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No One Can Explain The Biblical Destiny of Iran on This Timeline · Off The Kirb Ministries

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Watch very carefully because no one can explain the prophecy on
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this timeline. If you go on Google and you
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search the ancient name for Iran, you will see one answer,
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Persia. But that's only half true
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because there is actually another name, one that holds a
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prophecy that the whole world forgot about.
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You probably already know Iran from the news, but did you know
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where this country actually comes from?
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Well our story goes way back to around 2400 BC and we are going
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to meet a man that you have definitely heard of, Noah.
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Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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But here's where it gets interesting.
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His oldest son Shem had a son called Elam.
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But Elam wasn't just an ordinary kid because in 2000 BC, Elam
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became the forefather of the Elamites.
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OK, now take a good look at this.
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The name Elam actually means high in Assyrian, meaning the
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land was high up. These Highlands weren't just
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some random hills. They stretch for about 1000
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miles all the way from near Babylon towards the
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Mediterranean. Overtime, both the land and the
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people changed and grew. The Elamites, who started out a
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lot like the early Sumerians, eventually became part of what
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we now call Iran. Did you catch that?
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In other words, every time the Bible talks about Elam, it's
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pointing directly to the very beginnings of Persia.
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So make sure you remember that name because this timeline will
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reveal a very surprising prophecy about the people of
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Elam, or should I say the people of Iran.
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Let's jump forward 100 years to 1900 BC, because something huge
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is about to shake the people of Elam.
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The action kicks off during one of the Bible's earliest battles,
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the rescue of Lot by Abraham. Before you find out who wins,
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you need to see where it all happened.
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This is the valley of Sidim near the Dead Sea, a place famously
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dotted with tar pits. And these pits would become a
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nightmare for one group of soldiers.
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Here's how it went down. 5 kings from the Jordan decided to rebel
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against Kedalioma, the king of Elam.
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He had ruled them for 12 years. And Kedalioma, well, he didn't
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take the rebellion lightly. He called on his three key
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allies and marched South into Canaan.
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Elam was victorious, so much so that its enemies reached the
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Veil of Sidham. The valleys tar pit swallowed
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some fleeing soldiers while the remaining ran for the hills.
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As you can imagine, the king of Elam didn't stop there, and so
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the rebellious cities were raided and the citizens were
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carried off. Lots was one of them.
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This is the part where the tables turned, and not in a way
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that people expected. Abraham, another famous man from
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the Bible, decided that he and his 318 trained men from his
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household would not sit around. So he pursued the victorious
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King's north all the way past Dan and launched a night ambush.
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By God's guidance alone, Abraham routed Kurda Loma's forces,
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recovering Lots, the other captives and all the stolen
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goods. It was so taken aback the first
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time I saw this because straight after the battle, Abraham meets
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Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God.
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Melchizedek blesses Abraham, offers him bread and wine, and
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makes it clear that it was God who had delivered Abraham's
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enemies into his hands. This is not a detail we can just
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skip past because it was a beautiful picture of another
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high priest, a king who had come thousands of years later.
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And he would also tell all those who trust in him to share in his
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supper the bread and wine. And we do this to remember the
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death that he died for us. I suppose what I'm really trying
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to say here is that Melchizedek was a sneak peek that points to
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the eternal King of Kings, the God man, Jesus Christ.
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In 559 BC our story takes a dramatic turn.
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Enter Cyrus the Second, later called Cyrus the Great.
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We pick up straight after Babylon had destroyed Jerusalem.
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It is here where we find Cyrus is now leading the Persians.
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Next he married the daughter of the Median King Astiages.
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This literally united the Persian tribes and other Iranian
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peoples. You would think his
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father-in-law would be happy, but not King Astiages.
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No, he saw him as a problem. And unbelievably, he was right.
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In a clever campaign, Cyrus defeated Astiges and even
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convinced some of his troops to join him.
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And you thought your family had drama?
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By 550 BC, the Median Empire was gone and the Persian Empire was
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born. But here's the part most
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historians forget to mention. The Bible had predicted Cyrus's
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rise at least 150 years before he was born.
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Isaiah calls him shepherd and anointed, saying he would
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conquer nations and rebuild Jerusalem and even the Temple.
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I believe the most unreal part of this prediction, though, is
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the fact that Cyrus is specifically named in Isaiah 44,
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verse 28. Even Cyrus himself is said to
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have read these words and to have been amazed by the accuracy
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of Scripture. But what do you think?
