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The process of coming out of Babylon is directly connected to the faith ofAbraham. When the angel of Revelation 18 calls God's people to come out ofBabylon , their pattern for how to come out is found directly in the life of

Abraham. The careful Bible student will notice that this is essentially the format ofthe book of Romans: Paul contrasts the religion of Nimrod in Chapter one with

the Faith of Abraham in Chapter 4. He then shows the faith of Abraham to be thefoundation of righteousness by Faith.

Rom 4:16-18 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the

promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that

also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I

have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God,

who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many

nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

The faith of Abraham is the key to escaping Babylon. It is important to note thatPaul also contrasted the faith of Abraham with the religion of the Pharisees. inRomans 2 This will become important later, because history reveals that thesystem of Nimrod combines with the pretentious religion of the Pharisees to forma spiritual Babylon that dominates the world.

We will now contrast the faith of Abraham with the philosophy of Nimrod to give asharper focus.

The core difference between the two systems is the belief in an inherent lifesource as opposed to life that comes to us via a Heavenly Father in Heaven.

a. Faith Versus FearAbrahams focus on a relational view is the inevitable outcome of a belief that hedepends on a relationship for life. The nature of the relationship is expressed asa Father to his children. Abrahams belief that the one who gives him life is as atender Father, reduces the need to be overly concerned about protecting his ownlife. Concerns for protection and defense are not a high priority. For this reason,

Abraham is happy to live in rural areas, without walled cities and the need forlarge groups of people herding together for increased security.

After Adam and Eve accepted the Serpents lie of inherent life, one of the firstemotions that Adam experienced was fear.

Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, becauseI was naked; and I hid myself.

The result of believing you have your own life source requires you to protect it.As God approached Adam to question him, Adam perceived God as a threatbecause God was more powerful than he was.

This experience was the inheritance of Nimrod and those with him who believed


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the lie of the serpent. They needed to gather together in cities and build wallsaround them to protect themselves from perceived threats. This fear turned toaggression with the raising of armies to defend the cities and then finally the fearextended to pre-emptive strikes to ensure no neighbouring tribes would becomestronger than themselves and conquer them. The belief in inherent life source

causes every person or group of people to be seen as a threat or an opportunitythat must be monitored and controlled if possible or appeased for survival. Tosuccessfully monitor those around you and warn them to keep their distance,territorial domains were established and defended. Nimrods kingdom driven byfear is afflicted with the obsession of territorial possession and defense.

b. Family Focus Versus Individual Focus

Abrahams view of life flowing from a heavenly Father that blesses His childrentranslates into a focus on submitting to and receiving that blessing. The headshipof the Heavenly Father and the submission of His Son are reflected in the rolesof husband and wife and are manifested in the differing roles of seed and

nurture. Each member of the family plays their part for the happiness of thewhole family. Notice the blessing structure spoken of by God to Abraham.

Gen 12:2-3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and makethy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that blessthee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earthbe blessed.

God speaks of the blessing of individuals through family structures. The principleof submission demonstrated by Sarah who recognized that Gods blessingflowed through her husband referred to him as Adon from which we get Adoni

or master. The belief in life flowing forth from one point fosters the principles ofheadship, submission, blessing and interdependence. Sarah and the childrendepend on Abraham for the blessing to flow to them and Abraham is dependenton his family to establish his authority. The sacred ties of family relationshipcannot be broken; therefore each member of the family has a very clear identityand purpose as part of the family.

Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his householdafter him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment;that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Nimrod by contrast, is driven by the need to protect and satisfy the life source he

believes lies within him. Because every person is potentially seen as a threat oran opportunity no relationships can be truly benevolent; they must beconstantly monitored, manipulated or appeased. Nimrod and his followers canhave the appearance of a family with the elements of father, mother and childrenbut the relationships are usually very dysfunctional. Each person tends to useother family members to satisfy personal needs and desires. It is good for a manto have a wife to avoid being lonely, to have someone clean up after him andcook his food. It is good for a woman to be married for protection and


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companionship.

Nimrods personal ambition caused him to marry his mother simply because shewas externally beautiful and also powerful. So the family structure of Nimrodbecomes son/husband and mother/wife. This process caused role confusion andtherefore identity confusion. The confusion of male and female is furthercomplicated by the loss of the submissive agent to teach the next generation theprinciples of submission. This fact fosters the rebellion of children and the needfor force, manipulation or appeasement by parents to keep children in check orsatisfied.

c. Worship as Expressed through the Sabbath Versus Sun-day

The worship of Abraham centres around the Father/Creator of the universe. It isthe worship of a personal God who gives life. God taught Abraham His laws thatwould enable him to stay connected to the life of God and this connection wasratified by a covenant.

Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, mycommandments, my statutes, and my laws.

The key command that identified the God that Abraham worshipped was theSabbath. It was a memorial of the Creator God and required its worshippers torest from their labours and rest in the works of God. This resting process was areminder that all life comes from God and that humans are totally dependent onHim. The very nature of the Sabbath was relational because relationships arecarved in time, there are no visible objects of worship, but only time to communewith the invisible and infinite God. This worship is contemplative, peaceful and

joyful.

Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:because he trusteth in thee.

Nimrods worship system revolves around the display of ones inherent lifesource and therefore demands visible tokens of power. The most powerful objectin our solar system is the sun. The sun makes the crops grow, the sun giveswarmth and lights to the homes of men. In this context, the worship of the sun isthe worship of inherent power. When Nimrod died, his mother/wife declared thathe now lived on in the sun, so now the inanimate object of the sun now had arelational connection in the person of Nimrod who they now could worship. Each

morning as the sun rose, the worshippers would bow at sunrise to the mightypower of Nimrod the mighty hunter displayed in the power of the sun. SinceNimrod was merely a man, this worship was essentially a worship of self and thebelief of life in ones self. This worship of heavenly bodies extended to theplanets and stars, but a special day was reserved for the sun each week calledSun-day.

The only concept of law in Nimrods kingdom is do whatever pleases you or do


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whatever you can get away with. The only master for Nimrod was himself andany law presented to him would be seen as an attempt to dominate and control.

d. Resurrection Versus Immortality

Abrahams view of death was that all consciousness ceased. Death is viewed as

an extended sleep where there is no awareness of his environment norperspective of time. Since man has no life in himself, he ceases to exist when hedies. The only way to live on is through resurrection by the Life Giver which isGod.

Heb 11:17-19 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he thathad received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it wassaid, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able toraise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

The acceptance of the reality of death by Abraham brought to this world through

Adam, is a reaffirmation that man has no life in himself and is the perfectcounterpart to the worship of the Sabbath which points us to the source of all life God. The acceptance of the curse of death makes real the sacrifice of the lambthat Abraham offered upon an altar.

Gen 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,and pitched his tent, havingBethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and therehe builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

The reality of death demands a belief in a Saviour that restores life, one whoreconnects the channel of blessing. In the worship of the slain lamb Abrahamrecognizes the death of the coming Saviour who provides his every breath and

every heart beat.

The lie of the serpent caused Nimrod and his followers to see death as atransition into another realm. One who possessed immortality could not die butonly move on to another place as we see demonstrated in the story of Nimrodpassing into the sun and becoming even more powerful. In Nimrods kingdomdeath is not real but rather a door. The concept of a Saviour in this context is notone who restores life but one who through his great power liberates the righteousand subdues the wicked. There is no focus on personal sin and theconsequences of the curse of Adam on the human race. The Saviour of Nimrodskingdom is a liberator and conqueror. It is interesting to note that this is exactly

who the Jewish people looked for as a Messiah The differences we havediscussed are laid out in the following table:

Abraham:

Nimrod:

1. Family Structure (Gen 18:19) 1. Individual


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Dictator/Tyrant Gen 10:10

2. Nomadic Rural Dwellers (Heb 11:8-10) 2. City Builders andDefenders (Gen 11:4)

3. Identity by Parental Blessing (Gen 12:2) 3. Identity by Renown

(Gen 11:4)

4. Observe Sabbath and Commandments (Gen 26:5) 4. Follow personaldesires (Rom 1:21-32)

5. Belief in Death and Resurrection Heb 11:17-19 5. Belief in

Immortality of the Soul Gen 3:4

6. Saviour as Humble Life Restorer 6. Saviour as Prideful

Liberator and Subduer empowered by Sun and nature worship

revealed in slain lamb (John 11:25) 7. Focus of

worship on the Visible

7. Focus of Worship on the Invisible

These two systems are locked in a great controversy. Nimrod and hisdescendants, filled with the vagabond spirit of Cain hate those who choose bechildren of Abraham and follow his family blessing structure and system. Theinsecurity of Nimrod's followers drive them to try and elliminate all threats. Thisfosters a need for domination and control of others. We will trace the conflictbetween these two systems, examine the rise of Babylon's power into worldempire and them spiritual world empire culminating in the worship war ofRevelation 13 and 14. Next we turn to the history of the first seduction of

Abraham's children by Egypt; their slavery and their release through the mightypower of God.

Abraham's Blessing System Emerges

Abraham's Blessing System EmergesWritten by Adrian Ebens

Thursday, 14 January 2010 22:08 - Last Updated Friday, 19 March 2010 21:57

We remember that the true God of Heaven called Abraham out of hisBabylon surroundings toestablish him in a family structure that would allow His blessing; Hissense of being well pleased

with us, to flow to all the families of the earth.Gen 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and

from

thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I

will make

of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou

shalt be a

blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and


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thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

The basis of this family structure rested in respected headship of Abraham by Hiswife. Her

devotion and submission to her husband established his authority in the minds ofhis children.This in turn strengthened the power of his words. In every command or requestthat Abrahamgave his household there was the seed of a blessing. When members of hishouseholdsubmitted and happily carried out his commands, the blessing of Heaven passedfrom Abrahamto them and they obtained a sense that God was well pleased with them. Thissense that Godwas well pleased with them acted as a barrier against Satan's temptations to

seek for power tocompensate for insecurity and worthlessness.Let us notice carefully from the text how God established this system.1. I will bless thee. The word blessing gives the sense of benefit, congratulate or praise.

