"And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel..."
                                             Genesis 25:26
Esau: Legacy
of Nimrod



















                                     Jacob vs. Esau?


After the flood, after the birth of Abraham, there was one more story
which became extremely relevant to the legacy of Babylon: Esau.

Lets go back to the time right after the flood. We know, from Other Flood
Survivors, there probably were other groups of people and angelic
offspring who survived the flood. One of Noah's sons, Shem, was
appointed by God to carry on the Holy seed of Adam to what would,
eventually, be Jesus. One of Shem's descendants, Abraham, would
become a very famous person in the Bible - the father of many nations.

Abraham had a son: Isaac. Isaac had two sons: Jacob and Esau. Jacob
would have a very special place in regards to the bloodline of Adam. He
would be the one of whom God would rename as Israel - the father of the
Israeli people.

Jacob and Esau were twins. At the time of their birth, Esau came out of
the womb first. In the ancients, the firstborn son had a special significance,
and retained certain privileges in the family. As Esau was coming out of his
mother, baby Jacob reportedly reached his arm out of the womb and
grabbed Esau's leg, possibly signifying that Jacob wanted this birthright,
and they were going to fight for it for times to come (Genesis 25:24-26).

Jacob and Esau did not get along; they constantly fought. The interesting
thing about this was, not only would Jacob's descendants go on to form a
nation, Esau's descendants would also go on to form another, more
powerful empire. The battle would never end.

What is relevant to our quest to discover what Mystery Babylon has turned
into, we must go back a few hundred years, and, again, look at Nimrod.
There are a variety of extra-Biblical accounts which state Nimrod, himself,
once confronted Abraham, Jacob's grandfather. He even was said to have
thrown Abraham in a fiery furnace because he would not worship idols.
An angel, however, saved Abraham, and Nimrod was amazed. Nimrod
reportedly sent Abraham on his way, after that, with great riches and his
freedom.

The battle between the Babylon of Nimrod and the bloodline of Adam was
obviously won by Abraham this time. The battle of virtual Babylon and
Abraham's seed would continue on, beyond Nimrod, until this day.

Nimrod, according to a variety of ancient sources, wore "magical" clothes.
These clothes were said to be the clothes of Adam himself - the clothes
God made for him after he realized he was naked in the Garden. Adam
reportedly gave them to his son, Seth, who passed them down through the
generations, eventually to Noah. After this, they found their way into
Nimrod's hands.

Whenever Adam wore these clothes, all the animals around him prostrated
themselves in obedience. Nimrod discovered that he could wear these
same clothes, and the animals of the day would do the same thing. This
could probably be a reason he was known as a mighty hunter and
conqueror of wild animals:


"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth."

                     Genesis 10:8 KJV


Apparently, the clothes had the same affect on the humans of the day,
which allowed Nimrod to reign over them, as well. We know, however,
Nimrod's rule was not to last. After uncle Shem chopped him up into little
pieces, Semiramis "took over the reigns" of Babylon. As we recall from
Origins of Babylon 2, Semiramis had a child, of whom she claimed was
Nimrod re-born, or a "god-incarnate".

One day, her son, this "re-born" Nimrod, was all grown up, and went
hunting. He wore the same clothes of Adam in his hunts, to protect himself
from the animals around him. Jacob's brother, Esau, was also a hunter. He
saw neo-Nimrod walking by, and ambushed him. After a long fight, Esau
killed neo-Nimrod and his companions. Having known about the magic
clothes, he stole them off of the body, and took them for his own. It was a
tough ambush, and Esau became exhausted from the struggle, so he ran all
the way home to where Jacob was staying. Once he saw Jacob, he begged
him for something to eat. This lead us to a famous story in the Bible:


"... and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to
Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint:
therefore was his name called Edom (red). And Jacob said, Sell me this
day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and
what profit this day: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob
gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and
rose up, and went his way: this Esau despised his birthright."

                          Genesis 25:29-34 KJV


He sold Jacob his birthright for a pot of beans.

This set up a sibling rivalry unlike the world had ever seen. Esau's
descendants would go on to form the Edomites, which would eventually
form a major empire - the empire of Rome!

God hated Esau, if, for no other reason, for his position of opposition to
Jacob. Israel and Rome, as two peoples, will continually be at odds with
one another from then on.

It leads us, however, to a royal "changing of the guard", in regards to the
authority and hierarchy of ancient Babylon. Once, it was Cush and
Nimrod, then Semiramis, then neo-Nimrod. Now, Esau stripped the royal
clothes off neo-Nimrod, as well as Babylon's majesty, and kept them for
his own. It was said that he buried these clothes, and, probably, passed
them onto his descendants.

Eventually Rome and the Roman Empire would take it's place as a
majestic, world-dominating system, which it was. Although the influences
of ancient Babylon spread throughout many facets of the world, it's royal
authority, or majesty, was once headed at the city of Babylon. Now, at
least in it's authoritarian aspect, was beginning to move to another world
power - Rome.

We will see, in The Rise of Mystery Babylon, how the power, authority
and majesty of ancient Babylon shifted from one empire to another, and
eventually took it's place in the authoritative powers of today.


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