No takers?
How about this fulfilled prophecy:
The Decree of Cyrus
In about 700 BC, Isaiah (44:28 & 45:1) names Cyrus as the king who will allow the Israelites to return to Jerusalem and rebuild its Temple. At the time of this prophecy, there was no king named Cyrus and the Temple in Jerusalem was totally built and in full operation.
In 586 BC, more than 100 years later, the Babylonian King "Nebuchadnezzar" sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the temple. The Jews living in Jerusalem were either killed or taken captive to Babylon. In about 539 BC, the Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Persians. Shortly thereafter, a Persian king named Cyrus issued a formal decree that the Jews could return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple. This decree is confirmed by secular archaeology in the form of a stone cylinder that details many events of Cyrus' reign, including the decree to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
Remarkably, Isaiah predicted that a man named Cyrus, who would not be born for about a hundred years, would give a decree to rebuild a city and a temple, which were still standing and fully active at the time! |