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The Record of Mordecai's Loyalty. . 1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. Now Satan put it into the heart of Haman to contrive Mordecai's death we read in the foregoing chapter; how God put it into the heart of the king to contrive Mordecai's honour we are here told. Now, if the king's word will prevail above Haman's (for, though Haman be a great man, the king in the throne must be above him), much more will the counsel of God stand, whatever devices there are in men's hearts. It is to no purpose therefore for Haman to oppose it, when both God and the king will have Mordecai honoured, and in this juncture too, when his preferment, and Haman's disappointment, would help to ripen the great affair of the Jewish deliverance for the effort that Esther was to make towards it the next day. Sometimes delay may prove to have been good conduct. Stay awhile, and we may have done the sooner. Cunctando restituit rem--He conquered by delay. Let us trace the steps which Providence took towards the advancement of Mordecai. I. On that night could not the king sleep. His sleep fled away (so the word is); and perhaps, like a shadow, the more carefully he pursued it the further it went from him. Sometimes we cannot sleep because we fain would sleep. Even after a banquet of wine he could not sleep when Providence had a design to serve in keeping him waking. We read of no bodily indisposition he was under, that might break his sleep; but God, whose gift sleep is, withheld it from him. Those that are ever so much resolved to cast away care cannot always do it; they find it in their pillows when they neither expect nor welcome it. He that commanded 127 provinces could not command one hour's sleep. Perhaps the charms of Esther's conversation the day before gave occasion to his heart to reproach him for neglecting her, and banishing her from his presence, though she was the wife of his bosom, for above thirty days; and that might keep him waking. An offended conscience can find a time to speak when it will be heard. II. When he could not sleep he called to have the book of records, the Journals of his reign, read to him, Esther 6:1 ; Esther 6:1 . Surely he did not design that that should lull him asleep; it would rather fill his head with cares, and drive away sleep. But God put it into his heart to call for it, rather than for music or songs, which the Persian kings used to be attended with ( Daniel 6:18 ) and which would have been more likely to compose him to rest. When men do that which is unaccountable we know not what God intends by it. Perhaps he would have this book of business read to him that he might improve time and be forming some useful projects. Had it been king David's case, he would have found some other entertainment for his thoughts; when he could not sleep he would have remembered God and meditated upon him ( Psalms 64:6 ), and, if he would have had any book read to him, it would have been his Bible; for in that law did he meditate day and night. III. The servant that read to him either lighted first on that article which concerned Mordecai, or, reading long, came to it at length. Among other things it was found written that Mordecai had discovered a plot against the life of the king which prevented the execution of it, Esther 6:2 ; Esther 6:2 . Mordecai was not in such favour at court that the reader should designedly pitch upon that place; but Providence directed him to it; nay, if we may believe the Jews' tradition (as bishop Patrick relates it), opening the book at this place he turned over the leaves, and would have read another part of the book, but the leaves flew back again to the same place where he opened it; so that he was forced to read that paragraph. How Mordecai's good service was recorded we read Esther 2:23 ; Esther 2:23 , and here it is found upon record. IV. The king enquired what honour and dignity had been done to Mordecai for this, suspecting that this good service had gone unrewarded, and, like Pharaoh's butler, remembering it as his fault this day, Genesis 41:9 . Note, The law of gratitude is a law of nature. We ought particularly to be grateful to our inferiors, and not to think all their services such debts to us but that they make us indebted to them. Two rules of gratitude may be gathered from the king's enquiry here:-- 1. Better honour than nothing. If we cannot, or need not, make recompence to those who have been kind to us, yet let us do them honour by acknowledging their kindnesses and owning our obligations to them. 2. Better late than never. If we have long neglected to make grateful returns for good offices done us, let us at length bethink ourselves of our debts. V. The servants informed him that nothing had been done to Mordecai for that eminent service; in the king's gate he sat before, and there he still sat. Note, 1. It is common for great men to take little notice of their inferiors. The king knew not whether Mordecai was preferred or no till his servants informed him. High spirits take a pride in being careless and unconcerned about those that are below them and ignorant of their state. The great God takes cognizance of the meanest of his servants, knows what dignity is done them and what disgrace. 2. Humility, modesty, and self-denial, though in God's account of great price, yet commonly hinder men's preferment in the world. Mordecai rises no higher than the king's gate, while proud ambitious Haman gets the king's ear and heart; but, though the aspiring rise fast, the humble stand fast. Honour makes proud men giddy, but upholds the humble in spirit, Proverbs 29:23 . 3. Honour and dignity are rated high in the king's books. He does not ask, What reward has been given Mordecai? what money? what estate? but only, What honour?--a poor thing, and which, if he had not wherewith to support it, would be but a burden. 4. The greatest merits and the best services are often overlooked and go unrewarded among men. Little honour is done to those who best deserve it, and fittest for it, and would do most good with it. See Ecclesiastes 9:14-16 . The acquisition of wealth and honour is usually a perfect lottery, in which those that venture least commonly carry off the best prize. Nay, 5. Good services are sometimes so far from being a man's preferment that they will not be his protection. Mordecai is at this time, by the king's edict, doomed to destruction, with all the Jews, though it is owned that he deserved dignity. Those that faithfully serve God need not fear being thus ill paid. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-4-11" class="com-number"
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모르드개의 충성이 기록되다. "그 날 밤에 왕이 잠을 자지 못하여 명하여 역대 일기를 가져다가 자기 앞에서 읽히더니, 그 중에 모르드개가 왕의 내시 문을 지키는 빅다나와 데레스 두 사람이 아하수에로 왕을 해하려 한 것을 고발하였다고 기록한 것을 발견한지라. 왕이 이르되, 이 일로 인하여 모르드개에게 무슨 높은 지위와 영예를 주었느냐 하니, 왕의 시종들이 이르되, 그 일에 대하여 아무것도 행한 것이 없나이다 하니라."
앞 장에서 사탄이 하만의 마음에 모르드개를 죽일 계략을 넣은 것을 읽었다면, 여기서는 하나님이 왕의 마음에 모르드개를 영예롭게 할 계획을 넣으신 것을 읽게 된다. 이제 만일 왕의 말이 하만의 말보다 우세하다면(하만이 큰 자라 해도 왕좌에 앉은 왕이 그보다 위이므로), 하나님의 뜻은 사람들의 마음속에 어떤 계략이 있더라도 반드시 서게 된다. 따라서 하나님과 왕이 함께 모르드개를 높이려 하시는데, 그것도 모르드개의 승진과 하만의 좌절이 에스더가 다음 날 시도하려는 유대인 구원의 큰 일을 이루는 데 도움이 될 바로 이 시점에, 하만이 이에 대항한들 소용이 없다. 때로는 지연이 오히려 지혜로운 처사가 되기도 한다. 잠시 기다리면 오히려 더 빨리 이루어질 수 있다.
섭리가 모르드개를 높이기 위해 밟은 단계들을 살펴보자.
I. 그 날 밤에 왕이 잠을 이루지 못하였다. 원문에 "잠이 달아났다"고 표현되어 있는데, 마치 그림자처럼 잡으려 하면 할수록 더 멀리 달아났을 것이다. 때로는 잠이 오기를 간절히 바라는데도 잠을 이루지 못하는 경우가 있다. 왕은 포도주를 곁들인 잔치를 마친 뒤에도 잠을 이루지 못하였다. 이는 하나님이 왕을 깨워두실 목적이 있어서였다. 잠은 하나님이 주시는 선물이므로, 하나님께서 그에게 잠을 허락지 않으신 것이다. 127개 주를 다스리는 왕도 한 시간의 잠을 마음대로 할 수 없었다. 아마도 에스더의 매력적인 대화가 지난날을 생각나게 하여, 자신이 삼십여 일이나 에스더를 소홀히 하고 내친 것에 대해 양심이 가책을 주었을 것이다. 상처받은 양심은 들려질 때를 찾는 법이다.
