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| Mordecai is a certain Jew with royalty in his heritage (Esther 2:5) | The Lord Jesus Christ is a certain Jew with royalty in his heritage (Romans 1:3) |
| Mordecai lives under Gentile rule because the Jews are in bondage (Esther 2:6) | Jesus Christ lives under Gentile rule because the Jews are in bondage (Matthew 4:14-16) |
| Mordecai adopts Esther (Esther 2:7) | Jesus Christ’s gathers Israel under His care (Ephesians 1:15) |
| Mordecai hides Esther’s full identity (Esther 2:10) | Christ hides the full identity of his own (1 John 3:2) |
| Mordecai walks where Esther walks to know how she is (Esther 2:11) | Jesus Christ walks where sinners walk (Hebrews 7:26) |
| Mordecai is Esther’s shepherd to show her how to please the almighty king (Esther 2:19-20) | Jesus Christ is the shepherd to show sinners how to please the Almighty God (John 10) |
| Mordecai is faithful to the almighty’s kingdom (Esther 2:21-23) | Christ is faithful to the Almighty’s kingdom (Hebrews 3:1-2) |
| Mordecai will not bow to other gods (Esther 3:2) | Jesus Christ will not bow to other gods (Matthew 4:10) |
| Mordecai is harassed for not bowing to Haman (Esther 3:3). | Jesus Christ is harassed for not bowing to the god of this world (Luke 9:23) |
| Mordecai cites Jewish law as the reason he will not bow (Esther 3:4). He fulfills the law. | Christ cites Jewish law as the reason he will not bow (Matthew 4:10 & 5:17). He fulfills the law. |
| Mordecai infuriates the media god, Haman, because of his irreverence and subject to a higher authority (Esther 3:5-6) | Jesus Christ infuriates the god of this world because of his irreverence and subject to a higher authority (John 5:18) |
| Mordecai immediately identifies himself with those under the curse and warns of the death sentence (Esther 4:1) | Jesus Christ immediately identifies himself with those under the curse and warns of the death sentence (Philippians 2:5-8) |
| Mordecai warns of a dark day of great tribulation coming (Esther 4:7) | Jesus Christ warns of a dark day of great tribulation coming (Matthew 24) |
| For such a time is this (Esther 4:14) | Time to every purpose, Israel received (Romans 11:13-15) |
| Three days and three nights to overthrow the curse (Esther 4:15-17) | Three days and three nights to overthrow the curse (Matthew 12:40) |
| Smite Mordecai the shepherd (Esther 5:9-14) | Smite Christ the shepherd (Zechariah 13;7, Matthew 26:31) |
| After the third day, Mordecai’s service to the kingdom is honored (Esther 6:3-14) | After the third day, Jesus Christ’s service to the kingdom is honored (Acts 13:30) |
| Mordecai’s adversary, the wicked, the enemy, is consumed in his own device (Esther 7) | Christ uses death to destroy the prince of this world (Colossians 2:14-15) |
| Mordecai now mediates for his people (Esther 8) | Christ is the Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5) |
| Mordecai given the sceptre (8:2) | King of kings (Revelation 19) |
| Effects of Mordecai’s rule are like Jesus Christ’s (Esther 8:15-17) | Effects of Mordecai’s rule are like Jesus Christ’s (Isaiah 9:2, Deuteronomy 11:22-25) |
| Mordecai’s day of deliverance is like Christ’s (Esther 9:1-11) | Mordecai’s day of deliverance is like Christ’s (Esther 9:1-11) |
| Mordecai the Deliverer (Esther 9) | Christ the Deliverer |
| Mordecai’s words of life (Esther 9:20-32) | Christ’s words of life (Esther 9:20-32) |
| Mordecai the prince of peace (Esther 10) | Christ the Prince of Peace |
