…on Cyrus
August 20, 2008 by cheloyskee
Cyrus the great, the king who established the first persian empire has been mentioned several times in history as the king who believed in equality and human rights.
history also recognizes that this King let the jews go back to their homeland (israel) after being in exiled in babylon for a long time.
it was even written that "He showed great forbearance and respect towards the religious beliefs and cultural traditions of other races."
but what the historians failed to recognized was the amazing fact that this King was mentioned in the bible 300++ years before he was even born!
isaiah (chapter 44 & 45) wrote that the Lord called Cyrus, BY NAME, and was prophesied to be The One who will "..set the exiles free..", go back to israel, rebuilt their temple, and even funded them for it. =)
so far, nowhere in the bible that somebody was prophesied and names were mentioned before they were even born. if you know any, please don’t hesitate to inform me!! i haven’t done much reading about that yet.. hehe.
anyways, i’m just amazed how God sees our future and prepare the paths before us.
you’ll never know, YOU may be a ‘cyrus’ to somebody.
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This is what the Lord says: "I will go before you, Cyrus, and level the mountains. i will samsh down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. and i will give you treasures hidden in the darkness…i will do this so you may know that i am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you By Name."
Isaiah 45:2-3
