KINGDOME OF GOD

THE EVERLASTING

KINGDOME OF GOD

By

SUNDARA RAO TSAPPIDI

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“CHRIST SHALL GIVE THEE LIGHT”

- Ephesians 5:14

Foreword

Writing is a gift of God. Rev. Dr. Sundara Rao Tsappidi has obtained it

through shedding tears in prayer. He was not a writer when he was in

the profession, not even after his retirement. But his Holy Land Tour

brought amazing change in his life and attitude, a turning point in his

life.

Though he is shattered in health, though he has lost 40% of eye sight,

hehas the thirst and zeal for reading books on the Bible. Unlike many

retired menwho stay in the USA, dragging on life without any output, by

God’s grace, Rev.Dr. Sundara Rao has excelled such miserable and unfruitful life by making

use ofthe library for the blind and by writing books on the Bible. God has given me agreat

opportunity to read each and every article from all his five books. Eacharticle is unique of its

kind, centers round our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The first four books have created an

impact on the minds of the readers as well asthe researchers on the Bible.

Though his heart is heavy due to the sudden and sad demise of his son, SVtr. David Ravi

kumar, an Engineer in the USA, the Comforter comforts him by encouraging him writing

articles on the Bible which is a great blessing for many, in fact he cherishes it the most.

The fifth book entitles, “ The Everlasting Kingdom of God,” Contains two parts. The first part

deals with some important and useful topics from the Old Testament like “Davidic Dynastic

Rulers, part I and part II.” They tell us how some kings after King David sinned against the

True and Living God, embracing the pagan gods. Due to their sin they are subjected to the

wrath of God. Through their lives we have to learn that we should be obedient and faithful to

the Lord seeking His grace by praying with all humility. The second part contains articles on

the New Testament. All these articles are very informative and will satisfy the thirst of the

readers to know more about the Saviour, the Redeemer and the Hope of Salvation.

Recently the Bible University of Holy Spirit, New Jerusalem and Bethlehem, The Global

University of Unique Professionaiism/Tambaram, Chennai, has conferred Doctor of Sacred

Literature (D.Litt) on Mr. Sundara Rao for his worthy and thought provoking articles on the

Bible. I congratulate him for this rare honour. This special talent of writing will be a great

blessing for all his readers. Therefore, I pray to the Lord to bless him with good health and

wisdom to bring out many more books in future. May the Lord our Saviour Bless all his

readers, especially Rev. Dr. Sundara Rao and the members of his family with grace, peace

and abundance of love.

The servant of God,

D.S. Sundara Rao,

M.A.,M.phil.,

Associate Professor of English (Rtd)

MY TESTIMONY IN NUT SHALL

I was born at Manyamvaripalle, a small village in prakasham District. Andhra Pradesh, India. My Fathers is Philip Tsappidi and Mother Mrs. Rojamma Philip. My Father worked as Evangelist in Lutheran Mission and my mother helped him as a praying woman. My parents had Five Children and I was the third child. My School Education took place at Tarlupadu, Boarding School, near Markapur, Prakasham District. Later, I moved to Guntur and studied at Andhra Christian College. I obtained my Post Graduate Degree from Saugar University (Madhya Pradesh) in English Language and Literature in 1965. I worked as Lecturer in English at various Colleges and also the principal of a College in Cuttack (Orissa State) for some time

Finally, I joined in KBN College, Vijayawada and retired from service in 1994. I was married to Grace Vijaya a Mathematics Teacher in 1969 and we were blessed with three children, David Ravi Kumar, Beaula and Samuel Kiran Kumar. David became an Engineer. My Daughter Beaula became a Doctor (Cancer Specialist) and last son Samuel also became a Doctor (Neurosurgeon) and all settled in the USA. But the most pathetic event in our life is we last our First son David, recently in the USA. Still God with all His Mercy and Grace comforted us through God’s servants, friends and relatives we thank the Lord for helping us in all our troubles.

