Mordecai Made Simple

He would not bow — and God turned the gallows. This Scripture-first guide follows Mordecai through Esther 2-10: the Jew of the captivity who raised an orphaned cousin, sat faithfully at the king's gate, reported a conspiracy and asked no reward, refused to bow to Haman, mourned in sackcloth when the decree of death went out, charged Esther for such a time as this, and was raised to Haman's own seat while the gallows built for him took another. Every chapter points to Jesus Christ, the greater Deliverer: faithful in obscurity, firm in conviction, raised to honor after humiliation. Faithful. Watchful. Honored.

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