Finish the Battle

“Then cometh the end,… when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.” (I Corinthians 15:24-25)

The bad guy during the reign of queen Esther was Haman, a man descended from Agag (Esther 3:1). Just like great-granddaddy Agag, Haman wanted to destroy the people of God. However, this Haman would not have existed if King Saul had obeyed God some 500 years before by killing all the followers of King Agag (who were Amalekites, murderous enemies of the Jews).

Since God’s man didn’t follow God’s orders the first time, the Lord raised up Queen Esther and her foster-father Mordecai to finish the Job. By a miracle, Mordecai and Esther led their people in a fight against the people of Haman. This brought a great victory to the oppressed and weary followers of God.

While Haman descended from the centuries old hatred of his people against the followers of the One True God, Mordecai and Esther came from the centuries old failure of their ancestor, King Saul (Esther 2:5-7). The man who made a mess of things was fortunate to have a descendent come along to reverse his mistake and turn it into a triumph instead.

We have another ancestor who made a muddle of things: Adam. He should have guarded the human race from the influence of the devil. Instead he submitted himself and all his descendants to the enemy’s power. The story isn’t over. From the genealogy of Adam came a Man who would not flinch from the destroyer. Jesus Christ won’t quit until the enemy is completely demolished.

History never mentions the Amalekites, the descendents of Agag, or Haman again. Soon we will live in a universe free of the enemy’s attacks, where we’ll never hear of Satan again either. Will you join the Lord Jesus Christ in defeating the devil who would like to destroy you? Don’t give him any space for his evil. Let’s help end this battle that our ancestor botched as we follow our Commander to conquest.