{"id":4901,"date":"2017-11-24T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T00:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2017-10-16T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T19:34:00","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#747474'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Spiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 6<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>November 24, 2017<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>So far, we've been discussing the\noperation and characteristics of these Arch\u00e9 and Kosmokrator.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This week, let's watch just how God uses His\npeople to exercise the final dominion and authority over these wicked spirits.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In this case, we're going to see the\ndestruction of the spirit of Amalek. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Other\nthan our first reference to Amalek in Genesis 36:12 as descending from Esau,\nthis is the first time we see Amalek\u2019s behavior towards the people of God, and\ntheir intention is to block Israel from receiving the promised and covenanted\nland.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nvery next mention of Amalek comes in Balaam\u2019s prophecy when he looks toward\nthem and says,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Numbers 24:20<\/span><\/u><\/b><u><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<\/span><\/u><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'>And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,\nAmalek <i>was<\/i> the first of the nations; but his latter end <i>shall be<\/i>\nthat he perish forever.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>When\nMoses is preparing to turn over the mantle of leadership of Israel to Joshua,\nhe says:<span style='color:black'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Deuteronomy 25:17-1<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>9<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>Remember what Amalek\ndid unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; How he met thee\nby the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, <i>even<\/i> all <i>that were<\/i>\nfeeble behind thee, when thou <i>wast<\/i> faint and weary; and he feared not\nGod. <\/span><sup><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>Therefore\nit shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given <span class=SpellE>thee<\/span>\nrest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God\ngiveth thee <i>for<\/i> an inheritance to possess it, <i>that<\/i> thou shalt\nblot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget <i>it<\/i>.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This\nis the first time we see Amalek\u2019s tactics mentioned, and these are the tactics\nof a coward.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003399'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003399'>1. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\nshoots his enemies in the back.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003399'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003399'>2. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\ndoesn\u2019t face his enemy head-on, choosing rather to take on the weakest and most\nfeeble.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'>&nbsp;<b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>3. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He waits until his enemy is worn out\nand tired before attacking.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003399'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003399'>4. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\nhas no fear nor reverence of the Lord God.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\nJudges 3:13, we find Amalek joining forces once again with Moab and Ammon in\norder to subdue Israel and bring them into captivity to Moab.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now\nwe come to a critical juncture in Amalek\u2019s existence.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>God had instructed Moses that the day would\ncome when Israel occupied the land of covenant \u2013 that when that day came, they\nwere to obliterate the name and remembrance of Amalek out of the land.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Israel\nhas rebelled against having a prophet and priest for its leader and chosen a\nking instead.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Saul has been anointed to\nbecome king in Israel and God has a command for him.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I Samuel 15:2-3<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>Thus saith the LORD\nof hosts, I remember <i>that<\/i> which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid <i>wait<\/i>\nfor him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and\nutterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and\nwoman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003300'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>But\nSaul blows it big time!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Somehow or\nanother he lets both the Fear of Man with its Greed and Human Compassion\ninterfere with the Word of the Lord.<span style='color:black'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>I Samuel 15:8-9<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'>And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly\ndestroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. <\/span><sup><span\nstyle='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>But Saul and the\npeople spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the\nfatlings, and the lambs, and all <i>that was<\/i> good, and would not utterly\ndestroy them: but everything <i>that was<\/i> vile and refuse, that they\ndestroyed utterly.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Get\nit?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Saul saves Agag, the king of the\nAmalekites alive!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>How insane is\nthat?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>History (though this is not\nspecifically recorded in the I Samuel 15 account) tells us that Agag had a\npregnant wife who fled on foot and hid during the battle, eventually escaping\nalive and giving birth to a son whose heirs would later follow in Agag\u2019s\nfootsteps and attempt to destroy Israel.<span style='color:black'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Nevertheless,\nSaul\u2019s rebellion and disobedience cost him the anointing God had given him to\nrule over Israel.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And Samuel followed through\nwith God\u2019s command to finish off Agag.