Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him;
Isaiah 45:1
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him;
Isaiah 45:1
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel....
The Euphrates dried up
History tells us that the Persian forces of Cyrus "dried" up the Euphrates River that ran through two river gates of Babylon, then found these gates opened and entered the city
That saith to the deep,
Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
...to open before him the two leaved gates;
and the gates shall not be shut;
Isaiah 44:27 & 45:1
A drought is upon her waters;
and they shall be dried up :
for it is the land of graven images,
and they are mad upon their idols.
Jeremiah 50:38
And the sixth angel
poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;
and the water thereof was dried up,
From the East
Calling a ravenous bird from the east,
the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:
Isaiah 46:11
...that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Revelation 16:12
For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
and shineth even unto the west;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:7
Who are the Kings of the east?
And, behold,
the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east:
and his voice was like a noise of many waters:
and the earth shined with his glory.
Ezekiel 43:2
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Revelation 19:11,14
Babylon was Feasting
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand.
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Daniel 5:1,30
For as in the days that were before the flood
they were eating and drinking,...
And knew not until the flood came , and took them all away ;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be .
Babylon makes drunk with Golden Cup
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand,
that made all the earth drunken :
the nations have drunken of her wine;
therefore the nations are mad .
Jeremiah 51:7
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color,
and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand
full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
For all nations have drunk of the wine
of the wrath of her fornication,
Revelation 17:4, 18:3
Babylon is Fallen
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed :
Jeremiah 51:8
And there followed another angel, saying,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,
Revelation 14:8
Her sins reach up to Heaven
...for her judgment reacheth unto heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies.
Jeremiah 51:9
For her sins have reached unto heaven,
Revelation 18:5
We would have healed Babylon,
but she is not healed :
Jeremiah 51:9