Esther 8:7

Esther 8:7 says, Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.  Ahasuerus told Mordecai that he had given Esther Haman’s house after having him hanged because of how he had mistreated the Jews.  Of course, Haman could do nothing really bad to the Jews without Ahasuerus's permission.  He should have been more attentive to what Haman was doing before this time.  People tend to try to pass the responsibility for things that are wrong off to someone else instead of accepting their own responsibility when things go wrong, but we need to acknowledge that God holds each individual responsible for their own sins.  We will not be able to pass the responsibility to anyone else. 

Verse eight adds, Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.  Ahasuerus then told Mordecai to write to the Jews whatever he chose to write in the king’s name and to seal it with the king’s ring, after which it could not be changed.  This also meant that the decree that he had made for all the Jews to be killed could not be changed.  God’s law cannot be changed either, which means that sin always brings a spiritual death sentence, but He provided a way for us to have that death sentence lifted when He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.  

Verse nine continues, Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.  Mordecai wrote a letter to all the Jews and the rulers in all the provinces.  The letter was penned by the scribes since there were no copying machines in that day, so several copies had to be written.  The Bible, God’s word to us today, was penned by many different authors, but it is still God’s word to us. 

Verse ten states, And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:  After the copies of the letter were written and sealed with the king’s seal, Mordecai had them delivered to all the Jews and rulers in all the provinces as quickly as possible.  They needed to know that there was hope in spite of earlier death sentence and they needed to know as quickly as possible.  I believe that we should spread the gospel as quickly as possible by any means available today because until people accept the truth of the gospel, they are under a spiritual death sentence.  Of course, I also believe that if someone dies without having ever heard of Jesus Christ that if they have put their faith in God they will not be condemned since they didn’t accept someone they had never heard of.  This would be unjust.  I don’t believe that everyone who hasn’t heard will be saved, but that according to the Bible they will be given enough knowledge to put their faith in God, otherwise God would be unjust. 

Verse eleven adds, Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,  Mordecai wrote that the king had authorized the Jews to assemble together and arm and defend themselves.  We as followers of Christ are also authorized to defend ourselves if attacked, I believe, but we are not authorized to attack others even in God’s name.  We are to reach out to them, even if they are trying to destroy us, with the truth of the gospel instead.