I also thank the Lord for using me in His work from 1968. I rendered my services as Church Treasurer for St. Peter’s Lutheran Church West Parish Vijayawada -1 for some years. By the Grace of God I happened to participate as a Member in the International council of Christian Church’s (ICCC) headed by Dr. Carl Macntire of New Jersey, USA , and Far Eastern council of Christian Churchs (FECCC) headed by Rev. Dr. Queck from Singapore. As our children settled in the USA my wife and myself have been planning to stay with our children but we are afraid of the climatic conditions there. However, we have been frequently visiting our children.

Apart from climatic conditions we don’t have social life also as we have in India. So, we have to remain idle always. In such conditions as idle man’s mind is devil’s work shop, many foolish ideas came to my mind and one of them was man’s mortality. When I was seriously sick I got a dream One night. In the dream, I saw myself dead and when to heaven. God came to me and received me. He caught me by His hand. Then we walked together for about 2 furlongs on a red brick road. The roofs of the houses on either side of the road were also with brick red tiles. At the end of the road

God showed me a beautiful church and told me “ Your time to come to heaven

has not yet come”. So, go back to your place, guide the people to read the Bible

and go to church regularly. He further advised me to teach people how to pray and

Glorify God and also pray for their eternal life. I suddenly woke up from my dream

and found myself on the same bed. Then, I thought God had extended my life for

some more years like the king Hezekiah with some purpose. This event took

place some seven years ago.

This memorable incident is a turning point in my life. God gave me a chance

to visit the Holy Land with my wife. Then, after returning from the Holy Land, I

happened to tell one of my friends what I had seen there. He immediately

suggested that I should put all that in black and white. I was tempted by his

suggestion and prayed to God by shedding tears to grant me the gift of writing.

God accepted my humble request and granted me the gift of writing. Then I

prepared to pen the historical background of some personalities and incidents in

the Bible. So for, I have written Four Books. 1. The Legacy of God’s People 2.

Quest for the Living God 3.Offspring’s from the Tabernacle 4. The Redemption

Plan of God and the Fifth book is The Everlasting Kingdom of God.

The prime aim of writing these Biblical events is that the matter may be

useful to theological students and young preachers to know more about the history

behind these people and the events in the Bible. In additions to all this, I built a

church at Gosaveedu village near Vijayawada for good congregation with my

pension money and it’s name is (Jehovah-ji-reh) whenever I come to India from

the USA I used to preach in this church and at other places whoever invites me.

Then two years ago God prompted me to visit the elementary boarding school

where I studied 65 years ago. I was surprised to see the pathetic condition of the

students of my third generation and provided them with decent clothes and

Christmas dinner with the support of UECF from New Jersey, U.S.A. Some

interesting believers are reading my books in some countries in their computers

throughwww.uecf.net (United Evangelical Christian Fellowship), a non-

denominational church and I am a member of that church.

Now I am 76 years old. I thank Lord for His concerned toward me. I have

been humbly praying to my savior our Lord Jesus Christ to grant me good Health

to glorify His name through my books. I wish to serve the Lord to the best my

ability basing on the dictum “Service to Humanity is service to Divinity”. May God

bless us all.

Yours in Christ

Rev. Dr. SUNDARA RAO TSAPPIDI M.A., D.Litt.

