And yet, it provides us an invaluable service for it points out the contradictions that the chronology of the Masoretic Text entails. Now, it was evidently felt that publicity was out of the question. [However, as I stated Peleg actually lived to be 339 years old]. In Roman Mythology, Jupiter (Gr. [5] Biblical account Pieter Bruegel's The Tower of Babel depicts a traditional Nimrod inspecting stonemasons. But you've all got it so twisted. Chronos) by the god Jupiter (Gr. Required fields are marked *. Please turn with me to the Book of Daniel where we read: We could say, they stunk for more than one reason). Uranus discarded genitals then broke into a white foam from which was born a young goddess, named Aphrodite.. The Nephilim are the offspring of The Fallen Angels and human women. He is also said to have built Nineveh, Calah (modern Nimrd), Rehoboth-Ir, and Resen. During the time of Zeus, Atlantis seemed to have reached its greatest height of power. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.". They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. This could not be true, for we have sufficient evidence that the Tower of Babel stood long after Nimrods day. Nimrod Pendergrass, who was born in 1780, had married Martha Reynolds about 1804 while he was still at Lancaster County. The Bible does not expressly say he built these cities (he created the northern cities, Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen Genesis 10:8-12). His father Odin had learned the terrible secret from the book of destiny, having conjured one of the Volar from her infernal abode. This move would better serve the Gospel of Jesus Christ since ridiculous dates and times inherent in the MT would no longer operate as the true testimony of Scripture. Reading the comment section here reminds me of watching Ancient Aliens on the History channel - An ounce of truth followed by bushels of bull. (Targum Yonatan, Genesis 50:13)Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca, personified the perennial twinship of spirit and matter, idea and brute force, word and sword. (Obviously, they had lost their magical ability and let Nimrod down several times during his final 120 years, since he was no longer Emperor. And in fact one of Abram's seed, a wicked seed, did spring up in Nimrod's latter days and kill him. Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi, (born, Babylon [now in Iraq]died c. 1750 bce), sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st (Amorite) dynasty of Babylon (reigning c. 1792-1750 bce), noted for his surviving set of laws, once considered the oldest promulgation of laws in human history. 15. The images wept and lamented all the night long, and then in the morning they flew away, each to his own temple again, to the ends of the earth. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Who by the way has multiple names in multiple languages. Your email address will not be published. But both falsified histories require Nimrod lived nearly 1,000 years after the archeological dates associated with the myths. These gods have direct counterparts in Greek mythology (Chronos and Zeus) and in Celtic mythology (Bran and Bel or Belin) (270:133) Given that the next four patriarchs lived, 433, 404, 339, and 339 years respectively, we can bracket what a typical lifespan was early in the third century B.C., that is, between 339 to 433 years. Pausanian admits that some in his day regarded tusks as teeth; but he argues strongly, and, I think, conclusively, for their being considered as horns. Nimrod thought after killing them, he could use the same weapon against God's angels. The first biblical mention of Nimrod is in the Table of Nations. Take note that I have already shown you Nimrod was married to Rhea. Shelah lived 403 years [alternatively 433 years both in the Masoretic Text as well as in the LXX], making it conceivable (that) Nimrod could have lived to the time period of Abraham [which I dispute its way off], provided his life did not end prematurely [which it did according to all legendary accounts]. So when did Babel take place? But Samuel lived 500 years before Daniel and 1,000 years before Jesus. Through Your Son, Jesus Christ, we are worthy to be a part of Your Master Plan. His father was only twenty-nine years old when he, Terah, was born. The 200-year reduction in the age of Pelegs grandfathers (i.e., Shelah) is due to the rabbinical corruption in the MT, which subtracted 100 years from each Patriarchs age at the time when their child of promise (in the Messianic line) was born. The cutting of the dead body in pieces, and sending the dismembered parts among the different cities, is paralleled, and its object explained, by what we read in the Bible of the cutting of the dead body of the Levites concubine in pieces (Judges 19:29), and sending one of the parts to each of the twelve tribes of Israel; and the