Death, Deliverance, and the Day of Redemption

Warrior on horseback leading cavalry through an ancient gate, representing Cyrus’s entry into Babylon as foretold in Isaiah 45.

God’s Unlikely Instrument We are getting further into this fascinating story of redemption that Isaiah tells—long before it happens. Today we look at chapters 45–48. In Isaiah 45:1–4, God calls Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and sends him into Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar II had ruled Babylon, and the people of Judah […]