Neither Isaiah 41:2 nor Isaiah 41:25 can be Cyrus the Great, ruler of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
Cyrus the Great, circa 590-529 BC, ruler of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, was neither a Jew nor a Christian. Indeed, Isaiah 45:5 plainly says, though the LORD surnamed Cyrus (in Hebrew, Cyrus is “Koresh”) and stirred him to take Babylon...