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Come to Me
Come to Me – Day 12
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Come to Me – Day 12

It’s all in the details

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U-Isaya 44

UKoresi umalusi

24Usho kanje uJehova uMhlengi wakho

nowakubumba kwasesiswini, uthi:

“NginguJehova owenza konke,

oweneka izulu yedwa,

nowendlala umhlaba ngokwakhe,

U-Isaya 44:24ZUL59NOVula kumfundi weBhayibheli

U-Isaya 44

27oshoyo kuwo umsinga ukuthi:

‘Yisha, ngiyakomisa imifula yakho;’

28oshoyo ngoKoresi ukuthi:

‘Ungumalusi wami,

uyakufeza konke okwentando yami,

athi ngeJerusalema: Liyakwakhiwa,

nakulo ithempeli:

Isisekelo sakho siyakubekwa.’ ”

U-Isaya 44:27-28ZUL59NOVula kumfundi weBhayibheli

U-Ezra 1

UKoresi inkosi yasePheresiya uvumela abaJuda ukuba babuyele ezweni lakubo

1Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoresi, inkosi yasePheresiya, ukuba kufezeke izwi likaJehova, ngomlomo kaJeremiya uJehova wavusa umoya kaKoresi, inkosi yasePheresiya, ukuba amemezele embusweni wakhe wonke, alobe futhi ngokuthi: 2“Usho kanje uKoresi inkosi yasePheresiya, uthi:

“ ‘UJehova uNkulunkulu wezulu unginikile yonke imibuso yomhlaba; ungiyalile ukumakhela indlu eJerusalema lakwaJuda. 3Noma ngumuphi phakathi kwenu kubo bonke abantu bakhe, uNkulunkulu wakhe makabe naye, akhuphukele eJerusalema lakwaJuda, akhe indlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, yena onguNkulunkulu waseJerusalema.

U-Ezra 1:1-3ZUL59NOVula kumfundi weBhayibheli

There is something a little different about this particular prophecy. It mentions someone specifically by name, rather than simply giving a description. Remember what we read previously – God knows each of our names and we are his. More than that, he shares the future with us.

In this passage, God not only predicts the future, but he does it by naming the specific individual! He knew Cyrus’ name before he was born. From the clues Isaiah gives us and from reading Ezra 1:1-3, we can deduce that this Cyrus would be the king of Persia – the king who ordered the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple. Bible scholars agree that Isaiah predicted the rise of Cyrus 150 years in advance!

Notice the reference to the “watery deep” and the drying up of streams. What has this to do with Cyrus? In 539 BC, Cyrus had laid siege to the city of Babylon. The people inside were not concerned because they had stored up supplies to last 20 years. However, the Persian army diverted the Euphrates River, which ran under the city of Babylon, and when the water level dropped, his army entered the city by going under the gate in the riverbed. Babylon fell to Cyrus.

We have a God who not only knows the future, he knows the details about what is to come and he has a detailed plan for his people. This God who knows you by name, has a detailed plan for your life as well.

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