A look into Daniel chapter 2
When Babylon's last night arrived, Cyrus and his army had the walls of the city surrounded, ready to take it by force. The Babylonian soldiers and city's inhabitants were celebrating a holiday. The food stored within the city was said to be sufficient to last them for twenty years, and there were ample gardens for growing more food. There was no contemporary army able to break down walls so thick, nor destroy such gates of brass! But the prophecy was that Babylon would be destroyed. In a way that those who defended the city would never understand, the word of the Lord would be fulfilled completely. Cyrus is a brilliant general. Having received news that upon a certain day the city's inhabitants would be holding a great celebration, he decides to conquer his enemies while they are feasting and drinking!
He diverts the waters of the Euphrates River into lowland, to make a lake outside the city. Then, as the waters of the river slowly and silently subside, he and his soldiers stealthily creep under the gates of brass to enter the city at midnight, walking on the river bottom. There they find the gateways leading up from the river into the city left open by drunken watchmen, just as the Lord had promised he should find them (Isaiah 45:1). Brandishing their swords and shouting their battle cries, the soldiers rush upon their drunken Babylonian victims. That night the Babylonian king Belshazzar is slain upon his throne together with the rulers of his kingdom. The second kingdom of silver, the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, now begins to rule the world!
When Babylon's last night arrived, Cyrus and his army had the walls of the city surrounded, ready to take it by force. The Babylonian soldiers and city's inhabitants were celebrating a holiday. The food stored within the city was said to be sufficient to last them for twenty years, and there were ample gardens for growing more food. There was no contemporary army able to break down walls so thick, nor destroy such gates of brass! But the prophecy was that Babylon would be destroyed. In a way that those who defended the city would never understand, the word of the Lord would be fulfilled completely. Cyrus is a brilliant general. Having received news that upon a certain day the city's inhabitants would be holding a great celebration, he decides to conquer his enemies while they are feasting and drinking!
He diverts the waters of the Euphrates River into lowland, to make a lake outside the city. Then, as the waters of the river slowly and silently subside, he and his soldiers stealthily creep under the gates of brass to enter the city at midnight, walking on the river bottom. There they find the gateways leading up from the river into the city left open by drunken watchmen, just as the Lord had promised he should find them (Isaiah 45:1). Brandishing their swords and shouting their battle cries, the soldiers rush upon their drunken Babylonian victims. That night the Babylonian king Belshazzar is slain upon his throne together with the rulers of his kingdom. The second kingdom of silver, the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, now begins to rule the world!
