Nimrod Opposed Jehovah God

Nimrod Opposed Jehovah God

It wasn't very long after the Great Flood of Noah's Day, that mankind began a great Apostasy away from Jehovah God. Nimrod was the Ring-Leader in this opposition. The Bible reveals that Jehovah God was NOT pleased with Nimrod or his evil ways. "...Nimrod....He displayed himself a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah...." (Genesis 10:8,9)(NWT) "...Nimrod....He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah..." (Genesis 10:8,9)(ASV)-BibleGateway "Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God." -Josephus (c. 37 c. 100 AD/CE), "His name is Nimrod, It means the rebel,

and is evidently meant to designate the nature of the man. He was the first specimen of giant tyranny after the flood. His Defiance of Jehovah was perpetrated in wickedness and ambition under the very eye of Jehovah. Nimrod's assumptions were religious as well as political. Nimrod presented himself not only for obedience but also for worship. His awful greatness was of ambitious rebellion, apostasy and defiance of Jehovah. And as it was Babel that was the beginning of his empire, so is Babylon the great its consummation and close." -Nimrod by Horatius Bonar 1808-1889 "As the people increased in number, the Way of Jehovah was corrupted and a principal figure in those days was Nimrod, the grandson of Ham described as a mighty hunter before Jehovah. The word 'before' used in this sense means, 'totally antagonistic to Jehovah.' We celebrate Christmas on a date which coincides with the birthday of Nimrod - the villainous king of ancient Babylon." -The Ensign Trust VOLUME I No.2 - JUNE 1999 'NARROW IS THE WAY' By Harry Lancaster "Nimrods rebellion was to head a great confederacy in open revolt against God. This confederacy is described in Genesis eleven and that it was an organized revolt against Jehovah God is very clear. From this point onward - Babylon in Scripture always stands for that which is in opposition to God " --Fundamental Baptist Institute Gleanings In Genesis; chapter 16 Nimrod And The Tower Of Babel by Author W. Pink

"Shinar is the land where Nimrod built his five cities, of which Babylon was the capital. Babylon continued to be the seat of pagan hate for Jehovah from Nimrod onward." - Prophecy--Babylon The Woman in the Ephah by Steve Van Nattan "Nimrod, who began to prevail in wickedness, for he shed innocent blood, and rebelled against Jehovah." --The Companion Bible E.W. Bullinger;(Appendix 28, pg. 29)

The Influence of Nimrod Continues

"The wine of old Babylon's fornication was a debauching system of idol worship and carnal self-exaltation, over and against the revelations and institutes of Jehovah. We find it (the teachings of Ancient Babylon) to this day among all the nations of the earth, affecting and controlling their thinking, their policies, their faith, and their worship. Two-thirds of the population of the earth - at this hour - are Pagan idolaters,

drivelling under the same old intoxication which came forth from Nimrod and Babylon." - THE WINE OF OLD BABYLON Excerpt from 'The Apocalypse' by J. A. Seiss
"Virtually all pagan practices had their beginnings in the city of Babylon during the time of Nimrod. Ancient traditions show that he rebelled against God, and in so doing, created a worldwide apostasy." --The Bible as History (p.331) by Werner Keller

"The Garden of Eden was in Southern Iraq, not far from where Nimrod, under Satan's motivation, built Babel, which was the beginning of Babylon. The Babylonian spirit is invading the world. Its influence is breathtaking...and spreading its idea to the entire world. There is no other proper description of Babel and the evil intent of this first expression of false religion." --Babylon: The Axis of Evil by Joseph Chambers "Later, the Roman Empire assimilated into its system the gods and religions of the countries over which it ruled. Since Babylon was the source of this paganism, we can easily see how Rome's early religion was a form of Babylonish worship that had developed under different forms and different names in the countries to which it had gone." -Source --Satan's Counterfeit Christianity By Roderick C. Meredith "Not only has the original Babylonian religious system served as the source of all the worlds non-Christian religions, hut it has also infiltrated and corrupted Christendom to an alarming degree." --Babylon - Source of False Religion "Babylon, Mystery Religion" by Ralph Woodrow

BAAL and NIMROD - ( The same ? )

"Nimrod died, but the seed he sowed has lived till this very day; and there are so many points of similarity between him and Baal that it is reasonable to suppose that the heathen god Baal is no other than the Babylonian Nimrod." --BAAL; Babylon;

and The Second Coming of Christ CHAPTER XXVI. Taylor/Taylor "The name of the Babylonian god Bel is only another contraction of the word Babel. Bel is mentioned many times in connection with the history of Babylon and it is folly to think that he is any other than Baal. The monuments of ancient Babel testify that the founder of Babel was worshipped as Bilu Nipru, or Bel Nimrod, i.e., the god of the chase. In course of time the cognomen Nimrod was dropped, and he became known as only Bel. This makes it clear that Nimrod, Baal, and Bel are all one and the same." --BAAL; Babylon; and The Second Coming of Christ CHAPTER XXVI. Taylor/Taylor
"The practice of the Baal worshippers included aberrant sexual behavior and religious rites of sexual union in disobedience to the commandments of Jehovah. They would sacrifice their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal. This would explain why Elijah was so opposed to the prophets of Baal and hated them so much." -- The Latter Rain Page under article, "BAAL" by Jay Atkinson "The word ba'al may denote any deity other than the God of Israel (Jehovah)." --Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words:

