Very Interesting Facts About Iraq' Past...true Or False???

[Oxford]

I'm posting the following email I received from a friend as a stimulus for discussion only. No documention or references were provided which makes some of the claims suspect. However, please make comments on any part and let's agree or disagree on the claims.

Ox
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Just in case you might think of Iraq as "only" an oil rich nation,
ruled by an evil dictator for 30 years, whether it has been supporting
terrorists or may not be very important, here are a few important
facts regarding the important history and roles that this nation has
played down through history*

IRAQ -- VERY INTERESTING -- DID YOU KNOW??????

1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq. (it sure doesn't look much like
Paradise on earth today thanks to Saddam)

2. Mesopotamia which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization.

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq.

6. Isaac's wife Rebecca is from Nahor which is in Iraq.

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.

9. Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.

10. Amos cried out in Iraq.

11. Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem.

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq! (could this be the spider hole
that Saddam was found in?)

13. The 3 Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (that's good news to
know that JESUS has been in Iraq too as the 4th person in the fiery
furnace.)

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall"
in Iraq. (which hopefully Saddam will too.)

15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive
into Iraq.

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.

17. The wise men were from Iraq. (where are the "wise" men today?)

18. Peter preached in Iraq.

19.. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon
which was a city in Iraq.
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And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often
mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second?
It is Iraq.

However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names
used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia.

The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more
exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

The name Iraq, means country with deep roots.

Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant
country in the Bible. Here's why.

* Eden was in Iraq--Genesis 2:10-14
* Adam & Eve were created in Iraq--Genesis 2:7-8
* Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq--Genesis 3:1-6
* Nimrod established Babylon & Tower of Babel was built in Iraq--
--Genesis 10:8-97 & 11:1-4
* The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq--Genesis 11:5-11
* Abraham came from a city in Iraq--Genesis 11:31 & Acts 7:2-4
* Isaac's bride came from Iraq--Genesis 24:3-4 & 10
* Jacob spent 20 years in Iraq--Genesis 27:42-45 & 31:38
* The first world Empire was in Iraq--Daniel 1:1-2 &2:36-38
* The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq--Jonah 3
* The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq--Esther
* The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq--Nahum
* The book or Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the
old name for the nation of Iraq--Revelation 17 & 18

No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophesy
associated with it than Iraq.

Oxford,
Very interesting stuff indeed!

I think I'll do some internet research to see if this stuff is true. A few of those things listed I have heard before as being true from different sources, so I'll bet there aren't too many larks there - if any.

[BattleRifleG3]

I believe this is mostly if not all true, as someone who's taken a course or two in the subject.

http://bmaweb.net/Metropolitan.Chica..._the_bible.htm


http://www.ldolphin.org/iraq.html

[Rufus Rhastus J]

I don't have the religous back ground to know any of this but, it sounds good enough to be true. None of us were here 2000 yars ago and none of us know exactly what the people back then called a bag of rocks. We only guess at it useing what we have to work with. I do wonder, however, what those folks would have thought of us, today!!!! Now that's worth argueing about!:nod:

[Oxford]

Logansdad...the links you posted were very good.

Someone has done a lot of research before writing that essay which had some similarities to the original list of "facts" posted above, along with attaching ancient maps of Iraq and more modern maps of the same area.

I enjoyed reviewing those links. Thanks.

Ox:nod:

thank you Ox..for bringing the topic up..I'd actually forgotten alot of that..