Babylon Through The Ages

     Babylon the Great, a city of mystery and intrigue, antiquities and abandonment. An ancient city named after a great kingdom that ruled the middle east from the heart of the Iraqi desert. The city of the desert now lies barren, deserted and desolate; waiting for the economic boom that will revitalize her, one last time. 

   Both history and science back the Biblical claim that the Fertile Crescent, which runs through the heart of the Mesopotamia was the birth place of man, the birth of civilization. When fallen angels chose to create a race of their own, a 'renewal' took place after the great flood. 

   The Mesopotamia is the land mass that extends from the base of the Nile, up the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, then east through Israel. The Mesopotamian crescent continues through modern day Syria into Nineveh before taking a sharp downward turn into Iraq, by way of the Euphrates and Tigris River to the Persian Gulf.

   This area, believed by many is the location of two of the four rivers that flowed from the Garden of Eden and the birthplace of man. Some have debated that the Garden of Eden was created in Israel; but, the great flood had changed the geophysical landscape in such a way, that neither can be substantiated.

   Southern Iraq is also the area of the Plains of Shinar or more commonly known as the Land of Shinar, land between two rivers, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. The Bible mentions Shinar 8 times; each reference pointing to Shinar as the location of Babel, the land of Nimrod, the Babylonian kingdom and the city of Babylon.

   The Book of Daniel gives us a tiny glimpse into the ancient city of Babylon as a land of military might, merchants, sorcerers, necromancers, enchanters and idol worshippers.

Hislop and the Mother Child Religion

   The argument used by Alexander Hislop to explain the mystery religion or, the mother - child worship predominant in the Catholic church is that every false religion in the world is the worship of a woman named Semiramis and her child, Tammuz, the reincarnation of Nimrod. His argument is that a mother-child religion spread through the entire world after the fall of Babel. This religious system replicates the worship of Semiramis and Nimrod in the form of Tammuz. He claims that these are the same beings with different names since the languages had changed. 

    His argument is that Mary and Jesus are simply imitations of Semiramis and Tammuz reintroduced into religion, and the birth of Christ Jesus, was a replacement for this ancient Babylonian mystery religion. He ignores any reference to the rise of fertility cults consisting of a variety of deities that dominated the Mesopotamia. 

   History shows that the Mesopotamia was filled with a mixed combination of occult  rituals, idol worshipers and a saturation of fertility religions post-flood. History has no mention of a woman named Semiramis until the 8th century BC, long after the tower of Babel fell and, Nimrod no longer walked the earth. Her memory was expounded upon, and included in the writings of many Greek historians, beginning with Greek physician and historian, Ctesias (5-4th C BC) who connected her to a mythological character, King Ninus. 

   According to Greek mythology, King Ninus ruled Assyria in 3000 BC. These myths and legends are what Alexander Hislop based his research on. These myths and legends are often taught in the church as actual Biblical or, historical occurrences. 

Inanna and Ishtar and the Tale of Tammuz

As we move closer to Resurrection Sunday we will see memes about Ishtar, Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz, that tie the Resurrection of Christ Jesus to pagan myths. 

These are absolute garbage. Let me explain: 

   The oldest goddess documented in history was Inanna. Inanna was the primary, and first fertility goddess of the southern Mesopotamia. Her origins are found in Sumer, dating back to 3000 B.C.. Inanna was the original Queen of heaven. She was NEVER called Semiramis. She was the prototype for nomadic people, who wanted a Queen of heaven of their own. 

   Inanna had a boyfriend, his name was Dumuzid or Dumuzi.  His beginnings are also found in Sumer, dating back to 3000 B.C.. as Inanna and Dumuzid were intimately linked in a romantic relationship. As their popularity grew, their deity status made its way into the Akkadian and Babylonian territories. Here, they were known as Ishtar and Tammuz. 

   Tammuz was the youthful god of pastures and plants. He was not connected to sun worship nor, was he ever a sun-god. His father was the primary god Ea or El, his mother was Dutter, goddess of ewes, in the Sumerian culture and, Davkina, mistress of the vine, in the Babylonian and Akkadian cultures. The tale of Inanna and Tammuz is documented in the form of hymns, found on Cuneiform Sumerian tablet called the Babylonian Tammuz Lamentations. The tablet is number 15 and is housed in the British museum. 

   The hymns were translated by Frederick A. Vanderburgh in 1906 and placed into a book published in 1908: Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum. Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh, Columbia University Press, 1908

Nimrod Semiramis and Tammuz Deception

    The legend of Semiramis and Tammuz is the biggest fabrication in the majority of  churches today. This teaching uses mythology and fables as authentic sources when they are anything but authentic. This bizarre teaching caught fire in online churches beginning sometime around 2010 - 2012; but is now creeping into community churches throughout America. 

This is an extremely dangerous teaching. 

   The myths are literally taught as historical events and Christian theology, presented as an alternative narrative to explain the mystery of the woman in Revelation 17, dating back to the time of Nimrod and Babel. 

   These fables replace the antichrist - tribulation city with a religious system that allegedly rose from Babel, and consumed the earth with a mother-child mystery religion.  The narrative suggests that the .002% rise of mother-child cults tied to fertility religions after Babel was scattered, explains the 'mystery of the woman' in Revelation 17. The reality is: from hundreds of fertility religions that saturated the Mesopotamia, perhaps four actual mother-child cults spread to other regions of the world. That leaves 196 that did not. Not very good odds if you ask me. 

   History shows that the spread of witchcraft, sorcery and demon possession was rampant after the flood, not mother-child religions, but this is taught from the pulpit, deceiving millions. The mastermind behind this fabrication was Scottish minister, Alexander Hislop. 

   If you are familiar with the Genesis story of Nimrod, and the authentic histories of the ancient gods and goddesses of the Mesopotamia, reading the bizarre writings of Alexander Hislop will make your brain crawl.