Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,

whose top .. unto heaven; and let us make us a name,

the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

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.

LET USTOP, HEAVENMAKE & BUILD

NAME, CITY, TOWERTo achieve UNITY of People

Dan 4:30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

“The Khaldu”

“Land of Shinar”

“Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, provisioner of Esagil and Ezida, prime son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. Ebabbaca, the temple of Shamash in Larsa I restored as it was before, for Shamash, my lord."

Esagil – The Temple of Marduk in Babylon

Ezida – The Chapel of Nabu – Son of Marduk, within the Temple of Esagil

Ebabbaca – the Temple/Ziggurat of Shamash in Larsa

Shamash – the Sun god of Babylonia – also called “UTU” and son of Nabu.

Larsa – City

“Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, provisioner of Esagil and Ezida, prime son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. Ebabbaca, the temple of Shamash in Larsa I restored as it was before, for Shamash, my lord."

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Nebuchadnezzar

Nergul Sharissar

Nabonidus

Nabopolassar

Evil Merodach

Belshazzar

Grandad – 20 years

Son – 43 years

Grandson – 2 years

Bro in law – 5 years

Chaldean70 years

Haran16 yearsFather and Son – Co Regent

bc 625

bc 555-539

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Babylon Taken bc 539 – Dan 5

It was important that the Power that took

Judah into Captivity was bothChaldean

and Babylonian

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….

Hab 1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs.

Gen 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, … and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees…..

Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:

Jos 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. Jos 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,

Jos 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

“choose you this day whom ye will serve “

Marduk & Sin

Bel/Baal

Zeus

Jupiter

NannaGod of Moon

and Herdsmen

Marduk – Bel – Baal

Nebuchadnezzar’s godThe God of Babylon

The Supreme GodSets up and abases KingsFormed Heaven and Earth

Made Sun and MoonBrought Order to the Universe

Created Man

MARDUKThe chief god of the city of Babylon and the national god of Babylonia; as such he was eventually called simply Bel, or Lord( or Baal). Originally he seems to have been a god of thunderstorms. A poem, known as Enuma Elish and dating from .. (1124–03 BC), relates Marduk's rise to such pre-eminence that he was the god of 50 names, each one that of a deity or of a divine attribute. After conquering the monster of primeval chaos, Tiamat, he became Lord of the Gods of Heaven and Earth. All nature, including man, owed its existence to him; the destiny of kingdoms and subjects was in his hands.

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MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND

ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.Rev 17

The Key Divine Titleof the Book of Daniel is

Elyon“Most High”

3:26; 4:2,17,24,25,32,345:18,21; 7:18,22,25,27

Dan 1Marduk Yahweh

Meat and Wine“Learning & Tongue of

Chaldeans”

Pulse & Water“God gave them skill &

Knowledge”

Bel – TeshazzarShad- RachMes-shach

Abed - Nebo

DanielHananiahMishaelAzariah

“The house of his God” “The house of Yahweh”

“A Daily Provision”

“Eating and Drinking”

Sustenance

Satiation

Fellowship&

Identification

1 Cor 10 & 11Prov 23:6-8

John 6:531 Sam 30:10-12

1 Kings 19:8

“Eat”“Drink”

“Pulse”“Water”

“Bread”“Wine”

………Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you….. saith the Lord ALMIGHTY 2 Cor 6:14-18

Dan 1Marduk Yahweh

Meat and WineLearning & Tongue of

Chaldeans

Pulse & WaterGod gave them skill &

knowledge

Bel – TeshazzarShad- RachMes-shach

Abed - Nebo

DanielHananiahMishaelAzariah

“The house of his God” “The house of Yahweh”

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…..for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

And what agreement hath the house of God with idols? for ye are the house of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord MOST HIGH

2 Cor 6:14-18

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Key Words – Phrases Exercise

“Daily Provision”“The Portion of the Kings Meat”

The Wine He Drank”“Nourishing”“Appointed”

“Association and Fellowship”

Key Words – Phrases Exercise

“Pulse”“Water”

“Symbols for the Word of God”

“Knowledge”“Skill”

“Understanding”“Wisdom”

Gen 26:12 – “Sown”

“Eating and Drinking”

Sustenance

Satiation

Fellowship&

Identification

“Pulse”“Water”

1 Cor 10 & 11Prov 23:6-8

John 6:531 Sam 30:10-12

1 Kings 19:8

“Bread”“Wine”

“Eat”“Drink”

Dan 1:8

“Purposed in his heart that he would not defile Himself”

Gen 10

Dan 1:1 In the third year …. came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Dan 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god…..

“Kasdhee” – The Clod Breakers

Agriculturalist&

Herdsmen

Nanna – “Sin”God of the Herdsmen

Dan 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. (Shephel)

“Meat Offered to Idols”

Romans 141 Cor 8:1-13

1 Cor 10:1-33

“Meat Offered to Idols”

Isa 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

Isa 17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Isa 17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

Isa 31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

Isa 44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

; yea, he maketh a god, and worshipeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

Isa 44:17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshipeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Image Neb setup

Great Baby that I have made

When ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music,

Never used for anything else but the praise of Yahweh, except in Daniel 3.

Psa 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

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Music =“Zawmar” - Used in 42 OT passages and every single time = “Sing Praises”

“ Basic Principles of Idolatry”

Idols are not realPeople make them

“ Basic Principles of Idolatry”

Fellowship

“ Basic Principles of Idolatry”

You become like your idols

Psa 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Psa 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: Psa 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: Psa 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. Psa 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them

“The Logic of Meat offered to Idols”

Its about fellowship“What am I fellowshipping”

Idolatry is the Work of Men’s Hands

You become what you worship

Flee Idolatry

Idols are not real

Nothing that goes in defilesIts what is in the heart

Food and Drink is Food and Drink

Idols are always made by Man

Meat offered to Idols is inherentlyabout the principle of fellowship

and association

People have difficulties with all sorts of things

Concern for others and their weaknessis the pivotal consideration

“Eating things sacrificed to idols is a bad thing”

Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.