What happened to Nimrod's Babylon?

What happened to Nimrod's Babylon?

The religion formed by Cush and Nimrod marked the beginning of 
polytheism in the post-flood world: the worship of many gods. The snake, 
sun, and fire became their symbols of god on earth. Human sacrifice 
became openly practiced.(1) Even though God wanted His people to 
spread out and only serve Him, Nimrod, through the empire and religion of 
Babylon, began to unite the people - all under his "one-world government." 
This early Babylonian religion began to be abhorred by pious, God-
following generations of the era. One of them, Noah's son Shem, decided 
to do something about it.


According to tradition, Shem gathered 72 co-conspirators to help him, and 
all of them made their way to the palace where Nimrod lived. After 
catching him in a double-cross, Shem killed Nimrod, and cut his body into 
little pieces! He alerted his co-conspirators - each of them - to take a piece 
of Nimrod's body and distribute it to the cities under his rule. They did as 
they were told. All of this gore had a purpose, however: to show the world, 
proof-positively, that Nimrod wasn't a god. It was Shem's warning to all of 
Nimrod's followers: stop what they were doing and start obeying God, or 
else!(2)


Nimrod's followers became very frightened. They worshipped him as a god 
- a god who would live forever. Now, he was dead; the validity of his 
religion was in question. Cush, his father, was already shamed for his 
actions previously. He, also, was not able to unite the people under this 
system as Nimrod could. Their whole system of control had to go in a 
different direction.

The way they maintained their power would be accomplished by another 
up-and-coming character: a woman




ittle-known by her proper name, Semiramis was to be exalted to one of 
the most famous women since the flood! She was Cush's wife at the time 
of the tower, and was also the mother of Nimrod! After Cush was 
disgraced, subtle Semiramis did not want to go down with him. To 
maintain her reputation, she did the unthinkable: marring her own son!(3)

By marrying Nimrod, Semiramis could still maintain somewhat of a 
position of authority - as long as her husband remained in power, so did 
she. Once Nimrod was murdered, however, Semiramis was, once again, in 
danger of losing all she had.

Not so long after, Semiramis was pregnant; the father unknown. This was 
her golden opportunity to further corrupt those looking for answers.

If we recall, from Cain: Seed of the Serpent, there was a famous 
prophecy, given by God, to Adam and Eve:




In the end, this slaughter of Nimrod was actually a good thing. He now 
was a martyr. Nimrod died for the sins of the whole world, and rose again 
as this child. Semiramis would, naturally, be looked upon as the "great 
mother" - or virgin - a necessary part of this wonderful, miraculous birth.
(5) I'm sure it sounds familiar by now!

Yes, this was the greatest twist in the history of the world - the twist of 
Jesus Christ.

Now, this corruption of God's prophesy would rob millions of what would 
be the true savior of the world - Jesus Christ. The people now began to 
accept Nimrod as the fulfilment of prophecy. His death saved everyone 
from the curse of the Garden.

Semiramis, naturally, became deified - she was "mother of the child". 
Many of the images the people created for her looked like this:(6)


















Now, this image of mother and child, two thousands years before the true 
birth of Christ, became the object of worship. Ultimately, the Babylonian 
religion was saved by the borrowing of God's prophecy, and twisting it all 
around.

Over time, Nimrod became the basis for the pagan Horned God; 
Semiramis the Goddess. Semiramis, once again, managed to stop the 
attempt of Shem and his conspirators to halt the progress of their false 
religion. She also managed to explain away any doubt and confusion that 
steeped in the minds of her believers. Nimrod didn't die, ultimately. He was 
born into a god, again.(7)

The Babylonian religion of old seemed harsh to some. Now - to make the 
religion look more pure and wholesome - there had to be changes in here, 
as well. No longer could some of their graphic practices be openly 
practiced. No more human sacrifice out in the open, for example. Their 
whole religion had to change - to make sure that no-one of God (like 
Shem) would be able to go to such a high levels again, and almost 
devastate their control!

The system that began in Babylon - the knowledge, authority, beliefs and 
culture - eventually molded and assimilated into each political empire and 
religious theology that succeeded the former. God was still their enemy. 
His ways were not these ways. Man's thought became the measure of all 
things. These two avenues of belief have at odds with each other since the 
beginning - even after the Babylonian system went through these changes.

The rise of Christianity, eventually, would push many of the old, harsher-
looking facets of the old Babylonian religion under cover. A once-great city 
(and system) would, over time, also be able to assimilate itself into a 
number of ideologies - often finding itself into various thoughts and ideals 
behind our major political, religious, and cultural influences! All of these 
different facets, according to the Bible, can be collectively amassed into 
one, conglomerate title: MYSTERY BABYLON!

What happened after the adoption of Semiramis' deception can be found in Legacy of Nimrod. It gives details on how one aspect of this Mystery 
System was even adopted by a descendant of Shem, Esau, and how he 
used this new-found power towards the establishment of another, more 
powerful empire and religion.

For more on the background of Babylon, from the beginning, all the way 
up the time leading up to Cush and Nimrod, please begin with The Gap Theory.



                        Footnotes:
(1) Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews Volume V: Notes for Volume 
One and Two, trans. Henrietta Szold (Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns 
Hopkins University Press, 1909), 215.
(2) Rev. Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons (Neptune, New Jersey: 
Loizeaux Brothers, 1916), 66.
(3) Herman L. Hoeh, Compendium of World History, Vol. 1, Ch. 3, 4, 
http://www.earth-history.com/Various/Compendium (accessed Dec. 19, 
2007).
(4) Rev. Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons (Neptune, New Jersey: 
Loizeaux Brothers, 1916), 305.
(5) ibid. p. 74-77, 295, 304-06.
(6) ibid. p. 74, 264.
(7) William Schnoebelen, Wicca: Satan’s Little White Lie (Chino, CA: 
Chick Publications, 1990), 172; Rev. Alexander Hislop, The Two 
Babylons (Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1916), 58.