A death decree is issued against the people of God who would not bow down to Haman (the image of the beast in the story) and God's people are delivered.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Esther 3:5
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 13:15
