Haman the Ham

We left off with Mordecai’s good deed being recorded in the official transcripts of the King. Mordecai loved God and kept his mouth shut and his ears open. This allowed him to be in the right place at the right time to unmask a conspiracy to murder the King. It’s funny how many “coincidences” take place for a person of faith. That would prove providential because of the next lad that enters the story. His name is Haman and he is a notorious, name-dropping sycophant. And, as we shall see, he is also an archetype of latter-day anti-Semites. Let’s roll out his introduction: After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. ~Esther 3:1,2 

That’s some pretty heady stuff right there. For a king to issue a royal command to kneel and bow every time Haman happened by would certainly be something to write home about. And  Haman did just that: Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials. ~Esther 5:11 He was in – as in as a person could get. If the king loves you then everyone has to fall in line. By this time Haman was probably eyeing the shiny, tricked-out line of chariots that had just come to market. What a blast it would be to ham it up and whisk around Susa as the underlings were forced to bow in reverence. Only the king had known such pleasures.
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This decreed adoration would have carried on unabated had it not been for the cheekiness of but one man. Dubious of worldly titles and more importantly, playing for an audience of the Eternal King, Mordecai defied the order: But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor. Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?” Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply. ~Esther 3:2b-4  

Ah, the plot thickens. This simple act of standing tall whenever Haman passed by was an act of civil disobedience that would not go unnoticed.