TREASURES OF DARKNESS
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Because they are hidden.
Proverbs 25:2 KJV
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Because all GOD's secrets that can only be known by HIS SPIRIT are kept hidden unless HE reveal it by HIS LIGHT, HIS TRUTH, HIS VOICE, HIS WORD, HIS SPIRIT
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Cyrus in Isaiah 45:1-4 was the annointed of God , the true God was to Cyrus an unknown God, yet God foreknew Cyrus . God had called Cyrus by name .Treasures of Darkness refers to the treasures of Babylon ,the heaped up wealth of gold abounding Babylon . Cyrus had been prepared for this great service to God by God's council , the gates of Babylon had been left open that night and Cyrus led his army in with God going in before him . God also gave to him (Cyrus) treasures of Darkness ,great hidden treasures of gold so that the exact fulfillment of this must have shown Cyrus that Jehovah was the True Living God.
I am the God of Israel
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Psalms 18:11 (KJV)
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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The book of Isaiah was written about 150 years before Cyrus the Great was born!
The life and work of King Cyrus prove the existence of God!
https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/...ng-truth-about-one-of-historys-greatest-kings
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Psalms 18:11 (KJV)
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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The book of Isaiah was written about 150 years before Cyrus the Great was born!
The life and work of King Cyrus prove the existence of God!
https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/...ng-truth-about-one-of-historys-greatest-kings
the gates weren't left open. Cyrus blocked up the river that flowed under the city, and his armies marched into the city through them, circumventing the gates.
His strategy was brilliantly simple. First, he dug trenches upstream and diverted water from the Euphrates into a large reservoir. Once the water level had dropped, and under the cover of darkness, Persian soldiers slipped into the knee-deep water, marched up the riverbed, and snuck under Babylon’s giant gates.
Although the soldiers had infiltrated the outer gates, there were still brass and iron internal gates controlling access out of the riverbed and into the city. If they couldn’t get through the gates, the soggy riverbed would turn the Persians’ tactical advantage into a massive kill box. All the Babylonian soldiers had to do was rain spears and arrows down on them. In fact, if they could block the Persians’ retreat, the Babylonians could conceivably kill every last Persian soldier, to a man—like shooting fish in a barrel.
But strangely, on the night of the invasion, there were no soldiers, and the internal gates were wide open. King Nabonidus, his son Belshazzar, the imperial guard, the soldiers, and many of the people of Babylon were partying! Consumed with drinking and games, they had failed to close the gates and to station guards. Having quenched the Euphrates and penetrated the outer gates, the Persian soldiers were able to stroll through the internal gates, taking the city—including the shocked king—by surprise!
Although the soldiers had infiltrated the outer gates, there were still brass and iron internal gates controlling access out of the riverbed and into the city. If they couldn’t get through the gates, the soggy riverbed would turn the Persians’ tactical advantage into a massive kill box. All the Babylonian soldiers had to do was rain spears and arrows down on them. In fact, if they could block the Persians’ retreat, the Babylonians could conceivably kill every last Persian soldier, to a man—like shooting fish in a barrel.
But strangely, on the night of the invasion, there were no soldiers, and the internal gates were wide open. King Nabonidus, his son Belshazzar, the imperial guard, the soldiers, and many of the people of Babylon were partying! Consumed with drinking and games, they had failed to close the gates and to station guards. Having quenched the Euphrates and penetrated the outer gates, the Persian soldiers were able to stroll through the internal gates, taking the city—including the shocked king—by surprise!
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& also specifically in the context of this prophecy:
I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
(Isaiah 45:7)
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
(Isaiah 45:7)
Context! Always context! God was speaking to Cyrus, who in the next century (!) would take over Babylon and thereby inherit the treasures which that kingdom of darkness had stored up "in hidden places". "Treasures of darkness" makes perfect sense, in context.
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dalconn
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Perhaps there is secret knowledge that the Lord withholds from all but the most obedient.