THE TOWER

edited, rewritten D Bradley Copyright 2001

THE TOWER         The Sumerians/Babylonians according to archeologists, founded Babylon in the late 3rd millennium B.C. Its original name was called "Babel", which meant "gateway of God". Biblical records, however, indicate an earlier date for the event connected with the building of the structure known as the "Tower of Babel". According to the biblical account, the "tower" was built during the reign of "King Nimrod", the first "King" of Babylon. Nimrod was also a descendant of Noah. The bible is silent on the time-frame of the building of the "tower" of Babel, but conservative bible scholars have placed it between 3500 and 4000 B.C. It could have been much earlier than this, and than again, much later. But all we know, is that by the time of the building of the "tower", the Earth's population had been restored to a certain degree from the devastation of the "deluge". The reference to Nimrod and the beginning of Babylon in the bible, is "centered" around the building of the "tower". We will have to examine a verse very closely, to see what this "tower" was all about.
"And they said, go to, let us build us a city and a
T  O  W  E  R,

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)

let us build us #1129  "banah" to build, make, set up, repair, obtain children

a city and #5892  "iyr" a city, a place, guarded by a  watch, idea of opening of the eyes, lift up, awaken

a tower #4026  "migdahl" a tower, (fig.) a pyramidal object, to twist, advance,exceed, magnify, in conj. With #410

whose top may #7218  "rosh" to shake, highestas in tip- top,top portion, con. to  location of stars as to their location in the sky

reach unto heaven #8064  "shamayim" the sky, the nether regions where the celestial bodies revolve,outer space, universe

and let us make #6213  "awsaw" to do or make, manufacture or fabricate (obj.)

a name #8034  "shem" a conspicuous position, as a marker or memorial, by impl. of authority, renown, used in conj. with #8064 heaven, disguise, heap up, preserve

*Note:modern-day scholars have concluded that the word "shem" is borrowed from the Sumerians word "sham" (shu.MU). The proper pronunciation of "shem" is "shame" in English.

