The Compromised Temple
The Seams — Part 2 of 6 eFireTemple.com Follow the logic. Do not flinch from where it leads. If Daniel 10:13 is correct — if the Prince of Persia is a demonic spiritual entity who opposes God and blocks his angels — then every act of the Persian Empire was carried out under demonic spiritual authority. Including the construction of the Second Temple. The chain of command The Second Temple was not a Jewish initiative that Persia passively tolerated. It was a Persian project that the Jewish community was authorized to execute.
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The Seams — Part 2 of 6 eFireTemple.com Follow the logic. Do not flinch from where it leads. If Daniel 10:13 is correct — if the Prince of Persia is a demonic spiritual entity who opposes God and blocks his angels — then every act of the Persian Empire was carried out under demonic spiritual authority. Including the construction of the Second Temple. The chain of command The Second Temple was not a Jewish initiative that Persia passively tolerated. It was a Persian project that the Jewish community was authorized to execute. Cyrus issued the decree. Ezra 1:2 — "The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem." The order came from the Persian throne. Darius I reaffirmed the decree and escalated the commitment.