Esther Speaks to the King and Haman at the Banquetby Joel
5:7Esther 5:7
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
The verse belongs to the account in Esther 3-9 of Haman's plot in the reign of Ahasuerus to destroy all the people of God. It shows the Medo-Persian phase of the Satan-controlled beast system of church-state government, the second head of the beast, with Satan working through Haman to exterminate the woman through whom the Man-child should come. The attempt failed because God frustrated Satan's purpose and preserved His people.
The verse presents Esther beginning to answer the king's repeated invitation and offer to grant her petition and request, but respectfully postponing its full disclosure. Instead of stating her central request, she invites the king and Haman to another banquet the next day, saying she will then present the petition he wants to hear. Her delay was providential restraint, preparing the way for the events that would secure her people's deliverance.
The banquet invitation was not enough for Haman, who demanded that Mordecai be hanged. That demand was granted, but it led to Haman's own downfall. Her tact, diplomacy, intercession, and faith are an example for mothers facing difficult questions, to intercede with courage and faith before God, the King of the universe, and seek to prevail.
The verse belongs to the account in Esther 3-9 of Haman's plot in the reign of Ahasuerus to destroy all the people of God. It shows the Medo-Persian phase of the Satan-controlled beast system of church-state government, the second head of the beast, with Satan working through Haman to exterminate the woman through whom the Man-child should come. The attempt failed because God frustrated Satan's purpose and preserved His people.
The verse presents Esther beginning to answer the king's repeated invitation and offer to grant her petition and request, but respectfully postponing its full disclosure. Instead of stating her central request, she invites the king and Haman to another banquet the next day, saying she will then present the petition he wants to hear. Her delay was providential restraint, preparing the way for the events that would secure her people's deliverance.
The banquet invitation was not enough for Haman, who demanded that Mordecai be hanged. That demand was granted, but it led to Haman's own downfall. Her tact, diplomacy, intercession, and faith are an example for mothers facing difficult questions, to intercede with courage and faith before God, the King of the universe, and seek to prevail.