similar step taken by Saul, when he hewed the two yoke of oxen asunder, and sent them throughout all the coasts of his kingdom (I Sam 11:7). Not by his club, like the Hercules of the Greeks, but by the force of persuasion. Nimrod continued to reign supreme in Mesopotamia, or the domain of Babylon. Of the prevalence of such weepings in China, thus speaks the Reverend W. Gillespie: The dragon-boat festival happens in midsummer, and is a season of great excitement. [6] The Egyptians say, that the grand enemy of their god [Shem or Hercules, whom Hislop identifies are one and the same] overcame him [Osiris/Nimrod], not by open violence, but that, having entered into a conspiracy with seventy-two of the leading men of Egypt, he got him into his power, put him to death, and then cut his dead body into pieces, and sent the different parts to so many different cities throughout the country. NO WAY WILL I GLORIFY NIMROD! [23] Surprisingly, Nimrod is still alive after Abraham is dead. They truly are the man of the spirit and the man of the flesh. The Roman festival dedicated to Saturn, the Saturnalia, began on the 19th of December. There was an ancient tradition that he came to a violent end. Josephus, the Jewish Historian, makes reference to the same basic story. Jasher tells us Nimrods mighty men were, indeed, fast approaching. giants couldn't have survived the flood because it says that every living thing was wiped out. Nebuchadnezzar II was the eldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, founder of the Chaldean empire. Noah and Shem are long dead before the time of Abraham. Esau concealed himself for Nimrod, and he lurked for him in the wilderness (Jasher 27:6). Instead, as Ive indicated in RTB-1 and its companion volume, A Biography of the Christian Bible, the point is that we must consider both versions with an awareness of the illicit changes made in the Hebrew that sought to invalidate Jesus fulfillment of passages supporting His candidacy for Messiah. Heck, God promised Abraham that he would have a long life But evil Nimrod outlives him by 75 years. Learn how your comment data is processed. She was the daughter of William Reynolds and Ann Nixon. Like all the kings of his dynasty except his father and grandfather, Hammurabi bore a . Isn't the Actual Story About a Seeker who was saved with CEASELESS YET SELFLESS PRAYER from His Queen Who SAVED him. Periergesis); and the Nile is said by Virgil to come from the coloured Indians (Georg)i.e., from the Cushites, or Ethiopians of Africa. Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. Nephilm that existed post flood are the nephilm that passed through the flood and landed on mount Ararat in Turkey. [11] Foryan, G. Edward. Nimrod WAS "A MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE GOD. With the lesson complete, Terah is furious at Abraham and goes to Nimrod, asking the king to apprehend his son and judge him. On the night of his death all the images assembled from the ends of the earth into the temple of Babylon, to the great golden image of the Sun, which was suspended between heaven and earth. He knew the Nephilim used to be angels, so he thought if he could kill the angels he would probably save mankind. I explain the significance of these adjustments (corruptions) made by the Rabbis in RTB-1. In these Mysteries, under the seal of secrecy and the sanction of an oath, and by means of all the fertile resources of magic, men were gradually led back to all the idolatry that had been publicly suppressed, while new features were added to that idolatry that made it still more blasphemous than before. However, Peleg was born when Shelah (his grandfather) was 64 years old [actually, I calculate 264 years, which reflects at least 200 years of error, due to the 100 years subtracted from Shelahs age by the rabbis in the Second Century, when Eber was born and 100 years from Ebers age when Peleg was begotten]. Abraham breaks up the idols and then begins to teach him a lesson demonstrating that these wooden idols had no power. cit. He was Shems son Asshur who was killed by his father. Most of the misinformation comes from two untrustworthy sources: Alexander Hislops The Two Babylons and The Book of Jasher. Now, when this mighty hero, in the midst of his career of glory, was suddenly cut off by a violent death, great seems to have been the shock that the catastrophe occasioned. And Nimrod and two of his men that were with him came to the place where they were, when Esau started suddenly from his lurking-place, and drew his sword, and hastened and ran to Nimrod and cut off his head. (27:7) Next, Esau fought a desperate fight with the two companions of Nimrod (I venture these were his bodyguards) and smote them with his sword. The rabbis subtracted 100-years 13 times, plus one 50-year subtraction, for 1,350 years deleted from the LXX chronology. Abraham learns this through