II. 잠을 이루지 못하자 왕은 역대 일기를 가져다 읽히도록 명하였다(에스더 6:1). 분명 그것이 왕을 잠들게 하리라 기대한 것은 아니었을 것이다. 그보다는 오히려 머리를 복잡하게 할 일이었다. 그러나 하나님이 왕의 마음에 페르시아 왕들이 즐겨 들었던 음악이나 노래 대신(다니엘 6:18) 역대 일기를 청하도록 하셨다. 사람들이 설명하기 어려운 행동을 할 때, 그 배후에 하나님의 뜻이 있음을 알지 못한다. 왕이 이 업무 일지를 읽음으로써 시간을 유익하게 사용하고 유용한 계획을 구상하려 했을 수도 있다. 만일 다윗 왕이었다면 다른 방법을 택했을 것이다. 잠을 이루지 못할 때 그는 하나님을 기억하고 묵상하였을 것이며(시편 64:6), 읽을 책이 있었다면 그것은 성경이었을 것이다. 왜냐하면 그는 그 율법을 밤낮으로 묵상하였기 때문이다.
III. 낭독하던 신하가 처음부터 모르드개에 관한 기사를 찾았거나, 오래 읽다 보니 그 부분에 이르렀다. 여러 기사 가운데, 모르드개가 왕의 생명을 노리는 음모를 발견하여 그 실행을 막았다는 것이 기록되어 있었다(에스더 6:2). 모르드개가 궁정에서 그리 대우받는 처지가 아니었으니, 낭독자가 의도적으로 그 부분을 펼쳤을 리 없다. 섭리가 그를 그 부분으로 인도하신 것이다. 모르드개의 공로가 어떻게 기록되었는지는 에스더 2:23에서 읽었고, 이제 기록에서 발견된 것이다.
IV. 왕은 모르드개에게 이 공로에 대한 보상이 이루어졌는지를 물었다. 왕은 파라오의 술 관원장처럼 이 선한 공로가 보상받지 못했음을 이제서야 기억하며 자신의 잘못을 탓하였다(창세기 41:9). 감사의 법은 본성의 법이다. 우리는 아랫사람들에게도 감사해야 하며, 그들의 모든 섬김이 당연한 것이라 여겨서는 안 된다. 왕의 물음에서 감사의 두 가지 원칙을 찾을 수 있다. 첫째, 아무것도 안 하는 것보다는 명예를 드리는 것이 낫다. 보답이 어렵거나 불필요한 경우에도, 친절에 감사를 표하고 빚진 것을 인정함으로써 존중을 표할 수 있다. 둘째, 늦더라도 안 하는 것보다 낫다. 오래 미뤄온 감사의 표현이라도 지금이라도 떠올리는 것이 옳다.
V. 신하들은 모르드개의 뛰어난 공로에 대해 아무것도 행한 것이 없다고 왕에게 아뢰었다. 그는 여전히 왕문에 앉아 있었다.
주목할 것들이 있다. 첫째, 높은 지위에 있는 자들이 아랫사람들을 소홀히 하는 것은 흔한 일이다. 왕도 신하들이 알려줄 때까지 모르드개가 어떻게 되었는지 알지 못했다. 위대하신 하나님은 가장 비천한 종들도 돌아보시며, 그들에게 어떤 영예가 주어지고 어떤 멸시를 받는지 아신다. 둘째, 겸손과 온유함과 자기 부인은 하나님 앞에서는 큰 가치를 지니지만, 세상에서는 대개 승진을 가로막는다. 모르드개는 왕문을 벗어나지 못하고 있는 반면, 교만하고 야심찬 하만은 왕의 마음과 귀를 장악하고 있다. 그러나 야망을 품은 자는 빨리 올라가도 무너지고, 겸손한 자는 굳건히 선다. 영예는 교만한 자를 어지럽게 하지만 겸손한 자는 붙들어 세운다(잠언 29:23). 셋째, 영예와 위엄은 왕의 눈에 높이 평가된다. 왕은 모르드개에게 어떤 상을, 어떤 돈을, 어떤 재산을 주었느냐고 묻지 않고, 오직 "어떤 영예를 주었느냐"고만 물었다. 이는 보잘것없는 것으로, 그것을 뒷받침할 재력이 없다면 오히려 짐이 될 뿐이다. 넷째, 큰 공로와 최선의 섬김도 사람들 사이에서는 흔히 외면당하고 보상받지 못한다. 정말 그럴 자격이 있고 그것을 가장 잘 활용할 수 있는 사람에게는 거의 영예가 돌아가지 않는다(전도서 9:14-16 참고). 다섯째, 선한 섬김이 승진은커녕 보호조차 되지 못할 때도 있다. 모르드개는 이 시점에 왕의 칙령에 따라, 그가 위엄 있는 대우를 받아 마땅하다고 인정받으면서도, 모든 유대인들과 함께 죽음을 선고받은 처지였다. 하나님을 신실하게 섬기는 자들은 이런 식의 불공정한 대우를 두려워할 필요가 없다.
