The Benevolence of Cyrus the Great
Posted onCyrus was the benevolent, tolerant Persian dictator who allowed 50,000 Jews to return to Jerusalem in 538 BC, as part of his administrative policies. How do we understand this in terms of Daniel’s prophetic statue in Daniel chapter two? Allow me to propose a theory to interpret it. Daniel 2:39, speaking of Cyrus, says, “Another […]