Assassinate from the Inside

Esther 2:21

21During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers, who guarded the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

The city gate and the king's gate are two different areas. The city gate is meant for protecting everyone who belongs in the city but the king's gate is meant to protect the leadership and those in the inner circle that live in the palace. Gate's have guards or gatekeepers. Gate keepers are those who monitor the coming and goings of visitors, protect the king and also keep out those who do not belong in the inner circle/palace. Bigthana and Teresh were gatekeepers. What happens when those who are to guard and be the gatekeepers are the ones who want to assassinate or harm the leadership? Mordecai was the cousin of Queen Esther and raised her. He sat near the gate as one who was a scribe. He was a minister of the court, one who documented the accounts set forth by the king and anyone whom the king appointed. Mordecai overheard the plot. Scripture says that Bigthana and Teresh became angry. One does not know why they became angry exactly. But anger is usually the first emotion displayed but not the primary emotion. There's always a reason for the anger. Be it jealousy, envy, pain, greed, etc. At any case, Those who were meant to have the king's best interest planned to harm him. For Mordecai, that meant harming his family. His relation to the king was not widely known. He was considered as just another scribe. With his connection to the inner circle, he was able to alert leadership of the assassination plot. Mordecai could've stayed quiet but it was in the interest of love, care and respect that he could not keep quiet. The inner circle is supposed to be a place of comfort. But if those who are to look out for the inner circle are not truly thinking about anyone else then there is no comfort, no trust. Leadership is important because if the enemy can take out the leadership he then has access to all those the leader looks after. As leaders, who is looking after you? Who is in your inner circle? Who are your gate keepers? Are the gate keepers there in love and devotion or are they like Bigthana and Teresh, out to assassinate from the inside?


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