CONTENTS

2.LIFE OF LOT-13

3.DAVIDIC DYNASTIC RULERS PART – 1-23

4.DAVIDIC DYNASTIC RULERS PART – II-38

5.NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM-49

6.NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S MASTER PLAN-60

7.HISTORY OF JUDAISM-68

8.BUILDING OF THE SECOND TEMPLE-82

9.JESUS THE REDEEMER OF THE EARTH-93

10.WALKING WITH CHRIST-102

11.WHAT RABBIS WROTE ABOUT JESUS?-111

12.IMPORTANCE OF HOLINESS-116

13.HEAVENS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE-125

14.CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS IN REVELATION-134

15.ISRAEL MADE A COVENANT WITH DEATH-141

16.WHEN DID CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE BEGIN-154

17.SOME BIBLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-165

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FROM THE BEGINNING

From the beginning man was instructed to believe that God created both the heaven and earth then laid a foundation for understanding the origin and the purpose of His creation. But man who wanted to reject the same “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”, went through like a blind man in a darkroom and looking for black cat which they could never find. Such peculiar people never try to understand where they came from or where they were going or how to live between belief and disbelief. Such people must be brought to the knowledge of truth. God created the heaven and the earth not to spend time nor to show His power to the world but with some important purpose. His plan was so profound even the wisest man could not comprehend. His plan was wonderful that conceived in love. It has been guarded by holiness. It was built upon truth. It would be available freely through grace and prompted by faith. It was properly implemented by the sovereign omnipotent power which is revealed in the Bible. So if such a master plan of God was rejected by any man in his life time it is nothing but sheer foolishness on his part. As God is always virtuous. He would allow anything only if it is the best. Since He Himself is the best, He would expose His intrinsic eternal perfection which is primarily important for His redemption of the earth.

God created the heaven and the earth in five days. On the sixth day He created man and on the seventh day He took rest. That does not mean He was tired of His creation and so needed rest. He is infinite and omnipotent and never gets exhausted. He took rest on the seventh day means He completed His work of creation perfectly and He was happy at its perfection. Then God’s commentary on His creation was that “It was very good.” (Genesis 1:31). Regarding the creation of man, though it was lost in time it was first in importance. God, in His sovereign authority, simply declared that above all He created man in His own image. Only about man it is said and the Lord God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul (living being) (Genesis 2:7). The image and likeness of which man was created was not physical image or likeness. Man was not like God in physical appearance and God does not posses human form. However for His existence God had to posses some substance (appearance). Man’s substance is physical whereas God’s substance is spiritual. Man’s substance is visible but God’s substance is invisible. Man’s substance is mortal whereas God’s substance is immortal. Man’s substance is corruptable whereas God’s substance is uncorruptable.

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Man was created in the image and likeness of God and that man possessed necessary intelligence, emotion and will. And these three qualities in man could make him a full man and gave him good understanding capacity but these three gifts differ from person to person. They also make man possible to know and understand God and His greatness quickly. Man can understand God and he will not allow doubts pass through his intellectual caliber with the heart he can response to God’s love and with the will he can choose either to obey or to disobey God because, he has possessed rational thinking and capability. Among all of God’s creation only man was endowed with the above said capacity by the creator. With all the information it is clear and fact that man was created in the image of God which sets him apart from and infinitely higher than all animal world and even immortal angels. Man is formed with dignity and nobility and worth of humankind. Among all things on the planet it is only the man who can comprehend the greatness of God and His merciful nature with his gift of ability and be thankful to Him for having created him.

God created man not only in His own image, not only breathed and gave him life to live but also made him the Lord of His creation. Then man was granted required intelligence and power in order to control and dominate all humanity and other living things on the earth. And God said, “Let us make man in our image after our likeness let him have the domination upon the earth.” (Geniuses 1:26). God’s plan was that man should govern the earth with divine direction. The earth and its inhabitants had to be controlled by God through man. According to God’s plan and desire man must bring glory to God and make Him happy forever. Since God created man with some gifts and purpose he can have many chances to make use of his intelligence, emotion and will.

As God created first man and woman and called them Adam and Eve, He wanted to test their loyalty towards Him. So He kept a tree in the middle of the Garden of Eden and then told them to eat all the fruits of the garden except the fruit of a particular tree which was put in the middle of the garden. The fruit of the tree was called the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. God declared also the consequences of eating the fruit would be death. In the mean time Satan in the guise of serpent entered the scene cunningly and convinced them to eat the forbidden fruit. So the father of the humanity disobeyed the commandment of God and committed sin which led man to death as the wages of sin is death. Then God asked Adam, “Do you understand Me with your mind? Don’t eat the fruit of that forbidden tree? Adam, do you love Me with

The Everlasting Kingdom of God Me with your will? Don’t eat that forbidden fruit and become a sinner and invite death”.

