Haman gleefully boasts of his inner circle status with the king and queen.

Esther 5:9-12

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 “So Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai.” Esther 5:9

Haman craved power and recognition and rejoiced believing he had attained it by being the king’s closest advisor, enjoying the riches of this world, and receiving an exclusive invitation to a banquet with the king and queen. He showed all the signs of the people of today’s global culture who live for the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He sits in the human body, the temple of God, as people are given what to think, feel, do, and say. Click for a post on the “man of sin”. They exalt their own importance above the followers of Jesus Christ and the authority of God Himself. Haman, like the people of today’s culture, become indignant when others don’t recognize their self-claimed supremacy.

By humbling ourselves before God’s authority, we will be lifted up by His Spirit. “And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Matthew 23:12

“Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh.” Esther 5:10

Haman was so self-absorbed with the elation of his self-perceived importance that he didn’t waste his time responding to Mordecai. Haman had already plotted Mordecai’s death along with the death of all the Jewish people. With a total lack of empathy or remorse, Haman went home to celebrate with family and friends his empowerment, riches, and royal recognition.

“Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.” Esther 5:11

This verse reveals where Haman’s heart and treasure were, making his motives and values obvious. He lacked remorse and empathy for others and treated them as mere tools or resources to boost his riches, his offspring, his reputation, prestige, and authority. He desired to be exalted above others and to dominate them. He did not understand the concept of humility and being equal to others. As Jesus Christ says to us, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Esther 5:19-21

“Moreover Haman said, “Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king.” Esther 5:12

Haman was mistaken to think that the private banquet with Queen Esther and her husband King Ahasuerus was a day of glory and a sign of his prestige and influence. The king suffered from narcissism and grandiosity who would not tolerate any rival for his power and glory. Nor did Haman know that Queen Esther was about to reveal to her husband and king that Haman signed her death warrant in his plot to exterminate the Jewish people. Instead of power and glory, Haman would be hanged on the gallows.

In the New Jerusalem, we will all sit at the banquet table with Jesus Christ as His children. We will be united in His name, and no one will be higher or lower than another, “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26-29

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11