Our COVENANT GOD (Ref. 33) - The ABRAHAMIC COVENANT (part 2) - 20 December 2017 - From the desk of Celia Joy Martins
ABRAHAM, his MEN and his ALLIES (3 Nephilim brothers -Aner, Eshcol and Mamre - Gen. 14:24) had just RETURNED from a MOST DARING and DANGEROUS RESCUING and PURSUING MISSION in RESCUING his nephew LOT - Lot's family and possessions and the people of Sodom that were captured by the four (Nephilim) kings of BABYLONIA (AMRAPHEL (NIMROD), CHEDORLAOMER, TIDAL and ARIOCH).
The Bible tells us that Abraham and his men PURSUED these kings as far as DAN, then Gen. 14:15 "DIVIDED his FORCES AGAINST THEM AT NIGHT, he and his servants ATTACKED AND ROUTED THEM, and PURSUED them as far as HOBAH, which is NORTH OF DAMASCUS. :16 And he BROUGHT BACK ALL the goods and also brought back his kinsman Lot and his possessions, the women also the people. :17 AFTER his [ABRAM'S] RETURN from the DEFEAT and SLAYING of CHEDORLAOMER AND THE KINGS WHO WERE WITH him, the king of SODOM went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley."
The Bible also tells us that AFTER THESE THINGS, AFTER Abraham and his men's VICTORY - AFTER Abraham's "NOURISHMENT" - the first Holy Communion with Melchizedek - the KING OF SALEM (PEACE) - YAHSHUA HIMSELF in the VALLEY of the KINGS (Gen. 14:18-19) - AFTER his discussion with the king of Sodom (Gen. 14:17, 21, 22) - HE RETURNED HOME.
With ADRENALIEN that FLOWED HIGH - and the AWE of their VICTORY (ALL THROUGH YHWH'S HAND) - the SLAYING of the MIGHTY NIMROD of BABYLON and the three other MIGHTY kings of Babylonia and region - the RESCUE of his nephew LOT and his family and other people of Sodom - FEAR must have started to SET into ABRAM'S HEART, and YHWH said to Abraham - "FEAR NOT, ABRAM, I AM YOUR SHIELD, YOUR ABUNDANT COMPENSATION, and YOUR REWARD SHALL BE EXCEEDINGLY GREAT." (Gen. 15:1).
Gen. 14:3 "The latter kings (kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Shemeber and Zoar) joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim, which is now the [DEAD] SEA of SALT. Twelve years they had SERVED Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer AND the KINGS who WERE WITH HIM ATTACKED AND SUBDUED the REPHAIM (Nephilim-tribe) in ASHTEROTH-KARNAIM, the ZUZIM (Nephilim-tribe) in HAM and the EMIM (Nephilim-tribe) in SHAVEH-KIRIATHAIM, And the HORITES (Nephilim-tribe) in their Moumt Seir as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness."
Gen. 14:7 "Then they TURNED BACK and CAME to EN-MISHPAT, which [now] is KADESH, and SUBDUED ALL the COUNTRY of the AMALEKITES, (Nephilim-tribe) and also the AMORITES (Nephilim-tribe) who dwelt in HAZAZON-TAMAR.
:8-9 Then the KINGS OF SODOM, GOMORRAH, ADMAH, ZEBOIIM, and BELA, that is ZOAR, WENT OUT AND [together] and they JOINED in BATTLE in the VALLEY of SIDDIM, with the kings CHEDORLAOMER of Elam, Tidal of Goiim, Amraphel (Nimrod) of Shinar, and Arioch of Ellasar - FOUR KINGS AGAINST FIVE.
:10 Now the VALLEY of SIDDIM was FULL of SLIME or BITUMEN PITS, and as the KINGS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH FLED, they FELL (were OVERTHROWN) there and the REMAINDER of the kings FLED to the MOUNTAINS.
:11 The VICTOR TOOK ALL the WEALTH of SODOM AND GOMORRAH and ALL THE SUPPLY of PROVISIONS and DEPARTED.
:12 And they also took LOT, ABRAM'S brother's son, who DWELT IN SODOM, and his GOODS AWAY WITH THEM.
:14 When Abram heard that his nephew HAD BEEN CAPTURED, he ARMED (LED FORTH) the 318 TRAINED SERVANTS BORN IN HIS OWN HOUSE and PURSUED the ENEMY AS FAR AS DAN.
:15 He DIVIDED HIS FORCES AGAINST THEM by NIGHT, HE AND HIS SERVANTS, and ATTACKED AND ROUTED THEM, and PURSUED THEM AS FAR AS HOBAH, which is NORTH OF DAMASCUS.
:16 And he BROUGHT BACK ALL the GOODS AND ALSO BROUGHT BACK HIS KINDSMAN LOT and HIS POSESSIONS, the WOMEN ALSO AND THE PEOPLE.
