20 Facts You Need To Know About Iraq

1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.

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. All doctrines of the major religions are traced to Mesopotamia, that is Iraq

6. Abraham was from Ur, which is in
Southern Iraq!

7. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in
Iraq.

8. Jacob met Rachel in
Iraq.

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

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

11. Amos cried out in
Iraq!

12. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed
Jerusalem.

13. Daniel was in the lion's den in
Iraq!

14. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in
Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the fiery furnace!)

15. Belshazzar, the King of
Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.

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

17. Ezekiel preached in
Iraq.

18. The wise men were from
Iraq.

19. Peter preached in
Iraq.

20. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called
Babylon, which was a city in Iraq!


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

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1 comment:

Doug, KB7RKY said...

Iraq never existed until the 20th Century.

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