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Haman
dies. Haman dies by being staked to his
own pole. Haman dies on the very thing that he had erected in order to kill
Mordecai. Yesterday I talked about
irony. Today we see its tragic end.
The deeper
part of this story, though, is why Haman dies.
He is truly his own undoing. He
dies because he forces wrath upon him.
In his anger, he had the king make an edict against a whole race of
people, none of whom save Mordecai had ever really done anything to him. Even Mordecai’s great sin was simply not deferring
to him. It’s not like Mordecai actually
did anything to him.
In this
light, Haman dies because of his pride. Haman
dies because he takes a reasonably small offense and turns it into a far more significant
deal than he deserves. Haman dies
because he takes a small sin of one person and magnifies it into a personal
hatred against a broad spectrum of people.
Haman allows his pride to turn into prejudice.
Haman makes
bad decisions because of his pride. He
makes errors in judgment because he refuses to look past a small offense. He ends up dying because he won’t take the
time to even find out why Mordecai won’t behave like the people around
him. In the end, Haman dies because he
is so focused on himself, his pride, and his glory that he doesn’t even see the
enemies that his pride and his quest for glory is making.
To be
honest, I think this is a flaw that most of us can learn from. I know it is a flaw that I can learn
from. Sometimes I get so focused on
myself and my life that I don’t realize how the people around me are
reacting. We should always consider the
people around us and how our actions might affect them. We should always stop to consider why the people
around us act the way that they do.
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