Even Chuck Missler, though not with the same details, raised the appropriate question not long ago in an online article about the Antichrist: Could it be that this final world dictator will be, in some sense, a return of Nimrod? In my opinion, this is more than a possibility, and I remember with curiosity how in 1998, Zahi Hawass, the current Secretary General of Egypts Supreme Council of Antiquities, claimed to have found the burial tomb of the god Osiris (Apollo/Nimrod) at the Giza Plateau. This was Kush (Kasher). He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power on earth and a mighty hunter. For the ending, see Nimrod Ending. Very shortly after the tomb of Gilgamesh was . I have looked his info, but Im not sure what to think about it. According to tradition, Nimrod sought to turn men away from God by setting up a tyrannical government and setting up a new religion. [4] He is described as the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah; and as "a mighty one in the earth" and "a mighty hunter before the Lord". @simon_e_davies pic.twitter.com/N3vUEg0Bmh. The real venue of the tomb, which was constructed 2,000 years ago, has been determined. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord." ('Genesis 10:8-12'). Later, the book describes how Nimrod established fire worship and idolatry, then received instruction in divination for three years from Bouniter, the fourth son of Noah.[13]. In Pseudo-Philo (dated c. AD 70), Nimrod is made leader of the Hamites, while Joktan as leader of the Semites, and Fenech as leader of the Japhethites, are also associated with the building of the Tower. He confronts Nimrod and tells him face-to-face to cease his idolatry, whereupon Nimrod orders him burned at the stake. A herald is then said to have appeared in the land announcing "the coming of Abraham". [9] Versions of this story are again picked up in later works such as Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius (7th century AD). [26][27], The Quran states, "Have you not considered him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord, because God had given him the kingdom (i.e. But Im not laughing anymore This is going to happen. Nimrod was the great-grandson of Noah. Eridu was known as the original home of the Sumerian god Enki. In late Second Temple writings, Nimrod is connected to the Tower of Babel and seen as a rebel against God. Additionally, Enmerkar is said to have had ziggurats built in both Uruk and Eridu, which Rohl postulates was the site of the original Babel. Ive had a another wierd dream about another Goddess about a year and half ago. [10][11][12], An early Arabic work known as Kitab al-Magall or the Book of Rolls (part of Clementine literature) states that Nimrod built the towns of Hadnin, Ellasar, Seleucia, Ctesiphon, Rhn, Atrapatene, Telaln, and others, that he began his reign as king over earth when Reu was 163, and that he reigned for 69 years, building Nisibis, Raha (Edessa) and Harran when Peleg was 50. While some expositors say Joel was most likely describing an army of locusts, with phrases like [They] a great people and a strong and they shall run like mighty men [Gibborim] it is reasonable to question if in fact these verses are talking about grasshoppers. By birth, Nimrod had no right to be a king or ruler. This article is part of our series on biblical figures brought to light through archaeology. Nimrod in the Bible was the great-grandson of Noah through the line of Cush ( Genesis 10:8 ). It starts out by describing a list of rulers of vast ages, followed by a cataclysmic flood. Because of Ham's transgression in "uncovering . The Tomb of Gilgamesh was announced to be found in 2003 in the Location as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh.One month later, the American Military entered Iraq under the Pretext of finding Weapons of Mass Destruction during Desert Storm and supposedly raided the Tomb as well as several Museums. 2, American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. (The next two verses describe further cities built either by him or Asshur.). [The Bible, Genesis 11:28, mentions Haran predeceasing Terach, but gives no details.]|. If Abraham wins, I shall say: "I am of Abraham's [followers]", if Nimrod wins I shall say "I am of Nimrod's [followers]". In every attempt, his former goal is seeking his ways to escape the nightmarish universe of Hell. Both Nimrod and Esau are so utterly consumed by jealousy towards one another that it's just . The dog not listening to instructions are being compared to the workers carrying out theirs in perfect harmony. More recently, Yigal Levin (2002) suggests that the fictional Nimrod was a recollection of Sargon of Akkad and also of his grandson Naram-Sin, with the name "Nimrod" derived from the latter. [42] Grabbe and others have rejected the book's arguments as based on a flawed understanding of the texts,[42][43] but variations of them are accepted among some groups of evangelical Protestants.[42][43]. