CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH
Read Isaiah 45:1-25 (God’s Declaration of His Anointing of Cyrus, Concerning Israel)
“Why do the heathen rage?” (is asked of the world in Psalm 2). Could it be, we might lose our basic freedoms after all that has been accomplished in these last and unprecedented years? God’s desires which were prophesied for Israel, since before the time of Cyrus, have again started coming to pass. Seek God’s will, while He may be found. Vote your heart, but legally vote.
We know that our God has chosen all governments and rulers, according to His purposes, and that He can set up governments or He can also take them down. He also anoints those whom He chose for His special tasks as He did with Cyrus, the only Gentile ruler in Scripture ever said to be anointed. This prophecy was given to Isaiah, at that time. Cyrus was to allow God’s city, Jerusalem, to be rebuilt, walls and all, with funding, promised and provided. He was to set the exiles free without expecting anything in return. This prophecy of God, given by Isaiah, was made 150 years before King Cyrus was ever born. It all concerned the rebuilding of Jerusalem for God’s people. This was fully accomplished and can be read about it in the Book of Nehemiah.