of that period when Truman was working to open the doors for the Jewish exiles to return home and setting the events in motion that would lead to the rebirth of the Jewish nation—the template of Cyrus. So it was in the days of the first American Cyrus that the second was born.”
“But Truman had been a student of the Bible. I don’t believe you could say that of Trump. His life was not . . . ”
“In that way he only all the more fits the template of Cyrus. In the Book of Isaiah it was prophesied of Cyrus, ‘ . . . you have not known Me.” 1 Though Cyrus hadn’t known God, he was used to fulfill God’s purposes.
“It was in March of 2017, Trump’s first year as president, that he issued a statement from the White House on the occasion of Nowruz.”
“What’s Nowruz?”
“It’s the New Year’s day celebration of ancient Persia. In the president’s statement he actually spoke of King Cyrus. And he did more than speak of him. His statement contained a quote. It wasn’t the words of the quote that were most significant but their context. It was an apocryphal saying attributed to the ancient king. The president said this:
Cyrus the Great, a leader of the ancient Persian Empire, famously said that “freedom, dignity, and wealth together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity.” 2
“It was not only that the president had issued a public statement in which he spoke of Cyrus but that he spoke words attributed to the ancient king. In other words, he wasn’t only speaking of Cyrus; he was now speaking as Cyrus. The president and the king were joined together. And this took place before the act that would manifest the mystery of the two leaders before the world.”
“The Jerusalem Declaration.”
“The Book of Ezra opens up with these words:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation . . . 3
“This is the setting in which Cyrus would issue the decree concerning the return of the Jewish people to their land. So according to the Scripture, when does the proclamation go forth?”
“In the first year.” I replied. “So when was Trump’s first year?”
“He became president on January 20, 2017. So his first year would extend to January 20, 2018.”
“So then, according to the template, he would have to issue a proclamation in that period.”
“The president issued his proclamation on December 6, 2017. Thus with forty-five days left the proclamation went forth in the first year.
The LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing . . . 4
“The president likewise first made a verbal proclamation to the world and after that sealed it in writing as he signed a written proclamation, which he then held up for the world to see.”
“The prophet Isaiah,” I said, “declared that Cyrus was called by God to do what he did. And the chief rabbi of Israel told Truman that he too was called, as Cyrus was to do what he did. What about Trump? Was he ever told of the calling of Cyrus?”
“Yes,” said the Oracle, “more so than all his predecessors. It was spoken before he fulfilled it, by people of faith, Christian leaders. And it was spoken before he even became president.”
“So Trump was the appointed Cyrus for America.”
“Trump was the Cyrus of America but a Cyrus to Israel. His significance to America would follow another paradigm.”
“The cylinder in the tomb and the cylinder on the ram would represent the Jubilean declaration.”
“Yes,” he replied, “the king’s proclamation and the president’s proclamation. Note, the king’s proclamation spoke not only of the return of the Jewish people to their land but of their sovereignty over their Holy City, Jerusalem. Note the words in Cyrus’ declaration:
Jerusalem which is in Judah . . . 5
“‘Jerusalem which is in Judah . . . ’ means Jerusalem is part of and belonging to Judah. Judah is the Jewish nation. So the president’s declaration likewise recognized Jerusalem as part of and belonging to the Jewish nation. Cyrus’ proclamation recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish nation. The president’s declaration did the same.
“Cyrus’ proclamation decreed that the Jewish people were now permitted to ‘go up to Jerusalem.’ 6 Thus