visionary
28th March 2005, 03:26 PM
Haman the Agagite.
As you trace this man's ancestry back through Scripture you discover that an Agagite is an Amalekite, and Amalek was that race of people, descendants of Esau, against whom God had said he would make war forever. (Exodus 17:16) King Saul had been ordered to completely eliminate this people, but in his folly he chose to spare Agag the king of the Amalekites and thus perpetuated this faithless force in Israel.
Throughout the whole of Scripture, this tribe of Amalekites represents the indwelling desires in our hearts towards the flesh that is continually opposed to all that God wants to do.
As you trace this man's ancestry back through Scripture you discover that an Agagite is an Amalekite, and Amalek was that race of people, descendants of Esau, against whom God had said he would make war forever. (Exodus 17:16) King Saul had been ordered to completely eliminate this people, but in his folly he chose to spare Agag the king of the Amalekites and thus perpetuated this faithless force in Israel.
Throughout the whole of Scripture, this tribe of Amalekites represents the indwelling desires in our hearts towards the flesh that is continually opposed to all that God wants to do.