[freedom44]

Iran history ping and GGG.

[freedom44]

Cyrus the Great is a Freeper as well. ;) heh.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Why do so many, even in the Christian world, have such a hard time with prophecy and revelation?

[Sam the Sham]

Reading Daniel, Nehemiah, and particularly Esther, the Persians come across as strict but fair and on occasion very generous.

[badpacifist]

Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation. Scripture itself gives a caution

Look at all prophecy, consider the implications, but always be very cautious and don't get too caught up in prophecy. Remember that there are 32,000 denominations that disagree on points in the Bible, and what they mean, and they all love Jesus and He them.

[Armigerous]

Actually the 'author' of this is guilty of a monstrous anachronism- referring to returning the Jews to their 'Palestinian' homeland and the 'return to Palestine' What in the world is this guy thinking? The word Palestine is a ROMAN term (Latin:Palestina) which refers to that entire region of the Eastern end of the Mediterranaean from Anatolia in southern Turkey through Lebanon, Syria,Judera, Samaria, Jordan and Sinai The root word of course was Philistine as the Romans well knew and so named the region 'Palestine' to humiliate the Israelites as much anything but not till several hundred years later I dont believe the word 'Palestine' occurs at all in the Old Testament -certainly not in the Prophecies- so I must of ncessity question what the author has in mind here

[Zechariah11]

Currently, I'm studying Ezekiel and the despair of those Jews dispersed from Jerusalem around 600 BC. It's nice to get a look at the eventual return. I especially appreciated this portion:

God would lead this monarch to “subdue nations” and “open doors” (an allusion to the Jews’ release from Babylonian captivity). He would make “rough places smooth,” i.e., accommodate the Hebrews’ return to their Palestinean homeland.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks for the ping.

[VOA]

bump

[Walkingfeather]

I know John Willis. This is rather shocking to me. I will need to research this.

[SunkenCiv]

A Blast from the Past.

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