Esther 3:12
Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
On the thirteenth day of the first month the king's scribes were called to put Haman's command into formal writing, and it was sent to the king's lieutenants, to the governors over every province, and to the rulers of every people, to every province according to its writing and to every people in its own language, written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's ring and seal. That written order authorized the planned destruction of the Jews. Haman secured the decree through malice toward the Jews and by false claims and misrepresentation of them. His malice was aimed at Mordecai, who had refused to give him the reverence that belongs only to God. The king was blinded to the consequences of what he had signed and was about to bring suffering upon a people who acknowledged and served God. Satan was working through wicked men to attack God's people because they preserve the knowledge of the true God.
As in Mordecai's time the enemy's purpose was thwarted, so in the future Satan's plot will be defeated by God's power and protection. The decree is an ancient and historical parallel to a future decree against God's people in the final conflict over Sabbath observance. In that future time religious powers will seek to condemn and to kill those who refuse to worship contrary to God's commands. Sabbath keepers are likened to Mordecai, for their loyalty to God's law rebukes those who reject it, and for that reason they will be targeted for removal. The episode teaches that God's people must remain true to Him whatever it costs.