Against all odds and expectations, U.S.President Donald Trump has emerged as the unlikely champion of peace in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s fight for its defense in the Middle East. An NBC News report on the reaction inside Israel to the peace agreement included a picture of a billboard sponsored by Friends of Zion that proclaimed: “Cyrus the Great is alive.” That’s not just a slogan; it’s a statement of fact.

Those who know their Bible will understand that Cyrus—the ancient Persian king who allowed Jewish exiles to return to their homeland and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem after their captivity in Babylon—was not the leader the Jews would have chosen. He wasn’t the man the world expected. But he was the one God used to change the course of history.

In our time, Trump has played th

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