A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                 BORN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS PART IX

"I, Esther's cousin Mordecai, had told the other court officials that I would not bow down to Haman because I am a Jew.... I know they told Haman about it.... I know too that Haman became very angry that I was unwilling to bow down to him because I am a Jew... I wonder what he will do next... Is he perhaps plotting to kill me?... Or is it possible that he might try to kill not only me but my people as well?... My people are not just living in Susa.... My people are living throughout the kingdom of Xerxes... Is it possible that all their lives are now in danger?"... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the court official Haman is looking for a way to kill Mordecai's people, the Jews....


                  ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                               BORN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS PART IX

Esther's cousin Mordecai learned that Haman had become furious when he found out that Mordecai was unwilling to bow down to him as you can read in Esther 3:5-6

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honour, he was outraged. Yet having learned who Mordecai's people were, he scorned the idea of only killing Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai's people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.

The king had raised a certain man named Haman to a high position and Haman is to be treated with great honour. But Mordecai knows that, as a Jew, he can only kneel down before his God. Haman becomes so enraged at Mordecai's behaviour towards him that he decides to have him killed. However, Haman's hatred is not just directed towards Mordecai but towards all of Mordecai's people; the Jews. Therefore, Haman looks for an opportunity to not just get rid of Mordecai but to get rid of all Jewish people.