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E S T H E R CHAP. VI. It is a very surprising scene that opens in this chapter. Haman, when he hoped to be Mordecai's judge, was made his page, to his great confusion and mortification; and thus way was made for the defeat of Haman's plot and the deliverance of the Jews. I. The providence of God recommends Mordecai in the night to the king's favour, Esther 6:1-3 . II. Haman, who came to incense the king against him, is employed as an instrument of the king's favour to him, Esther 6:4-11 . III. From this his friends read him his doom, which is executed in the next chapter, Esther 6:12-14 . And now it appears that Esther's intercession for her people was happily adjourned, De die in diem--from day to day. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-3" class="com-number"
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이 장이 열리는 장면은 매우 놀랍다. 하만은 모르드개의 재판관이 되기를 바랐으나, 도리어 모르드개의 시종이 되는 처지로 전락하여 극도의 혼란과 굴욕을 맛보았다. 이로써 하만의 음모를 무너뜨리고 유대인들을 구원하는 길이 열렸다.
I. 하나님의 섭리가 밤중에 모르드개를 왕에게 은혜롭게 알리다 (에스더 6:1-3).
II. 모르드개를 죽이려 왕을 선동하러 온 하만이, 오히려 왕이 모르드개에게 은총을 베푸는 일의 도구로 사용되다 (에스더 6:4-11).
III. 이 사건을 보고 하만의 측근들이 그의 운명을 예언하며, 그 예언은 다음 장에서 실현되다 (에스더 6:12-14).
이제 에스더가 자기 백성을 위해 드린 간구가 때를 기다려 유익하게 연기된 것이었음이 드러난다.
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The Honour Conferred on Mordecai. . 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. It is now morning, and people begin to stir. I. Haman is so impatient to get Mordecai hanged that he comes early to court, to be ready at the king's levee, before any other business is brought before him, to get a warrant for his execution ( Esther 6:4 ; Esther 6:4 ), which he makes sure that he shall have at the first word. The king would gratify him in a greater thing than that; and he could tell the king that he was so confident of the justice of his request, and the king's favour to him in it, that he had got the gallows ready: one word from the king would complete his satisfaction. II. The king is so impatient to have Mordecai honoured that he sends to know who is in the court that is fit to be employed in it. Word is brought him that Haman is in the court, Esther 6:5 ; Esther 6:5 . Let him come in, says the king, the fittest man to be made use of both in directing and in dispensing the king's favour; and the king knew nothing of any quarrel he had with Mordecai. Haman is brought in immediately, proud of the honour done him in being admitted into the king's bed-chamber, as it should seem, before he was up; for let the king but give orders for the dignifying of Mordecai, and he will be easy in his mind and try to sleep. Now Haman thinks he has the fairest opportunity he can wish for to solicit against Mordecai; but the king's heart is as full as his, and it is fit he should speak first. III. The king asks Haman how he should express his favour to one whom he had marked for a favourite: What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honour? Esther 6:6 ; Esther 6:6 . Note, It is a good property in kings, and other superiors, to delight in bestowing rewards and not to delight in punishing. Parents and masters should take a pleasure in commending and encouraging that which is good in those under their charge. IV. Haman concludes that he himself is the favourite intended, and therefore prescribes the highest expressions of honour that could, for once, be bestowed upon a subject. His proud heart presently suggested, "To whom will the king delight to do honour more than to myself? No one deserves it so well as I," thinks Haman, "nor stands so fair for it." See how men's pride deceives them. 1. Haman had a better opinion of his merits than there was cause for: he thought none so worthy of honour as himself. It is a foolish thing for us thus to think ourselves the only deserving persons, or more deserving than any other. The deceitfulness of our own hearts appears in nothing so much as in the good conceit we have of ourselves and our own performances, against