20141005 Sunday, October 5 2014
Esther 07: The Messiah's Gallows

by Wayne Blank
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"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree"

The English word "gallows" originated from a medieval (about the 5th to the 15th centuries of European history) Anglo-Saxon word, galga, which referred to "an upright wooden frame with a crossbar upon which criminals were executed" (Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary, A Library of Essential Knowledge, 1942). The origin of the Anglo-Saxon word itself is very interesting in that "galga" is nearly identical to the Anglo-Saxon/English rendering of the Aramaic (the actual native language of the Messiah; see The Syrian Tongue Of Jesus) Golgatha - the place where the Messiah was crucified (i.e. another form of hanging during which He hung on the Cross) on an upright wooden frame with a crossbar.

"3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" (Galatians 3:13 KJV)

"13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 13:30 But God raised him from the dead:" (Acts 13:29-30 KJV)

There were a number of times in the history of Israel and Judah (see The Origin Of Israelites And Jews and Israel In History and Prophecy: Israel and Judah) in which the enemies of the Israelites sought to destroy them - a Satan-inspired hatred that would have prevented the Messiah from being born of the Abrahamic line of King David (see The LORD's Seed Covenants With The Two Men Of Iraq, A Biography Of Abraham: The Genealogy Of Abram and The Prophecy Of King David's Messianic Throne).

One of those attempted genocides was made by Haman (see How Hadassah Of Benjamin Became The Queen Of Persia, Haman's Chess Board Plot) who sought not only to murder righteous Mordecai, but all of the people of Judah throughout the entire Persian Empire - which then included Jerusalem and the land of Israel itself (see The Prophecies Of Cyrus of Persia).

Haman's plot was unsuccessful. The gallows that Haman built to execute innocent Mordecai was instead used to hang guilty Haman himself.

"7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.

Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was.

Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.

Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified." (Esther 7:1-10 KJV)

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