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Haman had the astrologers of the court cast lots seeking for a time, a month and a day when he could execute his vengeance on the people of Israel. The amusing thing in this case is, as in all use and predictions of wizards, necromancers or fortune tellers, the final word is the Lordís. The outcome, the results, the future is in the supreme hands of the Lord. Pr. 16:33 He is in absolute control. They were seeking a ëluckyí time, what they would consider to be a proper time to destroy all the Jews in Persia.
See the hand of the Lord in their choice. Esther had been Queen for around five years. Five is the number of atonement, liberty from bondage. The Lord was about to deliver His people from the threat of death and extermination and was doing it His way. His way does not always fit into our plans. Too often we want an answer to our prayers, right now. There is a need of patience on our part that after we have done the will of the Lord we wait patiently for the answer to our prayers. Heb. 10:36 Due to human impatience we are often off some place trying to solve the problem ourselves. So that at the time that the Lord wants to respond, we are gone.
The month chosen to seek for this ìproperî day is significant. It was the month Abib (Heb.) or Nisan (Persian).
The first month of the Hebrew Levitical year, the seventh of the civil year. What impressive numbers. It was the month of new beginnings. The first of the three harvests which they experienced in the promised land. It was the time of the harvest of the barley. Which was the primary food of the poor. The time when they commemorated the feast of Passover, deliverance from death, plagues and Egypt. It was celebrated in conjunction with the feast of unleavened bread. No leaven was to be found among them during this feast. Lev. 2:11 Leaven is a type of sin. The Passover Lamb is a type of the Lord Jesus. When we partake of the Passover Lamb, we are not only pardoned from sins of the past but we are delivered from the act of sin. No leaven. 1 Cor. 5:7-8.