On that very night God did not allow King Ahasuerus to sleep. The king commanded that the book of the records and history of his kingdom be read before him. As this book was being read, the king was reminded about the great kindness of Mordecai when he warned the king about the two wicked men who were planning to assassinate Ahasuerus.
The king wanted to know what reward had been given to Mordecai, and he was told that nothing was done for him. The king called for wicked Haman and asked him what he thought should be done to the “man whom the king delighted to honor.”
Now Haman was very proud and thought that the king was speaking about himself. So he made a plan which would show off his greatness to all the people of Shushan. But what Haman thought would be done to himself was in fact to be done for Mordecai!
Mordecai was dressed with the king’s garments and set upon the king’s horse. Then Haman himself had to lead Mordecai through the city of Shushan and proclaim publicly that this was what happened to the man whom the king delighted in honoring. Haman went home to his house humbled and ashamed.
Now we will rest so you can find the following verses before we finish our story of Esther.
1. Rather than listening to what the Apostle Paul had to say, the young man Eutychus fell into a deep ____________ and then fell out of a window.
Acts 20:___
And
2. Peter instructs us to add to a godly life the character of brotherly ____________ . 2 Peter 1:___
And
3. God commanded His people to ____________ their fathers and mothers.
Matthew 15:___
For
4. When the Lord Jesus was crucified, the soldiers took His ____________ and divided them up among themselves. Matthew 27:___
And
5. Paul was not ____________ of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, for it was God’s power to save from their sins people who believe it. Romans 1:___
For