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Do you think God was clearly guiding history, using a king to
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fulfil a plan he'd written centuries earlier?
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Or do you think it's all just one big coincidence?
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One thing cannot be denied. Cyrus didn't stop after uniting
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Persia. He went on to crush the Lydians
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in the West. And then he turned his eyes
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towards Babylon, the most incredible city anyone had ever
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seen. Imagine this scenario.
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Walls so tall that they make you feel like an Ant.
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These walls are over 90 metres high, and they're broad enough
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for Chariots to race along the top.
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They have bronze gates gleaming in the sun and towers that even
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touch the clouds. Are you imagining this right
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now? Because even the Lucif Euphrates
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River flowed right through the middle, keeping the city rich
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and alive. However, inside these grand
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walls, pride ruled as much as any king.
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One night, while King Belshazzar was throwing a wild feast,
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whilst he was drinking from cups that were stolen from God's
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temple in Jerusalem, an unexplainable hand appeared out
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of nowhere and wrote glowing words across the wall.
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Many, many tackle a Parson. It sounds almost unbelievable,
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but it really happened. But what made matters even worse
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is that no one knew what it meant until Daniel was brought
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in. He explained that Babylon's time
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was up, and that God would give the Kingdom to the Medes and
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Persians. That very night, as the Parsee
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roared on, the prophecy came true.
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Cyrus's troops had made an incredibly calculating move.
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They had quietly diverted the Euphrates River, lowering its
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water until they could sneak right under the city walls,
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through the riverbed. Normally those huge inner gates
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have bronze and iron would have stopped them cold, but on that
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night, unusually, they had left them wide open.
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The soldiers slipped in without even breaking a fingernail.
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And before dawn, Babylon had fallen exactly as God said it
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would. But hey, now I can hear exactly
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what you're thinking, Joe. Is this the ancient prophecy
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that most people don't know about?
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No, it's not. This one came from Isaiah, and
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it was written about 200 years earlier than Belshazzar's party.
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In this prophecy that we're talking about, it predicted that
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God would break in pieces the gates of brass and cut through
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the bars of iron. And it even describes how the
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loins of the king would tremble. And guess what?
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That's exactly what happened. Belshazzar was removed, Darius
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Thamme took charge under Cyrus's new empire, and Daniel found
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favour once again, serving near the top of the Kingdom.
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Not long after the dust had settled in, around 539 BC,
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Daniel faced one of his most unforgettable moments of life,
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the lion's den. Under the new Medo Persian rule,
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jealous officials tricked Darius into signing a law that banned
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prayer for anyone except the king.
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Daniel, being Daniel, kept praying anyway.
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And So what happened? He was thrown into the den of
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lions, but God shut their mouths.
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And that night he showed the whole Persian court that the
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living God of Israel ruled over every empire, over every
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creature, even lions, and that no one should mess with a man of
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God. Now I do want you to pay closer
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attention because Babylon, the city that once mocked God and
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crushed his people, was now finished.
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So let's just pause on that for a second because through this
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Iranian man, God was setting his people free, just as he promised
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to do long ago. Don't forget that fact because
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it will leave you speechless when you see the powerful plot
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twist later on this timeline. But right now, listen to this.
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Though Babylon now lies in ruins, the Bible tells us of
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another Babylon yet to come. It talks about it in in the last
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book of the Bible, Revelation. Just like the first Babylon,
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this one too will fall. So my friend, I can assure you
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of one thing. No empire, no matter how
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powerful, no matter how great there is a man on this world, no
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matter how famous, none of them can stand forever.
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None of them can stand against God's plans.
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So that is why you would be very wise to stand in the light of
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the Lord Jesus Christ right now, before the darkness of Babylon
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rises up again. By the way, if you doubt the
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Bible's reliable ficturize on this archaeological discovery,
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this clay artifact is known as Cyrus's Cylinder.
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It's super old. It's dated to 538 BC, making
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this football sized artifact 2560 years old.
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So what makes this clay tube so special anyway?
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Well, it's what it says on it that turns heads covered by
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ancient Arcadian writing. It states that Cyrus declares
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that the conquered peoples by the Babylonians are now free to
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return to their lambs, free to rebuild their temples, free to
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worship their own God. You do realize how massive this
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is? Empires never freed their
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captives. It was unheard of, but Cyrus
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did. But if you thought that was
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special, wait until you hear this.
