All this week our Jewish friends will be celebrating the festival of Purim. In my last blog I wrote about Queen Esther saving her people from destruction. All was going well for the Jews living in Persia until Haman, the truly wicked villain in the story, wants to destroy God’s people who lived in that part of the world.
I also wrote that Haman was an Amalekite. He was called “Haman the Agagite”. ( Esther 3:1, 10, 8:3 5, 9:24). This was one bad dude. We need to do a little research to understand why I believe that this evil character and his ancestors in Esther are forerunners of Isis that we know today.
Going back to 1 Sam 15, we read that Saul was given the assignment to wipe out all of the Amalekites. Agag, was their king and instead of killing him Saul brought him home as a trophy! Samuel later had to do the job. However, not all of these wicked people were destroyed. Haman was related to this king Agag…….hence his name.
In Deuteronomy 25:19 there is a command to “blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” It turns out these people were descendents of Esau’s son’s concubine. (Gen 36:12). So what did the Amalekites do that was so bad that they deserved to completely wiped out?
And Moses built an altar…..”the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” (Ex 17:15-16) These were the same people that Joshua and the Israelites defeated in battle……by holding up Moses hand.
“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt…your shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven” (Deut. 25:17-19)
These Amalekites first attacked Israel not on the battlefield but ambushed them as they were traveling. Additionally they struck down not the warriors and soldiers but these who were weak, sick and elderly who were traveling at the back of the pack. These were not the tactics of an army that sought to win a battle or a war but the merciless strategy of an enemy that desired to see Israel wiped off the face of the earth. Amalek put themselves in direct opposition to the Jewish people and cursed the God of Israel. Therefore the name of Haman is an anathema to the Jewish people and his living ancestors to this day who also desire to wipe out God’s chosen people as well as the God of Israel.
Therefore the correlation between Isis and the Amalakites is very clear. However, God in his own time will indeed destroy those who want to destroy both Israel and her allies.
Now we eagerly await the return of the Lord who will bring all things under His feet and defeat the enemies of His people.
AbideLines 