:17 AFTER his [ABRAM'S] RETURN from the DEFEAT AND SLAYING OF CEDORLAOMER AND THE KINGS WHO WERE WITH HIM, the king of SODOM went out to MEET him at the VALLEY OF SHAVEH, that is, the KING'S VALLEY.
Gen. 15:1 "AFTER THESE THINGS, the word of YHWH CAME to ABRAM in a VISION, SAYING, FEAR NOT, ABRAM, I AM YOUR SHIELD..."
THE FOUR KINGS of BABYLONIA:
Gen. 14:1-2 "In the days of the kings Amraphel (Nimrod) of Shinar (city of Babel in Babylonia), Arioch of Ellasar (a city in Babylonia), Chedorlaomer of Elam and Tidal of Goiim, They made WAR on the kings Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemember of Zeboiim and the king of Bela, that is Zoar."
The above Scripture tells us that the four (Nephilim) kings (Amraphel [Nimrod], Arioch, Chedorlaomer and Tidal) made war on the five (Nephilim) kings (Bera, Birsha, Shinab Shemember and Zoar) of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela.
The MIGHTY Nimrod of Shinar (the MAIN CITY OF BABYLONIA - BABEL - ancient BABYLON)
Arioch of Ellasar (Northern BABYLONIA)
Chedorlaomer of Elam (Pre-Iranian - southern Iran - most probably included into the Babylonian empire at the time) and
Tidal of Goiim (Tidal the "DREADFUL" in Syria region, most probably included into the Babylonian empire at the time).
SHINAR (BABYLONIA) - NIMROD'S MIGHTY COMBINED EMPIRE:
According to the Hebrew Bible the name Shinar occurs eight times in the Bible REFERRING TO BABYLONIA. The Location of Shinar is made clear from its DESCRIPTION as INCLUDING BOTH BABEL/BABYLON (in northern Babylonia) AND ERECH/URUK (in southern Babylonia).
Babel (ancient Babylon) is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in moder-day IRAQ - 59 MILES (94 Kilometers) SOUTHWEST of BAGHDAD. Its name derived from "BAV-IL" or "BAV-ILIM" meaning "GATE OF GOD" or "GATE of the GODS". ("BAVEL" in Hebrew means "CONFUSION")
All of the REFERENCES REGARDING BABYLON in the BIBLE IS UNFAVOURABLE.
The ruins of Babel (ancient Babylon) were discovered by the expedition of the German archaeologist Robert Koldewey who first excavated the ruins of Babylon in 1899.
THIS NEPHILIM CITY with its UTTERLY DISGUSTING RELIGIOUS PAGAN PRACTICES was known for its IMPRESSIVE WALLS AND BUILDINGS - its GREAT SEAT OF "LEARNING" AND "CULTURE" - and the HANGING GARDENS of BABYLON which were man-made terraces of fauna and flora watered by machinery - cited as one of the SEVEN WONDERS of the WORLD by HERODOTUS (484 - 425/413 BCE - writer who invented the field of study known today as "HISTORY." He was also called the "The father of History" by the Roman writer and orator CICERO for his famous work "The Histories" but also been called "The father of Lies" by critics)
The extract from his writing underneath is truth and lies sandwiched together for the Bible is telling a different story.
According to this historian Babylon began with the most famous king, Hammurabi (1792 - 1750 BCE) (Hammurabi - Nimrod - true)
According to him: "This OBSCURE AMORITE PRINCE ascended to the throne upon the abdication of his father, King Sin-Muballit, and fairly quickly transformed the city into one of the most powerful and influential in all of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi's law codes are well known but are only one example of the policies he implemented to maintain peace and encourage prosperity. He enlarged and heightened the walls of the city, engaged in great public works which included temples and canals, and made diplomacy an integral part of his administration. (true and false information)
So successful was he in both diplomacy and WAR that, by 1755 BCE, had HAD UNITED ALL OF MESOPOTAMIA UNDER THE RULE OF BABYLON which, AT THIS TIME was the LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD, AND NAMED HIS REALM BABYLONIA." (this was true of Nimrod)
THE SONS OF CUSH: (Cush the son of Ham - the grandson of Noah)
Interestingly, Genesis 10:7 gives us the names of the sons of Cush "... Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan."
THEN after we are given the names of the sons of Cush, and the sons of the son of Cush, Raamah, Scripture says in VERSE 8-12
"CUSH BECAME the father of NIMROD; HE WAS THE FIRST to be a MIGHTY MAN ON the EARTH. He was a MIGHTY HUNTER ... therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a MIGHTY HUNTER before Yah.
The BEGINNING of his KINGDOM was BABEL, ERECH, ACCAD, and CALNEH, in the LAND OF SHINAR [in BABYLONIA].
