9.0.2b “Sing, All You Heavens, for The Lord Has Done It”. The Decree of Cyrus The Great.

AWARE of The GODHEAD 9.0.2b

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“Sing, All You Heavens,

for The Lord Has Done It”

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First, A Quick Note,

before we continue,

Concerning Eclipses

 that have been thought

according to some ( misguided )

“thoughts of carnal, finite, men”

to have had;

but that actually

DID NOT HAVE

a thing to do

with

The Time-Line in

The Prophecy of Daniel’s

SEVENTY WEEKS.

…

An attempt has been made

to call Astronomy to the aid

of the defective Chronology of Ptolemy,

by utilizing

certain incidental references,

contained in

fragmentary historical records,

to eclipses of the sun or moon.

…

But,

such references are of

no value whatever

for the purpose,

seeing that

it is impossible to determine,

in any given case,

which one of a number of eclipses —

within say fifty or a hundred years —

was the one referred to.

…

For example,

one of the clearest

of these historical references

is that of the “Eclipse of Thales,”

mentioned by Herodotus.

…

This eclipse is located

by one astronomer

as occurring in 625 B. C.;

by another as late as 585 B. C.

(a difference of 40 years);

and by others at different dates

in between (Anstey, p. 286).

…

We see then first

that the method adopted

in many current expositions

of the Seventy Weeks Prophecy,

apart from the Bible,

are fundamentally wrong;

…

And second

that the chronological system

on which they are all based

is formed largely by guesswork,

and

is certainly very wide of the mark

as regards the length

of the Persian Empire.

…

An accurate and complete

secular chronology exists

from the conquest of Persia

by Alexander the Great

down to the present time.

…

It is only as regards the period

from Cyrus to Alexander

that there is uncertainty.

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Adapted from the writings of

Philip Mauro.

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“Sing, O you Heavens,

for the Lord Has Done It.”

…

The Decree of

Cyrus The Great

…

We will now proceed

to show that

The Point of Beginning

of the Seventy Weeks

is that great epoch-making

and

Divinely Prompted

decree of Cyrus the Great,

whereof a record is given

in 2 Chronicles 36:22–23,

and also

in Ezra 1:1–4.

…

The Proof is not only Clear,

Simple and Absolutely Conclusive

for all who believe

The Word of the Lord,

but it was given

under circumstances which were

Designed to Inspire Wonder

and

Admiration

at the Marvelous Ways of God

in Bringing to Pass

that which He has Purposed

and Promised to Perform.

…

Turning to Isaiah,

Chapters 44 and 45,

we find God’s Promise

that Jerusalem should be Rebuilt

and

its captives Restored to their home,

and not only so

but we find that God

Mentioned by name

the very man,

“Cyrus”,

by whom that Promise

was to be Accomplished.

…

The proof that King Cyrus

was the one who should

give the commandment (or word)

for the Restoring

and

Rebuilding of Jerusalem,

is Doubly Forceful and Impressive,

and

Designedly so

as the Scripture itself Declares,

because it was Spoken

by the Mouth of the Lord

two hundred years

before Cyrus came to the throne.

…

The Passage begins with the words,

“Sing, O you Heavens,

for the Lord Has Done It”

( in Isaiah 44:23).

…

Evidently God is here

Calling Attention

to a Work of Great Importance

and

One in which

He takes Special Delight.

…

It was to be a Work, also,

by which the tokens of the liars

(those who consulted omens)

were to be frustrated,

and

the “diviners”

made mad,

and

the “wise men”

turned backward,

and

their knowledge

made foolish (verse 25).

…

Notwithstanding

all those that opposed His will,

the high walls

and

strong gates of Babylon,

and

the wisdom of the astrologers,

soothsayers and Chaldeans,

God would

“Confirm the Word

of His Servant,

and

Perform the Counsel

of His messengers”;

…

Because it was GOD

“that Said to Jerusalem,

You Will be inhabited,

and to the cities of Judah,

You Will be built,

and

I Will Raise Up

the decayed places thereof;

that Said to the deep,

Be Dry,

and

I Will Dry Up your rivers;

that

Said of CYRUS,

He is My Shepherd,

and

Will Perform all My Pleasure,

EVEN SAYING TO JERUSALEM,

YOU WILL BE BUILT;

AND

TO THE TEMPLE,

YOUR FOUNDATION

WILL BE LAID”

(verses 26–27).

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We pause at this point

to call to the reader’s mind

that when the Time

for the Fulfillment of this Prophecy

by Isaiah was at hand,

the last Babylonian King,

Belshazzar,

was carousing

with a thousand of his courtiers

in fancied security

behind the strong walls of Babylon,

while the armies of Darius

and Cyrus

were besieging the City.

…

Then Appeared

the part of a man’s hand,

Tracing on the wall

those four words

which Declared

the Doom of Babylon,

although the magicians

and astrologers and soothsayers

were confounded by them,

and their wisdom

turned to foolishness.

…

Moreover, secular history

has preserved for us the fact

that the engineers of Cyrus’ army

dug a new channel

for the River Euphrates

which ran through the city

(thus fulfilling the Words,

“and I Will

Dry Up your rivers”)

and

Cyrus entered

by way of the dry bed

of that stream,

after the River Euphrates

had been rerouted.

…

Thus were the

“two-leaved gates” of Babylon

Opened to God’s

Appointed Conqueror,

who was to be a “Shepherd”

and

a deliverer to GOD’S People.

…

The next verse of the Prophecy

speaks of this:

“This Said 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“—

that we see in Daniel 5:6,

where it is said of Belshazzar,

that when he saw

the handwriting on the wall,

“so that the joints of his loins

were loosed” —

…

“to Open before him

the two-leaved gates,

and

the gates Will Not be shut”

(Isaiah. 45:1).

…

Here is God’s Own Testimony

that King Cyrus,

and

not one of King Cyrus’ successors,

was to give the “commandment”

whereby Jerusalem was to be rebuilt

and its inhabitants restored.

…

Nothing could be plainer

than the Words,

“He (Cyrus) Will Perform

all My Pleasure,

even saying to Jerusalem,

You Will be Built,

and to the Temple,

Your foundation Will be Laid.”

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This proof cannot be overthrown.

…

Indeed none

who believe the Scriptures

to be Inspired will even question it.

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Having this to Guide us

we must decline to follow those who,

with a faulty heathen chronology

as their only guide,

grope for some event,

long after Cyrus

was laid in his grave,

which can be taken as

“the commandment to restore

and to build Jerusalem.”

&

No further evidence is needed.

…

But in this

exceedingly important matter

God has been Pleased

to Give Proof upon Proof.

…

Thus in Isaiah 46:13

we have this Further Word

concerning Cyrus:

“I have raised him up

in Righteousness,

and

I Will Direct all his ways;

HE WILL

BUILD MY CITY,

AND

HE WILL

LET GO MY CAPTIVES.”

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