which we should therefore constantly watch and pray. 2. He had a better opinion of his interest than there was reason for. He thought the king loved and valued no one but himself, but he was deceived. We should suspect that the esteem which others profess for us is not so great as it seems to be or as we are sometimes willing to believe it is, that we may not think too well of ourselves nor place too much confidence in others. Now Haman thinks he is carving out honour for himself, and therefore does it very liberally, Esther 6:8 ; Esther 6:9 . Nay, he does it presumptuously, prescribing honours too great to be conferred upon any subject, that he must be dressed in the royal robes, wear the royal crown, and ride on the king's own horse; in short, he must appear in all the pomp and grandeur of the king himself, only he must not carry the sceptre, the emblem of power. He must be attended by one of the king's most noble princes, who must be his lacquey, and all the people must be made to take notice of him and do him reverence; for he must ride in state through the streets, and it must be proclaimed before him, for his honour, and the encouragement of all to seek the ruler's favour, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour, which had the same intention with that which was proclaimed before Joseph, Bow the knee; for every good subject will honour those whom the king delights to honour. And shall not every good Christian then honour those whom the King of kings delights to honour and call the saints that are on the earth the excellent ones? V. The king confounds him with a positive order that he should immediately go himself and put all this honour upon Mordecai the Jew, Esther 6:10 ; Esther 6:10 . If the king had but said, as Haman expected, Thou art the man, what a fair opportunity would he have had to do the errand he came on, and to desire that, to grace the solemnity of his triumphs, Mordecai, his sworn enemy, might be hanged at the same time! But how is he thunderstruck when the king bids him not to order all this to be done, but to do it himself to Mordecai the Jew, the very man he hated above all men and whose ruin he was now designing! Now, it is to no purpose to think of moving any thing to the king against Mordecai when he is the man whom the king delights to honour. Solomon says, The heart of the king is unsearchable ( Proverbs 25:3 ), but it is not unchangeable. VI. Haman dares not dispute nor so much as seem to dislike the king's order, but, with the greatest regret and reluctance imaginable, brings it to Mordecai, who I suppose did no more cringe to Haman now than he had done, valuing his counterfeit respect no more than he had valued his concealed malice. The apparel is brought, Mordecai is dressed up, and rides in state through the city, recognized as the king's favourite, Esther 6:11 ; Esther 6:11 . It is hard to say which of the two put a greater force upon himself, proud Haman in putting this honour upon Mordecai, or humble Mordecai in accepting it: the king would have it so, and both must submit. Upon this account it was agreeable to Mordecai as it was an indication of the king's favour, and gave hope that Esther would prevail for the reversing of the edict against the Jews. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-12-14" class="com-number"
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모르드개에게 영예가 베풀어지다. "왕이 이르되, 누가 뜰에 있느냐 하니 마침 하만이 자기가 세운 나무에 모르드개를 달도록 왕에게 청하러 왕궁 바깥뜰에 들어온지라. 왕의 시종들이 아뢰되, 하만이 뜰에 있나이다. 왕이 이르되, 들어오게 하라 하니, 하만이 들어오거늘 왕이 하만에게 이르되, 왕이 귀히 여기는 사람에게 어떻게 하겠느냐 하니, 하만이 생각하기를 왕이 나보다 더 귀히 여길 자가 누구리요 하고, 하만이 왕에게 아뢰되, 왕이 귀히 여기는 사람에게는 왕이 입는 왕복을 가져다가 왕이 타는 말에 태우고 머리에 왕의 관을 씌우고, 그 옷과 말을 왕의 귀한 방백 중 한 사람의 손에 맡겨 왕이 귀히 여기는 사람에게 입히고 말에 태워 성 광장으로 지나가게 하며 그 앞에 선포하기를 왕이 귀히 여기는 사람에게는 이같이 할 것이라 하게 하소서. 왕이 하만에게 이르되, 빨리 왕복과 말을 가져다가 왕문에 앉은 유다 사람 모르드개에게 네 말대로 하되 그 중에 아무 것도 빠지게 말라. 하만이 왕복과 말을 가져다가 모르드개에게 입히고 말에 태워 성 광장으로 지나가게 하며 그 앞에 선포하되, 왕이 귀히 여기는 사람에게는 이같이 하는 것이라 하니라."
이제 아침이 되어 사람들이 움직이기 시작한다.
