After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.  All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.- Esther 3:1-2 BSB

Warrior;

The Bible is not episodic, it is architectural.  Every story is connected to a larger redemptive arc.  In other words, the Bible is not a collection of disconnected stories, it is a designed, unified, intentional structure where every story is a load‑bearing beam in a single redemptive house God is building. And the “redemptive arc” is the blueprint of that house.Nothing is random. Nothing is wasted. Nothing is isolated. Esther 2:5 tells us; Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite. Kish and Agag stand as two ancestral names that carry an entire spiritual conflict.  Esther 2:5, and 3:1 is more than trivia, it is activating, reminding- connecting a centuries-old war between 2 bloodlines, 2 people, 2 covenants. Kish represents covenant identity, the chosen Leadership Line of Israel.  Agag represents earth-dwellers, those that are not of the Children of God.  Agag is the name\title of the kinks of Amalek- similar to a Pharaoh in Egypt.  Amalek is the archetype of the enemy who hates God’s covenant people. The bible is a book of typology, hidden meaning, shadows and substance.  This is why Chuck Missler would say; “The Bible is a message system from outside our time domain.” He meant that Scripture is not merely ancient literature—it is a supernaturally integrated communication, authored by Someone who stands outside time, yet speaks into time with precision, prophecy, and design. 

Leader, hear the Word of the Lord; 1Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt. Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” (1 Samuel 15:1-3) But Saul didn’t fully comply.  Later in the Chapter when Samuel comes to Saul and realizes Saul’s PARTIAL OBEDIENCE, Samuel lets Saul know that God is displeased with his disobedience.  Hear the Word of the Lord; But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.” (1 Samuel 15:22-23) Why the anger toward Amalek, and Agag?  We have to go back to the Exodus from Egypt.  God had just brought water out of the rock, it has been a tough journey for God’s new people and then comes the Amalekites.  It is written: So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner. “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.” (Exodus 17:13-16) This was the great battle that Joshua and Nun had to hold up the arms of Moses to have victory.  God never changes, and God chooses to forget sometimes- our sins, for those who have accepted Jesus- but He remembers His promises and His covenants.  The New covenant promise of Jeremiah is found in 31:34; “And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” This is the first foundational statement of the New Covenant. It is THE HEART of the New Covenant God promised through Jeremiah.

Conduit: if we start at the beginning and we go to Exodus 17 we see that Centuries later in 1 Samuel 15 Saul (son of Kish) is given the assignment, when he was anointed as king, to end this war.  Saul was told to kill Agag himself, but he was disobedient- and he was stripped of the kingship.  Saul’s failure created this future crisis centuries later. So here in Esther when Mordechai (son of Kish) faces Haman (an Agagite), God is staging a rematch! Where Saul failed, Mordechai succeeded.  Where Saul feared the people Esther risked her life. Where Saul spared the enemy, Esther exposes him. Whereas Saul’s disobedience endangered Israel, Esther’s obedience saves Israel. There are many lessons here, and so many miss this lesson from this great book of Esther. 1- Unfinished obedience becomes future warfare.  Saul’s disobedience almost destroyed God’s people in Persia.  2- God is patient, but doesn’t forget His Word, His promises. Though centuries passed, God’s decree about Amalek still stood! 3- God raises NEW LEADERS to finish old assignments. Mordechai and Esther stepped into a battle that Saul was supposed to end. 4- Spiritual enemies reappear in new forms. Amalek in Exodus becomes Agag in 1 Samuel, which becomes Haman in Esther- typology, archetypes, prototypes.  5- God is writing one story, using many people, across generations. Again, the Bible is NOT episodic, it is architectural.  Every story is connected and it is part of God’s redemptive arc. This is why we can trust in the promises of God.  This is why God tells us to REMEMBER. Leaders remember the RIGHT THINGS, Who we are, Why we are here and Whose we are!  And again, at the end of the book of Esther God tells us to REMEMBER: “Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced, the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation. These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.” (Esther 9:26-28) The Feast of Purim begins Monday, March 2, 2026 at sundown and ends Tuesday March 3 at nightfall!  This is the annual REMEMBRANCE of the deliverance recorded in the book of Esther, when the decree of death to the Jews was reversed and the people rested from their enemies- which is what is going on in Iran today!  How great is our God?  And how much glory does He deserve!  No shared glory with the Ancient of Days, the Great I AM, Adonai, El Shadai, El Elyon!  All glory and honor to you almighty Father!  Maranatha!