his servant Unic who had escaped from the battle (Unic is recorded in Jasher perhaps a play on the word eunuch, while the servant remains nameless in the Genesis account). He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. The only other references to Nimrod in the Bible are in Micah 5:6, where Assyria is called the land of Nimrod, and in 1 Chronicles 1:10, which reiterates his might. The name of the guy is Agog which happens to be the base of the Byzantine Empire that ravaged earth and true believers for over 1000 years. . (Shem is still alive too as he lived 500 years after the Flood according to the chronology of both the MT and LXX). . http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/creation/gaea.htm In Torah we can hardly see the lifetime of antagonism that existed between Jacob and Esau. This led to the Babylonian religion and worship of Nimrod becoming secretive and hidden from Shem. The MT states they were contemporaries). Sorry I do NOT accept this false story. Just like today, the believing masses then were hungry to learn about matters which the Bible mentions lightly.[17]. Because Amraphel is the king of Shinar (remember, we are still only 17 years removed from the Tower of Babel incident, so Shinar must have had the same king!). What can we say regarding Nimrods death? Once again, we will see strong evidence that the supposed history of Nimrod told in this account, by itself, invalidates the chronology of the Masoretic Text. Nimrod was Osiris of Egypt, and he he was a giant hunter. This is about 1,250 years different than what archeology, augmented by Septuagint chronology, indicates. And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people. And when Nimrod had built these cities in the land of Shinar, he placed in them the remainder of his people, his princes, and his mighty men that were left in his kingdom. II) Perhaps this lack of closure on Nimrods influence tells us that the nature of Nimrod his lust to build an empire and to plot against Shems descendants continues through history until it filters down to the final empire builder, the Antichrist, of whom Nimrod was the first antitype. The LXXs chronology has Shem passing away about 600 years before Abraham is born. Then, in regard to the death of Ninus, profane history speaks darkly and mysteriously, although one account tells of his having met with a violent death similar to that of Pentheus, Lycurgus, and Orpheus, who were said to have been torn in pieces. Wikipedia tells us its naming was in honor of the Assyro-Babylonian god Tammuz. And the fact of the violent death of the hero, who, in the esteem of his partisans, had done so much to bless mankind, to make life happy, and to deliver them from the fear of the wrath to come, instead of being fatal to the bestowal of such a title upon him, favored rather than otherwise the daring design. Noah and his descendants were all nephilim. Isa 6:9-12 And He said, Go, and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and seeing you see, but do not know. It only covers the first 2,516 years of human history.[18] And he also points out that due to the alterations made circa 160-169 A.D. to create the Jewish calendar (aka Seder Olam Rabbah), an adjustment of at least 168 years is necessary. Given this premise, the Tower event occurs 1,998 years after Creation 2006 B.C.,[20] while the Flood occurred 1656 years after Creation. It was taken out by the antichrist. Nephilim are their kids. Except our first parent, Adam, there was, perhaps, never a mere man that saw so much grief as he. He throws Abraham in the flames along with his brother Haran. ), Nimrods life may have been considerably shorter due to his rebellious nature. The remainder of Nimrods contingent heard the cries from a distance and ran to know the cause of it (27:9) Esau took the valuable garments of Nimrod, which Nimrods father had bequeathed to Nimrod, and with which Nimrod prevailed over the whole land, and he ran and concealed them in his house. (27:10) This garment was allegedly the leopard skins that Yahweh had fashioned for Adam and Eve, which held power for its wearer to rule the world. If you read the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jasher which are both referenced by the Bible and add a lot of context to these events, you would know that this story is nonsense. Peleg lived to the age of 209 years [On the contrary, he lived to 339 years in the LXX] If Nimrod lived to the end of Pelegs life, he would have been approximately 273 years old (209 {the age of Peleg at his death} + 64 {age of Shelah and Nimrod at Pelegs birth} = 273 years). This is not what Jasher holds to be true. If, therefore, there were just forty-two judges in the shades below, that even, on the showing of Diodorus, whatever reading of his words be preferred, proves that the number of the judges in the earthly judgment must have been the