Isaiah 45:1-3 " Thus saith the LORD to HIS anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, AM the GOD of Israel. "
We noted yesterday that an honest investigation of the prophetic statements of Scripture reveals GOD's WORD to be a supernatural book. Only the true and living GOD, WHO is eternal and knows all events past, present, and future, could be the source of the prophetic utterance of Scripture. In our previous inquiry we cited several verses from Isaiah in which GOD challenges anyone else to reveal the future. In the context of those passages is a most interesting prophecy of the conquering of Babylon by Cyrus the Persian. Nearly two centuries before the Persian leader's triumphal acquisition of Babylon, the prophet Isaiah, by the inspiration of GOD, in today's text names this man and declares specifically what he would do. GOD says to Cyrus, " whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD which call thee by thy name, AM the GOD of Israel " (vv.1b-3). Several facts further illustrate the miraculous nature of this prophecy. Isaiah wrote these words while Assyria was the kingdom that dominated the world, which was even before Babylon's rise as a world empire. The prophet also forecast that Cyrus would make specific proclamations regarding Jerusalem (Isaiah 44:28). These declarations, which were prophesied centuries before their exact fulfillment, authenticate GOD's Holy WORD. The Bible is true. JMC
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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2Ti 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
ReplyDelete2Ti 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Hi, Earl ! Yes, a little teaching here and there may bring about someone life being turned around that got off track. Isaiah 55:10-11
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