"The whole picture seems to indicate a slow change over from the worship of Jehovah, derived originally from Abraham and Isaac...to an exaltation of Baal. Just the same drift would have taken place in Israel more than once except for the strenuous opposition of the prophets. The prophets brought about revivals in which the people returned to the worship of Jehovah." --The Hyksos, Kings of Egypt and the land of Edom CHAPTER VII - Religion and Date of the Edomite Empire The Nabataens, Builders of Petra

Nameless "LORD" Worship Started with "BAAL" and Nimrod

"Lord refers to a lot of different deities. Lord and baal are interchangeable in meaning." -Harper's Bible Dictionary, (Miller) "The children of Israel were inclined to forsake the commandments of Jehovah and worship Baal, make idols of him and kiss his image. The name Baal means Lord." -- The Latter Rain Page under article, "BAAL" by Jay Atkinson "Baal is a Canaanite-Phoenician word that means "LORD". " -Harper's Bible Dictionary, (Miller)

"Baal signifies "the god - the lord", and was a term applied to the chief of the primitive groups of nameless deities .... the Baal of Heaven was the sun god..
There were as many Baals in Asia as there were Horuses in Egypt. Baal was a generic term for "Lord" and encompassed many gods fashioned after Nimrod." --Egyptian Myth and Legend; Changes in Social and Religious Life Chapter XXIV; p307 "Baal - Literal meaning: 'lord'. In Canaan - the name of many local dieties." --The Oxford University Press Dictionary of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell

"After their deaths, Nimrod and his wife Semiramis (the ancient "queen of heaven") were confirmed by their priests as gods and given homage as Marduk and Astarte. Numerous other gods were patterned and fashioned after Nimrod and his mother. BEL/BAAL - was the primary name by which other nations were introduced to the worship of Marduk. Baal means "lord" or "master". Under this name he was worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenicians, Syrians and to some extent by the Egyptians. BAAL worship is sometimes associated with "Baal-zebub", and is still known today as one of the name or "epithets" of Satan." --Nimrod, Mars, and The Marduk Connecty by Bryce Self

The Outcome of Nimrod's Rebellion against Jehovah God Jehovah is Reduced into a Nameless LORD
Nimrod and Baal worship is alive and well today, not only in paganism, but also in Apostate Christianity. Jehovah's Name was removed from the Bible and replaced as a "Nameless" LORD.
"'Seek not a name for God - His Name is God.' In view of this statement, the appearance and persistence of 'anonymous gods' - is one of the most puzzling problems of religious history." --Anonymous Gods ; E. Bikerman Journal of the Warburg Institute, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jan., 1938), pp. 187-196 doi:10.2307/750004 "The great prophet Jeremiah explained that the objective of the false prophets was to cause people to forget the Name of Jehovah (Jr 23:27), an attempt nevertheless dedicated to be defeated (Ps 44:21); because God reserves his Name for his servants (Is 52:6) and naturally for those who appreciate it (Mal 3:16). " --Paradox of the anonymous name The Divine Name of God; Gertoux; Hebrew Scholar

"They think they....will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship." (Jeremiah 23:27)(NIV)-BibleGateway " "Babylon" is a symbol of confusion. The formation of the Roman Catholic church and then the later appearance of dozens of protestant "Daughter" churches has certainly brought about a spiritual malaise of conflicting denominations, doctrines, creeds and practicesall supposedly "Christian." Yet none of them corresponds remotely to the Christianity that the original Apostles and the early Church of God followed for decades after the death of Jesus of Nazareth. They all have retained dozens of pagans ideas, and practices, that would have been utterly foreign to the early Church! Satan has indeed done a masterful job of creating a counterfeit Christianity." -Source --Satan's Counterfeit Christianity By Roderick C. Meredith

"...the personal name of God (Jehovah) should be used, rather than having it hidden by such an epithet as 'the Lord'. --Yahweh - the God of Christian Theology; The Name of God On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967-1998, Volume 2; pp. 498-507 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998) "God's Decree. "It's because you forgot me and embraced the Big Lie, that so-called god Baal. " (Jeremiah 13:25)(MSG)-BibleGateway "Abraham, who is the father of those that have faith, took pleasure to proclaim the name, Jehovah, according to Genesis 12:8, and initiated a respectable biblical custom. Furthermore, according to the prophet Joel, it is even obligatory to proclaim this Name in order to be saved during the great and formidable day of God (Joel 2:32). According to Exodus 23:13, refusal to pronounce a god's name is a refusal to worship the god in question, so to refuse to pronounce the True God's name means a refusal to worship him (Jos 23:7)." --Paradox of the anonymous name The Divine Name of God; Gertoux; Hebrew Scholar "it is impossible to have a deep relationship with a nameless God." --Maimonides; a Jewish scholar and famous talmudist