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The treasure of Nimrud survived 2,800 years buried near a dusty town in northern Iraq. CQ Columnist Mark Stencel listened to the recent HFA committee hearings and wrote in his March 15, 2009 article, Futurist: Genes Without Borders, that the conference sounded more like a Hollywood pitch for a sci-fi thriller than a sober discussion of scientific reality with talk of biotechs potential for creating supersoldiers, superintelligence and superanimals [that] agents of unprecedented lethal force. [1]. He disappered then i called out nimrod where are you? Modern Sumerologists have suggested Euchous and Enmerkar are the same individual. Ham and His seed (including Nimrod) were told to serve Japheth's and Shem's seed. The technology to resurrect the extinct species already exists, and cloning methods are being studied now for use with bringing back Tasmanian Tigers, Wooly Mammoths and other extinguished creatures. In this version, the weaver is called Sisan, and the fourth son of Noah is called Yonton. http://www.consfearacynewz.com/forums.html#/20130719/bloomberg-lp-worships-minthras-mystery-religo-2758565/, THE MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY Writer and researcher Mehmet Trehan Serdar said his team has determined the location of the tomb after an extensive period of research. This article is about the biblical king. According to various legends, Semiramis became pregnant after engaging in an adulterous affair . According to the Sumerian list, Enmerkars father is a ruler called Meskiagkasher. Since the city of Akkad was destroyed and lost with the destruction of its Empire in the period 22002154 BC (long chronology), the much later biblical stories mentioning Nimrod seem to recall the late Early Bronze Age. . 1 Like. Tomb of Nimrod discovered. The two believers were Solomon (Sulayman in Islamic texts) and Dhul Qarnayn, and the two disbelievers were Nebuchadnezzar II and Nimrod. : ! Judaic interpreters as early as Philo and Yochanan ben Zakai (1st century AD) interpreted "a mighty hunter before the Lord" (Heb. Some Muslim commentators assign Nimrod as the king. [Abraham] said to him: If so, shall I worship the cloud, which carries the water? The scene was fresh then, and people were ripe for all kinds of new ideas. But what it did illustrate is that at least some very powerful Egyptologists believe Osiris was a historical figure, and that his body was stored somewhere at or near the Great Pyramid. God saw the designs of the tower-builders and, realizing the potential advancement of the amassing unilingual society toward evil, stepped in to confuse the languages of the builders in order to force them to disperse into separate groups and repopulate the Earth. Not to be outpaced in this regard by rogue fringe scientists or even bio-terrorists, DARPA and other agencies of the U.S. military have taken inspiration from the likes of Tolkeins Lord of the Rings, and in scenes reminiscent of Saruman the wizard creating monstrous Uruk-Hai to wage unending, merciless war, billions of American tax dollars have flowed into the Pentagons Frankensteinian dream of super-soldiers and Extended Performance War Fighter programs. 2023 Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Haran [Abraham's brother] was standing there. For instance this is the dating given by a group of scientists from the USA, Russia, Australia, France, and Ireland known as the Holocene Impact Working Group who hypothesize the Great Flood resulted from a comet striking the Indian Ocean between 2800-2900 BC, resulting in a mega-tsunami. And that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers. It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with mortar, made of bitumen, that it might not be liable to admit water. (Painted eggs, bunnies and hot cross buns were no part of original Christianity.) Is the great tyrant Nimrod the Sumerian Enmerkar? A great-grandson of Noah, he was the original early despot, builder of the infamous tower of Babel. They are scaring me as they are really vivid. Perhaps even here, there is a link with Cushs father HamHam in Hebrew meaning, simply, hot. Surely the sons of Noahthe three fathers of all nations, Shem, Ham and Japhethwould have been deified in later years by their respective peoples. Nimrod is thus given attributes of two archetypal cruel and persecuting kings Nebuchadnezzar and Pharaoh. Nimrod is described in Genesis 10:8-12 as "the first on earth to be a mighty man. Nimrod, also spelled Nemrod, legendary biblical figure of the book of Genesis. There are other theories for the original location of the tower of Babel. If you know the Bible then you know, God punished the angels and they can never reenter heaven, so they turned to Lucifer as their new king. This explains why Babel was only the beginning of his kingdom, and why he needed to later build further cities to accommodate and keep together the scattering peoples. He is the Antichrist, the future despot who comes in the name of the ancient mystery religion. Inanna is recorded as being related to Utu-Shamash (grandfather of Enmerkar). Is he still just an elusive name found only in the Bible and other later histories? The normals, on the other hand, may see the posthumans as a threat and if they can, may engage in a preemptive strike by killing the posthumans before they themselves are killed or enslaved by them. Some may be shocked to