IRAQ - VERY INTERESTING - DID YOU KNOW?

• The garden of Eden was in Iraq.

• Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

• Noah built the ark in Iraq.

• The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.

• Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!

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

• Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

• Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.

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

• Amos cried out in Iraq!

• Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem.

• Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!

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

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

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

• Ezekiel preached in Iraq.

• The wise men were from Iraq.

• Peter preached in Iraq.

• The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq!
  
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• 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 & The 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 (Iraq's former name).  Revelation 17 & 18
  
  No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated it than Iraq.

- courtesy of Rick and Sam Ross