Posted on 11/13/2016 5:27:39 AM PST by Kaslin
There's a really interesting story in the Old Testament that richly illustrates how God sometimes uses people who do not necessarily belong to him to further his goals for the human race. The book of Isaiah, chapters 44-45, talks about the restoration of the nation of Israel after its 70-year Babylonian exile, which Yahweh had decreed because of Israel's idolatry.
For centuries, the prophets delivered Yahweh's pleas to his chosen people to abandon their idolatrous ways or face serious consequences. The Jews refused to listen, and judgment came. They lost everything: their temple was razed, their land was confiscated, and their right to exist as a free and independent people was revoked.
However, in one of the most remarkable passages in the Old Testament, Isaiah, the "prince of prophets," identifies Cyrus II (aka "Cyrus the Great"), creator of the largest empire the world had yet seen, by name 150 years before the prophesied event. He calls Cyrus "my shepherd," "my anointed," and "my servant:"
Thus says the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that makes all things... that frustrates the words of the liars, that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish... that says to Jerusalem, thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah (Israel), Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof...that says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,... For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name:
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Shew! I was afraid it was going to be a twerking picture.
I’d rather think in terms of SIRIUS (dogstar).. the brightest star in the universe!!!
Thanks for posting
My pleasure
“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”
There is a traditional Jewish teaching that rulers lose their free will. God can harden a Pharaoh’s heart or anoint a Cyrus to accomplish His purpose.
I’ve also seen Trump compared to Sampson.
1. Both had big hair
2. Neither drink/drank alcohol
3. Both had sort of bawdy lives
4. Both chased foreign women
5. Both were men of action
6. Neither were considered sophisticated
7. both brought down the established elites
8. Neither liked Philistine invaders
I still think Trump is Jehu and not Cyrus; the analogy between Jehu/Jezebel and Trump/Hillary has many more connections than between Trump and a foreign emperor who sends a remnant back to a completely conquered land.
Notice.... Chapter 45 & 45th President.
Also... on inauguration day, Trump’s age will be 70 years, 7 months and 7 days....
In the Jewish new year of 5777.
Lets not forget the recent blood red moon tetrad, which signifies to many that something BIG is about to happen in Israel. (most likely they get the temple back)
Anyway, I am convinced that Trump IS a modern day Cyrus.
I think he has a serious role in prophecy to play.
Oh, not the Miley one...
Cyrus practiced religious tolerance when it was practically unheard of.
Nice observations. I told several self righteous people that I believe God can use imperfect people to do HUGE things.
Give GOD the glory for the victory He gave to DONALD TRUMP/MIKE PENCE. Pray the LORD will empower them to restore the Biblical principles that formed the U.S. Constitution to made America great.
GOD heard our prayers and answered our prayers. PTL
Thanks... but most of my observations came from this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzuxTEq-plE
Pretty good video.
If God used only perfect people He wouldn’t get much done.
:-)
Reading that Isaiah passage was balm for my soul.
The Bible, in its original languages, is the revealed Word of YHWH, the Ain Sof, the Creator of the Universe. The entire Word established the boundary conditions for all significant events in the Universe from beginning to end.
Everyone has free will until they bump up against a boundary condition that involves them. Then YHWH will “harden your heart” and you are stuck with your decision. In Quantum Mechanics it is called “spontaneous symmetry breaking” that collapses a superposition of states into one observed state.
We are very near the end of the Bible. The Revelation 12:1-2 great sign in the heavens will happen September 23-24, 2017. There is strong evidence that the matching verses, 12:5-6 mean that the people who believe in the Messiah’s First Coming, and his imminent return, will be “caught up to God and His Throne” and that the people who believe in the Promise, but missed Him the first time will be protected for 1260 days, from all Hell breaking out on Earth.
If you study the Word, you will find out that “nations” are very important to YHWH, and trying to unite all people in one government/religion, is despised by YHWH. It started with the Tower of Babel, so when the EU made their headquarters to look like a painting of the Tower of Babel, you know they are in trouble.
The United States of America was founded as a nation “ruled by God”, which is what Israel means. Many of the founders thought of it as a “New Israel”. Jonathan Cahn, has explored this extensively, and the events surrounding the 9/11 attack on the USA are compelling, and seem to identify the USA with the Ten Tribes of Israel that were dispersed by the Assyrians.
It is undeniable that decedents of Judah, Benjamin, and remnants of Levi and the ten other tribes that went into the Babylonian Captivity, are moving back into the original Promised Land (The Modern State of Israel). But only YHWH knows where the rest of those Ten Tribes ended up.
So that brings us to what can be happening here in the United States of America in the last year of the Age of Grace, the Church Age, the period between the First and Second Coming, or the two days between the final dispersion of the Jews and their regathering in Israel. It doesn’t matter what you call it. It is here, now.
As the Word says will happen in the Last Days, almost all the organized churches have fallen away from the original Gospel, to one degree or another. That means that there are a lot of Lost Sheep out there to be gathered in before the final harvest.
So what has YHWH done? Well, in the rest of the world He is gathering them in the old fashion way, but allowing Lucifer to persecute the Hell out of the Christians. This really spreads the faith, as it did in the Days of the Apostles.
With the United States, all fat, dump and happy from His material blessing, and now under the governmental control of the Luciferian New World Order, and their fly attracting leaders, He needed a different approach.
His answer appears to be one Donald John (voice crying in the wilderness, get it?) Trump who appears to be a melding of Samson, Cyrus and Nehemiah.
Read Judges 13-16 and then look at the characteristics Donald Trump shares with Samson: Doesn’t drink, ever; has really wild hair; is really harsh if you treat him badly or unfairly; ran around with a lot of foreign women.
You can read Isaiah 45 (FORTY FIVE! get it) to find out about Cyrus, a gentile who was God’s Instrument in punishing the Babylonians, and returning Judah back to Jerusalem.
Of course, Nehemiah was the one whom King Artaxerxes, sent back to Jerusalem to actually BUILD THE WALL (get it?) and after that to bust up the corrupt establishment and restore the Law of Moses to the land. Read the whole book of Nehemiah and think of how it could be paralleled in the first few months of a Trump Administration.
Next stop is the inauguration which will take place when Donald J. Trump is 70 years, 7 months, and 7 days old in the Hebrew year 5777! You can’t make this stuff up because God already did!
So, I think that if we all listen closely to what the Holy Spirit is telling each us Members of the Body of Christ to do, which may include working hard and praying for Donald Trump, then I think we get a Nehemiah period before we are harvested and the Luciferian New World Order folks get their wish to be rid of us, and to have the world all to themselves.
Well...that would depend on from where you are looking.
From where I'm sitting, Sol is the brightest. But from 8.6 light years away, I'm sure Sol isn't much to look at. It's all about perspective.
He came in like a wrecking ball?
Except Trump does belong to God, he is a Christian
, duh!
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