What happened to Nimrod's Babylon?


The religion formed by Cush and Nimrod was the beginning of polytheism:
the worship of many gods. The snake, sun, and fire became symbols of
their deities on earth, and in the sky. Human sacrifice was openly
practiced. Even though God wanted the people to spread out and only
serve Him, Nimrod, through the empire and religion of Babylon, began to
unite the people into his "one-world government". This early Babylonian
religion began to be abhorred by the pious, God-following generations of
Noah. One of them, Noah's own son, decided to do something about it.

According to tradition, Shem gathered 72 co-conspirators to help him, and
they made their way up to the palace where Nimrod lived. After catching
him in a double-cross, Shem murdered Nmrod, and cut his body into little
pieces! He told his co-conspirators to, each, take a piece of Nimrod's body
and distribute it to one of the cities under his rule. They did as they were
told. All of this gore had a purpose, however: this became proof positive
that Nimrod wasn't a god. It was Shem's open warning to all of Nimrod's
followers: stop what they were doing and start obeying God!

Nimrod's followers became very frightened because they worshipped him
as a god - a god who would live forever. Now, he was dead; the validity of
his religion in question. Cush, his father, was already shamed for his
actions. He was not able to unite the people under this Babylonian system
as Nimrod did. The whole scheme had to go in a different direction to
survive.

The way they accomplished this would be by another up-and-coming
character: a woman.
















Little-known by her proper name, Semiramis was about to be exalted to
one of the most famous women on the planet! She was Cush's wife at the
time of the tower, and also mother of Nimrod. After Cush was disgraced at
the tower, subtle Semiramis did not want to go down with him in
reputation. She did the unthinkable: she married her own son!

By marrying Nimrod, Semiramis could maintain her position of authority in
Babylon - as long as her husband remained in power. Once he was
murdered, however, she was once again in danger of losing all the control
she had.

Semiramis was pregnant soon after his death; the father unknown. This
was a wonderful opportunity for her to further corrupt what would occur
almost two thousand years later. If we recall, from Untold Adam and Eve,
there was a famous prophecy, given by God to Adam and Eve:


"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy (the
serpent's) seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel."

                       Genesis 3:15 KJV


This prophecy was well known to the people of Noah's day. It simply
stated that, one day, a savior would be born - one that would arise from
the seed of Eve. This savior would "bruise the head" of the serpent and his
seed, and save the people from their worldly sin. Semiramis believed that if
she could convince the world her unborn son was going to the one who
would "bruise the head" of the serpent she still might retain her power and
authority. What if this unborn child was 'the promised seed' - the one
destined to save the world from the curse of sin and death Adam allowed
into the garden? Her unborn child, according to Semiramis, would be none
other than Nimrod - reborn.

According to her, in her womb was Nimrod reincarnated. Semiramis
claimed she "slept with no man", and became pregnant. Her child was
fathered by none other than the spirit of Nimrod, the god.

The slaughter of Nimrod, in the end, was really a good thing. He now was
considered a martyr. Nimrod died for the sins of the whole world, and rose
again as this child. Semiramis would naturally be looked upon as the "great
mother" - the virgin - involved in the wonderful, miraculous birth of a god.
Sound familiar? Yes, this was the greatest twist in the history of the world -
the twist of Jesus Christ.

Now, this corruption of what God prophesied would rob millions of what
would correctly be the true 'promised one' - Jesus. The people now began
to accept Nimrod as the great savior - the fulfilment of prophecy. It was
his death that saved everyone from the curse in the garden.

Semiramis, naturally, also became deified - the "mother of the child":



















Now, this image of mother and child, two thousands years before the birth
of Christ, became the object of their worship. Ultimately, the religion was
saved by her borrowing God's prophecy, and twisting it. Nimrod became
the basis for the Horned God of ancient paganism; Semiramis, the
Goddess. Semiramis, once again, stopped the attempt of Shem and his
conspirators to halt the progress of their false religion. She also managed to
explain away any doubt and speculation that once persisted in the minds of
the believers. Nimrod did not actually die, but was born into a god again.

Their religion of old also seemed harsh to a lot of people. In order for it to
survive, there also had to be some changes here, as well. No longer could
some of their graphic practices be openly done as before. No more human
sacrifice out in the open, for example. Some of these aspects had to look
more wholesome. Their relation had to be changed to make sure that
no-one of God, like Shem, could ever go to such a high levels again, and
devastate their control.

All that began in Babylon - their knowledge, their authority, their beliefs
and their culture - eventually passed on into each empire that succeeded
the former. God, especially now, was truly their enemy. His ways were not
their ways. Man was now the measure of all things. The two belief
systems of the ancient world would be at odds with each other from then
on - even though they were now beginning to have some similarities.

The mystery system of Babylon was destined to spread to the entire
world.The rise of Christianity eventually would push these old, harsher
facets of the religion under cover. A once-great city and system would,
over time, be transformed into a cloak of ideologies - often splitting into
various thoughts and ideals behind major political, religious, and cultural
influences! All of these different facets, according to the Bible, collectively
can be lumped together into one title: MYSTERY BABYLON!

What happened after the adoption of Semiramis' deceptions can be found
in Legacy of Nimrod. This article gives details on how one aspect of the
Mystery System was even adopted by a descendant of Shem, and how he
used this power to help the establishment of another, more powerful
empire and religion.

For more background on the time leading up to Cush and Nimrod, please
visit The Gap Theory.


Copyright 2010, Brett T., All Rights Reserved
Origins of
Babylon - Part 2
"... and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel..."
                                             Genesis 11:8-9