Some Christians, claim that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 is like God’s choice of Cyrus the Great in the mid-500s BCE. Were they right?
In the early 500s BCE–roughly 2,500 years ago–the Babylonian empire destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and left the city in charred ruins. Babylon also took some of Israel’s leaders into exile in Babylon (modern-day Iraq). The experience proved treacherous. The prophet Ezekiel heard this exilic threnody: “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.”
By mid-century, however, everything changed. Babylon fell to Persia, thanks to Cyrus the Great. The change was so cataclysmic that a prophet, in Isaiah 45:1, dared to call the founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus, God’s messiah–a term used for Israel’s own kings:
Thus says the LORD to his anointed [messiah], to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
and strip kings of their robes,
to open doors before him–
and the gates shall not be closed.
Is this a spot-on description of Donald Trump? Will this iconoclast take up the ancient role of Cyrus the Great and subdue nations, stripping prime ministers and presidents of their robes (metaphorically speaking)?
What would happen if Jesus Christ returned to earth and it was Judgment Day, and Donald J. Trump was once again returned to power? If Donald Trump was on his throne, would his subjects bow down on bended knees?
It’s all here and much more, in my latest book, Donald J. Trump: Anointed by God: Jesus Returns, available now on Amazon Kindle.
In my book, Trump is not Cyrus. Jesus is here to follow the law and mete our justice per his Father’s words. It’s not pretty. There’s a whole lot of damnation going on. You will laugh, you will cry, you will check Bible quotes (does it really say that?), you will be amused and even learn a few things. It’s never boring. Join me on a wild ride,
Donald J. Trump: Anointed by God: Jesus Returns, available now on Amazon Kindle.
I. M. Probulos
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