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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DO YOU KNOW ME?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.10,0:00:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I AM IRAN. I AM PERSIA.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.03,0:00:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE ARE AN ANCIENT PEOPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.37,0:00:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE'RE NOT ARABS, AS MANY THINK.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.63,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FOR CENTURIES IRAN WAS KNOWN AS PERSIA.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.30,0:00:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE BECAME THE LARGEST EMPIRE THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.70,0:00:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT PART OF OUR STORY IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.63,0:00:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SOME OF OUR GREATNESS HAS FADED FROM MEMORY.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.43,0:00:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,YET, THE PROPHETS AND WRITERS OF THE BIBLE, LIKE DANIEL, ISAIAH, AND EZRA, REMEMBER OUR STORY.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.93,0:01:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND WHAT'S SURPRISING IS THAT THE HEBREW BIBLE SPEAKS OF PERSIA AS CHOSEN BY GOD,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.80,0:01:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CHOSEN FOR THE GOOD AND FOR THE BLESSING OF ALL PEOPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.90,0:01:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE HEBREW BIBLE ARE PROPHECIES, PEOPLE AND EVENTS DESCRIBING PERSIAN KINGS,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.77,0:01:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EPIC BATTLES, AND ROYAL DECREES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, AND STILL DO.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.40,0:01:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHAT MAY SURPRISE MANY TODAY ABOUT PERSIAN HISTORY...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.73,0:01:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IS THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE BECAME ONE OF THE FAVORED PEOPLE GROUPS OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.57,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND PERHAPS MOST SURPRISING OF ALL IS HOW THE HEBREW BIBLE...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.30,0:01:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DESCRIBES IN INTRICATE DETAIL HOW BOTH PERSIA AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.63,0:02:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HELPED TO FULFILL AN ASTONISHING PROMISE GOD MADE TO ABRAHAM.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.23,0:02:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ACCORDING TO THE HEBREW BIBLE, FOR THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM TO BE FULFILLED,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.53,0:02:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BOTH PERSIAN AND JEWISH HISTORIES HAD TO INTERSECT. AND THEY DID.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.03,0:02:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JOHN LEE: ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.63,0:02:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IS ITS LINKS WITH OTHER CULTURES.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.10,0:02:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN PARTICULAR, WE KNOW THAT THE HISTORIES OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.40,0:02:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND OF THE BIBLE ARE DEEPLY INTERLINKED. WE CAN SEE EVENTS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.10,0:03:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT APPEAR BOTH IN OUR SOURCES FOR ANCIENT PERSIA AND IN THE BIBLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.23,0:03:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EDWIN YAMAUCHI: I HAVE TAUGHT ANCIENT HISTORY, INCLUDING PERSIAN HISTORY,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.40,0:03:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FOR MANY YEARS, AND I BROUGHT ALL OF THESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.26,0:03:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BIBLICAL, AND CLASSICAL SOURCES TOGETHER...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.67,0:03:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO PRESENT A NARRATIVE OF THE ANCIENT PERSIANS...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.23,0:03:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THEIR INTERACTION BOTH WITH THE GREEKS AND WITH THE HEBREWS.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.16,0:03:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEE: THE PERSIAN EMPIRE WAS CERTAINLY THE LARGEST EMPIRE...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.13,0:03:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.83,0:03:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BEFORE THE TIME OF PERSIA, NO ONE ELSE HAD MANAGED TO BRING TOGETHER...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.07,0:03:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LANDS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE BLACK SEA,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.90,0:03:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ALL THE WAY TO THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY, INTO A SINGLE POLITICAL UNIT.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.80,0:03:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: PERSIA'S EMPIRE INCLUDED NOT ONLY THE COUNTRY OF IRAN TODAY,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.37,0:03:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.90,0:03:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TURKEY, SYRIA, JORDAN,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.13,0:04:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISRAEL, EGYPT, AND MANY MORE.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.33,0:04:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE CITY OF PERSEPOLIS BECAME THE GREATEST CITY IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.80,0:04:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PERSEPOLIS IS AN AMAZING SITE.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.03,0:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IT INCLUDES A COMPLEX OF PALACES, AUDIENCE HALLS,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.60,0:04:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FORTIFICATIONS, AND OTHER BUILDINGS ALL BUILT ON A HUGE PLATFORM...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.20,0:04:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FOUR TIMES AS LARGE AS THE ACROPOLIS, CARVED ON THE LOWER SLOPES OF A MOUNTAIN.