Why does God allow the wicked to rise? In Esther 3 we meet Haman, a man consumed by pride and hatred—and yet mysteriously promoted. This message traces the advancement, anger, apparent authority, and advance of wickedness while showing how God’s providence is quietly at work through delays, hidden records, and unlikely people. Drawing on Psalms 10, 37, and 94—as well as Exodus 17, Proverbs 16:33, Daniel 4, and Ephesians 6:12—we face hard questions with sturdy hope: evil’s ascent is never absolute, and God’s covenant purposes cannot be overturned. The darkness of Esther 3 becomes the backdrop for deliverance in Esther 4–6 and points us to the greater reversal at the cross. Be strengthened to stand like Mordecai, trust like Esther, and rest in the Lord who writes the end from the beginning.