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The Bible also records a near identical decree, but it's
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addressed to the Jews in Ezra chapter 1 verses two to three.
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Cyrus writes. Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia,
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The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the
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earth, and his child charged me to build him a house in
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Jerusalem. Guys, that's not just tolerance
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from a Persian king, but rather a man acknowledging that the God
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of Israel is the real boss. OK, OK, I know how much you guys
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love archaeology, so get a load of this.
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Under Cyrus's command, the Exiles began their long journey
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home. By 538 BC, the first wave
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finally arrived in Jerusalem, and step by step they started to
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rebuild the temple. This is the very structure that
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would later be known as the Second Temple.
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Centuries have passed and yet we still have remains of it today.
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There's the Robinson's Arch jutting out over the Western
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Wall, the massive stones of the Temple Mount itself, ritual
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baths, the remnants of the Holder Gates, and even the
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trumpeting stone where priests once announced their festivals.
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This was all only possible because God used the Iranian
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King Cyrus to fulfill his plans. And that is exactly why this
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Persian end times prophecy that very few know about make total
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sense. But at the same time, it doesn't
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make sense at all. I was really struck by the next
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period of our timeline. In around 525 BC, Persia had
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gone from a small regional power to one of the biggest empires in
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the world. And Daniel, living in the courts
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of Babylon and later Persia got visions from the Lord that
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predicted all of this with a scary accuracy.
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Do you know what one of the most striking visions was in Daniel
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Chapter 7 to 8? Daniel saw four on its expected
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creatures rising from chaotic waters.
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One of these creatures was a huge bear.
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It was raised on one side, and that was supposed to symbolize
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Persia, that lean. It showed that Persia would rule
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over its neighbor, the Medes. Daniel also saw three ribs in
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the bear's mouth. Those were Persia's major
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conquests, Lydia, Babylon, and Egypt.
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So come on now. What do you think?
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What do you think went down after Daniel saw this?
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Well, you're not wrong. Persia crushed Lydia in Asia,
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took Babylon in 539 BC, and under Cavius sees the Second
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marched across Sinai to defeat Egypt's Pharaoh at Peleusium.
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Simply put, Daniel's vision wasn't just imagination, it was
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a preview of real history. May I go deeper?
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Daniel saw another creature, a ram with two horns.
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One horn was longer than the other, changing in every
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direction. What was this ram meant to
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represent? It was the kings of the Medes
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and Persia on Unstoppable in their conquests.
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The taller horn hinted that Persia would rule over the
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Medes. But just then, Daniel sees
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something else. A swift goat suddenly appears
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from the West, striking the ram with a single horn.
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You see, that goat wasn't just any animal.
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It symbolized Greece under Alexander the Great, showing how
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even the mighty Persian Empire, unstoppable as it seemed, would
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be overpowered by a new force sweeping in from the West.
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And then a leopard appears. Fast, ruthless, with four wings
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and four heads. At first it doesn't make any
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sense until nearly two centuries later, when Alexander the Great
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arrives. It's 333 BC, and this young
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Macedonian king moves faster than anyone before him.
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At Isos, the Persians, led by King Darius the Third, collapse
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in chaos. Darius flees, leaving his family
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behind, and they eventually got taken away by Alexander.
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Two years later, in 331 BC, the final strike lands at Gorgame,
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completing the Persian Empire's fall.
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Finally comes the 4th and last beast in Daniel's vision.
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This is by far the scariest. Unlike any Kingdom before, it
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has iron teeth, claws, and strength that crushes everything
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in its path. And when you look at the
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timeline of world history, it's obvious which beast is being
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represented here. Rome.
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A Kingdom so powerful and so ruthless it would rule the world
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for centuries. And you know exactly what I'm
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talking about. Because the world under Roman
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rule was the world that Jesus lived in when he walked on
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earth, and in the end it was Roman soldiers who nailed him to
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a cross. And yet that wasn't Rome's
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doing. It was all part of God's plan
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all along. On that cross, Jesus took our
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place, carrying our sin, our wrongdoing, so that you and I
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can be forgiven and free. Just a little diversion.
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this was one of the world's biggest Ziggarettes and it's
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found in Susa, the capital of Persia.
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And it is here in this city that it would become the stage for
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one of the world's most unexpected miracles.
