Esther - Haman's Children

"For Mordecai was great in the king's house and his fame went out into all the provinces, for this man Mordecai was going on and growing greater." [Est 9:4]
"And the king commanded it to be done so. And the order was given at Shushan, and they hanged Haman's ten sons." [Est 9:14]
"... when the king's command and his order came to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them; though it was turned around, so that the Jews had rule over the ones who hated them." [Est 9:1]
"I have spoken these things to you so that you might have peace in Me. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." [Joh 16:33]
"... for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God to the demolishion of strongholds, the demolishing of arguments and every high thing lifting up itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ, ..." [2Co 10:4-5]

Even as Mordecai grows in power and influence in the kingdom, there remain enemies yet to be dealt with.
So the time for the final introduction has arrived. We find that Haman has left ten sons in Shushan and there are all the enemies of the Jews who reside within the kingdom. The malice of these is undiminished even in the face of Haman's demise and each must be dealt with in turn.
While the believer has received an earnest of the Spirit and is assured of his life in Christ, as long as we remain in the flesh, we will continue to deal with sinful self. Note however that in the end ALL enemies are vanquished. We have Father's assurance that He will finish the work He has begun. For the battle is the Lord's and not ours.
The outcome for Ahasueras, Esther, Mordecai and the kingdom is quite a happy one. To this day Jewish people celebrate the outcome of these events. The day is coming when we will also celebrate the complete vanquishing of self, the day we trade our terrestrial body for a celestial one. For he is truly free who has been freed from himself.
The life of the believer is a one of progressive change. Father works progressively to "form Christ" in us. We may have confidence that He will keep His promise to complete this work.

To be continued ...