What does Ezra 1 reveal about who God the Father is?
God the Father is shown to be in control of this world. He is the Lord who reigns over all nations. All creatures, all nations, all people are so completely in his hand that without his will they cannot so much as move. No matter how important an individual might be, he is under God’s control. No one is independent of God. God the Father is also shown to be faithful. The promises that God has made are promises that God will keep.
1 La première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, afin que s'accomplisse la parole de l'Eternel prononcée par la bouche de Jérémie, l'Eternel réveilla l'esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, qui fit faire de vive voix et par écrit cette publication dans tout son royaume: