Assyria
190This Ain't Your Mom's Traditional Greek/Roman Classical Education
22 Apr 2024
28:21¶ 73
“Here I think is a good time to say something about Assyria’s version of the new world order. As we continue our study of…”
28:53¶ 74
“Assyria’s flavor was remarkably brutal and honest. “You will serve us and you will do what we say or we will wipe you off…”
29:33¶ 76
“Yes. Assyria’s idea was first of all – talk about terror – “Let’s act really terrible. When we defeat people let’s behead the corpses.…”
138Freedom, Miracles, and History
3 Oct 2022
39:05¶ 141
“God not only substantially reduces the size of the Assyrian army and arranges for the current king and conqueror to die at the hands…”
38:18¶ 139
“Assyria goes on, and we’ll see probably next time that one of the things that happens in here is this little place called Babylon…”
38:38¶ 140
“Esarhaddon, aside from conquering Egypt, also looks out there and says, “You know, that’s a great trading location. We really should have something there.…”
137Unto Us A Child Is Born
26 Sep 2022
14:13¶ 53
“Anyway, that’s chapter 7. God is going to dispense with the kingdoms that are a threat – Syria and Israel – but Assyria is…”
15:53¶ 61
“So the very place where the Assyrian armies are going to begin their work and do the worst of their work, northern Israel –…”
3:43¶ 13
“Both the liberal critics and often even conservatives say, “But that doesn’t seem to fit, because how does that answer the immediate military and…”
136The Lost Empire
19 Sep 2022
20:43¶ 82
“Meanwhile, Assyria has kept ticking, and in this revamped image that we find in Hezekiah’s story, and before that the Ahaz history and the…”
21:28¶ 83
“Again, it’s going to mean a unified humanity, like the Tower of Babel, which means a unified religion and philosophy, a unified worldview where…”
21:49¶ 84
“In order to accomplish this, we need first of all to destroy all local loyalties, so if a nation just happens to really love…”
134The Virgin Shall Conceive
5 Sep 2022
7:53¶ 26
“But suddenly, to the north of that, on the northern side of the Tigris Euphrates valley, this new power – well, it’s a very…”
8:36¶ 27
“For instance, after winning a battle they would go out on the battlefield and skin all of their dead opponents, take those skins to…”
8:53¶ 28
“When the conquered nations got troublesome, or even looked like they might be, they would take them and deport them to the four corners…”