same. And when Esau saw the mighty men of Nimrod coming at a distance, he fled, and thereby escaped; and Esau took the valuable garments of Nimrod, which Nimrods father had bequeathed to Nimrod, and with which Nimrod prevailed over the whole land, and he ran and concealed them in his house. Ignatius Donnelly tells of Jupiters fame and glory after he deposed his father, Saturn: The third and last on the throne of the highest god was Zeus He was called the thunderer, and the mighty thunderer. He was represented with thunderbolts in his hand and an eagle at his feet. He explicitly asserts that the Septuagint is full of gross errors (without pointing out any particulars). Quite a lot. All the angels were bound at the time of the flood and put into prison until Yeshua judged them. If Osiris was Nimrod, as we have seen, that violent death which the Egyptians so pathetically deplored in their annual festivals was just the death of Nimrod. See OVIDS Fasti. How appropriate a name Ogmius, The Lamenter or Mourner, for one who had such a history! At some point, he was captured by Shemwho is also known to be the Melchizedek of Salem. (Here we see shades of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Book of Daniel, and a foreshadowing of the three days the Messiah spends in the underworld of Hades proclaiming victory to the Watcher captives there 1 Peter 3:19. The accounts in regard to the death of the god worshipped in the several mysteries of the different countries are all to the same effect. Likewise, he later hides out with Shem when Nimrod pursues him. View these maps of the Bible. The Nephilem actually are the offspring,of the Watchers/Angels and human women. Your email address will not be published. Even the long ages of the Patriarchs are unable to bridge these long gaps. (Note: 600,000 deaths would be a fantastic number since it would have reduced the worlds population about 30-40% in just one battle). The legend, though, is that Shem instigated not one but two tribunals that convicted Nimrod of great sins and sentenced him to an ignoble if not barbaric death. Join in and write your own page! We simply dont know. [i.e., he got blamed.]. The Mythology Dictionary describes the brutal disposition of Saturn: The passage also tells us that the Tower was built for defense against others outside of the sons of Ham (the descendants of Shem and Japheth), in order that the evil of our enemies may cease from us, that we may reign mightily over them. Thus, not all the peoples gathered at Babel, according to the Book of Jasher, just the Hamites. There are several which we will analyze. Ernest Shackleton However, the authentic Book of Jasher was written before the time of Samuel (who wrote Judges and his histories), where the true Jasher is mentioned when Samuel, the author of these biblical books, cites Jasher in two instances Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18. According to Archbishop James Ussher's chronology done in the 17th century, Adam was created 4,000 years before Jesus or 4,004 BC which equates to 1 Anno Mundus (year of the World).Noah's Flood . The Book of Jasher establishes the Tower Event almost exactly two thousand years after the creation of the world (and Adam). When the time came for them to die, they went to sleep peacefully. Anticipating confusion over this matter, allow me to step through the analysis another way in hopes that it might clarify things. In the Genesis passage, the beginning of his kingdom is said to have been Babel, Erech, and Akkad, in the land of Shinar. So, lets jump to Jasher, Chapter 11, And Nimrod, son of Cush, was still in the land of Shinar (Mesopotamia), and he reigned over it and dwelt there, and he built cities in the land of Shinar. Nimrod builds the cities of Babel, Erech, Eched, and Calnah (per Jasher). At a tournament of this kind, the evil genius putting a sprig of the mistletoe into the hands of the blind Hoder, and directing his aim, the dreaded prediction was accomplished by an unintentional fratricide. What we must realize about Hislops presentation is that he treats specific statements about the mythological figures (in this case, Osiris/Isis/Horus) as historically based, and he assumes that each took place in the life of Nimrod and his supposed consort. The dig site at Lake Delavan was overseen by Beloit College and it included more then 200 effigy mounds that proved to be classic examples of the 8th century Woodland culture. