Such A Time As This

In Exodus 17:14-16 The Lord told Moses that he would have war against the Amalekites from generation to generation, and finally eliminate them for their hatred and persecution of the Jews.

In the Book of Esther, an Amalekite man, named Haman, a self-proclaimed Jew hater, set about to annihilate the Jews, but through Divine intervention and a magnificent series of events, the tables turned and the king ordered Haman to be hanged on the very gallows he’d built to hang Mordecai on, the leader of the Jews.

God used both Mordecai and Esther, for such a time as this, to free the captive Jewish people, and the king gave them jurisdiction over anyone in the land of Persia who opposed or oppressed them. Mordecai was elevated to the highest position in the land under himself, and Esther was Queen of all Persia. God’s mercy and justice were on full display in this epic story in the Book of Esther.