I. 하만은 모르드개를 빨리 처형하고 싶어 아침 일찍 왕궁에 나와, 왕의 아침 접견 시간에 가장 먼저 처형 허가를 얻으려 하였다(에스더 6:4). 그는 왕이 반드시 허락해 줄 것이라 확신하였다. 왕은 그보다 더 큰 것도 들어줄 것이었고, 하만은 자신의 요청이 정당하고 왕의 총애를 받고 있다는 자신감에 이미 교수대를 준비해 두었다. 왕의 한마디면 모든 것이 이루어질 것이었다.
II. 왕은 모르드개를 빨리 영예롭게 하고 싶어 그 일을 맡길 만한 사람이 뜰에 있는지 알아보라 하였다. 하만이 뜰에 있다는 전갈을 받자(에스더 6:5), 왕은 그를 불러들였다. 왕이 모르드개와 하만 사이의 원한 관계를 전혀 몰랐기에, 왕의 은총을 지시하고 전달하는 데 하만이 가장 적합한 인물이라 여긴 것이다. 하만은 왕이 아직 자리에서 일어나기 전에 침실로 불려 들어가는 영예를 누렸다고 생각하며 우쭐해졌다.
III. 왕은 하만에게 총애받는 사람을 어떻게 영예롭게 할지 물었다(에스더 6:6). 왕이나 윗사람이 상을 베풀기를 기뻐하고 벌주기를 좋아하지 않는 것은 훌륭한 덕목이다. 부모와 교사도 아랫사람에게서 선한 것을 보면 칭찬하고 격려하는 것을 기뻐해야 한다.
IV. 하만은 자신이 그 총애의 대상이라 단정하고, 신하에게 단 한 번에 베풀 수 있는 최고의 영예를 제안하였다. 그는 "왕이 나보다 더 영예롭게 할 자가 누구이겠느냐"고 생각하였다. 교만이 사람을 얼마나 속이는지 보라. 첫째, 하만은 자신의 공로에 대해 실제보다 훨씬 높이 평가하였다. 우리가 오직 자신만 가치 있는 사람이라거나, 다른 어떤 사람보다 더 가치 있다고 생각하는 것은 어리석은 일이다. 우리의 자기 기만은 자신과 자신의 행위에 대해 품는 좋은 생각에서 가장 잘 드러나며, 이를 항상 경계하고 기도해야 한다. 둘째, 그는 자신의 영향력에 대해서도 실제보다 높이 평가하였다. 그는 왕이 자신 외에는 아무도 아끼지 않는다고 생각했으나 오산이었다. 우리는 다른 사람이 우리에게 표하는 존경이 겉으로 보이는 것만큼 크지 않을 수 있음을 의심해야 한다. 이제 하만은 자신을 위해 영예를 조각하고 있다고 생각하며 매우 너그럽게 제안하였다(에스더 6:8-9). 아니, 그는 너무 무모하게도 어떤 신하에게도 내리기에 지나친 영예를 제안하였다. 왕의 옷을 입히고, 왕의 면류관을 씌우고, 왕의 말에 태우되, 요컨대 왕의 권능의 표지인 홀을 잡는 것만 빼고 왕 자신의 화려함과 위엄 모두를 그대로 갖추어야 한다고 한 것이다. 왕의 가장 고귀한 방백 중 한 사람이 그를 수행하며 시중들어야 하고, 온 백성이 그를 알아보고 경의를 표하도록 해야 했다. 이는 요셉 앞에 선포된 "꿇어라"(창세기 41:43)와 같은 취지로, 왕이 귀히 여기는 자를 모든 충성스러운 신하도 귀히 여기게 하려는 것이었다.
V. 왕은 하만에게 즉시 직접 나가서 왕문에 앉은 유다인 모르드개에게 그 모든 영예를 베풀라고 명하여 그를 당혹스럽게 하였다(에스더 6:10). 만일 왕이 하만이 기대했던 대로 "네가 바로 그 사람이다"라고 했다면, 하만은 모르드개에 대한 자신의 요청을 꺼낼 절호의 기회를 잡았을 것이다. 그러나 왕이 그것을 명령하는 것이 아니라 하만 자신이 직접 그의 가장 미워하는 원수에게 행하라고 명하였을 때 그가 얼마나 벼락에 맞은 것처럼 충격을 받았겠는가! 이제 왕이 귀히 여기는 사람이 바로 모르드개인데 왕에게 모르드개에 대한 어떤 말도 꺼낼 수 없게 되었다. 솔로몬은 왕의 마음은 측량할 수 없다고 하였으나(잠언 25:3), 변하지 않는 것은 아니다.
