Cyrus the Great was amazing. Persians and Jews have a long history of alliances, and Persians invented the concept of human rights! Too bad the government is so terrible, but the citizens are actually, for the most part, pretty cool people.
Cyrus is actually called 'God's Messiah' in Isaiah 45:1:
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed (mashiach), to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut...
Cyrus the Great was amazing. Persians and Jews have a long history of alliances, and Persians invented the concept of human rights! Too bad the government is so terrible, but the citizens are actually, for the most part, pretty cool people.
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