{"id":462,"date":"2016-09-07T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=462"},"modified":"2017-06-13T19:48:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:48:06","slug":"01-the-days-of-ahasuerus","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/01-the-days-of-ahasuerus\/","title":{"rendered":"01 The Days of Ahasuerus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>The Days of Ahasuerus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Esther 1:1-2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Persia is today\u2019s Iran<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>East of Mesopotamia<\/li>\n<li>Located on a mountainous plateau<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2 Capital cities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Persepolis<\/li>\n<li>Susa &#8211; winter capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Palace at the winter capital is Shushan<\/p>\n<p>Persian Empire will last 200 years<\/p>\n<p>Ahasuerus and Artaxerxes are titles not actual kings<\/p>\n<p>Bible books dealing with the Persians<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Characters in Esther<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahasuerus<\/p>\n<p>Queen Vashti<\/p>\n<p>Mordecai<\/p>\n<p>Esther<\/p>\n<p>Haman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyrus <\/strong>(r 558-528 B.C.)<\/p>\n<p>What ever law the Persians pass, it cannot be changed, otherwise it would means the rulers could be fallible<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah 44:28-45:3<\/p>\n<p>Conquers Babylon in 538 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra 4:1-2:2<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cambyses II<\/strong> (r 529-522 B.C.)<\/p>\n<p>Conquered Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Also called Ahasuerus<\/p>\n<p>Ezra 4:1-5<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darius I \u201cThe Great\u201d<\/strong> (r. 521-486 B.C.)<\/p>\n<p>Authorized the rebuilding of the Temple<\/p>\n<p>Behiston Stone<\/p>\n<p>Extended Persian Empire as far as Indus River<\/p>\n<p>Reorganized the empire into Satraps (provinces)<\/p>\n<p>Conquered Ionia (Turkey) which was settled by the Greeks<\/p>\n<p>Battle of Marathon \u2013 490 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra 5:1-5; Ezra 6:6-12<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xerxes <\/strong>(r. 486-475 B.C.)<\/p>\n<p>Richest and most powerful of all Persian kings<\/p>\n<p>He is the king of the book of Esther<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artaxerxes I <\/strong>(r. 465-425 B.C.)<\/p>\n<p>Aka. Artaxerxes Longimanus<\/p>\n<p>Ezra 7:11-26<\/p>\n<p>Nehemiah 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Darius III<\/strong> (r. 335-331 B.C.)<\/p>\n<p>Last of the Persian kings<\/p>\n<p>Alexander the Great defeats and conquers him at Battle of Arbela<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Days of Ahasuerus Esther 1:1-2 Important facts Persia is today\u2019s Iran East of Mesopotamia Located on a mountainous plateau 2 Capital cities Persepolis Susa &#8211; winter capital Palace at the winter capital is Shushan Persian Empire will last 200 years Ahasuerus and Artaxerxes are titles not actual kings Bible books dealing with the Persians Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai &nbsp; Five Characters in Esther Ahasuerus Queen Vashti Mordecai Esther Haman &nbsp; Kings Cyrus (r 558-528 B.C.) 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