VI. 하만은 감히 왕의 명령에 반박하거나 불만을 드러내지 못하고, 크나큰 유감과 주저함을 안고 모르드개에게 그것을 수행하였다. 모르드개는 내 생각에 하만에게 그 전에 굽히지 않았던 것처럼 지금도 굽히지 않았을 것이다. 그의 가식적인 존경을 숨겨진 악의를 가벼이 여겼듯 가벼이 여겼을 것이다. 예복이 가져와지고, 모르드개는 성장하여 왕의 총신으로 인정받으며 성중을 말을 타고 지나갔다(에스더 6:11). 이 두 사람 중 어느 쪽이 더 큰 억지를 부렸는지 말하기 어렵다. 교만한 하만이 모르드개에게 이 영예를 드리는 억지인지, 겸손한 모르드개가 그것을 받는 억지인지. 왕이 그렇게 원했으니 둘 다 따라야 했다. 모르드개에게 이는 왕의 총애를 나타내는 표시로서 기쁜 일이었고, 에스더가 유대인들에 대한 칙령을 뒤집는 데 성공할 것이라는 희망을 주었다.
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Haman Cast Down. . 12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. 14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. We may here observe, I. How little Mordecai was puffed up with his advancement. He came again to the king's gate ( Esther 6:12 ; Esther 6:12 ); he returned to his place and the duty of it immediately, and minded his business as closely as he had done before. Honour is well bestowed on those that are not made proud and idle by it, and will not think themselves above their business. II. How much Haman was cast down with his disappointment. He could not bear it. To wait upon any man, especially Mordecai, and at this time, when he hoped to have seen him hanged, was enough to break such a proud heart as he had. He hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered, as one that looked upon himself as sunk and in a manner condemned. What harm had it done him to stoop thus to Mordecai? Was he ever the worse for it? Was it not what he himself proposed to be done by one of the king's most noble princes? Why then should he grudge to do it himself? But that will break a proud man's heart which would not break a humble man's sleep. III. How his doom was, out of this event, read to him by his wife and his friends: "If Mordecai be, as they say he is, of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, though but in a point of honour, never expect to prevail against him; for thou shalt surely fall before him, " Esther 6:13 ; Esther 6:13 . Miserable comforters were they all; they did not advise him to repent, and ask Mordecai's pardon for his bad design against him, but foretold his destiny as fatal and unavoidable. Two things they foresaw:-- 1. That Haman would be disappointed in his enterprise against the Jews: " Thou shalt not prevail to root out that people. Heaven plainly fights against thee." 2. That he himself would be destroyed: Thou shalt surely fall before him. The contest between Michael and the dragon will not be a drawn battle; no, Haman must fall before Mordecai. Two things they grounded their prognostications upon:-- (1.) This Mordecai was of the seed of the Jews; feeble Jews their enemies sometimes called them, but formidable Jews they sometimes found them. They are a holy seed, a praying seed, in covenant with God, and a seed that the Lord hath all along blessed, and therefore let not their enemies expect to triumph over them. (2.) Haman had begun to fall, and therefore he was certainly a gone man. It has been observed of great court-favourites that when once they have been frowned upon they have fallen utterly, as fast as they rose; it is true of the church's enemies that when God begins with them he will make an end. As for God his work is perfect. IV. How seasonably he was now sent for to the banquet that Esther had prepared, Esther 6:14 ; Esther 6:14 . He thought it seasonable, in hopes it would revive his drooping spirits and save his sinking honour. But really it was seasonable because, his spirits being broken by this sore disappointment, he might the more easily be run down by Esther's complaint against him. The wisdom of God is seen in timing the means of his church's deliverance so as to manifest his own glory. return to ' Top of Page ' Esther Est 5 Esther Est Esther Est 7 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. 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Pericope (part_of)
- part_of
pericope/per-est-6-002
절 (explains)
bible-text/est-6-12, bible-text/est-6-13, bible-text/est-6-14
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
하만이 전락하다. "모르드개는 다시 왕문으로 돌아오고 하만은 두건을 쓰고 슬퍼하며 급히 집으로 돌아와서 자기가 당한 모든 일을 그의 아내 세레스와 모든 친구에게 말하니, 그의 지혜로운 자들과 아내 세레스가 이르되, 모르드개가 유다 사람의 후손이면 당신이 그 앞에서 굴욕을 당하기 시작하였으니 능히 이기지 못하고 분명히 그 앞에 엎드러지리이다 하더니, 그들이 아직 말하는 중에 왕의 내시들이 이르러서 하만을 데리고 에스더가 준비한 잔치에 빨리 나아가니라."
