Join Cherry Campbell in this enlightening episode of Victorious Faith as she delves into the intriguing history of the first kingdom on earth and the infamous name of Nimrod. Learn about the foundational concepts behind the Kingdom of God and how it contrasts with the earthly powers symbolized by Babylon. Campbell’s analysis sheds light on the spiritual significance behind historical events and the prophetic elements found in ancient scriptures.
Welcome to Victorious Faith. We believe you will be blessed, encouraged, and receive fresh faith to begin your day as you listen to today’s message with international missionary and Bible teacher, Cherry Campbell.
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Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherry Campbell. This morning I’m going to continue sharing with you message number six in a series of messages that I’ve been sharing with you for the last several weeks called The Kingdom of God. Now join me in our live class for the continuation of this message number six called The Kingdom of God is Superior Continued. This is the beginning of the kingdom of this world operating. This is the first kingdom that was established on earth. The name Nimrod, in verse 8, Cush was the father of Nimrod. The name Nimrod means rebellion. Nimrod was not a godly man. Nimrod was a wicked man. And his name means rebellion. And when it says he grew to be a mighty warrior, you can also call him a conqueror. A conqueror. Just like the Romans conquered other nations and territories. And if you’ve studied history, you’ve heard of Alexander the Great being a conqueror. Nimrod set out to conquer the world and put it under himself. When God blessed Adam and said subdue the earth, he said subdue the birds and the fish and the animals and the plants and everything like that, but he never said subdue people. People were not included in what we’re supposed to dominate or control. Nimrod was a man who was trying to make himself king of the earth. He was a mighty warrior. He was a mighty conqueror to bring all the earth under himself and make himself the king of the earth. And we see that the first center of his kingdom is Babylon. Now, Babylon is a name that we read of many times throughout the Bible. Old Testament and New Testament, all the way into the book of Revelation. Why? Because Babylon is the symbolic name of the kingdom of the world. It is the symbolic name of the kingdom of this world or the system of this world. So whenever you read about Babylon from here on out all the way into the book of Revelation, it is talking about the kingdom and the system of the world and And it’s very interesting that it is named first. And those of us who have had some biblical training, we’ve heard of what is called the law of first mention. Have you heard of that before? The law of first mention is that when the first time a word is used in the Bible, it carries with it its meaning throughout the rest of the scripture. It may also take on other meanings with it, but the first mention of that word in the scripture is very significant, and it then sets a precedent for the rest of scripture. Anytime you see that word again, in the rest of the scripture, all through the Bible. And so it’s not an accident when it says in verse 10, the first center of his kingdom were Babylon, then Eric and Akkad and Calne. It didn’t say Eric, Akkad, Calne, and then Babylon. Babylon is listed first. It’s the first kingdom established on the earth, and therefore it is also the name that represents the kingdom of this world. Now, let’s turn the page, or it may in your Bible be across the page, the next chapter, chapter 11. Genesis 11. Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly. They used a brick instead of stone and tar for mortar. We’ll come back and we’ll talk about that. Then they said, come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens. so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth. But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The Lord said, if there’s one people speaking the same language, they begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other. So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel. Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth. And the word Babel means confusion. But the word Babylon comes from the word Babel. Babel is the root of the word Babylon. And actually in different translations, even when you read Babylon, it says Babel. And so Babylon and Babel are the same. So this is the system that was established on the earth. The first kingdom under Nimrod, a man whose name means rebellion, trying to bring the whole world under himself. I want us to see what is the spirit of this system. What is the spirit behind the system and the kingdom of this world? But let’s start in Isaiah 14, and then we’ll come back to Genesis 11. Isaiah 14, Isaiah chapter 14. And starting in verse 12, we’re going to look at 12 through 15. says how you have fallen from heaven oh morning star son of the dawn now i read the new international version the niv and it says oh morning star this is not talking about jesus yes jesus is our morning star but this is not speaking of jesus if you read the king james the king james says oh lucifer lucifer it does not say satan and i don’t want you to translate it as satan Because Lucifer is the name of Satan before he sinned, before he fell from heaven. Because we know that Satan used to be one of the highest ranking angels, which is called an archangel, in heaven. He used to be the worship leader of heaven. He was one of, we believe, the top three angels in heaven. And he was very, very, very beautiful. And so Satan, before he sinned, his name was Lucifer. And he operated in heaven and on the earth. Earth was already made, as we can see from the scripture. And this is talking about Lucifer or Satan. And it’s talking about his fall because he rebelled. He sinned against God. But what was his sin? His sin was rebellion. Now, rebellion is rooted in pride. There is no rebellion without pride. Pride is the root of rebellion because pride says, I can do it myself. And rebellion says, I’m not going to follow you. I’m going to do it my way. And I’m going to exalt myself. So it was rooted in pride, but it was the sin of rebellion. And this is talking about his fall. It says how you have fallen from heaven. Oh, Lucifer. You have been cast down to the earth. You who once laid low the nations. Verse 13. You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mountain of assembly on the utmost heights or the highest height. Of the sacred mountain. What is the highest height? Who’s on the highest height? God. We read in other scriptures that God’s throne is on the utmost height, on the highest height of the mountain in the heavenly Jerusalem. And Satan was saying, I’m going to raise my throne up to the highest height. I’m going to… Well, let’s read the next verse. Verse 14. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will make myself… like the most high. I will do it. I’m going to make myself like God. I’m going to make myself a king over the universe. I’m going to make myself like the most high God. Verse 15, but you are brought down, down, down, down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. Verse So what we see here is that the original sin of all sins was the sin of Lucifer. It was rooted in pride, and it’s the sin of rebellion. And it’s the rebellion that says, I’m going to lift myself up to be like God. I’m going to be king. I’m going to rule over everything. I don’t need God. Now let’s go back to Genesis 11. And I want you to see that is the spirit of these people that were building the Tower of Babel. Now, we’d ask the question, so many people would ask this question, well, what was wrong with building a tower? Are towers bad? No. I mean, we have towers all over the earth today. We have skyscrapers. We have tall buildings. It was not the fact that it was a tall building. But it was the spirit and the motive of the heart. Why they were doing it. It was rebellion against God. And we see the key in verse 4. They said, come let us build ourselves a city with a tower that reaches where? To the heavens. We are going to lift ourselves up to where God is. That’s what they were saying. We will lift ourselves up to where God sits so that we may make a name for ourselves. And as Nimrod wanted to be king of all the earth, they wanted to be like God. What you just heard was the continuation of message number six in a series of messages that I’ve been sharing with you for the last several weeks called the kingdom of God. And this message number six is called the kingdom of God is superior continued. And we will continue this message tomorrow. So join me again tomorrow. And remember, God loves you. You are blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
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