Queen Esther: Lesson Two

Some knees will not bow.

The king commanded everyone at the gate to bow to Haman. Mordecai did not bow.

Esther 3:2 (KJV): And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

It made Haman full of wrath, but Mordecai still stood.

Esther 3:5 (KJV): And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

God's people have always refused to bow to anything that takes His place.

Exodus 20:5 (KJV): Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

The three Hebrew children said the same thing to another king.

Daniel 3:18 (KJV): But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.