How God works (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, January 20, 2013, 18:59 (4115 days ago) @ David Turell

The prophecies in Daniel and Isaiah do just that, and more to the point, they are backed up by third party histories that not only show that they were written in advance(so were actual prophecies) but that they came true. Cyrus actually read the prophecies about him overthrowing the Babylonians after he captured the city. It is cited as being part of his motivation for giving the Jews money to rebuild the temple and showing them special dispensation. -Flavius says:- This was known to Cyrus by his reading the book which Isaiah left behind him of his prophecies; for this prophet said that God had spoken thus to him in a secret vision: "My will is, that Cyrus, whom I have appointed to be king over many and great nations, send back my people to their own land, and build my temple." This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the Divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to fulfill what was so written; so he called for the most eminent Jews that were in Babylon, and said to them, that he gave them leave to go back to their own country, and to rebuild their city Jerusalem, (2) and the temple of God, for that he would be their assistant, and that he would write to the rulers and governors that were in the neighborhood of their country of Judea, that they should contribute to them gold and silver for the building of the temple, and besides that, beasts for their sacrifices. -
Cyrus

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.