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>I Samuel 15:32-33<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'>Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the\nAmalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;color:#003300'>(<\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>ma\u2019 adan<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;color:#003300'>: in pleasure). <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>And Agag said, Surely\nthe bitterness of death is past. <\/span><sup><span style='font-size:8.5pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>And Samuel said, As\nthy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among\nwomen. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nget another view of the Amalekites and the spirits that ruled them in Agag\u2019s\npresentation of himself to Samuel.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The\nHebrew word translated \u201cdelicately\u201d in this passage presents quite a picture.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>Ma \u2018adan<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>is a picture of\narrogance.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is the picture of someone\nso self- absorbed that they feel completely secure and above the challenge or\nthreat of their life and personal security.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>We\u2019ve\nalready noted from <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Deuteronomy\n25:19 that one of the traits of the spirit of the Amalekites \u2013 and certainly on\ndisplay in Agag \u2013 was a complete lack of fear or reverence of the Lord.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Thus,\nwhen Samuel the prophet and representative of the Lord calls for Agag to be\nbrought before him, Agag literally comes to meet him \u2013 if you can picture this\n\u2013 as though he is getting ready to wine and dine with Samuel, glass of wine in\nhand!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Even\nthe words out of his mouth to Samuel are revealing: \u201cWe\u2019ll just let bygones be\nbygones,\u201d he says in effect.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe can put\nall this bitterness of death and warfare behind us and just be pals!\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\ntruly is a picture of utter disrespect and rampant arrogance.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And Samuel wastes no time in putting an end\nto this demonic garbage by taking his sword and cutting Agag in pieces \u201cbefore\nthe Lord.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We cannot overlook the\nspiritual significance of what Samuel was compelled to do.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Amalek was more than just a nation; it was a\nspiritual force in the land and a demonic power that had opposed and exalted\nitself against God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Agag had totally\ngiven himself over to, and was the personification of the Kosmokrator \u2014 the\nruler of the darkness of that nation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\nChronicles 4:43 tells us that in the days of Hezekiah \u2013 close to 400 years\nlater \u2013 the nation of Amalek (or what remained of it as a national entity) was\nwiped out by the sons of Simeon.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Nevertheless,\na descendant of Agag still remained alive whose son would attempt revenge on\nIsrael some 50-plus years later, and it would be a descendant of the house of\nSaul who would finish what Saul failed to accomplish.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Watch what unfolds.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nyear is 483 BC.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The nation of Amalek is\nno more.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>But there is a survivor left in\nAgag\u2019s lineage \u2013 the same Agag that Saul was ordered to kill along with the\nAmalekites.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>You\nsee, Saul didn\u2019t actually kill off all the Amalekites.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In II Samuel 8, and I Chronicles 18 we have\nthe record of David\u2019s mighty men killing off much of what remained of the\nnation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>And\nin I Chronicles 4:43-43 we are told that the \u201csons of Simeon\u201d killed off the\nremainder of the Amalek nation \u201cin the days of Hezekiah, King of Judah.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nlineage of Agag had not died off, however.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>History tells us that his descendants fled into a country which later became\npart of the Grecian Empire \u2013 Macedonia \u2013 and is now part of modern western\nTurkey and Yugoslavia.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nSeptuagint text of the Old Testament \u2013 and specifically, an introduction to the\nBook of Esther \u2013 tells us that Artaxerxes (Xerxes I), whom our KJV text refers\nto by his Hebrew title, Ahasuerus, was engaged in a prolonged war with the King\nof Macedon.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nMacedonian king had a virulent hatred of Xerxes \u2013 mostly stemming from some\nstunning defeats in war at the hands of Xerxes\u2019 father, Darius.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Xerxes was not the battle-hardened warrior\nhis father was, nor did he have the military savvy.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Nevertheless,\nunder the auspices of a Persian military general, Xerxes has continued his wars\nwith Macedon.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The King of Macedon\ndecided to call upon one of his most trusted advisors, a son of <span\nclass=SpellE>Medatha<\/span> who went by the name, Hammedatha \u2013 Haman, for\nshort.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(The\nprolonged name is similar to that of the Syrian king Hadad and his son,\nBenHadad \u2013 whose name really is nothing more than a description, \u201cson of\nHadad.\u201d)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Haman\ntraveled to Susa (Shushan) the capital city of the Persian Empire under the\nguise of a defecting Macedonian, and as such was easily able to worm his way\ninto the good graces of Xerxes, who desperately needed good intelligence on\nfighting his wars with Macedon.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In a\nperiod of perhaps a year, Haman had succeeded in becoming one of Xerxes\u2019 most\ntrusted advisors and honored as a member of Persian nobility.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The \u201cintelligence\u201d he provided to Xerxes\u2019\ngeneral appeared to be good intelligence, such that some initial battles\nprovided what looked like great victories.