SATURDAY 28TH APRIL, 2018 MORNING PRAYER DEVOTION
SCRIPTURE READING:- ESTHER 3
TOPIC:– HAMAN MUST DIE.
TEXT:- ESTHER 7:9
Haman means noise; tumult; disambiguation. Haman, also known as Haman the Agagite or Haman the evil. He is the main antagonist in the book of Esther, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a vizier in the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Xerxes I.
As his name indicates, Haman was a descendant of Agag, the king of the Amalekites, a people who were wiped out in certain areas by King Saul and David.
Haman is described as the son of Hammedatha the Agagite. He or his parents were brought to Persia as captives taken in war. Haman was of Persian origin, magnificent, the name of the vizier, i.e. [the prime minister] of the Persian king Ahasuerus. See Esther 3:1.
He is called an “Agagite,” which seems to denote that he was descended from the royal family of the Amalekites, the bitterest enemies of the Jews, as Agag was one of the titles of the Amalekite kings.
In the story, Haman instigates a plot to kill all of the Jews of ancient Persia. Haman attempts to convince Ahasuerus to order the killing of Mordecai and all the Jews of the lands he ruled. The plot is foiled by Queen Esther, the king’s recent wife, who is herself a Jew.
He was the enemy of Mordecai, the cousin of Esther. Mordecai, being a Jew, was unable to prostrate himself before the great official and to render to him the adoration which was due to him in accordance with Persian custom. Haman’s wrath was so inflamed that one man’s life seemed too mean a sacrifice, and he resolved that Mordecai’s nation should perish with him.
After the failure of his attempt to cut off all the Jews in the Persian empire, he was hanged on the gallows which he had erected for Mordecai the Jew. See Esther 7:10.
As he was hanged from the gallows that had originally been built, on the advice of his wife Zeresh, to hang Mordecai. The dead bodies of his ten sons Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, [or Vajezatha], are also hanged after they die in battle trying to kill the Jews. See Esther 9:5-14.
This was the cause of Haman’s downfall and death. It may be added that the name of Haman is not Hebrew, neither is that of Hammedatha his father. Haman is wicked and destructive, so, he must die.
Prayer Points:–
1. I command all owner of evil load in my life, carry your load now, in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. I command you Haman of my life, fall into your plots for my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.
3. O Lord God, because I am Your seed, do not allow my enemies to prevail against me, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Have A Lovely Saturday!