learn that in addition to the citations above, the Bible actually describes an end-times confrontation between the mythological gods and Christ. Nimrod was also half angel. Dated 19th Century. The usage is often said to have been popularized by the Looney Tunes cartoon character Bugs Bunny sarcastically referring to the hunter Elmer Fudd as "nimrod"[50][51] to highlight the difference between "mighty hunter" and "poor little Nimrod", i.e. Nimrod was tried and found guilty in a court of law and executed and his body cut apart and sent to the other nations as a warning not to follow in Nimrods Rebellious ways. He wrote: Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. Nimrod therefore orders the killing of all newborn babies. I was told of these miracle workers and of secret agencies that had been around since well before America was formed whose purpose was to take these miracle workers out. Google him and take a look a look at his thighs. Others have attempted to conflate Nimrod with Amraphel, a supposed king in Mesopotamia, but yet again, one who is himself historically unattested. The Canaanites and Israelites called her Astarte. and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers! I think I sensed this as a kid, and it laid the seeds for some interesting innovations that I brought about later on. Here is the amazon link https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Revolution-Humanity-Shmuel-Asher/dp/152290350X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8. Perhaps Nimrod even led a rebellion that broke from the main body, and led his group westward into Babylonia. Until Thursday, it was uncertain. In the tenth chapter of the book of Enoch, it says the Watchers who were judged during the flood would be bound beneath the hills of the earth for 70 generations, until the day of their final judgment when they will be released from those confines and thrown into an abyss of fire, to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever.. Enmerkar, son of Meskiagkasher, king of Uruk, the one who built Uruk, became king and reigned 420 years. [citation needed], A portent in the stars tells Nimrod and his astrologers of the impending birth of Abraham, who would put an end to idolatry. Nimrod was presumably some sort of king, as the Bible records the "centers of his kingdom" in Genesis 10:10-12. Other traditional stories also exist around Nimrod, which have resulted in him being referenced as a tyrant in Muslim cultures. Gen 10:10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babylon and Erech and Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar. (The name Aratta could well be a reference to an early kingdom based around Ararat, where the ark landed.) If Nimrod is, in a sense, worshiped still today by mystery religions, what if these religions want to recreate him in some sense? Nimrod was, in fact, the founder of the . also Nahum Sarna, . An: God of heaven/the firmament. Genesis describes Nimrod as a great hunter before YHWH and a powerful king. Nimrod rejected God as his ruler; he trusted in his own might, therefore it is said of him, "Hewas mighty in hunting, and in sin before theLord; for he was a hunter of the sons of men in their languages. Ludovicus Maria Sinistrari de Ameno (1622-1701) also perceived the coming of Antichrist as representing the biological hybridization of demons with humans. God even gave Nimrod a mighty bow to hunt them down with. [52] However, it is in fact Daffy Duck who refers to Fudd as "my little Nimrod" in the 1948 short "What Makes Daffy Duck",[53] although Bugs Bunny does refer to Yosemite Sam as "the little Nimrod" in the 1951 short "Rabbit Every Monday".[54]. I will have to check that your provided info definitely. http://www.consfearacynewz.com/forums.html#/20130824/the-merovingian-dynasty-3057921/, Remote Viewing, Lucifer & Time Travel etc George Syncellus (c. 800) also had access to Berossus, and he too identified the also historically unattested Euechoios with the biblical Nimrod. ( Ge 10:9, ftn) Although in this case some . For a full explanation of this king list and how it parallels the biblical account of extremely long antediluvian ages, see our article Biblical Longevity of the First Humans. Just after the 900-year-old rulers, after lifespans began to rapidly decline, a certain Sumerian ruler emerges by the name of Enmerkar. . Nimrod is also known as the war-god Asshur, which brought forth the name Assyria, corresponding to the Antichrist's title in Isaiah 10:5, "the Assyrian"; and in verse 12, "the King of Assyria". Nimrud is the Arabic and Aramaic name for an ancient Assyrian city, located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometers south of the . 28, Number 2&3, 2002 p. 162 "So began the worship of Semiramis and the child-god, and the whole paraphernalia of the Babylonian religious system.". Start your Independent Premium subscription today. What if these so called gods did have some type of demonic power, like the occult seems to have, and their DNA contains something occult followers would wish to possess? 10, Fr. However, Abraham's mother escapes into the fields and gives birth secretly. 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