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.33,0:04:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE APADANA, OR THE AUDIENCE HALL, IS THE MOST REMARKABLE BUILDING, PERHAPS, OF ALL.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.06,0:04:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THAT AN AUDIENCE OF 10,000 PEOPLE...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.10,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FROM ALL OVER THE EMPIRE COULD HAVE COME THERE.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.43,0:04:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND IN THE STAIRCASES THERE ARE REMARKABLE SCULPTURES, ORIGINALLY PAINTED, NO DOUBT,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.20,0:05:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OF DELEGATIONS FROM 23 NATIONS BRINGING GIFTS TO THE PERSIAN KING.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.97,0:05:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEE: PERSEPOLIS IS A PLACE WHERE MANY DIFFERENT HISTORIES COME TOGETHER.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.70,0:05:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE BIBLE IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SOURCE...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.37,0:05:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PERSIAN EMPIRE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ONE PARTICULAR PEOPLE WITHIN...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.63,0:05:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITHIN THAT EMPIRE, AND WHILE IT'S NOT A HISTORICAL SOURCE...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.47,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN THE SENSE THAT WE WOULD THINK OF HISTORIES,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.80,0:05:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IT CERTAINLY PRESERVES A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.93,0:05:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND A... A VERY IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.20,0:05:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND FOR THAT REASON IT'S AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR STUDYING...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.20,0:05:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.40,0:05:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: THE BIBLE CONTAINS 240 REFERENCES RELATED TO IRAN OR PERSIA.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.06,0:05:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE NAME PERSIA AND PERSIANS ARE FOUND 33 TIMES IN SIX BOOKS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CYRUS, PERSIA'S FIRST KING, IS NAMED 19 TIMES.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.10,0:06:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PERSIA'S KING DARIUS IS LISTED 15 TIMES.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.00,0:06:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PERSIA'S KING AHASUERUS, ALSO CALLED XERXES, IS FOUND 12 TIMES.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.53,0:06:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PERSIA'S KING ARTAXERXES IS LISTED 13 TIMES.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.23,0:06:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OTHER PERSIAN PEOPLE AND PLACES ARE FOUND ANOTHER 148 TIMES.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.70,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MOST PEOPLE, INCLUDING MOST IRANIANS, ARE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.00,0:06:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT THE HISTORY OF IRAN AND THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.97,0:06:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,INTERSECT AT PROFOUND LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.60,0:06:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: AND IT WOULD TAKE OVER 1,000 YEARS BEFORE GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.57,0:06:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WOULD INTERSECT PERSIAN HISTORY.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.40,0:07:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHILE LIVING IN JERUSALEM, THE PROPHET ISAIAH GAVE AN UNUSUAL PROPHECY,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.20,0:07:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A PROPHECY THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE NAME CYRUS, PERSIA'S FIRST KING,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.67,0:07:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MANY YEARS BEFORE HE WAS BORN.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.03,0:07:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NOW, ISAIAH LIVED ABOUT 700 BC, AND CYRUS DOES NOT COME ONTO THE SCENE UNTIL,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.30,0:07:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ROUGHLY SPEAKING, 150 YEARS LATER.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.63,0:07:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISAIAH THE PROPHET, REMARKABLY, PREDICTED THAT THE LORD WOULD USE...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.43,0:07:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A FUTURE KING OF THE PERSIANS NAMED CYRUS,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.10,0:07:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KOORUSH, WHOM HE CALLS "THE ANOINTED ONE."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.00,0:07:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TREMPER LONGMAN III: THIS PHRASE "ANOINTED ONE" IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.33,0:08:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IT MEANS "MESSIAH" AND IS TYPICALLY CONNECTED TO KINGS.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.30,0:08:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHEN ISAIAH CALLS CYRUS THE MESSIAH, THERE'S NO RITUAL BEHIND IT.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.53,0:08:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A FLASK OF OIL WASN'T POURED OVER HIS HEAD. BUT IT'S A METAPHORICAL USE,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.47,0:08:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MEANING THAT THIS IS A PERSON WHOM GOD IS GOING TO USE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE IN HIS PLAN.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.57,0:08:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THIS IS THE ONLY TIME IN THE SCRIPTURES...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.33,0:08:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHERE A NON-ISRAELITE IS CALLED THE MESSIAH OF GOD, THE ANOINTED OF GOD.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.73,0:08:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN ISAIAH CYRUS IS CALLED THE MESSIAH, BUT ALSO THE SHEPHERD.