여기서 주목할 것들이 있다.
I. 모르드개가 얼마나 교만해지지 않았는지 보라. 그는 곧바로 왕문으로 돌아갔다(에스더 6:12). 즉시 자기 자리와 직분으로 돌아가 이전처럼 업무에 충실하였다. 영예는 그것으로 인해 교만해지거나 게을러지지 않고, 자신의 직분 이상이라고 여기지 않는 사람에게 잘 주어진 것이다.
II. 하만이 실망으로 얼마나 크게 낙담하였는지 보라. 그는 견딜 수가 없었다. 어떤 사람에게, 특히 모르드개에게, 더욱이 그가 교수형에 처해지는 것을 볼 것이라 기대하던 이 순간에 시중을 드는 것은 그처럼 교만한 사람의 마음을 꺾기에 충분하였다. 하만은 두건을 쓰고 슬퍼하며 급히 집으로 돌아갔다. 마치 자신이 망한 것이나 다름없다고 여긴 것처럼. 이렇게 모르드개에게 굽힌 것이 그에게 어떤 실질적인 해를 끼쳤는가? 그는 왕의 가장 고귀한 방백 중 한 사람이 해야 한다고 스스로 제안한 일을 한 것에 불과하지 않은가? 그러나 겸손한 사람의 잠을 깨지 못할 일이 교만한 사람의 마음을 꺾는다.
III. 하만의 아내와 친구들이 이 사건에서 그의 운명을 어떻게 읽어 냈는지 보라. "모르드개가 유다 사람의 후손이면, 당신이 그 앞에서, 비록 영예의 문제이지만, 굴욕당하기 시작하였으니, 그를 이기지 못하고 반드시 그 앞에 엎드러지리이다"(에스더 6:13). 이들은 모두 비참한 위로자들이었다. 그들은 하만에게 회개하고 모르드개에게 용서를 구하라고 권하지 않고, 그의 운명을 피할 수 없는 것으로 예언하였다. 그들이 예견한 두 가지가 있다. 첫째, 하만은 유대인들에 대한 계략에 실패할 것이다. 둘째, 그는 스스로도 멸망할 것이다. 그들의 예언의 근거도 두 가지였다. 첫째, 이 모르드개는 유대인의 후손이었다. 적들은 그들을 '연약한 유대인들'이라 불렀으나, 때로 두려운 유대인들임을 발견하였다. 그들은 거룩한 씨앗, 기도하는 씨앗, 하나님과 언약을 맺은 씨앗으로서, 하나님이 줄곧 복을 주신 씨앗이다. 둘째, 하만은 이미 엎드러지기 시작하였으므로 이제 그는 끝난 사람이다. 큰 궁정의 총신들은 일단 왕의 노여움을 사면 올라오른 것만큼 빠르게 떨어진다는 것이 관찰되어 왔다. 교회의 원수들에 대해서도 마찬가지다. 하나님이 그들을 치기 시작하시면 반드시 끝을 내신다. 하나님의 일은 완전하기 때문이다.
IV. 마침 그때 에스더가 준비한 잔치에 하만이 불려가는 것이 얼마나 때에 알맞은 일인지 보라(에스더 6:14). 하만은 그것이 자신의 침울한 기분을 달래고 흔들리는 위신을 회복시켜 줄 것이라 생각하며 때에 알맞다고 여겼다. 그러나 실제로는, 이 큰 실망으로 그의 기세가 꺾인 것이 에스더의 고발에 더 쉽게 무너질 수 있도록 하기 위해 때에 알맞았다. 하나님의 지혜는 당신의 교회를 구원하는 수단의 때를 정하셔서 당신 자신의 영광을 드러내신다.
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