But in spite of the perilous situation Klal Yisrael still felt that they had their man in parliament. Mordechai sat in the palace and was also the Gadol Hador. Surely he would pull some strings and daven for them. So, in order to defuse this hope in basar v’dam and to ensure they trusted only in Hashem, Mordechai began antagonizing Haman. He made everyone believe that rather than helping the situation, he was making things worse, thus ensuring that Klal Yisrael no longer trusted in him.
However, the people still believed that they had some protektzia. They had the great Rebbetzin, Esther Hamalka, uniquely positioned in the royal palace. Surely she would help them out of this situation. The Yidden were like the chassid in the story above who, in spite of all of his difficulties and the steadily lessening options to escape them, still trusted in earthly means rather than fully in Hashem. And just like the Rebbe in the story, Esther had to ensure that the Yidden believed that no help would be forthcoming from any other source. She invited Haman to the party to instigate this belief, to make out that she had changed sides.
This threw Klal Yisrael into despair. The entire world wanted to kill them and no one, not even the gedolim of the time - Mordechai ha’tzaddik and Esther Hamalkah - could help them or wanted to. Amid these feelings of despair they turned to Hashem, and davened, cried, and begged for their lives. This feeling of utter dependence brought about the complete v’nahafoch hu, the yeshua.
