Title The dizzying city of Susan (3:13-15)
Contents Dizzy Susanseong (3:13-15)
“The guards went out in haste at the king’s command, and the decree was also issued in Shushan, the city, and they sat down and drank with the king and Haman” (verse 15).
On December 13, a decree was issued to kill all Jews, regardless of age or gender, in one day, and even ordered them to seize their property.
The word 'all Jews' usually excludes children and women, but in this protocol, even 'children and women' are clearly specified to block the repercussions.
The people who said 'Susanseong was in turmoil' began to fuss about the king's excessive measures, raising suspicions as to whether there was a conspiracy behind the decree.
1. Orders to slaughter Jews and seize property (verse 13)
* The officers who delivered the decree of fear that they could kill Jews and confiscate their property unintentionally became messengers of fear before the people. = These people are unhappy. This is because their sympathy with injustice not only gives people fear and threat, but also threatens their lives. / You must not sympathize with injustice.
(2 Chronicles 30:6) “The army of Pobal received letters from the king and princes, and carried them with them, as the king commanded them to go through all Israel and Judah, saying, “Son of Israel, return ye to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. He will return to your remnant, those who have escaped the hand of the king of Assyria.”
(Isaiah 10:6) “I have sent him against a nation, and I have commanded him to strike down my wrathful people, to plunder and plunder, and to trample them like the mud on the road.” = God's Will
2. Dizzy Susanseong (verses 14, 15)
* Haman is drinking alcohol with King Ahasuerus when the people are upset. = This was Harman's method to prevent the public's agitation from being detected. Because he was afraid that the king would find his conscience and kill him and cancel the plan.
# God's people should not try to seize any profit that lies before their eyes through evil means. = God is providing us with adequate daily food. (Matthew 6:33) “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
* A person who does evil appears calm on the outside, but his heart is always anxious. (2 Corinthians 13:8) “We can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.”
(Rev 11:10) “They who dwell on the earth will rejoice and rejoice in their death, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.”
(Proverbs 29:2) “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.”