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.40,0:08:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NOW, SHEPHERD IS ACTUALLY A VERY FREQUENTLY USED IMAGE THROUGHOUT THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST FOR KINGS.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.50,0:09:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND GOD CALLS CYRUS HIS SHEPHERD FOR A REASON.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.37,0:09:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE SHEPHERD RESPONSIBILITY IS JUST TO WATCH, TO FEED,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.10,0:09:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO TAKE CARE, TO NURTURE, TO LEAD, AND THAT'S WHAT CYRUS DID.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.30,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CYRUS DID THAT IN LINE WITH GOD'S PLANNING, THAT GOD WANTED TO KEEP THAT PROMISE.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LONGMAN: ISAIAH CONSIDERS CYRUS SOMEONE...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO IS CHOSEN TO GUIDE AND TO LEAD THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.33,0:09:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND, SPECIFICALLY, EVEN HIS OWN PEOPLE, THE JEWS.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.20,0:09:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: AND NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED HOW KING CYRUS WOULD HELP TO FULFILL...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.13,0:09:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE 1,000-YEAR-OLD PROMISE TO ABRAHAM, TO BECOME A BLESSING TO THE WORLD.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.90,0:09:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TODAY IN IRAN THE TOMB OF CYRUS STILL STANDS AS A MARKER IN HISTORY.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.87,0:09:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE OUTSTANDING MONUMENT AT PASARGADAE, WHICH IS STILL QUITE INTACT,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.33,0:10:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IS THE TOMB OF CYRUS HIMSELF, MADE OUT OF WHITE LIMESTONE THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 35 FEET IN HEIGHT.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.50,0:10:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: WHEN CYRUS BECAME THE KING OF PERSIA, BABYLON WAS THE DOMINANT WORLD POWER.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.03,0:10:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BABYLON'S CAPITAL WAS LOCATED IN WHAT IS, TODAY, MODERN IRAQ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.67,0:10:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EARLY IN THE 500S BC THE RULING DYNASTY OF BABYLON...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.77,0:10:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HAD CONQUERED THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND DEPORTED THEM BACK TO THE CITY OF BABYLON,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.23,0:10:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE, IN EXILE, WHEN CYRUS CAME TO BABYLON IN 539 BC.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.63,0:10:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: ACCORDING TO THE HEBREW BIBLE THERE WERE SPIRITUAL REASONS...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.80,0:10:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHY THE JEWISH DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM WERE DEPORTED TO BABYLON.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.87,0:10:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ABRAHAM'S DESCENDANTS, ISRAEL, WAS CALLED TO BE A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.90,0:10:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT IS, THEY WERE TO LOVE GOD IN SUCH A WAY...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.93,0:10:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND OBEY HIM THAT GOD WOULD SHOWER HIS BLESSINGS UPON THEM.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.13,0:11:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THEN THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD SEE THIS AND BE ATTRACTED TO THIS GOD.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.50,0:11:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND IN THIS WAY, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD'S PEOPLE WERE TO REACH THE NATIONS.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.63,0:11:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT OF COURSE, THE STORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNFORTUNATELY TOO MUCH OF...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.87,0:11:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GOD'S PEOPLE NOT ACTING IN THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.03,0:11:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND BECOMING AN OBSTACLE TO PEOPLE BEING DRAWN TO THE TRUE GOD.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.30,0:12:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS THE GREATEST OF THE NEO-BABYLONIAN KINGS.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.33,0:12:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HE BEGAN RULING IN 605 BC. ACCORDING TO THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.20,0:12:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NEBUCHADNEZZAR ATTACKED JERUSALEM IN HIS FIRST YEAR.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.73,0:12:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT CONFIRMATION OF THAT ATTACK,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.20,0:12:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT WE DO HAVE CONFIRMATION OF HIS SECOND ATTACK IN 597 BC,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.87,0:12:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND OF HIS THIRD ATTACK IN 587 OR 586 BC,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.23,0:13:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DURING WHICH HE DESTROYED THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.90,0:13:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WELL, DANIEL AND HIS FELLOW COMRADES WERE AMONG THOSE WHO WERE DEPORTED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.93,0:13:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: THE PROPHET DANIEL WAS ONLY A TEENAGER WHEN HE WAS EXILED TO BABYLON.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.00,0:13:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DANIEL MAY HAVE WONDERED WHAT WOULD NOW HAPPEN TO GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.60,0:13:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO BLESS THE WORLD THROUGH HIS PEOPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.90,0:13:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COVERING HUNDREDS OF MILES, THE DEPORTATION WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.13,0:13:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THEY TRAVELED NORTH ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTE, PAST THE CITY OF DAMASCUS,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.83,0:13:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND AROUND THE TOP OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.47,0:13:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THEN INTO THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER BASIN IN THE DIRECTION OF BABYLON.