God put Adam and Eve in a perfect place called the Garden of Eden which contained everything needed for their survival. They gave names to all living creatures and maintained their domination over them. Above all, the most wonderful thing was the creator Himself used to come to the garden frequently and commune with Adam and Eve. So without any doubt it was like a paradise to them. But to such pristine environment one day Satan came in the disguise of a serpent to take revenge against God through Adam and Eve by enticing them to eat that forbidden fruit. He succeeded in his attempt and both Adam and Eve remained as sinners. Satan was not like this from the beginning. He was more handsome and intelligent than other arch angels in heaven. His name was Lucifer in heaven. He was an anointed cherub, perhaps the highest of all living beings. Because of his extra gifts he felt proud of himself and rebelled against God for supremacy in heaven and finally necked out from heaven. Since then he had been trying to take revenge against God as and when he gets the chance. Satain described his lofty plan in the following manner:

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I will ascend unto heaven.

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I will exalt my throne above the stars (angels of God).

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I will sit also upon the movement of the congregation.

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I will ascend above the heights of clouds.

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I will be like “The Most High” (EL ELOHIM) (Isaiah 14: 12-14).

The words “The Most High” are a translation of the Hebrew word “Eleohim” the Hebrew world “EL” is a shortened form of elohim which means God. Again El Elohim taken together it means the most high God. The Biblical commentary on the Most High God is that He is the creator and possessor of the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 14 : 18-20).

Satan in his rebellion against God wanted to be the most high God. That is he wanted to be the possessor of the heaven and the earth and rule over the humanity like God. He wished even to replace God. Because of this crooked plan Satan was thrown out of heaven. And then God said, “Therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain (Kingdom) of God and I will destroy thee O covering cherub.” Accordingly Satan was sent out of the heaven to the earth and his ultimate defeat was foretold. God committed the reign of the earth to

The Everlasting Kingdom of God man. First Satan planned to rule in the heaven and that plan was misfired and God necked him out of heaven. Now he was in the danger of not possessing even the earth. So desperately Satan made his way into the Garden of Eden to disturb God’s people. And by making them disobey God Satan won the game against God. Finally, the events that took place in the Garden of Eden caused a “Curse” from God. The serpent was used as an agent by Satan for his selfishness also received curse by God. It had to crawl with its belly and eat dust for its survival. Satan received its curse which was a fatal wound on the cross and on Christ’s second coming. Satan will be consigned to the “Lake of Fire.”

And man also received his share of punishment from God. The earth which was supposed to be ruled by him was snatched away by Satan and man had to die by becoming old. As man came from dust he must go back to dust again by means of death. Physical death separates soul from the body where as spiritual death is separation of soul from God. As they disobeyed God, the result of that was spiritual death which became inevitable and immediate. This result made them to hide themselves from the presence of God. The process of becoming old and then death had begun with Adam and Eve. Actually there was no death prior to this curse. The disobedience of Adam and Eve brought sin and made man die. So the collection of tears of humanity from the beginning of history can trace their origin in a singular sin of Adam and Even in the Garden of Eden. In general man commits sin because he is born with sin nature.

There are different types of sins and the greatest of such sin is “pride”. It keeps man from freely accepting God’s gracious provision for sin which naturally brings life and blessing from out of death and curse. Therefore, everyone of us is represented in our first parents when they disobeyed God in the garden. Apostle Paul wrote, “Wherefore by one man’s (Adam) sin entered into the world and death by sin so that passed upon all men for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12). All the incidents occurred in the Garden of Eden caused a permanent curse on mankind. It is a great fall from kingship to poverty, from light to darkness, from life to death, from intimate wonderful fellowship with God to separation and enmity with God. Satan by treachery usurped man’s right to rule the earth and since then Satan was considered to be the god of the age. Man was separated miserably from his creator under divine judgment and waiting for a place of eternal torment called “hell”.

