Achaemenid Persian Empire

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195From Marathon and On 3 Jun 2024 20:09¶ 61 “We’re not going to do a whole lot better because as far as scripture is concerned at this point, there really is not much…” 27:20¶ 86 “As far as Persia, the throne passes through a number of hands, sometimes through regicides within the palace itself. Sometimes Persia tries to interfere…” 33:51¶ 105 “So we can look at Persia and Greece, and they hated each other’s guts and they saw all kinds of differences between the two.…”

194Hadassah, Queen of Persia 27 May 2024 52:00¶ 171 “I think it’s appropriate here to again emphasize that the Bible has a really high opinion of the Persian kings to this point. They’ve…” 52:38¶ 172 “This is how the Bible presents these people, and although at times they are intemperate, it’s no more so than anybody else. Darius had…” 52:57¶ 173 “The Persian empire by-and-large when they conquered people left them alone. They had to pay their taxes and provide soldiers and maybe make a…”

193Cyrus, King of Persia 20 May 2024 0:45¶ 3 “Some historical ethnographic background, I suppose. The Persians are a latecomer in history. As far back as the tower of Babel we have reference…” 6:19¶ 20 “The Medes and Persians more or less said, “Yeah, keep your own guys, keep your own laws, keep your own rules, keep your own…” 6:39¶ 21 “A few other odds and ends, just more or less to put some icing on the cake or a little bit of flavor in…”

165Esther 19 Jun 2023 23:18¶ 72 “With these emperors we really need to reckon with a different kind of psychology. The Persian kings didn’t think they were gods, but they…” 23:45¶ 73 “When they say, “You can’t come here unless I ask you,” they actually do mean it. It’s not a joke. It’s not a bluff.…” 34:34¶ 114 “But we’ve still got a couple problems. There’s this thing that we found out way back in Daniel. The law of the Medes and…”

157The Handwriting on the Wall 20 Feb 2023 3:25¶ 16 “Meanwhile, the Persian empire was growing to the north. Cyrus had managed to unite the Medes and the Persians, related groups, kissing cousins and…” 26:58¶ 111 “The Medes are put first because historically Jeremiah prophesied earlier when there were only Medes, and had warned of this. Now the Persians are…” 33:02¶ 137 “There’s an amazing contrast there. You mentioned the continuity of being and how God stands in contrast to that, where God is not made…”

147The Course of Empire 5 Dec 2022 21:36¶ 81 “Fortunately, God explains this. He says, “This ram that has the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.” First there was…” 22:00¶ 82 “So we’re told here what the next kingdom is, and it’s not Media followed by a Persian kingdom. Some commentators try that tact. The…” 17:12¶ 71 “When we study history in school it’s often, “Next chapter – Medo-Persia. Next chapter – Greece.” Very distinct, very clear breaks. Just as one…”

133Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 5) - By What Other Standard? 29 Aug 2022 10:55¶ 29 “The Persians were all about air and spirit and water and elemental things like that. They were no longer polytheists as we think of…” 12:06¶ 33 “No. We look at the pagan cultures and expect them to tell us the truth about themselves and their enemies. How stupid are we?…”

130Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 3) - The Separation of Church and State 8 Aug 2022 39:32¶ 109 “The other thing I appreciate is I’ve been a long-time fan of the Persians because the Bible is. As you read through Ezra, Nehemiah,…” 41:49¶ 113 “The Bible doesn’t really like the Greeks a whole lot, but it does have a soft spot for the Persians to a point. Daniel…” 40:13¶ 110 “Darius, because he’s misinformed, at first tells the Israelites, “No, you can’t be building stuff. You can’t be building your city,” and then the…”