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.67,0:14:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AFTER ALMOST 70 YEARS OF EXILE IN BABYLON,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.57,0:14:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE ELDERLY PROPHET DANIEL READ WORDS FROM THE PROPHET JEREMIAH...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.26,0:14:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT CAUSED DANIEL TO THINK AGAIN ABOUT JERUSALEM.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.33,0:14:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JEREMIAH'S PROPHECY ABOUT JERUSALEM GAVE DANIEL HOPE.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.20,0:15:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SO DANIEL BEGAN TO PRAY.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.40,0:15:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT HOW? HOW WOULD A RETURN HOME BE POSSIBLE...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.37,0:15:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,UNDER THE MIGHTY GRIP OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.23,0:15:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ACCORDING TO THE HEBREW BIBLE, KING CYRUS,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.90,0:15:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CALLED THE ANOINTED AND THE MESSIAH OF GOD, WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.67,0:16:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CYRUS WAS A REMARKABLE MILITARY CONQUEROR.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.97,0:16:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,STARTING FROM A VERY SMALL KINGDOM IN WHAT IS TODAY SOUTHERN IRAN,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.17,0:16:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HE RAPIDLY EXPANDED AS FAR WEST AS WHAT IS TODAY TURKEY, OUT INTO CENTRAL ASIA,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.17,0:16:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, INTO MESOPOTAMIA, WHERE HE CAPTURED BABYLON,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.50,0:16:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN THE WORLD AT THAT TIME, IN 539 BC.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.87,0:16:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: AFTER CONQUERING BABYLON, CYRUS ISSUED A DECREE,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.67,0:16:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A DECREE THAT COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WAY KINGS RULE CONQUERED PEOPLES.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.43,0:16:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THAT FOREIGN POLICY WOULD BEGIN TO OPEN THE WAY...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.93,0:16:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FOR GOD'S PROMISE OF BLESSING TO THE WORLD TO BE FULFILLED.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.37,0:16:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TEXTUAL FINDS...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.47,0:16:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN ALL OF ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGY WAS THE CYRUS CYLINDER.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.63,0:16:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE CYRUS CYLINDER IS A FOOTBALL-SIZED CLAY OBJECT...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.87,0:17:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT WAS FOUND IN BABYLON IN THE 1870S,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.37,0:17:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND IT RECORDS A DECREE ISSUED BY CYRUS OF PERSIA...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.63,0:17:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,UPON HIS TAKING THE CITY OF BABYLON IN 539... 538 BC.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.67,0:17:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THIS IS A BARREL-SHAPED CLAY CYLINDER,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.90,0:17:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WRITTEN IN AKKADIAN, THAT IS, IN THE ANCIENT SEMITIC LANGUAGE,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.43,0:17:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT WAS DISCOVERED BY A MAN CALLED HORMUZD RASSAM,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.33,0:17:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO WORKED FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM, IN THE CITY OF BABYLON.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.97,0:17:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND WE KNOW THAT THE PERSIANS, ESPECIALLY UNDER CYRUS,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.57,0:17:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ALLOWED CAPTIVES TO GO BACK. AND THIS PROCLAIMS A DIFFERENT POLICY FROM THAT...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.47,0:17:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PURSUED BY THE ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS BEFORE,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.87,0:17:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO HAD TRANSPORTED POPULATIONS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER BUT DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO RETURN.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.63,0:17:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SO THE CYRUS CYLINDER IS A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT SHOWS US HOW THE PERSIANS...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.16,0:17:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY APPEAL TO LOCAL CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.70,0:18:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN ORDER TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR AND ALLEGIANCE TO THEIR RULE.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.77,0:18:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CYRUS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN USING A... A TRADITIONAL FORMAT, THIS KIND OF INSCRIPTION,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.16,0:18:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO PROCLAIM THAT HE RESPECTED THE GODS OF BABYLON,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.53,0:18:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT HE WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN EXILED OR DEPORTED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.43,0:18:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THAT HE WOULD RESTORE GODS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLACES.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.77,0:18:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CYRUS WAS THE FIRST KING IN HISTORY THAT ALLOWED THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAD CONQUERED...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.73,0:18:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO WORSHIP GOD IN THE WAYS THAT THEY WANTED TO.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.07,0:18:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEE: TODAY YOU CAN VISIT THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING IN NEW YORK...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.70,0:18:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND SEE A COPY OF THE CYRUS CYLINDER,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.33,0:18:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHICH IS ACTUALLY A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM TODAY.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.10,0:18:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN THE BIBLE, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW CYRUS GIVES PERMISSION...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.63,0:18:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FOR THE JEWS TO RETURN TO JERUSALEM AND COMMISSIONS THEM TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.30,0:18:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THIS IS AN AMAZING AND IMPORTANT THING AND PART OF GOD'S PLAN.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.60,0:19:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,REV. MANSOUR KHAJEHPOUR: THE FACT THAT GOD USES IRAN AND PERSIA...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.90,0:20:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BASICALLY TO TAKE CARE OF THE CAPTIVES OF ISRAEL,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.50,0:20:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NOT JUST TO BLESS A NATION, BUT TO MAKE THAT NATION A BLESSING TO ALL NATIONS,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.83,0:20:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH, IS A GREAT FACT TO BE REMEMBERED.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.00,0:20:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EVEN TODAY IN THE 21ST CENTURY,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.43,0:20:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IT'S REPORTED THAT 70 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.10,0:20:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LIVE IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR FREEDOM OF WORSHIP.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.97,0:20:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT IN CYRUS, THE GREAT PERSIAN KING, WE ENCOUNTER A VERY OPEN-MINDED, TOLERANT KING,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.07,0:20:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO ALLOWED THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAD CONQUERED TO WORSHIP GOD IN THE WAYS THAT THEY WANTED.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.97,0:20:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SO CYRUS ACTUALLY IS A... IS... IS A KING WHO INSTALLED FREEDOM OF RELIGION,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.37,0:20:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND FREEDOM OF WORSHIP. THIS IS... WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2,500 YEARS AGO.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.03,0:20:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: THE PROPHET ISAIAH NOT ONLY WROTE ABOUT CYRUS AS A MESSIAH OF GOD,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.57,0:21:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT ALSO ABOUT A FUTURE MESSIAH WHO WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST A MAN.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.03,0:21:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THE PASSAGE TALKS ABOUT HOW HIS KINGDOM WILL BE AN ETERNAL KINGDOM.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.90,0:21:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND IT JUST DAWNED ON ME THAT THIS SON WHO IS TO COME, THIS CHILD WHO IS TO BE BORN,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.53,0:21:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO, ACCORDING TO ISAIAH 7:14, WILL BE BORN OF A VIRGIN,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.60,0:21:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND HE WILL BE CALLED IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.10,0:21:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THIS SON IS NOT JUST ONE PROPHET IN THE LONG LINE OF PROPHETS.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.73,0:21:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THIS SON IS GOING TO BE MIGHTY GOD, AND HE WILL ESTABLISH AN ETERNAL KINGDOM.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.67,0:21:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GOD USED THAT KING CYRUS AND THE EVENTS AROUND HIM,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.07,0:21:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THE FUTURE KINGS IN THE LAND OF PERSIA TO FULFILL HIS ABSOLUTE PROMISE...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.27,0:22:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT THERE WILL BE THE MESSIAH, CHRIST, THE MESSIAH TO COME ON EARTH,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.03,0:22:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND BEING BASICALLY THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.60,0:22:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: AND IT WAS JESUS WHO DESCRIBED HIS PURPOSE FOR LIVING.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.07,0:22:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND IT WAS ALSO ISAIAH THE PROPHET WHO SPOKE OF A SERVANT OF GOD...