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The outcome of all this unfortunate event was that man remained in complete darkness. He became helpless and hopeless in the absolute darkness. Then into that darkness a ray of light came which was like a powerful laser beam. That ray of light would be more than sufficient to guide the people for centuries and millennia. Some ancient prophets with details spoke about this light. The Jewish rabbis also called it Messianic expectation. And this Messianic expectation revolved around a promise made by God. This promise was not made by an ordinary man but by the creator of the universe. And the promise of God was that one day the “seed” of the woman would come and bruise the head of Satan.

The first prophecy in the Bible is the promise of the coming seed of the woman. (Genesis 3:15). The whole of God’s redemption plan rests on the success of the seed of that woman. He would come to lime light of history at an appropriate time in the right way at the right place and then He must accomplish the plan and promise of His father to redeem men and recapture the earth. With the fall of Adam and Eve their son Cain desired to follow the footprints of Satan. He rebelled against his brother Abel and finally killed him. It became the first murder in the history of the Bible. The murder of righteous Abel by his crooked brother Cain could be done only by Satanic influence. Adam had another son when he was 130 years old and his name “Seth” who replaced Abel in his righteousness to some extent and through his line according to prophecy the seed of the woman would come. Later Adam and Eve had some more sons and daughters. But according to “The book of Jubilees” Adam and Eve had nine children both sons and daughters and they married among themselves. Adam lived for 930 years and died.

Before Noahic flood came there was an atmospheric canopy over the earth. The canopy had been protecting the earth from harmful ultraviolet light. This light became useful to people for their good health and long life. But the time of Noahic flood that canopy was removed by God and as a result at the side of flood life began to shorten. It is mentioned in the Bible in the following

th way “In the 600 year of Noah’s life in the second month the seventieth day of the month the same day for all the fountains of the great deep broken up and the windows of the heaven were opened the canopy removed. (Genesis 7:11). The effect of this canopy over the earth once it was removed “And the rain was upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights prior to this memorable event the earth was like a hot-house. All the water which had been trapped for centuries above the canopy came down in the form of flood. Why God sent this flood? He

The Everlasting Kingdom of God perhaps to destroy all the flesh in a worldwide flood. The suitable answer for this can be found in the sixth chapter of Genesis “And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair and beautiful they took them as wives of all whom they choose.” (Genesis 6:1-2).

The true identity of the sons of God has become a subject of controversy for a longtime to the theological elite. The main topic for their discussion was who the sons of God were called and who the daughters of men were. Let us try to understand the importance of this topic and also the implications that caused the holy and loving God to destroy the whole world with this Noahic flood. There were two major views for the identification of the “sons of God”. The first view was that the sons of God were the male descendents of Adam through righteous lineage of “Seth” who replaced the murdered Abel. These righteous men one day looked about and saw the daughters of men who were said to be unrighteous women from the lineage of Cain. The righteous men saw the unrighteous women beautiful and took them as wives. This was argued for some time and came to an understanding that this unholy union of righteous men from the lineage of Seth and unrighteous women from the lineage of Cain produced the humanity that became so wicked and God could not bear that wickedness. He thought human heart was pregnant with evil only. This situation forced God to destroy the entire world with flood. There are some problems linked with this evil.

From the days of Seth till we are introduced to the sons of God about 1500 years must have passed according to the genealogy. Seth was a godly man like Abel. But Seth was not completely a perfect man from the fallen nature of his father Adam. During the period of 1500 years and the longevity of life before the flood Seth must have thousands of descendants and through the centuries all these men were identified as the sons of God. But there is no substantial evidence either in the Bible or in the secular history regarding the above said statement. Then what was true in the case of Seth must be the same in the case of Cain who was cursed by God for killing his own brother Abel but that does not mean all his female descendants during the 1500 years were all ungodly women. In the Bible and the secular history also there are some incidents wherein some ungodly parents have godly descendants as sometimes beautiful flower blooms in the desert.

