And what’s always so mind blowing about Cyrus is that he is CALLED OUT BY NAME by God through the prophet Isaiah 85 YEARS before he, Cyrus, was even born. He becomes Cyrus the Great defeating Babylonian rule and his handed the old manuscript that is over 100 years old that call him by name and tells him what he just did. He’s so impressed by the divine nature and accuracy of the prophecy that he makes a point to fulfill the rest of it.
I just learned this a month ago😅 I’ve been to church all my life, and private Christian schools and I had never heard of this before. Astounding.
God uses this who don't even know Him
https://biblehub.com/niv/isaiah/45.htm
Isaiah 45:4-7, talking about blessing the Persian King Cyrus to bring about God's will
4For the sake of Jacob my servant,
of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge me.
5I am the Lord, and there is no other;
apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
though you have not acknowledged me,
6so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting
people may know there is none besides me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
Book of Daniel also prophecies over King Alexander the Great.
And what’s always so mind blowing about Cyrus is that he is CALLED OUT BY NAME by God through the prophet Isaiah 85 YEARS before he, Cyrus, was even born. He becomes Cyrus the Great defeating Babylonian rule and his handed the old manuscript that is over 100 years old that call him by name and tells him what he just did. He’s so impressed by the divine nature and accuracy of the prophecy that he makes a point to fulfill the rest of it.
I just learned this a month ago😅 I’ve been to church all my life, and private Christian schools and I had never heard of this before. Astounding.