The Bible says that King Cyrus of Persia was the Messiah, or Christ:

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; (Isaiah 45:1)

FWIW - and am I the only one who thinks the part beginning "I will loose the loins of kings" sounds, um, potentially kinky or lascivious or something?

Haruo
a Christian for a' that