{"id":221,"date":"2023-08-06T01:20:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T01:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=221"},"modified":"2023-08-06T01:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T01:20:24","slug":"haman-humiliated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Haman Humiliated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Sleepless in Susa<\/strong>\nEsther 6:1-3\nThat night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him. In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king\u2019s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.\n\u201cWhat reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?\u201d the king asked.\nHis attendants replied, \u201cNothing has been done for him.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recap what has just taken place in the previous chapter (Esther 5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let&#8217;s talk about the timeline here. Remember that the day typically was reckoned from sundown to sundown; when would this &#8220;bedtime story&#8221; have taken place?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do we see God at work in this account?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What other accounts from your knowledge of the Old Testament come to mind similar to this one?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Haman's Humiliation<\/strong>\nEsther 6:4-11\n\u201cWho is that in the outer court?\u201d the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.\nSo the attendants replied to the king, \u201cHaman is out in the court.\u201d\n\u201cBring him in,\u201d the king ordered. So Haman came in, and the king said, \u201cWhat should I do to honor a man who truly pleases me?\u201d\nHaman thought to himself, \u201cWhom would the king wish to honor more than me?\u201d So he replied, \u201cIf the king wishes to honor someone, he should bring out one of the king\u2019s own royal robes, as well as a horse that the king himself has ridden\u2014one with a royal emblem on its head. Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king\u2019s most noble officials. And let him see that the man whom the king wishes to honor is dressed in the king\u2019s robes and led through the city square on the king\u2019s horse. Have the official shout as they go, \u2018This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!\u2019\u201d\n\u201cExcellent!\u201d the king said to Haman. \u201cQuick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!\u201d\nSo Haman took the robes and put them on Mordecai, placed him on the king\u2019s own horse, and led him through the city square, shouting, \u201cThis is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Haman seems to be an early riser! Why would he have shown up so early?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is a great example of where we, the readers, know more than either of the two characters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What was going through Herman&#8217;s mind as Xerxes is speaking?  How does he come crashing back down to earth?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>\"I've Got A Bad Feeling About This...\"<\/strong>\nEsther 12-14\nAfterward Mordecai returned to the palace gate, but Haman hurried home dejected and completely humiliated.\nWhen Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, \u201cSince Mordecai\u2014this man who has humiliated you\u2014is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.\u201d\nWhile they were still talking, the king\u2019s eunuchs arrived and quickly took Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What do Haman&#8217;s wife and advisors begin to realize at this point?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you ever has an experience like Haman&#8217;s, or know of someone who has?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleepless in Susa Esther 6:1-3 That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him. 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