In ancient days, a noble and just Persian king, Cyrus the Great, rescued tens of thousands of Jewish people from the Babylonian captivity, empowered and encouraged them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Second Temple and restore Jerusalem to her former glory. By his action of freeing an entire people from captivity and restoring their rightful dignity and place in history, Cyrus the Great of Persia, the author of the first code of Human Rights, was immortalized in the Bible and cemented a bond of friendship between Jews and Persians.
By AMIL IMANI, BNI’s wonderful ex-Muslim, Persian-American friend.
May 14, 1948, almost seventy years ago, was the rebirth of Israel. The conditions surrounding Israel’s re-birth was anything but simple. In fact, it was hard. Israel’s journey from her early beginnings to the present has been fraught with great suffering. It is a tribute to the indomitable will and spirit of the Jewish people that they persisted in their valiant struggle to re-gather again in the land of their birth.
“Next year in Jerusalem” was the wish of diaspora Jews, dispersed from their homeland yet acknowledging their spiritual and historical home to Israel, specifically, Jerusalem. Psalm 137 referred to as the well-known lament of the Babylonian Jews who wept ‘by the rivers of Babylon’ and declared, ‘If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither.”
The perennial prayer, “Next Year in Jerusalem” has finally been answered. We, Persians, the spiritual children of Cyrus the Great, commend President Trump’s foresight and courage to declare that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital and moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
By his action, President Trump has been compared to Persia’s King Cyrus the Great as having Cyrus like qualities.
As we watch, we pray for Israel and the Jewish people, for an everlasting peace and prosperity and hope that Israel succeeds in taking the steps necessary for making the New Jerusalem a place of hope and lasting safety for the Jewish people as well as people of all religions.
…. for the Jewish people as well as people of all religions. Except that of islam!!!! Muslims and islam have NO place in Israel (or anywhere else on the planet!!) and MUST therefore be kept out of Israel at all cost!!!!
Next year in Jerusalem : The Eurovision Song Contest.
Last Saturday Israel won The Eurovision Song Contest which means Israel will host the contest next year.
It was ,I think,held in Jerusalem in 1979 and 1999 .
This contest includes most of Europe with Israel and Australia.
It is now scored on half the votes from musical `experts` and half from public phone-ins on the night.It is also highly political with blocks of countries voting for or against their rivals.It may be seen as significant that European people have voted for Israel four times.
Don’t expect me to know more details as in Britain Eurovision is regarded as such a joke that the BBC always employs a jolly Irishman to present their version of the broadcast to make gentle mockery of it.
Trump on a commemorative coin; eat your pathetic cowardly little hearts out Macron, Trudeau, Merkel, May et al. BTW, Amil’s video is well worth a look-see.
LZP. Amil is a good friend of mine for many years now.
Ever since Trump won the nomination, I believed he is the reincarnation of King Cyrus.
Rabbi Kessin, who predicted Trump’s election months before the election, says Trump is the rectification of the good side of Eisav(Esau). Trump is a messianic gentile on a mission from G-d.
Cyrus Vance (little Jimmy Carter’s Secretary of State) is dead …. long live Donald Trump …. The Great ?
Yes and Cyrus kindness to the Jews was prophesied 150 years before he became king, ALL prophecy comes true, a bunch of it is just about to, THIS YEAR!!!
Don, I’m kind to Joos, toos …. where’s my coin ?
Very appropriate why to honor Trump and to celebrate the long over due establishment of our embassy in Jerusalem.Loved the connection to the Bible and to the history of the Jewish people.God bless and protect the U.S.A. and Israel.
God bless and protect our dear President Trump!!!
He’s on the way of being among our best presidents, in spite of the war against him by the corrupt leftards. MAGA!!!
MTM, the leftards are the least of his problems. The GOP swamp people are worse.
Good choice of Cyrus the ‘great’. He was a fair and just ruler from biblical times.
Very interesting post! I have heard Trump compared to Cyrus. Now, Iran is no longer Persia, no longer a friend to the Jews.
It has been infected with Islam.
Islam= virulent cancer
May freedom come for Persia, and may that freedom by the removal of the evil Islam that did so much to destroy the greatness of Persian culture. And this whether for the believers of Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Ba’hai and all faiths suffering under this evil. May this regime rot away.
Amen to that!