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The decree extended a second day. For what ever reason, some of those in the palace had escaped punishment the first day. They were the remnant of those who hated the Jews and had plotted against them. King David had experienced the same thing and wrote in Psalm twenty one his encounter with his enemies. Davidís trust was in the Lord therefore he was assured that he would be victorious in his battle against those who wanted him destroyed. He anticipated the Lord participating in the struggle against his enemies. Their fruit, or offspring were to be eliminated from off the face of the earth. The parallel happening is so obvious that Davidís Psalm could almost have been written by Esther and Mordecai. In both instances, the enemy was destroyed. Ps. 21:7-12.
The ten sons of Haman were hanged on the gallows. Thus the ultimate disgrace and shame was heaped upon the house of Haman. Even though these actions were taken in a heathen nation, the Word of the Lord declared that those hanged on a tree were accursed of God. Deut. 21:23 Ten is generally considered to be the number of the Law. The analogy is obvious. Jesus was nailed to the tree in an expression of the fullness of enmity and hatred they felt toward Him in that day. The motive of the Lord was that Jesus take the Law and nail it to the cross together with Him. Thereby freeing all from the curse of the Law. Gal. 3:10 The Law is the enemy of faith, therefore Jesus took it out of the way by fulfilling its demands and nailing it to the cross together with Him. Col. 2:14 In His death on the tree He blotted out the ordinances, removed them out of the way by completely eradicating their effectiveness and authority.
Paul likewise wrote of the accomplishment of the cross as being a work of deliverance from the Law of commandments. Eph. 2:15 He used a strong term to show it as having been abolished, rendered entirely ineffective. by having been fulfilled. It has now been replaced by the new man which is of faith in Christ Jesus.