April 16, 2025

God positioned Isaiah as a watchman, and in his vision, he saw the coming destruction of Babylon by Cyrus of the Medes and Persians. Even after reading several commentaries on Isaiah 21, my brain was having a hard time understanding the context of these scriptures. Finally, after some clarification, I understood that Isaiah was seeing what was to happen when Cyrus and Darius took over the kingdom of Babylon. To pinpoint this time in biblical history, though I’m not certain, I believe we can narrow it down to the time right before the story of Esther. This prophecy was likely a comfort to Israel, being they were captives of Babylon whose leaders were of ill repute, revelers in disturbing sexual activity, drunks, and worshippers of idols. Remember what they were doing when God’s hand wrote on the wall? They were partying hard and were made sober when they saw the hand writing on the wall! It was during that time that Babylon was overtaken. Shortly after, when Cyrus came to power, some of the people from Israel were released to go home and rebuild the temple. 

Is our country living through another Darius and Cyrus takeover, or is it something else? Though it may feel like we are being released from captivity, only time will tell if it is true. The power is in the hands of God alone; put your trust in Him and not a man. 

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. Isaiah 21:9