Isaiah 45 Scofield
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45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
“create evil”
Heb. "ra" translated "sorrow," "wretchedness," "adversity," "afflictions," "calamities," but never translated sin. God created evil only in the sense that He made sorrow, wretchedness, etc., to be the sure fruits of sin.
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45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
“anointed”
The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is called the "servant" of Jehovah Jer 25:9; Jer 27:6; Jer 43:10 This, with the designation "My shepherd" Isa 44:28 also a Messianic title, marks Cyrus as that startling exception, a Gentile type of Christ. The points are:
(1) both are irresistible conquerors of Israel's enemies. Isa 45:1; Rev 19:19–21
(2) both are restorers of the holy city Isa 44:28; Zech 14:1–11
(3) through both is the name of the one true God glorified Isa 45:6; 1 Cor 15:28.