The 3rd chapter Esther introduces us to the villain of the story, Haman whose name means “magnificent” as he is advanced to 2nd in command. The fact that we are told that his ancestry is that of an Agagite is quite revealing; by tracing his ancestry back we find out that was an Amalekite a descendant of Esau, who represents the flesh in scripture. Furthermore you may recall the story of King Saul in 1st Samuel who refused to kill King Agag the then leader of the Amalekites, (you now can recognize that this fellow was a direct descendant of the king of the flesh). And at the king’s command, Haman wanted all to bow before him but Mordecai refused to do so thus a decree was issued to wipe out all Jews. When in chapter 4 Mordecai rips his clothes and cries out to God as they are facing a holocaust.
Friends the story has a direct correlation in our lives, there is no making peace or sparing our old natures because if we do we will gag on our Agag. That which we fail to reckon dead of our flesh will in time come back to reign over us to our destruction!
Mordecai sends word back to Esther by way of the king’s servant named Hathach or “Truth”. Oh, my friend how hard it is at times for us to hear the “Truth” of our condition because we have failed to crucify our flesh because we think that it is “magnificent” so we choose rather to allow it to live thinking that surely this little area will never control our lives.