        The miracles of Christ in the New Testament, are called "shems". They were marks of his divinity. The "signs" and "wonders" in Jer. 32:20, are also called "shems". But the original meaning of the word from its Sumerians origin is "MU"(sham) which means "fiery sky chamber"! (see the Babylonian Epic of Creation, the Enuma Elish). These were associated with what are known as "stelae" in the Babylonian texts. "Stelae" are the objects or memorials associated with the "mu". They are otherwise known as "stone pillars" or OBELISKS that we see throughout all cultures of antiquity in some form or another. As will be shown later, something else is referred to as being "pointed" (obelisk). To Akkadians/Babylonians, and Assyrians, they were known as the "naru" (fiery stones that fly). In Hebrew, the word "ner" means "a pillar that emits light". It is from this word that we get the term "candle". Though I don't espouse to all of the ideologies of the ancient Sumerians researcher, Zecharia Sitchen, his expertise in the area of etymology is to be respected. I would suggest that you read his work entitled "The 12th Planet", to get a good idea of how the languages developed from one-another from the Sumerians, to the Egyptians. The Hebrews integrated a lot of the words from these cultures into their own. Anyhow, as you can see from the breakdown of Gen.11:4, there is a lot more involved here than is usually interpreted. Now I ask you, why did the inhabitants of Babylonia, exert themselves to "make a name", why was the "name" to be placed upon a "tower whose TOP shall reach unto HEAVEN (outer space), and how could the "MAKING of a name" counteract the effects of mankind's "scattering upon the Earth"?. How did they know they were going to be scattered? If they knew they were going to be scattered, then they also knew by WHOM (God). Knowing this, we could assume that they deduced that the only way to counteract this event, would be to LEAVE EARTH! By the implication of the translation itself from the Hebrew, it shows that the "shem" that they made was a "miracle" by definition!. If that is not enough, than you must deal with the "identity" of the only named personage involved with this event, Nimrod. In verse 9 he is called a "mighty hunter" before the Lord. The use of the word "mighty" here is very specific indeed. It is [Strong's ref. 1368 gibbhor;- giant], or other wards, nephillim!. The word for "hunter" is ambiguous. The textual intent seems to imply that Nimrod was in fact a nephillim, but does not say what "type" of hunter he was. I mean, what did he hunt? And if he wasn't a nephillim, than the text would imply that he "hunted" nephillim! Any ways you cut it, the character of Nimrod is related as being anything other than your average, everyday human!. No, there is something more here. And it involves his satanic mother, ritual black magic, and nephilim DNA via blood and sacrifice. Semiramis is after all, Lilith, the great whore. 
THEM         There is a verse of scripture that quite shocked me when I read the interpretation from the Septuagint. It is translated quite differently in your King James Bible. Actually, the rendition in the King James is absolute "butchery", half of the text is missing, and the translation is completely ludicrous. I remind you again, this translation is much closer to the original. Pick up a Greek Hebrew concordance and check it out. It is a passage of prophecy that I believe to be fulfilled  during the Tribulation. Though it will be denied uni-laterally amongst scholars, this is what it really says:
"The vision which Esias son of Amos saw
against Babylon. Lift up a standard on the
mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to
them, beckon with the hand, open the gates,
ye ruler. I give command and I bring them:
N E P H I L L I M
are coming to fulfill
MY WRATH,
rejoicing at the same time and insulting.
(Septuagint LXX, Isaias 13:1-3)         This vision of Isaiah's is depicting the time of the end. It is referring to the time of "the day of the Lord". The day of the Lord happens during the Tribulation. This vision is against "Babylon". Babylon is a focus of end-time prophecy. The location of end-time Babylon is, contrary to where 99.9% of bible scholars place it,NOT in the Middle-east, but that's another dissertation. It needs to be noticed here, that it is the "Lord" who brings them, to fulfil HIS wrath!. It must be remembered here, now, that this is as close to the "original" AS YOU CAN GET IT!. I mean, Yeshua himself was completely aware of the Septuagint, and as he was the Creator Element spoken of by John's first few verses, the Creator would know.
"A voice of many nations on the mountains,
even like to that of
m a n y  n a t i o n s;
a voice of kings and nations gathered together:
the Lord of hosts has given command to a
war-like nation,
(vs. 4)         This verse can throw you off if your not paying attention. These are many nations "on the mountains" (high places). Notice that both "kings" and Nations" are represented and "gathered together" (Armageddon). The word "kings" here is "melek" in the Hebrew. Its root comes from "ma'lak" , which denotes that of "angels" of class/rank. As it is stated in verses 1-3, these "nephillim" are referred to as a "war-like nation" (one, singular). The Lord gives them "command", and he BRINGS THEM. Command of what? Command of "fulfilling his wrath"! (vs. 3). Where does he bring them from? Look at the next verse.
"To come from a land
A F A R  O F F,
from the

UTMOST FOUNDATION OF HEAVEN;
the Lord and his warriors are coming to
destroy the world".
(vs. 5)         Very little of these five verses remains in your King James or any of the other versions. This place is a land "afar off". The use of the word "utmost" means "distance". The inference of the use here is as to the "end of the flat plane-Antarctica," when read in its context. This is directly connotated with the "day of the Lord" or what's referred to as Armageddon. The foundation of Heaven is Earth, as is stated as such in the Holy Word, countless times. The ends of that foundation are what we now call Antarctica today. And it surrounds all of the foundation, upon which Heaven sits.
 
For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which
cannot be escaped,
a day of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate,
and to destroy sinners out of it."
(vs. 9)         These are very provocative verses of scripture. When exegeted and read in context, the impression left is that most of what's taking place is not of "human" doing. Besides, no humans live at the "utmost foundation of heaven, the edge of the flat plane" now do they?. As stated in verse 3, we are dealing with "nephillim" here, actually, by what the text says, NATIONS OF THEM!. Isaiah has a lot of strange things to reveal, and it would be extremely wise to take careful notice, as Isaiah had much to say about Babylon, and the last-days.
"Hell from beneath is moved for thee
to meet thee (Antichrist) at thy coming:
it stirreth up the
R  a  p  h  a,
even all the
chief ones of the earth;
it hath raised up from
their thrones
all the
kings of the earth". (Isaiah 14:9)