Out of the land he [NIMROD] went forth into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, And Resen, which is between Niveveh and Calah; ALL THESE [SUBURBS/CITIES COMBINED to FORM] the GREAT CITY BABYLON."
The CITY OF ELASSAR in CHALDEA:
GREAT BABYLONIAN ANCIENT CENTER OF SUN-GOD WORSHIPPING:
The site of the city of Elassar's ruins are now known as Senqara, and lie on the East bank of the Euphrates, about midway between Erech (Warka) and Ur of the
Chaldees (Muqayyar). Elassar was also called Aste azaga "the HOLY (BRIGHT, PURE) THRONE" - due to it having been ONE of the GREAT BABYLONIAN CENTERS of SUN-GOD WORSHIP.
TEMPLE - "HOUSE OF LIGHT" with
TEMPLE TOWER - "HOUSE OF THE BOND OF HEAVEN AND EARTH" :
Like most of the principal cities of Babylonia, IT HAD A GREAT TEMPLE-TOWER, called E-dur-an-ki - "HOUSE OF THE BOND OF HEAVEN AND EARTH". The TEMPLE of the CITY BORE the SAME NAME AS THAT AT SIPPAR as "HOUSE OF LIGHT", where the SUN-GOD was WORSHIPPED. THIS TEMPLE WAS RESTORED by Ur-Engur, Hammurabi (Amraphel - Nimrod), Burna-burias, Nebuchadnezzar and Nabonidus.
TABLETS that were FOUND ON the SITE was that which gives MEASURES OF LENGTH AND SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS - POINTING to the PLACE AS ONE OF THE GREAT CENTERS of BABYLONIAN TEACHING. REMAINS of these TEMPLES, WALLS and some REMAINS of the HOUSES of the ancient CITIZENS were found on the site.
The CITY WAS AT FIRST GOVERNED BY ITS OWN KINGS, but BECAME A PART OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE SOME TIME AFTER the REIGN of NIMROD (HAMMURABI).
THE COVENANT:
Gen. 15:1 "After these things, the word of Yah came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'FEAR NOT ABRAM, I AM YOUR SHIELD, your ABUNDANT COMPENSATION, and YOUR REWARD SHALL BE EXCEEDINGLY GREAT.
:5 And He brought him outside [his tent into the starlight] and said, LOOK NOW TOWARD the HEAVENS and COUNT the STARS - if you are able to number them. Then He said to him, SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE. [Heb. 11:12].
:6 And ABRAM BELIEVED IN (TRUSTED IN, RELIED ON, REMAINED STEADFAST to) YHWH G-d, and YHWH counted it to him as righteousness [RIGHT STANDING WITH YAH]. [Rom. 4:3; 18:22; Gal. 3:6; James 2:23].
:7 And YHWH said to Abram, I AM the SAME YAH, Who brought you OUT of the LAND OF THE CHALDEES (part of Babylonia) to GIVE YOU THIS LAND AS AN INHERITANCE.
:8 But he [Abram] said, YHWH, by WHAT SHALL I KNOW that I SHALL INHERIT IT?
:9-11 And YHWH said to him, Bring to me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove and a young pigeon. And he brought Him all these and cut them down the middle [into halves] and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide. And when the birds of prey swooped down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
:12 When the sun was setting, a DEEP SLEEP OVERCAME ABRAM, and a horror (a terror, a shuddering fear) of great darkness assailed and oppressed him.
:13 And YHWH said to Abram, KNOW POSITIVELY that your DESCENDANTS will be STRANGERS DWELLING AS TEMPORARY RESIDENT IN A LAND THAT IS NOT THEIRS (Egypt), and THEY WILL BE SLAVES THERE AND WILL be AFFLICTED and OPPRESSED for 400 years. [Fulfilled in Ex. 12:40].
:14 But I will bring JUDGMENT on THAT NATION WHOM they WILL SERVE, and AFTERWARD they will come out with GREAT POSSESSIONS. [Acts 7:6, 7]
:15 And YOU shall GO to your fathers IN PEACE; you shall be BURIED AT A GOOD OLD AGE.
:16 And in the FOURTH GENERATION they [your descendants] SHALL COME BACK here [to Canaan] AGAIN, for the INIQUITY of the AMORITE IS NOT YET FULL AND COMPLETE (Josh. 24:15)
ABBA thank You for YOUR WORD - for TEACHING US and GIVING US INSIGHT INTO CIRCUMSTANCES and THINGS OF THE PAST. THANK YOU that WE MIGHT KNOW that YOUR TIMING IS ALWAYS PERFECT. That no MATTER WHAT - YOU ARE STILL IN CONTROL. Thank YOU FOR MAKING US YOUR OWN - for GIVING US YOUR PEACE that SURPASS EVERYTHING. In YAHSHUA MESSIAH'S NAME. Amen.