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Bible Prophecy Mystery, Babylon The Great
2. Analysis Of Her Identity 1) Appearances of BABYLON, CHALDEA, SHINAR, and SHESHACH There is a total of 399 scripture references related to BABYLON BABYLON appears 301x in it s various forms BABEL appears 2x (Gen 10:10; 11:9) BABYLON appears 286x= 13 (# of REBELLION) x 11 (# of CONFUSION) x 2 (# of UNION) (2 Kin 17:24) BABYLON S appears 8x (Jer 32:2; 34:7,21; 38:3,17-18,22; 39:13) BABYLONIANS appears 4x (Ezr 4:9; Eze 23:15,17,23) BABYLONISH appears 1x (Jos 7:21) BABYLON= Heb. Lbb (Babel)= confusion (by mixing or mingling) The word Babel means gate of God in Sumerian Cont: (Gen 28:12-19; John 1:51) BABEL is from the root word balal which means, to confuse; to confound; to mix; to mingle ; it appears 44x and is translated MINGLED 37x and CONFOUND 2x
CHALDEA appears 89x in it s various forms CHALDEA appears 7x (Jer 50:10; 51:24,35; Eze 11:24; 16:29; 23:15-16) CHALDEAN appears 2x= (Ezr 5:12; Dan 2:10) CHALDEANS appears 66x (Job 1:17) CHALDEES appears 14x (Gen 11:28,31; 15:7; 2 Kin 24:2; 25:4-5,10,13,24-26; 2 Chr 36:17; Neh 9:7; Isa 13:19) CHALDEA= Heb. ydck (Kasdiy)= clod-breakers CHALDEA= broadly, is synonymous with the land of Babylon(ia) but strictly, refers to the land in SE Babylon(ia) extending along the northern and western shores of the Persian Gulf CHALDEANS= were not native Mesopotamian people like the Assyrians and Babylonians, but were a west Semetic people that migrated primarily from Aramea (Syria) to the SE corner of Mesopotamia (i.e.- Kuwait) SHINAR appears 7x (Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1,9; Isa 11:11; Dan 1:2; Zec 5:11) SHINAR= Heb. Rxnc (Shinawr)= country of two rivers ; another name for SUMER(IA), the ancient name for southern Mesopotamia
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SHESHACH appears 2x (Jer 25:26; 51:41) SHESHACH= Heb. Rxnc (Sheshak)= thy fine linen ; possibly derived from Shach, the Babylonian goddess of love (i.e.- the equivalent of the Roman Venus or Greek Aphrodite) SHESHACH= a possible cypher-form for BABEL in that the three letters in the word (Schin, Schin, and Caph) are the same distance from the end of the Hebrew alphabet as the three letters in Babel (Beth, Beth, and Lamed) are from the beginning of the alphabet # Beginning Letter # End # Beginning Letter # End 1 Aleph 22 12 Lamed 11 2 Beth 21 13 Mem 10 3 Gimel 20 14 Nun 9 4 Daleth 19 15 Samech 8 5 He 18 16 Ain 7 6 Vau 17 17 Pe 6 7 Zaain 16 18 Tzaddi 5 8 Cheth 15 19 Koph 4 9 Teth 14 20 Resh 3 10 Jod 13 21 Schin 2 11 Caph 12 22 Tau 1
Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. The first appearance of Babylon in it s various forms is in Genesis 10:10 under the name BABEL Babel was the first of four cities founded by Nimrod as the first post- Diluvian kingdom Babel was in the land of SHINAR but also considered to be in the land of the CHALDEANS Eze 12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
Four Assyrian cities (Gen 10:11) Four Babylonian cities (Gen 10:10) Nimrod s Kingdom
Gen 11:2,4,8-9 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Shinar was situated in plain and Nimrod and his followers came to it from the East Babel was the capital of a global government and religion formed under Nimrod in rebellion against God Babel was not finished and, by implication, neither was the tower of Babel (the unfinished pyramid is a similar concept) when the Lord brought the judgment of the confusion of tongues and scattered the people
Babel means to confound because it was there that God brought the judgment of the confusion of tongues Babel is the central point from which humanity spread throughout the earth after the Flood taking the Babylonian system of government, religion, and economics with them (i.e.- Babylon is the womb from which all human society was birthed; it is the mother world system) Isa 23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. The land of the Chaldeans was founded by THE ASSYRIAN (Nimrod) and had TOWERS (i.e.- ziggurats) The Assyrian brought the land to RUIN The word RUIN appears 11x (# of JUDGMENT) It is associated with idolatry (2 Chr 28:23), those who are given to change (Pro 24:22), a flattering mouth (Pro 26:28), iniquity (Eze 18:30), the ASSYRIAN (Isa 23:13; Eze 31:13), and those who build their house without a foundation (Luke 6:49)
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