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In the union between the sons of God (From Seth) and the daughters of men (from Cain) represented a union between righteous men and unrighteous women. Actually it was forbidden in scripture that godly children sometimes the result of spiritually mixed marriages. According to the scripture we have some examples of marriages between sons of God who were righteous and daughters of men who were unrighteous as resulted in their offspring’s as mighty men and men of renowned. There are some other theologians with different views. Their thinking was that the sons of God were said to be identified with some of the fallen angelic beings who left their natural position and met men thereby cohabited with human women who were referred to as daughters of men. This would have been unnatural union which violated God’s ordained order of marriage between a man and a woman (Genesis 2:24).

There are ample reasons to accept this point of view as appropriate subject but there might be some other who bluntly reject this as unnatural and bizarre. In the Old Testament the expression “Sons of God” is used only onetime

th in Genesis 6 chapter wherein it is clearly referred to the angelic beings. Then in the book of “Job” which was the earliest written one of the Bible this statement is found. Now, there was a day when the sons of God (reference to angelic beings) came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came with them. Apostle Paul too spoke about a group of fallen angels who sinned were cast down to hell and locked in chains. All the actions of these fallen angels were directly associated with the events which finally lead to Noahic flood. The “Mac Arthur Study Bible” commented regarding the sin committed by the fallen angels in the following words in 2 Peter 2:4. These angels according to Jude did not keep their proper domain that is they entered the premises of men and indiscriminately cohabited with their women. Apparently, this is a reference to the fallen angels of Genesis 6th chapter the sons of God. Jude the half brother of the Lord Jesus addressed the same subject positively.

He spoke about the angels who did not keep properly their domain. For their sin, they were kept in iron fetters in darkness till the day of judgment of God. They happened to mix and mingle with the people of Sodom and Gomorah who gave themselves to sexual immorality and desired for strange human flesh. The sin committed in Sodom and Gomorah was really abnormal and unnatural sex. It was called Sodomy or homosexuality. Some fallen angels left even their original place lived with human beings and took part in sex with the women or men and then felt guilty of their sinful activity with human beings. So the

The Everlasting Kingdom of God argument of some critics about the identification of the fallen angels with the sons of God was brought to light. The phrase “The sons of God” is a reference from the teaching of the Lord Jesus when the Sadducees were trying to corner Jesus with their criss-cross questions as He was giving His speech concerning resurrection. He said that “For in the resurrection day they neither marry nor given in marriage but are as angels of God in heaven”.

Basing on the resurrection of Jesus the critics it seems came to an understanding about the angels that they have no sex and so they could not be the sons of God who cohabited with the human women as mentioned in the Genesis sixth chapter. In their argument the main problem is that the text does not say the angels are sexless as they suggest. But the text says the divine design for angels is it does not include marriage – like ordinary men and women the angels do not procreate normally. It does not suggest at any stage as the angels are sexless. What they were doing sexually became unnatural and unbelievable because they did not sin out of their boundaries of their normal domain. So they deserved the hardest punishment through judgment by God. And in this context we can see the most horrified and emotional statement of God in the entire Bible.

“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continuously and that sinful life of man made God to repent that He had made man on the earth and it grieved Him at His heart” (Genesis 6:5-6). The union of the sons of God and daughters of men was only the master plan by Satan through the fallen angelic beings to corrupt the blood line of humanity through a progeny part angelic and part human. This unnatural wickedness forced God to take drastic action to destroy the world in 120 years through universal flood. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This wonderful statement of God is an evidence of His deep love towards humanity. Noah and his wife were not contaminated by the wickedness of the sons of God and the daughters of men. Noah his wife, their three sons and their three daughters-in-law altogether 8 in number had to survive from flood to repopulate the earth.

Through this Noah’s family the seed of the woman the Messianic hope was still remained intact. At last, the flood came and after the water receded Noah’s Ark settled on the mount Ararat. Then Noah built an altar and worshipped the Lord and God blessed Noah and his family members. He said unto them “Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.” (Genesis 9:1).

The Everlasting Kingdom of God With the blessing of God the universal flood men began to repopulate the earth. And this time the great grandson of Noah according to the genealogy emerged as a leader of the people. His name was “Nimrod”. It is said about him that he was a mighty hunter. Perhaps of the souls of men in his time it was believed by many people as Nimrod must have been originally meant (Revolt). Accordingly Nimrod revolted even against God and established a kingdom of his own with a capital city Babel which later became Babylon. Then he built a tower of Babel which also “And they said Go 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” “ (Genesis 11:4).