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Most\nof us are familiar with the story of Vashti as recorded in most of our English\ntexts of the Book of Esther.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>One piece\nof information missing, however, was that Vashti was the daughter of Xerxes\u2019\ngeneral who was prosecuting the war; and she was a \u201cpolitical choice\u201d to become\nqueen because of her father\u2019s (temporary) standing as a winning general.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Haman\u2019s\nobjective, of course, was to work behind the scenes within the Persian court to\nbring Xerxes down.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Following\nis a record of events which unfolds prior to verse 1 of chapter 1 in the KJV\ntext of the Book of Esther.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is a\ndirect quote from the Septuagint text (or Greek translation of the Hebrew\nO.T.).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#56426E'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#56426E'>\u201cAnd when Mordecai, who had seen this dream, and what God had\npurposed to do, had arisen from sleep, he bore this dream in mind, and, until\nnightfall, tried all means in his desire to know what it meant.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And Mordecai went to rest in the palace with\nGabatha and Tharrha, the two eunuchs of the king, and palace guards, and he\nheard their plotting and searched out their conspiracy, and learned that they\nwere about to lay violent hand on King Artaxerxes; and so he told the king\nabout them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#56426E'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#56426E'>Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and they confessed and\nthey were condemned.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And the king made a\nwritten memorial of these matters, and Mordecai also recorded them.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>So the king commanded Mordecai to attend at\ncourt and rewarded him for this loyalty.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#56426E'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#56426E'>However, Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Bougian, who was in\nhonor with the king, sought to do harm to Mordecai and his people because of\nhow Mordecai had discovered the two eunuchs of the king.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now\nwe are seeing Haman\u2019s work behind the scenes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>He is angry because Mordecai has discovered the plot to kill the\nking.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Somehow, Haman\u2019s involvement in\nthis intrigue didn\u2019t come forth as the two eunuchs confessed the plot to kill\nXerxes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>His anger at the discovery makes\nit clear that he was in all probability the chief conspirator.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Haman\u2019s\nassignment from the King of Macedon, after all, was the overthrow of the\nPersian Empire.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>My personal opinion is\nthat Haman\u2019s true loyalties were to himself \u2013 and not to the King of\nMacedon.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I believe his intentions all\nalong were to take control of the throne for himself.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Let\u2019s\ntake a look at some revealing verses beginning in Esther 3:1 which detail\nHaman\u2019s activities and demonstrate some of the primary characteristics of this\nwicked spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve underlined some of\nthe key identifiers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Esther\n3:1-15<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003300'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>After\nthese things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the\nAgagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that <i>were<\/i>\nwith him. And all the king\u2019s servants, that <i>were<\/i> in the king\u2019s gate,\nbowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But\nMordecai bowed not, nor did <i>him<\/i> reverence.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>Then the\nking\u2019s servants, which <i>were<\/i> in the king\u2019s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why\ntransgressest thou the king\u2019s commandment? <sup><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>Now it came to pass, when they spake\ndaily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see\nwhether Mordecai\u2019s matters would stand: for he had told them that he <i>was<\/i>\na Jew.<sup><o:p><\/o:p><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><sup><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>And <u>when\nHaman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full\nof wrath<\/u>. <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><u>And he\nthought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; <\/u>for they had showed him the\npeople of Mordecai: <u>wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that <i>were<\/i>\nthroughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, <i>even<\/i> the people of Mordecai<\/u>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>What\nwe see here is that the Amalekite spirit in Haman is absolutely no different\nthan it was in the days of his ancestors.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>It wants to be in charge.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It\nwants to have the pre-eminence.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It wants\nrecognition.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And it has an absolute\nhatred of God's people.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This\nstory is going to run a bit long, so let's stop here and resume next week.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'>&nbsp;<b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For\nthose of you who\u2019ve been participating in our Monday night Healing Prayer\nConference Call, we just want to let you know that beginning with the month of\nJuly and continuing until the first Monday night in October, we will be taking\na break for the summer.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ve found\nduring the past three years of doing this call that participation during the\nsummer months drops significantly because of folks taking their vacations, and\nbeing involved in other activities.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\nsaid, we will resume our prayer calls on Monday night, October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our\nSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about\n10:45AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book 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