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Adventistische Schriften über: "In Esther 3:1-2 a decree is issued that everyone must kneel before Haman. The decree of Ahasuerus. Question: Do Ellen White’s writings state how long this decree had already been in effect? Was the decree valid for a month, a year, or longer? We do not learn the duration from the Bible."
Answer
The available writings do not specify a particular time period for how long the command to kneel before Haman had been in force before the conflict with Mordecai escalated. However, it is noted that roughly a year passed between the issuance of the subsequent death decree against all the Jews and its scheduled execution day. The documents primarily focus on the fact that Mordecai’s refusal to give Haman the honor due only to God was the trigger for Haman’s revenge plan.
The time span until the planned destruction
»Barely a year after the date of the decree, death would have been their fate. There seemed to be no way out.«
The reason for Haman’s anger
»The Persian edict stemmed from Haman’s malice toward Mordecai. Not that Mordecai had wronged him, but he had refused to give him the reverence that belongs only to God.«
The significance of the royal decree
»Through Haman, the Agagite, a ruthless man of high authority in Media-Persia, Satan worked at that time to oppose God’s purposes. ... Haman planned to “destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.”«
- Duration of Ahasuerus’s decree
- Mordecai’s bowing to Haman
- Timing of Esther’s death decree
Original Sources (English)
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