Master of Chaos

Many have credited Nimrod with the origin of the various cults and religious organisations that sprang from the fateful Babel event. It is believed by some that these occult associations formed the power structures that still underpin today’s governments and world powers.
But perhaps we have given Nimrod credit beyond his due. What if he was merely a pawn in the game of an intelligence far greater than his own? What if he were merely being used by the supernatural powers of evil to do their bidding? Could Nimrod’s rebellion have unleashed an evil not seen since the days of Noah?
The religions and political structures of the world were not invented by Nimrod. They came from the fallen sons of God - known to the Mesopotamians as the Anunnaki. And once Nimrod had drawn on their power to invoke the spirits of the dead Nephilim giants from the Flood, the Anuna-gods had an army that would do their bidding. They were the Rephaim, and they enforced the enslavement of humanity to the new gods of the ancient world.
The first part of their plan to defy the Lord God was to tell a story of creation that centres around the “Chaoskampf,” the idea that the earth was formed when a chaos monster (usually a dragon) was defeated in battle by a god, allowing him to bring order to the world. In this story, the dragon is portrayed as inferior to a second-tier god of the cultural pantheon, thus elevating this created god to Creator status. The story removes focus from the original master over chaos, the Creator, and places it squarely on the ambitions of an up-and-coming lesser god whose identity and power were intrinsically connected to the human ruler of the land.
In “Answers to Giant Questions,” you’ll learn how most efforts to understand the Biblical version of the Chaoskampf are misguided, because they are trying to find it in Genesis One. Yet, when we read Psalm 74, Deuteronomy 32 and other associated passages of Scripture, we find that the true Chaoskampf actually occurred at the Tower of Babel, the birthplace of the post-Flood giants.
The origin of the religions of the world can be traced back to this point. However, we can stop short of laying 100% of the blame at the feet of Nimrod. His legacy of failure as a world dictator was widely told in ancient times. He was little more than a tool in the hands of a greater, darker power. The Leviathan, that coiling, piercing serpent, poisoned him against Yahweh, but was swiftly defeated ("cut into pieces") by God’s intervention at Babel.
Since then, the spirit of Nimrod, also known as “the Assyrian” or “Rahab” has been slowly reassembling his shattered pieces, rebuilding a single monolithic force united against Yahweh and the allegiant believers who have displaced the old sons of God by the power of Christ.
The Leviathan will rise again, but his swift - and permanent - annihilation is assured as foretold by the prophet Ezekiel. Make sure you are on the right side of history.

- T.J. Steadman