Treasures of Darkness

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“Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed, whom I have taken by the right hand, to subdue nations…I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. I will give you treasures of darkness and hidden wealth of secret places!” (Isa. 45:1-3)

            One hundred and fifty years before its fulfillment, the Lord prophesied through Isaiah that He would empower a Persian king named Cyrus to conquer all kingdoms before him. In the book of Daniel, we see Almighty God’s forecast come to pass when Cyrus defeated Lydia, Babylon, and Egypt and then seized the riches of those nations.

            Isaiah prayed in 45:8, “Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, and the righteousness spring up with it.”

            Today, God is searching for lost treasures in darkness: people separated from Him by their sin. Jesus calls His followers to join the rescue mission to bring lost souls out of the darkness of their sin and into God’s marvelous light of forgiveness and salvation (1 Peter 2:9) so that He may declare them to be His people, His own treasured possession (Deut. 26:18).

My Phillip, a faithful follower of Jesus