The Theft of Credit
The Longest Lie — Part 7 of 11 eFireTemple.com There is one verse in the Hebrew Bible where the debt to Persia is almost acknowledged. One moment where the text comes close to honesty. One line where Cyrus is named, his act of liberation is recognized, and his significance is admitted. And in that same verse, the theft is completed.
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The Longest Lie — Part 7 of 11 eFireTemple.com There is one verse in the Hebrew Bible where the debt to Persia is almost acknowledged. One moment where the text comes close to honesty. One line where Cyrus is named, his act of liberation is recognized, and his significance is admitted. And in that same verse, the theft is completed. Isaiah 45:1 — "Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed." Cyrus is called meshiach — anointed one. Messiah. The only non-Jew in the entire Hebrew Bible to receive this title. The text acknowledges that Cyrus is doing something unprecedented, something of messianic significance. And then comes the theft.
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Cyrus Cylinder · Behistun Inscription · Hebrew Bible