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6 lis 2021 · The name Cyrus means “one who possesses the furnace.” If you have the Cyrus anointing, the fire of God is within you. God will work on your character so that when He releases the Cyrus anointing, it is done in His strength.
15 kwi 2013 · Coram Deo. It might be a clichè to say that we should "expect the unexpected." Yet because God is fully sovereign, there is a real sense in which we should expect Him to act in ways we have not anticipated because His decree controls what happens, not what we think His decree should be.
13 lip 2024 · The prophet disclosed in chapter 45 what the LORD would do for Cyrus, His “anointed” (“messiah”): He would make him a subduer of nations (v. 1), give him riches (v. 3), and bestow on him a title of honor (v. 4), even though Cyrus would not acknowledge Him (vv. 4, 5).
Isaiah 45-66. New King James Version. Cyrus, God’s Instrument. 45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have [a]held—. To subdue nations before him. And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
Isaiah 45:1 actually directly calls Cyrus the Lord's annointed (the Messiah): This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
1. his anointed—Cyrus is so called as being set apart as king, by God's providence, to fulfil His special purpose. Though kings were not anointed in Persia, the expression is applied to him in reference to the Jewish custom of setting apart kings to the regal office by anointing.
Thus 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, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
