Daily Archives: January 18, 2009

Iraq – Facts You Should Know

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I come across this reading last Friday night while in church. And I find it very interesting so i want to share it with all of you who comes by to read my blog. I got this from the compiliation of Bible Potpouri by Dr. Fred S. Mina.



1. Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But the second names frequenting the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia, all of which are know as Iraq today.

2. The name Mesopotamia means “between the two rivers,” more exactly between the Tigres and Euphrates Rivers.

3. Iraq, which name suggests having “deep roots,” is a very significant country in the Bible. Aside from Israel, no other nation has more history and prophecy mentioned in the Bible than Iraq.

- a. Mesopotamia, known as Iraq now, was a cradle of civilization (see Genesis 24:10)

- b. Even though it does not look like a garden or paradise on earth today, the Garden of Eden is situated in Iraq (see Gen. 3:1-6)

- c. Adam and Eve were created in Iraq (see Genesis 2:7-8)

- d. Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq (see Genesis 3:1-6)

- e. Nimrod, the grandson of Ham who was described as a “mighty hunter,” established the Tower of Babylon inIraq (see Genesis 10:8-10; 11:1-4)

- f. Noah built the ark in Iraq ( see Genesis 6,7,8)

- g. Abraham came from the Ur of the Chaldees, which is Southern Iraq (see Gen 11:31; Acts 7:2-4)

- h. Isaac’s wife hailed from Nahor in Mesopotamia (see Genesis 24:3-4,10)

- i. Jacob married Rachel and Leah and spent 20 years wiht them in Paddan-Aram, Iraq (see Genesis 27:42-25; 31:38)

- j. Assyria conquered the ten tribes of Israel in 722 BC and ended their divided kingdom.

- k. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, destroyed Jerusale in 586 BC and subjected all Jews to captivity.

- l. Babylonian is the first world empire (see Daniel 1:1,2,; 2:36-38)

- m. Ezekiel preached in Iraq (see Ezekiel 1:1-4)

- n. The greatest revival of history happened in Nineveh, capitalof Assyria (Jonah 1:2)

- o. The events in the book of Esther took place in Iraq (see Esther)

- p. Amos cried out in Iraq

- q. The book of Nahum was a prophecy against the Assyrians in Nineveh (see Nahum).

- r. The place where the three young Hebrews were thrown in a fiery furnace and Daniel, also thrown into the lion’s den, was in Babylon. (Daniel 3:13-30; 6).

- s. Belshazzar, king of Babylon, saw a handwriting on th ewall in Iraq (see Daniel (5:25)

- t. The wise men from Iraq visited Jesus in the manger and gave Him gifts (see Matthew 2:1,2)

-u. The “Empire of Man” described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq.

source: Bible potpourri by Dr. Fred S. Mina
ISBN 978-971-581-191-0