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nimrod, McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Nimrod. NASB 1977 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died. And Nimrod and his men that were with him did not know him, and Nimrod and his men frequently walked about in the field at the cool of the day, and to know where his men were hunting in the field. Seventy-two was just the number of the judges, both civil and sacred, who, according to Egyptian law, were required to determine what was to be the punishment of one guilty of so high an offence as that of Osiris, supposing this to have become a matter of judicial inquiry. Ever since that time, on the same day of the month, the dragon-boats go out in search of him. It is something, adds the author, like the bewailing of Adonis, or the weeping for Tammuz mentioned in Scripture. As the great god Buddh is generally represented in China as a Negro, that may serve to identify the beloved Mandarin whose loss is thus annually bewailed. Getting it right, and demonstrating why these two sources get the facts so wrong comes into focus by being mindful of the authentic biblical chronology from the Septuagint. Hence it may be concluded that Thamus and Osiris are the same. Previous to the flood, there had been giants and mighty men on the earth, and "also afterward" ( Genesis 6:4 ). There was an ancient tradition that he came to a violent end. Nimrod is described as the first of the "mighty men" to appear on the earth after the great flood. In 2013 AM (1991 B.C. Simply put, if the MT chronology isnt correct, the authenticity of these stories crumbles. Of course, then there is the fantastic conclusion of the myth. The book tells us Nimrod fled and was then under the sovereign reign of Chedorlaomer (for a long time, Jasher 13:15-16). (my calculation is 2228 B.C.) If Nimrod lived to the end of Peleg's life, he would have been approximately 273 years old (209 {the age of Peleg at his death} + 64 {age of Shelah and Nimrod at Peleg's birth} = 273 years). We read that Esaus hunting (for he was also a great hunter as was Nimrod), enabled Esau to happen upon an unsuspecting Nimrod out in the bush when Nimrod meandered some distance away from his two bodyguards. As a horn means power, so a tusk, that is, a horn in the mouth, means power in the mouth; in other words, the power of persuasion; the very power with which Sem, the primitive Hercules, was so signally endowed. Esau knew that Nimrod had it in for him. In India, a demon with a boars face is said to have gained such power through his devotion, that he oppressed the devotees or worshippers of the gods, who had to hide themselves. [13] Merrill continues on this topic relying upon questionable history, as Hislop tells it, concerning the facts of Nimrod/ Osiris/ Horus death. For starters, we cant even say that Nimrod died abruptly. Belus, says Berosus, commanded one of the gods to cut off his head, that from the blood thus shed by his own command and with his own consent, when mingled with the earth, new creatures might be formed, the first creation being represented as a sort of a failure. (Daniel 11:40-43) But Cush is also known to us today by his second and more infamous Egyptian nameSeth Lord Chaos. of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus (Cush); for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even to this day both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites (Kushites). He was 100 years old at the time of the great flood. The real meaning of this statement will appear, if we glance at the judicial institutions of Egypt. 43 He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. Here, then, we have large and consenting evidence, all leading to one conclusion, that the death of Nimrod, the child worshipped in the arms of the goddess-mother of Babylon, was a death of violence. Now, on certain occasions, in the mystical celebrations, the Nebros, or spotted fawn, was torn in pieces, expressly, as we learn from Photius, as a commemoration of what happened to Bacchus, whom that fawn represented. Image Credit Born In: Sangara 22 5 Spiritual & Religious Leaders #36 Quick Facts Family: father: Cush mother: Semiramis siblings: Havilah, Raamah, Sabtah, Sabtecah, Seba children: Azurad, Hunor, Magor Born Country: Iraq Iraqi Male Iraqi Spiritual & Religious Leaders Died on: 1638 BC Myths & Legends With these points as our anchor, we can stay on course. For the King James Version and Bishop Ussher, the Flood of Noah occurs in 2348 B.C. [12] Others have noted the similarity to Arabic 'athaa () meaning "hirsute". Ernest Shackleton, in full Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, (born February 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Irelanddied January 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. It asserts that the creation transpired in 3761 B.C. This encounter takes place 102 years after Nimrod and his three kingly comrades (whom Abraham had defeated), and who then raced home their separate ways. Cush left Mesopotamia and came to Egypt and continued with the Babylonian religion only with himself as the supreme deity instead of Nimrod. Uranus hated his offspring and as soon as they were born, he shut them up in the depths of the Earth.
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