Cyrus

Christian nationalists point to Cyrus the Great as a template for Trump, saying just as God sent Cyrus to free the Jews from Babylonian captivity, so did He send Trump to…uh…free?...no, lead Christian nationalists into dominion over the Earth.

This is flaming feculent bull sh!t.

Cyrus was operating on his own agenda when he attacked Babylon, neither God nor the Jews voted for him.  The famous Bible prophecy against Babylon’s King Belshazzar “mene mene tekel upharsin” is translated today in truncated form as “you’ve been weighed in the balance and found wanting” leaving off the crucial last part:  “by the Persians.”

The “prophecy” was not so much divine judgement against immortality but an objective appraisal of Babylon’s military and political decline.  The Jews Cyrus released from captivity were hardcore monotheists who didn’t assimilate into Babylonian culture.  He probably thought they’d prove more trouble than they were worth so he let them go.

Cyrus went on to become the chief architect of the Achaemenid Empire, kicking ass all over Central and Western Asia.  The historical record gets a little vague and contradictory, with one account saying her retired to his capital, another that he got killed by a rebel tribe, and a third that he ended up beheaded by Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae people who took umbrage at Cyrus proposal to marry her so he could acquire her kingdom.

Cyrus’ two sons ruled the empire briefly (Cambyses II for eight years, Bardiya for less than a year) then Darius the Great took over and ran it effectively for 36 years.

Christian nationalist now wish to conflate Trump with a combo of Cyrus and Darius in order to justify their belief that they should rule the world forever, but conveniently overlook there’s a 33% chance Cyrus got killed by a woman but in any case left two idiot sons behind who mucked things up royally and eventually got replaced by somebody else.

I leave it to the reader to ascertain the mental acuity of Trump’s sons.

It should be also noted that Darius reportedly became king by cheating at a contest.

Jes’ sayin’…

If there is a literal hellfire awaiting blasphemers, every Christian who subscribes to the perverted Cyrus doctrine has damned themselves for eternity.

“Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.  And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” -- Matthew 12: 31-34

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” -- Matthew 7:15-23

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