The more you know Him, the better you know Him, the more confident you become, the more secure your joy is… Joy is related to your knowledge of God: little knowledge, little joy; much knowledge, much joy. The more you know of God's glorious truth, of God's great covenants and promises, of God's plans, of God's faithfulness, of God's power, the more joy you experience in life… Our joy is connected to the goodness of the Lord. And the more you understand His grace and mercy and goodness, the more stable your joy becomes, no matter what circumstances may come.
John MacArthur

MEDO

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MEDO-PERSIAN Kingdom

  1. Extended from India to Ethiopia # Es 1:1
  2. Peopled by descendants of Eliam # Ge 10:22
  3. ILLUSTRATED BY 3a) Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream

    # Da 2:32,39

3b) A bear # Da 7:5 3c) A ram with two horns # Da 8:3,20 4) Shushan a chief city of # Es 1:2 8:15 5) Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of # Ezr 6:2 6) Divided into many provinces # Es 1:1 Da 6:1 7) Laws of, unalterable # Da 6:12,15 8) Ruled by, absolute kings # Es 3:8,11 7:9 9) KINGS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 9a) Cyrus # Ezr 1:1 9b) Ahasuerus or Cambyses # Ezr 4:6 9c) Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper) # Ezr 4:7 9d) Darius Hystaspes # Ezr 6:1 Da 5:31 9e) Xerxes # Da 11:2 9f) Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus # Ezr 6:14 7:1 Es 1:1 10) KINGS OF 10a) Called kings of Assyria # Ezr 6:22 10b) Called kings of Babylon # Ne 13:6 10c) Styled themselves king of kings # Ezr 7:12 10d) Dwelt in royal palaces # Es 1:2 8:14 10e) Were exceeding rich # Es 1:4 Da 12:2 10f) Entertained magnificently # Es 1:3,5,7 10g) Held in their hand a golden sceptre # Es 5:2 10h) Put to death all who approached them without permission # Es 4:11,16 11) Celebrated for wise men # Es 1:13 Mt 2:1 12) People of, warlike # Eze 27:10 38:5 13) Peculiar customs in # Es 1:8 2:12,13 14) Babylon taken by the king of # Da 5:20,31 15) The Jews delivered from captivity by means of # 2Ch 36:20,22,23 Ezr 1:1-4 16) PREDICTIONS RESPECTING 16a) Extensive conquest # Da 8:4 16b) Conquest of Babylon # Isa 21:1,2 Da 5:28 16c) Deliverance of the Jews # Isa 44:28 45:1-4 16d) Invasion of Greece under Xerxes # Da 11:2 16e) Downfall by Alexander # Da 8:6,7 11:3

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