Journal of Faith King Cyrus

The Journal of Faith series depicts entries from the characters' perspectives.

A powerful insight of what King Cyrus may have thought when he saw his name was written by Isaiah 100 years earlier...

" Today, I learned something strange, something that has unsettled me in a way I have not felt before, even on the eve of battle. The scribes and counselors approached me, bearing texts from the Hebrew exiles. Their eyes held a mixture of awe and fear as they presented the scrolls. At first, I dismissed it, thinking it was another of their sacred stories, a relic of a faith foreign to me. But as they began to read, I listened more closely, for they claimed that the God of the Hebrews, whom they call Yahweh, named me within their ancient prophecies.

They read from the scroll of Isaiah, and the words fell upon me as if they were not meant merely for my ears, but for my very soul:

“Thus says the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him…”

My name, “Cyrus,” written by a prophet of their God more than a century before my birth! The words declared I would be the one to release their people from captivity and rebuild their holy city, Jerusalem. This was no mere tale, no flattery. There was a weight to it, a purpose beyond my understanding. It was as if my life had been guided, step by step, toward a destiny woven by hands unseen.

I asked the priests if they had altered the text to sway me, yet they swore upon their lives and the lives of their children that these words were ancient, sealed in their sacred traditions. I could see it in their faces, they feared the punishment of their God too greatly to lie.

And then I felt it: a tremor deep within, a mixture of wonder and unease. Could it be that my victories, my rise, my triumph over Babylon were all part of a greater plan?

I am a warrior, a king, and I have ruled with the wisdom of Persia, guided by the gods of my people. And yet, here is another god, a god I do not know, claiming me as His own shepherd, His chosen one.

How am I to understand this?

Tonight, as I look over Babylon, I feel the weight of those words upon me. I have conquered kingdoms, subdued kings, and raised empires. But if these words are true, if I am to be a shepherd of the Hebrew people as much as a king of Persia, then my purpose is greater than I imagined.

Tomorrow, I will issue a decree. Let the people of Judah return to their land, let their temple rise again in Jerusalem. And as they go, I will ponder these words, for they speak of a path I must now walk, a path I did not choose, but one that perhaps has chosen me.

May the gods of my fathers, and this strange God of Israel, be with me."

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