Esther 7:1-10
7:1-2 Once again, Esther called the king and Haman to a banquet. The king asked Esther what her petition was and once again promised to fulfill it.
7:3-4 Finally Esther answered: her request was that the king save her life and the lives of her people. Without mention the decree, Esther explained that she and her people were to be destroyed and killed. This annihilation was ordered by Haman. Esther recognized that the king would not want to lose his wife and suspected that he would therefore try to save her.
7:5-6 The king demanded the name of the person who ordered such destruction and Esther named the man responsible: Haman (who sat with them at dinner). Haman was terrified! God continued to upturn all of his plots and he was stunned.
7:7 King Ahasuerus responded with wrath and left the table. Haman begged for his life, but not because he was apologetic. Haman was evil: he sentenced innocents to death, but to save himself, he begged the for the guilty to be allowed to live.
7:8 Haman had thrown himself over Esther and when the king returned, he misinterpreted Haman's posture as impropriety. The king was already enraged with Haman and his anger only increased.
7:9 It was then revealed to the king that Haman plotted Mordecai's death, the man who the king was grateful to! Again, the situation seemed to imply that Haman was working against the king. And though Haman had always tried to ingratiate himself to the king, Haman only ever truly worked for himself. The consequences of his selfish motives came crashing down upon him in the worst moment.
The king ordered Haman's execution. He would be hanged on the gallows he intended for Mordecai. God completely reversed the situation; He parted the sea; He made a way when there seemed to be no way. The same God of Mordecai is at work in our lives today.
7:10 And so, Haman was hanged. His plots resulted in death while Mordecai's prayers resulted in life.
