May 13, 2020

The Queen’s Request • If I have found ______• If it ______the king • My ______• My ______

The People Sold • The People were sold to be ______

• If they were sold ______Esther 6:14-7:2 o She would have been 14 While they were yet talking with him, the king’s ______eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring to She didn’t want to affect the feast that had prepared. 1 So the king o and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. the king’s ______2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther 7:5 Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It 5 Then King said to Queen Esther, shall be granted you. And what is your request? “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be do this?” fulfilled.” Who Is He? The Second Banquet • Who sold the Jews to be • Immediately following Haman’s ______interaction with his wife and friends… o The king’s sense of • On the “second day”… ______• Again, the request is aroused o What is your wish? It will o Much like ______be granted. ______was incensed o What is your request? It by the injustice of Nathan’s shall be fulfilled. story

Esther 7:3-4 • Why isn’t the king implicated? 3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the Esther 7:6 6 king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This my people for my request. 4 For we have been wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be before the king and the queen. killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold Haman Accused merely as slaves, men and women, I would have • A foe and enemy been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” • This wicked Haman • Haman was terrified

Lesson 7: The Fall of Pride May 13, 2020

Esther 7:7 ______7 And the king arose in his wrath from the wine- ______drinking and went into the palace garden, but ______Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined Esther 7:9-10 against him by the king. 9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, the Haman Begs for Mercy gallows that Haman has prepared for , • Why does the king leave? whose word saved the king, is standing at • Why does Haman beg the Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” And the king queen? said, “Hang him on that.” 10 So they hanged • The irony… Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated. ______The Irony of Pride • Harbona informs the king… Esther 7:8 Haman had prepared a 8 And the king returned from the palace garden o to the place where they were drinking wine, as gallows Haman was falling on the couch where Esther o For Mordecai, who had was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the saved the king queen in my presence, in my own house?” As • The king makes a decision… the word left the mouth of the king, they covered o Finally, the king is decisive Haman’s face. Final Thoughts Begging or An Assault? Haman’s Humiliation • The king returns and sees • Haman was forced to honor Mordecai Haman • Haman covered his head • What is Haman actually doing? • The gallows meant for Mordecai is used ______on Haman ______Haman vs Mordecai • Is the king ______• Mordecai would not bow, stand or tremble before Haman ______Haman? • Haman is forced to tremble, stand, then • What does it mean that they bow covered Haman’s face? The Jesus Contrast ______• Haman deserved to die, Jesus did not ______• Haman went (unwillingly) from wealth & ______power to death on a stake (tree)… Jesus (willingly) went from a position of Morally Questionable power & strength to a humble death on • Record your thoughts on what a cross (tree) you think of the scene where The Divine Influence Haman is condemned. Were the • It has long been recognized that human- actions of the king and/or the divine interaction is a main theme of Esther: God creates opportunities, but queen morally questionable? Esther must act on them.

Lesson 7: The Fall of Pride