Is there a biblical basis for Zoroastrians worshiping a different God than the God of the Bible?
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The fact that Cyrus worshiped a different god than the God of the bible is found in
Isaiah 45:1-4 KJV
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;
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
While I do not understand how or why God would speak someone who worshiped a different god, apparently he did.
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Let's try to address all the questions here.
- God moved Cyrus heart. That statement itself doesn't mean that Cyrus became a worshipper of God. God can move the hearts of all sort of people to do all sorts of things (for example read how he moved the heart of Pharoah in Exodus). All it says is God caused Cyrus to do a specific thing, i.e. make a proclamation.
- The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth This statement does imply that Cyrus recognizes God in some way. However we don't know if perhaps he recognized God as 'one God among many', and so not a true worshipper. It is also possible that Cyrus couched the proclamation in those terms for his own reasons - perhaps to emphasise to the Israelites his authority.
In any case, none of this implies that Cyrus was a worshipper of God by virtue of his being a Zoroastrian (assuming he was - it's far from certain) and thus doesn't imply that the Zoroastrian God is Yahweh.
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