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.13,0:22:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO WOULD SUFFER AND DIE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.13,0:23:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT MESSAGE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ABRAHAM,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.43,0:23:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PRESERVED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY BY INTERVENTION OF DIFFERENT NATIONS, INCLUDING THE PERSIANS,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.80,0:23:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FULFILLED IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE BOSOM OF THE ISRAELITE FAMILY,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.07,0:23:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PREPARED THE ROAD AND THEIR HEARTS AND MELTED MANY HEARTS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.37,0:23:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND NOW OF THAT NATION, THE PERSIAN NATIONS AND THE ARABS,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.83,0:23:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND THE ELAMITES AND THE TURKS AND THE CHINESE AND ALL NATIONS...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.10,0:23:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ARE BLESSED TODAY. THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.13,0:23:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT PROMISE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ABRAHAM IS FOR EVERY TRIBE, EVERY NATION.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.20,0:24:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS THE MESSIAH,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.70,0:24:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AS HIS DISCIPLES WERE GATHERED IN JERUSALEM,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.77,0:24:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD FELL ON THEM.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.37,0:24:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE SPIRIT OF GOD BIRTHED THE CHURCH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TIMES.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.67,0:24:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT PEOPLE HAD COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.27,0:24:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO CELEBRATE THE JEWISH FEAST IN JERUSALEM.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.73,0:24:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE THAT THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE GROUPS...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.70,0:24:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT ARE MENTIONED IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 VERSE 9: PARTHIANS, MEDES, AND ELAMITES,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.70,0:24:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ARE PEOPLE GROUPS FROM IRAN. IRANIAN PEOPLE WERE PRESENT IN JERUSALEM,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.30,0:24:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHETHER THEY WERE JEWS WHO HAD LIVED IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.97,0:24:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SINCE THE TIME OF THE EXILE OR THE GOD-FEARING PEOPLE,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.67,0:24:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IRANIANS THAT HAD COME TO FAITH IN THE TRUE GOD...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.13,0:24:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTACTS WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.87,0:24:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NEVERTHELESS, IRANIAN PEOPLE WERE THERE IN JERUSALEM.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.77,0:24:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IRANIANS WERE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.60,0:24:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN IRANIANS WENT BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.93,0:25:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THEY TOOK THE MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS THE MESSIAH TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.47,0:25:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE LOOK AT CHURCH HISTORY HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.07,0:25:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE IRANIANS TOOK THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.37,0:25:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO CHINA THROUGH THE SILK ROAD.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.80,0:25:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IN FACT, THE CHINESE PEOPLE CALLED CHRISTIANITY THE PERSIAN RELIGION,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.97,0:25:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD THE GOSPEL FROM PERSIAN CHRISTIANS, PERSIAN FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.83,0:25:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SO I AM VERY PROUD, I FEEL VERY HONORED AS AN IRANIAN FOLLOWER OF JESUS...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.30,0:25:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THAT GOD HAS USED THE PEOPLE OF IRAN IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.80,0:25:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TO BRING HOPE AND HEALING TO THE NATIONS.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.87,0:25:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I THINK A PERSIAN RUG CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL SYMBOL OF HOW GOD IS AT WORK IN HISTORY,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.63,0:25:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HOW GOD IS AT WORK IN OUR LIVES.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.10,0:25:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHEN YOU LOOK AT A RUG, ONE SIDE OF IT CAN LOOK VERY ROUGH.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.93,0:25:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE KNOTS, THE THREADS, THE... THE BACK SIDE OF A RUG MIGHT NOT LOOK VERY BEAUTIFUL.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.33,0:26:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT YOU HAVE FAITH THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RUG,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.23,0:26:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THERE IS A GLORIOUS, BEAUTIFUL PATTERN RICH WITH DIFFERENT COLORS AND TEXTURES.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.47,0:26:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW GOD IS AT WORK IN THE WORLD.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.30,0:26:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IT MIGHT LOOK VERY MESSY FROM OUR SIDE OF HISTORY RIGHT NOW,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.93,0:26:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUT WE HAVE FAITH THAT THIS GOD WHO... WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO BLESS THE NATIONS,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.90,0:26:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THIS GOD WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH THE SHALOM, THE PEACE,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.07,0:26:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE KINGDOM OF JESUS, THAT HE IS ACTUALLY MAKING A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.23,0:26:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ONE DAY THE PATTERNS WILL MAKE SENSE.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.87,0:26:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ONE DAY WE WILL SEE THE GLORY OF GOD'S WORK IN OUR LIFE...
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.43,0:26:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JUST THE WAY WE SEE AND ENJOY THE GLORY OF A PERSIAN RUG.