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You and I have arrived in in the book of Esther at a time when
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Persia is at its peak. Yes, ancient Iran has just
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become the largest empire the world has ever seen, stretching
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from India to Ethiopia. That's an impressive span of
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3000 miles. But I wonder if anyone else is
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asking, where are we on the timeline now?
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Well, it's around 480 BC, nearly 60 years after Cyrus first freed
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the Jewish exiles to return home.
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Some have gone back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, but many
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decided to stay behind in Persia.
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That's where our story unfolds. The king on the throne is King
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Xerxes, the first known in the Bible as Azawares.
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He was ruling from 486 to 465 BC.
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History tells us he's the same ruler who launched massive wars
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against Greece and who lived in incredible luxury at his palace
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in Susa, which is what we now know to be modern day Iran.
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My friend, it all begins with a scandal.
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At the royal feast, Xerxes calls for his queen Vashti to show off
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her beauty before the the other nobles.
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She is totally embarrassed and refuses, so in a rage he removes
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her from her crown. The king is now single and
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looking to mingle, and so he calls for a nationwide search
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for a new queen. And as you can probably imagine,
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from what we already know about this guy, beauty was the number
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one requirement. Among the many beautiful women
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brought to the palace, there was a young Jewish woman named
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Hadassa, known by a Persian name as Esther.
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She's been raised by her cousin Mordecai, who serves under the
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King's Gate. And interestingly, archaeology
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even mentions a Persian official named Marduka, possibly the very
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same Mordecai. Funnily enough, the Woman of God
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Esther wins the beauty contest and is chosen as queen.
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Meanwhile, trouble bruising the shadows, A royal advisor named
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Haman plots to destroy all the Jews across the Persian Empire.
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He's manipulative, he's proud and unhealthily close to the
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King's ear. When Mordecai learns of the
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plan, he sends a message to Esther.
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You're in this palace for a reason, and maybe this is your
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moment. The tension is brutal.
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If Esther speaks up without being summoned, she could be
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dealt with suddenly. But if she stays silent, her
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people will die. So she bravely risks everything
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and walks into the throne room uninvited.
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Esther breathed a sigh of relief when the king held out his
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golden scepter. This was a symbol of mercy and
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acceptance. Before we discover what happens
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next, just remember this. That moment is a really
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beautiful picture of Jesus. He is our golden scepter.
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He is the one who bridges the gap between God and Oz.
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Because He became the substitute for our sin on the cross.
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We can now come boldly before the king of heaven and enjoy
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fellowship with our Creator. But there is a catch, and it's
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only if you and I, like Esther, will take the first step and
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approach the king for help and for salvation.
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OK, so Esther has done just that.
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She's asked for help and she's exposed Haman's plot.
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The king is furious. And as Haman put on the very
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gallows that he built for Mordecai, the Jews are saved.
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And in fact, this act of courage is still remembered today in the
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Jewish festival of Purim, celebrated every spring.
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When I first started this study, I was really surprised because
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there is something very remarkable that happens.
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All of this action happens inside of a Persian court in
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what is now the heart of what we call Iran.
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So can you also see how Iran keeps recurring again and again
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in the Bible? Well, in a moment's time, we are
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going to see how the world will end with Iran with a very famous
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end times prophecy. And then I'll show you one
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that's not so famous. It's 450 BC.
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Persia is still the superpower of the world.
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The same empire that wants crowned Queen Esther now rules
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from the palace at Susa, deep in modern day Iran.
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Hey, let's meet another Jewish servant who changed the world.
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He's called Nehemiah. Nehemiah was a cupbearer to King
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Artaxerxes the First who reigned from 465 to 424 BC.
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Now, a cupbearer wasn't just a waiter, He was one of the King's
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most trusted officials, close enough to take it's the royal
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wine before the king did, just in case someone tried to tamper
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with it before it reached royalty's lips.
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What would you do if you were in his shoes?
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One day, Nehemiah hears devastating news.
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Jerusalem, his people's city, still lies in ruins.
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The temple had been rebuilt decades earlier under Zerubbabel
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and Ezra, but the city walls, they were now rubble,
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defenseless, a ghost of its former city.
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If you've never tried prayer, may I challenge you to try it?
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Because big things happen when we pray big prayers.
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And this prayer was what emboldened Nehemiah to ask
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permission from the most powerful man on earth to rebuild
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the city walls. You probably already know that
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the king said yes. So let's travel to 445 BC
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because it is here where we will see Nehemiah setting out across
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the desert from the Royal Court of Persia.
