Esther 3

And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions. v.13

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Sound familiar at all?  This is just like Hitler and the holocaust, only he came thousands of years after this.  Both Hitler and Haman wanted to not just kill some Jews that made him made but annihilate the whole nationality of the Jews. Now Haman chooses to cast a lot to see which day would be the day to kill all the Jews as he would use government officials to carry this decree out.  From Proverbs 16:33 we know, "The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord." So this lot was cast and the way the dice landed was in the twelfth month.  Oh I'm pretty sure the Lord had the dice fall they way they did.  It didn't land that the next day or even the next week this plan would come to pass but almost a full year later as it was only the first month when the lot was cast (v.7).  This wasn't just chance or luck, it was divine providence.  Bible Teacher Nancy DeMoss says, "our circumstances and the people around us do not control our lives. Ultimately God does."  As we will see later this plan fail due to how Esther responds and appeals to the king, her husband, to turn this verdict around.  Haman thinks he can outwit God by making this plan of deception and due to his role as number two in the kingdom but oh how the tables are about to turn.  We do have to remember that this fight didn't just start at this moment in history but is the battle between Satan and God that use men as symbols of which side people stand on.  

When have you been in awe of timing of something that could've turned out worse if it happened at any other moment?  How do you see the next Haman or Hitler today trying to annihilate God's people today?