The main purpose of the tower of Babel was not to reach heaven. It was only an elevated platform to observe the heavenly bodies to worship the sun god and other heavenly bodies like pagan worshippers. The tower of Babel was also a symbol of mankind unto one religion and one language. The wife of Nimrod was Semirames and she was popularly known as the “Queen of heaven” according to ancient traditions. Her image was with a dove upon her head and wings outstretched like the horn of the new moon which became the sem or sign of the defiance of God and banner of Babylonianism. It is believed by pagans that Nimrod after death ascended unto heaven and united with the sun. The pagans also trusted that the wife of Nimrod after his death became pregnant miraculously by a sun beam she received from her dead husband as the sun beam carried the sperm of her husband. Then Semirames gave birth to a son and called him Tammuz (and this was called by Biblical historians counterfeited virgin birth). This Tammuz grew to manhood and one day went out for hunting and miserably killed by a wild bear. This incident made her to lament for her dead son for forty days (which was like the observation of fasting for forty Lenten days before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ) and the result of her mourning was her son came back to life again (and this was called the counterfeited resurrection).

So with this counterfeited resurrection Tammuz was treated by pagans as both the son of Nimrod and Nimrod himself. He began counterfeit religious system for the love of people – a harlot no more than a harlot babylonianism became the mother of harlots. All the religious systems were centered on the worship of a counterfeit mother and son. It is not surprising at all as this system is called in the book of Revelation (mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots and abomination of the earth) (Revelation 17:5). We can come to a conclusion by stating that all false religions called with any name were originated

The Everlasting Kingdom of God in Babylon with Nimrod, his wife Semirames and their son Tammuz as mentioned below – In each example the mother was Semirames and the son Tammuz or Nimrod.

1.In Egypt the mother was “Isis” (H Semirames) and the son “Oseres”.

3.In India the mother was “Isi” (H Semirames) and the son “Iswara” (Tammuz).

4.In Asia the mother was “Cybeli” (H Semirames) and the son “Deoiees”.

5. In Greece the mother was “Aphrodite” (H Semirames) and the son “Eros”.

6. In Rome the mother was “Venus” (H Semirames) and the son “Cupid”.

We are under the impression that Cupid was an innocent romantic little guy who appears on Valentine ’s Day with a bow but he was a harmless one. If we look into the ancient historical background he was no other than Tammuz son of Semirames or Nimrod the mighty hunter. Cupid shoots his arrows not at the hearts for romantic love but at the eternal souls of men to woo them and deviate from the love of the true and living God. As time passed on Babel was changed into Babylon and Babylon into modern Iraq. So to say all false religions and false languages of any kind in the world today had their origin in Babylon only.

It is also believed by some scholars that both Roman Catholicism and Islam worship of “Allah” had their origin in Babylon. It is hoped in the days of antichrist that there may be one world government and one world religion. But still Semirames with satanic influence may try to entice men and divert them from worshipping our true and living God. If Satan is able to do that we can call it spiritual adultery. Prophet Jeremiah who was also called weeping prophet preached to the Jews in Egypt condemned them as they were worshipping the queen of heaven Semirames. He rebuked them with the following words “the children gather wood and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead them tough to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger.” Jeremiah 7:18. In the same way prophet Ezekiel was ministering to the Jewish captives in Babylon. God showed him in his vision by taking him towards the Northern side of the temple. He saw how women were wailing and weeping for Tammuz. In Egypt the Jews were worshipping the mother Semirames. In Jerusalem in the very temple of God they were worshipping Nimrod and his son Tammuz. This ungrateful behavior of the Jews prompted God to intervene in this evil project. The Lord came down and saw the city and the tower built

The Everlasting Kingdom of God by them. He saw they were one in unity and speaking one language. So he confused them and scattered them. It was called Babel because God confused their language and scattered them. It was only confusion of the people and scattering of them into all corners of the earth caused for the formation of many nations with their own languages and religions. And it is said today there are about 6000 languages in the world and the Bible is available in about 2450 languages.

