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Darius Hystaspes is considered one

of the greatest sovereigns

of the Persian Empire.

It was he who promulgated a decree allowing the Jews to finish rebuilding the temple in 515 BCE, at the instigation of the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 6:1-14). He was a zealous worshipper of Ahura Mazda, the main deity of Zoroastrianism. ^A241  “King Darius said: by the grace of Ahura Mazda, I did this; what I accomplished appears excellent to all. ».

 

The symbol of this Trinitarian god is very similar to that of the Assyrian god Asshur. One of the characteristics of Zoroastrianism is dualism, the belief in two independent divine beings.

This god was thought to be the creator

of all things good.

 

He was perhaps part of a triad,

made up also of Mithra and Anahita

(goddess of water and fertility).

 

A number of scholars have linked Anahita

with the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.

 

E. James comments as follows: “She was worshipped as ‘the Great Goddess whose name is the Lady’, the ‘all-powerful immaculate one’, purifying ‘the seed of males [...] She was, in fact, the Iranian counterpart of the Syrian goddess Anat, the Babylonian goddess Inanna-Ishtar and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.”  ^A241

Amulet in the Form of Necklace Counterweight in the Name of Darius I  

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Announcing the Victory     L.P. 243

 

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The Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE

is one of the most incredible victories known to history.

 

Legend has it that a messenger ran
to inform the Athenians of the Greek victory over the Persian invaders commanded by Darius I.

 

This was the start of
this rival’s true rise to power.

 

In biblical terms, the humiliation of
the Medo-Persian Empire,
the ‘two-horned ram’, by the future
power depicted as a ‘goat’, had been announced a long time beforehand. - Daniel 8:5-8 ^A242