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So the broken. Streets of Jerusalem picture
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this, enemies threatening him from every side.
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But he doesn't give up. No, instead he organises
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builders, families, even priests to grab tools in one hand and
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protective devices in the other. Are you imagining this right
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now? Because astoundingly, in just 52
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days, the wall rises again between you and me.
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This isn't just a legend written in a book.
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Archaeologists have literally found it.
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In Jerusalem's ancient city, near the stepstone structure,
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researchers uncovered a massive of wall 19 feet thick, built
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directly over earlier ruins. The pottery fragments around it
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date precisely to the Persian period, and the construction
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looks rushed, just as Nehemiah described.
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It even matches the sections built by Shalon, mentioned in
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Nehemiah 3, verses 15 to 16. So again, I'll ask you, can you
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see this pattern repeating throughout the history of Iran?
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Well, I'm going to choose my words very carefully.
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But think about it. A Persian king funds the
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restoration of a Jewish city hundreds of miles away.
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In other words, the empire of Iran plays a direct role in
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rebuilding Jerusalem's story, and that is why their biblical
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destiny is even more fascinating.
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Later on. There is an even more famous
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example of this, and it happened centuries later in four BC.
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Persia is about to play a key part in the announcement of the
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coming of the Messiah. In Matthew 2, the Magi, AKA the
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Wise men from the East traveled to Jerusalem following a star
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asking where is this newborn king of the Jews?
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OK, it's mega important that we don't forget that their
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nationality isn't directly mentioned, but evidence points
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to the ancient lands of the Medo, Persian Empire, modern day
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Iran and these men. Scholars of astronomy and
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prophecy likely studied Daniel's writings, including the 70 weeks
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prophecy. And if you're a Bible student,
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you'll know that it outlined the timeline of the Messiah's
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arrival. Again, my friend, we cannot say
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for certain that's what guided them, but we do know that they
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recognize the significance of the star and they journeyed
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across deserts bearing gift of gold, frankincense, and myrrh,
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each symbolically representing Christ's kingship, divinity, and
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final sacrificial mission of dying upon a cross for the sins
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of the world. OK, I know exactly what some of
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you are thinking you're saying Joe.
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I bet the unheard of prophecy you've been hyping up for this
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entire video is this one. Well, I'm afraid you'd actually
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be wrong. Kind of.
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In the Book of Ezekiel, written around 580 BC, the prophet
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describes a war unlike any other.
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In this war, a coalition of nations rises from the uttermost
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north. And who are they led by?
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Well, it's by a mysterious figure named Gog.
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From the land of Magog. His armies sweep towards Israel,
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and among the nations with him, one name stands out.
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Even today. Persia.
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Modern day Iran guys, to really grasp this, we have to go back
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to Genesis and back to Noah again.
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Noah's son Japheth had descendants named Magog,
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Meshech, and Tubal. Ancient records trace their
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migrations northward across the Caucasus Mountains into the vast
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plains that would one day become Russia.
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So it's time we Fast forward to Ezekiel's time.
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Babylon is still a powerhouse, Persia is just emerging, and
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Israel is living in exile. Yet Ezekiel sees far beyond his
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own century. He describes a leader, Gog, the
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chief of Meshech and Chubal, who would come from the far north to
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invade a restored Israel in the last days.
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The Hebrew phrase literally means the uttermost parts of the
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north. From Jerusalem's point of view,
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there's only one nation that fits that description perfectly,
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Russia. Now I'm not going to say
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anything else on this because some of you know I did a deep
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dive into ancient history on why I do believe this is Russia in a
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previous video. But I will also say this I could
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be wrong and some of you I know strongly disagree with this
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viewpoints. Anyway whether you believe it's
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Russia or not this is fact. Now next to Russia is Persia or
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Iran and they are directly named in Ezekiel 38 verse 5.
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Alongside them Kush, which many of us know to be the modern day
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Ethiopia and Put is Libya, whilst Gomer many believe is to
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be linked to early German tribes and Beth Togemar is well known
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to be ancient Turkey and Asia Minor.
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This is a pretty unusual alliance.
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Part Middle Eastern, part European and part African and
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yet all marching towards Israel. Now according to our timeline,
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this prophecy was written 2600 years ago and yet the alliances
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we see today, Russia's partnership with Iran and then
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there's this cooperation with Turkey and even influence
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spreading across Africa. It mirrors what we've heard in
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the Bible with an uncanny precision.
