Bibledoorajar Comments on Haman' Fate

Gloom, despair and agony on me

Deep, dark depression, excessive misery.

If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

Gloom, despair and agony on me.

Buck Owens and Roy Clark as sung on

the T.V. show "Hee-Haw"

Haman left that first banquet thinking he was the luckiest guy in the world, the only man invited to the banquet beside the king. However, by the time he got home, having seen his arch nemesis, Mordecai by the gate, he was in the pits of despair. But his wife and friends console him and help him in problem solving. The best thing to do was to kill that Jew, after all, out of sight out of mind. This really appealed to Haman and as the murder of Mordecai came more into view, Haman became elated. That very evening he had a seventy-five foot gallows erected in his side yard and then at some time returned to the court.

In the meantime, over at the palace, the king awakened and, not being able to sleep ,sent for the royal records. As "heavenly coincidence" would have it, the attendant was reading about how Mordecai had saved the king's life by advising him of a plot to take the king's life. When the king inquired as to how Mordecai was rewarded he was told nothing had been done. He immediately sought to rectify the situation. Hearing that his "loyal" friend was in the courts, he sent for Haman. Without mentioning a name, the king asked Haman how he thought a loyal subject who had assisted the king should be rewarded. Thinking only that the king could be referring to him, Haman proposed a spectacular reward.

Haman acted only out of self-will. The truth about himself was concealed from him. His wife and friends had provided only ungodly counsel and that allowed the truth about Haman to remain concealed from him. No one in the group was thinking about upright behavior and no one was thinking about the God of the Jews. But that was a mistake as we will soon see.

"Don't demand an audience with the king's presence,

and do not claim a place among great men..."

Prov. 25:6

It is a good reminder that we are to serve humbly and that our Father will do the rewarding as He sees fit. "Lord, help us crucify our will and seek to serve as you would have us. Amen."