Introduction

The story of Esther is a story, in many respects, of feasts. There are six great feasts within the book. In esther, chapter seven, haman has his downfall. The king had just purposely humiliated haman and to rub as much salt into his wounded ego,. Haman was already thrown off his balance at the end of chapter six. He was snatched away from the conversation with his faction by the king's eunuchs - bringing him to this feast. Matters have already been slipping out of his control. This shrewd political operator, once the one who dominated the entire court of ahas uerus, no longer feels as though he had the mas tory