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But I believe that that's nothing compared to the way that
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the world currently views Israel.
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I won't say anymore on this. Apart from this, can you think
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of another country that all the nations of the world are
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watching and are openly unifying against, just like the Bible
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predicted would happen in the last days?
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Comment below if you think I'm reaching here because again I'll
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say I could be very wrong about this and these are just my
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interpretations on these subjects.
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All right, if all of that made you think outside of the box,
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wait until you see this. Why did I say no one can explain
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this timeline? And why do I think very few know
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about this hidden Bible prophecy about Iran?
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Well, This is why. Iran is a nation that once saved
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Israel. It later betrayed Israel, and
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one day it will be saved, saved by Israel's God.
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Let me break it down step by step as we follow the biblical
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thread. You've got Cyrus the Great
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freeing the Jews in 539 BC, Darius the First supporting the
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rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple.
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Artuzoux. He's granting near my permission
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and resources to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
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And even the magi from Persia honoring Jesus.
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Centuries later, a remarkable pattern of Persia appearing
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again and again as a surprising deliverer of God's people.
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Persia begins as a deliverer, becomes a worshipper with the
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Magi, and then becomes an enemy, and then finally somehow ends up
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as a redeemed people. A four act divine irony written
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across millennia in the pages of the Bible.
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Cyrus is even called by the name in Isaiah 45, long before he's
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born, as my anointed One, the man who would set the captives
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free. And he does.
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Centuries later, the Magi from Persia bow down before God
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Incarnate, showing that the empire that once released God's
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people now worships him. And then history turns.
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Persia, modern day Iran, reappears in a prophecy as part
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of the Northern Alliance in Ezekiel 38 and 39, standing with
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Gog against Israel. The very nation that once
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delivered God's people becomes part of the force that tries to
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destroy them. Isn't that a huge plot twist?
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But wait, there's more. Remember how I told you that
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there seems to be a special place in God's?
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It's hard for the people of Iran.
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Well, here's the proof in the prophecy that no one seems to
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talk about. In the last days, I will restore
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the fortunes of Elam, showing that Iran is not doomed forever.
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It will be humbled, yes, but then restored.
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I wonder what goes to your mind when you hear that?
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Because Zechariah 14 verse 16 echoes this vision.
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The survivors of the nations that March to Jerusalem will
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come back to celebrate and worship the King, and I think
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that means Elam itself. This nation that was once
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consumed by fury will now be filled with praise.
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Let me let you into a secret. I also have a special love for
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Iranians. Ever since we first started to
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do a Farsi Bible study at our church because the Lord kept
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sending Iranians to our church who wanted to learn more about
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Jesus. Above all, if you are a
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Christian, you too should start remembering Iran in your
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prayers. Because if I was to ask you
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which country in the world right now has seen the most converts
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in the last 10 years, what would you say?
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Well, the answer is actually Iran.
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Despite intense circumstances, Iran has experienced one of the
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most remarkable Christian revivals in modern day history.
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Estimates suggest that between 800,000 and 3,000,000 Iranians
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have converted to Christianity in recent years.
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This growth is huge, especially considering that in 1979 there
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was believed to only be 500 Christians in the entire
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country. And get this, reports even
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indicate that 2000 Iranians every day are turning to the
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Lord Jesus Christ in repentance and faith.
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So over to you. How do you untangle all of this
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then? Because the destiny of Iran
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isn't just national, it's also personal for you and me.
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What God does for Iran, he does for every believer.
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He takes what's opposing him and He makes it holy.
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He redeems what's rebelled and restores what was lost.
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The same pattern runs through the gospel.
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We were once enemies to God. Yet Romans 5 says while we were
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still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Judgment became mercy, and wrath turned into grace.
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That's why this timeline matters.
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Even a nation that was destined for judgment isn't beyond
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redemption. Cyrus opened the gates of
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Babylon to free God's people, and centuries later, Jesus
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opened the gates of death when he rose from the dead to free
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all people who will trust in him.
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At the very end of the world, when the nations gather in
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worship, I do believe one of them that will stand there
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humbled and restored will be around singing to the same king
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the Magi once knelt before. So if you remember one thing,
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remember this. No nation, no country, and no
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heart is too far gone for God's love and for his restoration.
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But hey, now if you're still saying to me, Joe, I just don't
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understand how Russia could possibly fit into Bible
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prophecy, well, you should probably check out this video
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here that went very viral on my channel a few years ago.