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CHAPTER TWO
THE FEARSOME ASSYRIANS
Who has not heard of the ancient Assyrian World Empire? Of its brilliance, exploits, mercilessness and extremes in
cruelty? What were these terrible Assyrians like? Most importantly, what is the link between Sargon and modern
nations? We shall see as we progress through the incredible revelation of this book, they have everything to do with
today’s world events!
OUTLINE OF ASSYRIAN HISTORY
It is appropriate that we take a succinct look at the history of the mighty descendants of Asshur. As all Bible students
note, the Assyrians descend from Asshur, or Assur, second son of Shem (Genesis 10:22) and twin brother to
Arphaxad. Traditionally, offspring are listed according to age: the firstborn is always listed first. In Genesis 10:22,
we find listed five sons of Shem. Elam is clearly the firstborn. If Asshur was a twin brother of Elam, this would
surely have been mentioned as with other twins in Scripture. But the antagonisms between Asshur and Arphaxad
demonstrate that in all likelihood that they were twins with Asshur's birth possibly preceding Arphaxad's (compare
Genesis 25:21-23). Arphaxad and Asshur must have been twins for Scripture states that Arphaxad was begotten
"two years after the Flood" (Genesis 11:10). In other words, Elam was begotten in the first year after the Flood and
his two brothers begotten a year later. It is impossible for three separate births to have occurred within two years.
Not surprisingly, Asshur's name means 'strong' or 'powerful'. Or, as Josephus put it:
Ashur lived at the city Nineve; and named his subjects Assyrians, who became the most fortunate nation,
beyond others. lxiv
In other words they were a greatly blessed people, second only to the descendants of Arphaxad and Aram. As we
shall see later in this book, God, by electing the line of Arphaxad to do His work and to lead the world, has led to
Assur's bitter jealousy of Arphaxad and an age-long antagonism which will culminate in a great show-down between
their descendants in the years just ahead.
The supreme god of the Assyrians was Asshurlxiv who later became known in Europe as Tyr or Tir, derived from
Atir or Athur, which is the Indo-Germanic form of the Hebrew Asshur! According to Ragozin, lxiv Assur's original
name may be spelled Asshur, and the central, original district of Assyria was known as Aturia. lxiv Asshur may also
be spelled Assyr. lxiv The Medes named the land Assuralxiv and the Persians Athursa. lxiv After Assyria fell, the
region of Assyria became known as Arzirilxiv and as Athura when it was a satrapy in the Persian Empire. It is
possible that this may be the origin of the name Arthur and the Germanic god Thor, who with his hammer, the
Swastika, crushed the enemies of his worshippers. It should also be noted that in front of the temple to Assur in the
city of Assur was displayed a swastika on a limestone slab.
The Assyrians were peoples of vast accomplishments. They had a love for the establishment and building of new
citieslxiv (see Garner's Royal Cities of Assyria), and were great road-builders. lxiv Their greatest city was, of course,
Nineveh, also known as Ninus or later as Hierapolis. lxiv We know too that Sargon of Akkad (who may have been
Assur himself, as we have seen) defeated Lugalzaggessi (Nimrod), and loved to build new cities. He
set up a pattern of royal behaviour which was to be taken up later by the Middle Assyrian Kings. . .It
therefore may not be an accident that Sargon's name was adopted by more than one Assyrian King. lxiv
Oppenheim claims that the Assyrian kings loved hunting down animals, especially lions. lxiv Indeed as we shall see
later in chapter seven and appendix four, the lion became an important symbol of the Assyrian Empire. One of the
most prominent symbols of Assyria was the eagle: is this where many of the eagle symbols of Central Europe
originate? lxiv The prophet Micah himself equates Assyria with "the land of Nimrod" (Micah 5:6). Nimrod founded
Babel (Genesis 10:10; 11:1-9), from which Babylonia arose. Under the Assyrians, Babylon often had special
privileges and freedoms and was considered holy ground. lxiv Assyrian dictator Ashurbanipal himself said:
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