” The king said, “‘Hang him on it.”
– Esther 7:9
Hi James and Ellen,
What would you do if you knew that a guy had put in play a plot to completely eradicate your people group of guys, gals and kids? What would you do if you knew that you had basal cell carcinoma on the top of one of your ears? What do you do when another kid – or a guy or gal, does not do what you explicitly want him or her to do? What would you do if a doctor overtly tells you what you will need to do if you want to totally get rid of the cancer that is invading your body? After a courageous Jew refused to bow to a portentous, self-centered, megalomaniac Persian guy, the Persian guy resolved to purge all Jews from planet Earth. After a small sore developed on the top of your grandpaa’s right ear, the doctor who your grandpaa is going to had your grandpaa go to a dermatology clinic to have a dermatologist in the clinic check out the top of his right ear. When Mordecai – who was the brave Jew, found out that Haman – who was the self-aggrandizing Persian high official or prime minister, was deadly serious about wiping off planet Earth every Jew people group guy, gal and kid, Mordecai – after first intensely wrestling with God about the life and death seriousness of his people group’s quandary – which he had involuntarily acerbated, went to Esther – who had become the Persian queen, for her help to save their people group of guys, gals and kids. When the dermatologist told your grandpaa that tests unmistakably revealed that he had basal cell carcinoma at the top of his right ear, your grandpaa knew that he did not have a choice but to have the cancer cells that were at the top of his right ear removed. When Esther – who was Mordecai’s niece as well as the Persian queen, grasped the acute gravity of the situation regarding her people group – the Jews, of guys, gals and kids, Esther knew that she did not have a choice but to tell King Xerxes – who was the Persian king and her husband, about vile Haman’s rage driven scheme to exterminate every guy, gal and kid in her people group. The dermatologist four different times scraped off flesh from the top of your grandpaa’s ear before the guy was assured by the tests that he ran on the flesh scrapings that he had gotten all the basal cell carcinoma cancer cells that were causing the scabbing at the top of your grandpaa’s right ear. Even though Esther knew that King Xerxes could have her killed – as going uninvited to speak to a Persian king could result in the Persian king pronouncing a death sentence on the guy or gal who . . ., Esther knew that she had to for the sake of the guys, gals and kids in her people group go to King Xerxes to ask him to dine with her.
Esther 7 recounts what took place on the second day of when King Xerxes and Queen Esther dined together in the banquet hall in King Xerxes’ palace. Your grandpaa at this time two days ago was having the top of his right ear mutilated. While King Xerxes was on the second day with Queen Esther in the banquet hall in his palace and while he was drinking wine, King Xerxes asked Queen Esther why she wanted to talk with him. Even though Haman was present when King Xerxes asked Esther why she wanted to talk with him, Esther did not hesitate to tell King Xerxes of Haman’s abominable plan to systematically murder every guy, gal and kid in her people group – including her uncle Mordecai who had a proven record of being loyal to King Xerxes. Your grandpaa is totally confident that the demonologist was able to scrape off all the basal cell carcinoma cancer cells from the top of his right ear. Just as a really ticked off King Xerxes was going back to the banquet hall that was in his palace – after spending time venting in his palace garden, King Xerxes witnessed Haman falling on the couch next to where Queen Esther was reclining. King Xerxes’ knee jerk response was to think that Haman was attempting to molest Queen Esther when Haman had in reality gotten on his knees to plead desperately with Queen Esther for his life. Verse 9 concisely says what took place next, “Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said “‘A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman’s house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.” The king said, “‘Hang him on it.”’
2,500 or so years have gone by since Haman hatched his diabolical plot to entirely rid planet Earth of God’s specially chosen guys and gals – who are known as Jews today. Iran’s land area today was once known as Persia. Ahmadinejad is today Iran’s supreme leader. Four days ago in an interview that Ahmadinejad had with a Lebanese television network in which he talked about the Zionists – the Jews, ‘Iranians and Muslim nations worldwide should hold Qod – which is one of five branches of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, rallies to show their desire and willingness to dispose of this ‘infectious tumor and this regime full of rascality.’ It would not be hard for your grandpaa to conclude that Ahmadinejad is the catalytic force for a radical underground Islamic movement whose sole objective is the eradication of the country of Israel. Your grandpaa is convinced that there will be a day soon when Ahmadinejad will become a Haman. To proactively respond to a deep-seated hatred of God’s specially chosen guys and gals – the Jews or Zionists, by pursuing ridding them from planet Earth is really a death wish – as Haman found out. Your grandpaa would have been a fool if he had not gone to a dermatology specialist to have the basal cell carcinoma cancer cells scraped off his ear. Ahmadinejad is being a fool in his brazenness to be equal with God. A Christ-follower guy, gal or kid is a fool if he or she does not support the Jew people group of guys, gals and kids.
Esther 7 (1186)