If God has not done this there would have been one world government and one world religion on the earth today. But Satan is always there awaiting the opportunity to pollute God’s people. First, he used Adam and Eve, then the sons of God and daughters of men and then Nimrod, his wife and their son. During the first 1800 years of recorded history men sinned and disobeyed God and His sovereignty. Still people know who the true God is and who the false gods people of the nations that were formed after the confusion of language and the people’s scattering from Babylon finally became idolaters. They forgot their creator Almighty God completely. In such conditions there were no people to find out the seed of the woman who was to come to bruise the head of Satan. God created man in his own image to rule the earth as a king but that was usurped by Satan the right of ruling the earth then God made a promise that one day the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the Satan, deliver man from curse and restore to him the scepter of kingship over the earth. The confrontation between God and Satan continued from the time of Abraham. And through Abraham God wanted to establish a new nation which was completely different from all gentile nations. As He planned the seed of the woman would come from that new nation only.

Abraham was called the father of the nations of Israel’s but technically speaking Isaac was the first citizen of that nation. And God declared “In Isaac shall thy seed be called” Genesis 21:12. The birth of Isaac was no doubt miraculous and supernatural because of the old age of Abraham and Sarah. Anyway the blessing and legal lineage was started through Jacob (who was also called Israel) the second son of Isaac. Jacob had 12 sons who became leaders of 12 tribes. God had promised Abraham that all the nations shall be blessed through his lineage. Then from which of the 12 tribes, the seed of the woman would come When Jacob was on his death bed he summoned his sons to bless them. He told each of them something as his last will and statement when the turn of Judah came Jacob said “the scepter shall not depart from Judah” (Genesis 49:10). So with the blessing of Jacob the seed of the woman came from the tribe of Judah.

The Everlasting Kingdom of God Prior to this a terrible famine in the promised land forced Jacob and his sons to go and settle in a fertile land called “Goshen” in Egypt as Joseph one of the sons of Jacob became the prime minister of Egypt at that time. After the death of Joseph the Jews lost their identity and remained as slaves for centuries. They even forgot their creator and began to worship heathen gods and goddesses who were about 80 in number. Yet there were some Jews among them who remembered the God of their fore fathers and worshipped Him only as true and living God.

The ultimate seed of the woman according to the prophecy was Jesus Christ who was a direct descendent of king David and his son Nathan but not from Solmon. The history of Israel in the Old Testament is the history of a nation travelling in pain to give birth to the seed of the woman not for her benefit alone but for the benefit of the whole world. In the New Testament opens with the thrilling declaration of its purpose. It is the book of the generation of Jesus Christ the son of King David, the son of Abraham. (Mathew 1:1). Here Jesus was the seed of the woman and the history was moving towards Him only. Jesus was the virgin born son of God and seed of the woman. Apostle Paul also wrote “when the fullness of the time was come God sent forth His son made of woman made under the law.” (Galatians 4:4). His life was sinless. His death on the cross was substitutionary and victorious from the dawn of history Satan had been trying to destroy the lineage through which the seed would come and God always checked the crooked plans of Satan. Even after the birth of Jesus Satan tried his power through king Herod to kill the seed by killing about 200 innocent male children in Bethlehem who were 2 years old and below. When Christ died on the cross Satan must have felt happy by thinking that the seed of the woman was no more.

As a death blow to him Jesus rose from the grave on the third day. This extraordinary incident must have disturbed Satan. Jesus said to His disciples that after resurrection He would go to His father in heaven from the Mount of Olives and sit on the right side of the throne. He promised them He would come again as the roaring lion of the tribe of Judah and as the heir to the throne of king David to rule over Israel and from there to rule the whole world and every believer is expecting His second coming at anytime with the music of trumpets from the Mount of Olives. But for the Jews the second coming of Messiah will be the first coming because they did not accept Him in His first coming. CHAPTER -2

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