The Truth About Iran As Written in the Bible
The Bible has 2500 prophecies, of which 2000+ have come to fruition.
That doesn’t leave too many left to come true…
Christ is responsible for having shared 300 while alive - the day of his crucifixion, 30 of them came true.
The odds of 1 person having 8 prophecies come true is?
1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 (100 quadrillion)
Even the math points to His existence and divine presence.
The History of Iran is not very well known to many thanks to our education system - it has failed miserably and still is.
Some of you have heard of Persia- that is the Itan of old.
Persia has had many influences on our Bible.
The term "Persia" is mentioned between 29 and 33 times in the Bible by name, appearing in at least 5 books, most frequently mentioned in the books of Ezra (11 times), Daniel (5 times), and Esther (4 times).
The Bible also refers to the region through names like Elam, and indirectly mentions Persian people as "Parthians, Medes, and Elamites" in the New Testament.
The earliest chronological mention of the Persian people in the Bible is in the book of Ezekiel (27:10 and 38:5), likely written shortly after 600 BCE.
The biblical narrative prominently features Persia during the Jewish exile and subsequent return to Israel, as documented in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Book of Esther, for instance, is set in the Persian city of Susa and highlights the interaction between the Jewish people and the Persian Empire.
Key Persian figures mentioned in the Bible include Cyrus the Great, who is named over 20 times and is uniquely referred to as God's anointed, and King Xerxes I (Ahasuerus), mentioned 30 times.
Other Persian kings like Darius and Artaxerxes are also significant.
The Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC, was instrumental in allowing the exiled Jewish people to return to their homeland and rebuild the Temple, as described in Ezra 1:1-3.
Persia is also noted as a participant in the "Gog and Magog" battle in Ezekiel 38:5, a prophecy that some interpret as referring to Iran's role in the end times.
In the New Testament, Persian people are indirectly mentioned during the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2:9, where Parthians, Medes, and Elamites (all from the ancient Persian region, modern-day Iran) were present in Jerusalem.
One thing is for certain, the people of Persia are not the same as the government of Persia, as is the same for Iran.
And both will be addressed separately and differently in the future.