Justice vs. Corruption "Taking PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to uphold what is pure, right, and true"     JUSTICE – A One-Minute Announcement for Children Faith Committee, Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Contributed by Trudy Pettibone Bible Teacher, Cincinnati, Ohio April 11, 2002 MORDECAI Mordecai was a captive in the city of Susa around 480 BC, capital of the Persian Empire. Mordecai, as he sat in the gates of the city, heard about a plot to kill the King, and reported this to the King. The event was written in the King’s Chronicles, but Mordecai was not honored at this time. One of the King’s rulers, Haman, hated Mordecai, because Mordecai would not bow down to him. (Jews bow only to God.) Haman planned to kill Mordecai and all his Jewish people. He built a gallows on which to hang Mordecai. One night the King could not sleep, and so he read his Chronicles. When he read about the plot to kill him, he asked if the person who had saved him had been honored. The King asked Haman how he could honor someone. Haman was sure the King wanted to honor him, so he told the King the best honor he could think of: array him in robes of the King and parade him on the King's horse through the public square announcing his honor by the King. The King told Haman to honor Mordecai in this way. The King found out about the plot to kill Mordecai and his people, and Haman was hung on his own gallows. Mordecai received honor from the King and the Jews, even though he had wanted only to do what was right and true. [Esther 1-8]     This material is published by the Faith Committee of the Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Reproduction and Adaptation is encouraged.