We now want to fast forward 70 years and begin to look at the process of repatriation:
The point at which God activates the process of restoring the Kingdom Economy:
To do so we must first travel backwards in time about 200 years before to the book of Isaiah:
In Isaiah 39: we see the same story recorded in 2 kings 20 the narrative between Isaiah and Hezekiah and the warning that the Babylonians will return.
In 2 Kings 24 & 25 about 115 years later the prophecy is fulfilled and we have just discussed t the events in Daniel setting the stage for the next part of God’s plan.
Please do not lose track, this is soon after Isaiah prophesies about the Captivity he gives another prophecy:
Isaiah 45:1-6
:1 "Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held-- To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
2 `I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob My servant's sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other;
He goes on to prophesy:
Verses 13-14
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward," Says the LORD of hosts.
14 Thus says the LORD: "The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush And of the Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours; They shall walk behind you, They shall come over in chains; And they shall bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying,`Surely God is in you, And there is no other; There is no other God.'"