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Dr. Goodluck Ofoegbu

Prof. Oby Ofoegbu

Banking Blessings Ministry

San Antonio, Texas

USA

What We Will Learn

Through Esther’s appeal to King Xerxes

And God’s intervention

Mordecai triumphed over conspiracy

Against himself and other Jews

Overcame his enemies

Overcame poverty

Esther 5–9

Mordecai Overcomes Adversity: Responding to Adversity

Esther Granted Audience

But Delays Appeal

King Xerxes granted audience to Esther

Invited her three times to present petition

She postponed on two occasions

Presented her petition on the third

Additional events that favored Mordecai

occurred during Esther’s postponement

Esther 5:1–8 and 7:1–2



Esther 5 (NKJV)

1 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, across from the king's house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house.


Esther 5 (NKJV)

2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.

Despite coming without invitation

King Xerxes granted Esther audience

And invited her to present petition


Esther 5 (NKJV)

3 And the king said to her, “What do you wish,

Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall

be given to you—up to half the kingdom!”

King Xerxes promised to grant Esther’s request, even if the most she could ask

But Esther was not ready

Invited King Xerxes and Haman to a banquette instead


Esther 5 (NKJV)

5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, that he may do as Esther has said.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

4 So Esther answered, “If it pleases the king,

let the king and Haman come today to the

banquet that I have prepared for him.”


Esther 5 (NKJV)

6 At the banquet of wine the king said to

Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be

granted you. What is your request, up to half

the kingdom? It shall be done!”

King again promised to grant Esther’s request, even if the most she could ask

But Esther was not ready

Invited the king and Haman to a second banquette instead


Esther 5 (NKJV)

8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king,

and if it pleases the king to grant my petition

and fulfill my request, then let the king and

Haman come to the banquet which I will

prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as

the king has said.”

7 Then Esther answered and said, “My

petition and request is this:


Esther 7 (NKJV)

2 And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”

1 So the king and Haman went to dine with

Queen Esther.

For the third time, King Xerxes promised

to grant Esther’s request

Esther’s Postponement

Setup Favorable Events (1)

Haman overcome by hatred for Mordecai

Lamented his life unsatisfactory for as long

as Mordecai was alive

Built gallows specially for Mordecai

Haman, instead of Mordecai, would be hung

on the gallows he built for Mordecai

Esther 5:9–14



Esther 5 (NKJV)

10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself

and went home, and he sent and called for

his friends and his wife Zeresh.

9 So Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai.


Esther 5 (NKJV)

12 Moreover Haman said, “Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king.

11 Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.


Esther 5 (NKJV)

14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made.

13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I

see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's

gate.”

Esther’s Postponement

Setup Favorable Events (2)

King Xerxes reminded that Mordecai saved

him from assassination plot

But was never rewarded

Invited Haman to propose reward for

Mordecai

Ordered him to implement the reward

Esther 6:1–14 [1–3, 10, and 12]



Esther 6 (NIV)

2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai

had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the

king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who

had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

1 That night the king could not sleep; so he

ordered the book of the chronicles, the record

of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.


Esther 6 (NKJV)

3 “What honor and recognition has Mordecai

received for this?” the king asked.

“Nothing has been done for him,” his

attendants answered.


Esther 6 (NIV)

12 Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s

gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head

covered in grief,

10 “Go at once,” the king commanded

Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do

just as you have suggested for Mordecai the

Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not

neglect anything you have recommended.”

Esther Presents Petition

to King Xerxes

Esther presents her petition at 3rd prompting

King ordered Haman executed

Punished for his plot against Mordecai,

Esther, and other Jews

Esther 7:1–10



Esther 7 (NKJV)

2 and as they were drinking wine on the

second day, the king again asked, “Queen

Esther, what is your petition? It will be given

you. What is your request? Even up to half

the kingdom, it will be granted.”

1 So the king and Haman went to Queen

Esther’s banquet,


Esther 7 (NKJV)

4 For I and my people have been sold to be

destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had

merely been sold as male and female slaves,

I would have kept quiet, because no such

distress would justify disturbing the king.”

3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request.


Esther 7 (NKJV)

6 Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This

vile Haman!”

Then Haman was terrified before the king

and queen.

5 King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is

he? Where is he—the man who has dared to

do such a thing?”


Esther 7 (NKJV)

7 The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.


Esther 7 (NKJV)

8 Just as the king returned from the palace

garden to the banquet hall, Haman was

falling on the couch where Esther was

reclining.

The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest

the queen while she is with me in the house?”

As soon as the word left the king’s mouth,

they covered Haman’s face.


Esther 7 (NKJV)

10 So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.

9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”The king said, “Impale him on it!”

King Grants Esther’s Petition

and More

King gave Haman’s estate to Esther

Elevated Mordecai to highest seat of honor among his nobles (replaces Haman)

Authorized Esther and Mordecai to write a decree in his name to empower the Jews

Decree gave Jews right to assemble, protect themselves, and destroy their enemy

Esther 8:1–2, 7–8, 11, and 15–17

Esther 9:1–4 and 10:3



Esther 8 (NKJV)

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he

had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it

to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over

Haman’s estate.

1 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen

Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the

Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence

of the king, for Esther had told how he was

related to her.


Esther 8 (NKJV)

8 Now write another decree in the king’s name

in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you,

and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for no

document written in the king’s name and

sealed with his ring can be revoked.”

7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to

Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked

the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and

they have impaled him on the pole he set up.


Esther 8 (NKJV)

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every

city the right to assemble and protect

themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the

armed men of any nationality or province who

might attack them and their women and

children, and to plunder the property of their

enemies.


Esther 8 (NKJV)

16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness

and joy, gladness and honor.

15 When Mordecai left the king’s presence,

he was wearing royal garments of blue and

white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe

of fine linen. And the city of Susa held a

joyous celebration.


Esther 8 (NKJV)

17 In every province and in every city to

which the edict of the king came, there was

joy and gladness among the Jews, with

feasting and celebrating. And many people of

other nationalities became Jews because fear

of the Jews had seized them.


Esther 9 (NKJV)

1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,

the month of Adar, the edict commanded by

the king was to be carried out. On this day

the enemies of the Jews had hoped to

overpower them, but now the tables were

turned and the Jews got the upper hand over

those who hated them.


Esther 9 (NKJV)

2 The Jews assembled in their cities in all the

provinces of King Xerxes to attack those

determined to destroy them. No one could

stand against them, because the people of all

the other nationalities were afraid of them.


Esther 9 (NKJV)

4 Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his

reputation spread throughout the provinces,

and he became more and more powerful.

3 And all the nobles of the provinces, the

satraps, the governors and the king’s

administrators helped the Jews, because fear

of Mordecai had seized them.


Esther 10 (NKJV)

3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King

Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held

in high esteem by his many fellow Jews,

because he worked for the good of his people

and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

What We LearnedMordecai worshiped and served God despite

living in adversity

His refusal to worship Herman started

sequence of events that led to his triumph

over adversity

Ascended to the highest position

Conquered poverty

Triumphed over his enemies

Because he worshiped God unconditionallyMordecai Overcomes Adversity: Responding to Adversity

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