converging events required by the mystery. He was the most unlikely of men. It was only after failing in business that he ended up in the political realm. And remember what I told you about how he was catapulted to the presidency.”
“He was made vice president just before the former president died.”
“Less than three months before he died. And Truman was a student of the Bible, having read it several times through by the age of fourteen. He knew well the connection of the Jewish people to the land. And he held a deep sympathy for the plight of the Jewish people and realized their need for a safe refuge. Just as Cyrus was thrust to the pinnacle of world power to sanction the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the nation’s rebirth, so too was Truman thrust to the pinnacle of world power at the exact moment that the second return of Israel into the world was about to take place.
“Without Cyrus’ support and sanction the rebirth of the Jewish nation would never have taken place. In modern times it was Truman’s support and sanction that would be critical for the rebirth of the Jewish nation. And it would come through much struggle. Truman’s backing of the future Jewish state was fiercely opposed by his own State Department, which appeared resolved to thwart his will on the matter at every turn. Despite this he persevered and would be pivotal in the passage of the UN resolution that would bring Israel back into existence. And then, at the moment of Israel’s resurrection, it was because of Truman that America would become the first nation to grant recognition.
“And yet there are other connections between the American president and the Persian king. Cyrus began governing around the year 560 BC. He continued to reign until his death in 530 BC. So his time in government spanned . . . ”
“Thirty years.”
“Truman entered his first governmental office in January 1923. His time in government would come to an end with the end of his presidency in January 1953. Thus Truman’s time in government spanned . . . ”
“Thirty years . . . the same as Cyrus’.”
“The seminal moment in Cyrus’ rise to power came in the autumn of 539 BC. It was then that he defeated Nabonidus, the last king of the Babylonian Empire. With that the age of Babylon came to an end and the Persian age began. Cyrus was now the ruler of the largest empire ever established up to that time, the ‘king of the four corners of the earth.'1 Most scholars place Cyrus’ birth between 600 and 599 BC. That would mean that when he ascended to the pinnacle of world power, he would have been around sixty years of age.
“The seminal moment in Truman’s rise to world power came in the spring of 1945 when he assumed the office of the presidency. It happened at the same moment that America was assuming the mantle of world superpower. Truman was now the leader of the strongest military, political, cultural, and economic power on earth. When he came to that position of world power, he was . . . sixty years old. So Cyrus, at the age of sixty, ruled at the dawn of the Persian age and empire, and Truman, at the age of sixty, ruled at the dawn of the American age and superpower.
“The return of the Jewish people in ancient times took place in the aftermath of war. So too the return of the Jewish people in modern times took place in the aftermath of war, World War II. It was after emerging victorious in his war against Babylon that Cyrus issued the decree for the Jewish people to return to their land. So too it was after America emerged victorious from the Second World War that Truman began taking action that would lead to the return of the Jewish people to their land and the nation’s resurrection.”
“In my vision the president gave the cylinder to the eagle, which then flew away with it. What did that represent?”
“The golden eagle was a symbol of the Persian Empire and of Cyrus himself. It was Cyrus who issued the decree that opened the doors for the Jewish people to return home and rebuild their nation. In the modern world Truman would do the same.
“After Cyrus conquered Babylon, he declared the right of those who had been exiled and displaced from their lands to return home. That’s