Weget a clue to this blessing in Gen 18:19 where God says I have knownhim. (NKJV) The wordknow means to yada and gives a sense of intimacy. God came closeto Abraham and filledhim with a sense of acceptance and His personal pleasure in Him.Abraham received the sense

that God loved him and was pleased with him.2. Make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.The word great meansestate,honour, position and authority. God would give Abraham a position ofauthority to pass on theblessing that he received. He became a human channel for the love ofGod to flow into humanhearts. Abraham became the visible source of the fountain of blessingwhich is our Heavenly1 / 7


Thursday, 14 January 2010 22:08 - Last Updated Friday, 19 March 2010 21:57Father. The key person that gave Abraham his authority was his wifeSarah. Gen 18:12. Sarahcalled her husband master or lord as a sign of respect. God blessed herand she became themother of nations. Gen 17:16. Their headship/submission relationshipestablished the flow ofthe blessing to the next generation and became the example for all


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who access this blessingsystem. Rom 4:163. I will bless them that bless thee. Only those who recognize this legitimateauthority wouldreceive this sense of acceptance and pleasure of the Father in heaven.

Those who submittedand honoured fatherly authority represented by Abraham wouldreceive this blessing.4. And curse him that curseth thee.Those who resist this legitimate fatherlyauthority wouldbring a curse upon themselves. Rather than feeling blessed, loved anda sense of the Fatherspleasure, they would feel worthless, cursed and a sense that they havenot pleased the Father.This history of Abraham and his family is vitally important tounderstand how God intends to

interact with His children on earth. God made a covenant withAbraham and He blessedAbraham and that blessing would flow from him to every family of theearth. Let us notice howthe promised blessings of the covenant would be fulfilled.Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household

after

him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the

LORD

may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

1. For I know Him. More accurately "I have known him" The source of the

blessing flowingfrom God to Abraham is in the intimate relationship between them.God called Abraham HisFriend. 2 Chron 20:7; James 2:23. The closeness Abraham had to Godallowed him to becomelike God in character and to be like him in an earthly context. Abrahambecame a visible sourceof blessing even as God is the great original source of blessing for theuniverse. In communionwith God, Abraham received that same sense as the Son of God did, asense of the Father's

love and pleasure, that God was well pleased with him. He feltaccepted. This is the blessingthat Abraham would give to the families of the earth. It was the Spiritof Christ in Abraham thatgave him that sense of acceptance. 1 Pet 1:11. In a similar way to theSon of God beingblessed by His Father through the inheritance, so Abraham was giventhis inheritance through


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the Son.2 / 7



This was then passed from Abraham to his wife Sarah. The Spirit of

Christ in Him whichpossessed the sense of the pleasure of God was transferred to herthrough the blessing. Hiswords and acts of affection and guidance become the medium for theSpirit of Christ to blessSarah. From Sarah, her words and acts of affection towards thechildren would pass theblessing to them. More importantly, her words and acts of affectiontowards Abraham woulddraw out from him even greater blessing that he would pour in bothher and His children.

Note carefully that the Spirit of Christ, that beautiful submissiveobedient Spirit of Christ whichhas the sense of acceptance and blessing is the most precious aspectof the inheritance ofAbraham. This inheritance is maintained by a careful guarding of thefamily relationship as wehave just described. This is the meaning of the next phrase in Gen18:19.2. ...that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall

keep

the way of the LORD ...

The way of the Lord is to bless and be blessed. To keep the way of theLord is to recognise theauthority through which it comes and submit to it. Abraham submits toGod and receives theblessing and speaks words of love and affection and performs acts ofkindness to Sarah andshe in turn speaks words of love and affection and performs acts ofkindness to him whichgreatly intensifies Abraham's desire and ability to bless both her andHis children. This is theWay of the Lord and this must be safely guarded and protected

otherwise the inheritance will belost.3. ...to do justice and judgment...Through the Spirit of Christ, Abraham must instruct his family carefullyand teach them faithfully.He must bless and love them, protect and cherish them and decidequestions of difficulty andquery within the home. When this is faithfully done then


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4. that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.God promised to make Abraham a great nation and to bless him. Thiscould only be done3 / 7


Thursday, 14 January 2010 22:08 - Last Updated Friday, 19 March 2010 21:57through the careful ordering of the family into a headship/submissionstructure that would allowthe Spirit of Christ to flow into the hearts of all its members. A failureto do this will cause theloss of the inheritance which is the Spirit of Christ - the most preciouspart of the inheritance.If we look carefully at this blessing system, we see that to operatecorrectly there must alwaysbe the following ingredients1. God establishes a point where His blessing flows

2. That blessing flows through a family based structure which meansthe blessing flows throughhuman channels. No one lives to themselves and no one dies tothemselves.3. The blessing is maintained by recognising and respecting theauthority God has established.There is no such thing as being your own authority without referenceto a family structure thatGod has established. Independence and self-determination is death.It is important to note that this blessing system is available to all wholook to Abraham as a

spiritual authority and recognise His system of worship. If we blessAbraham and live accordingto His family principles, the Scripture says that we will be blessed. If wecurse Abraham and theGod he worships then we will be cursed. This is an unchangeable law.We will study more carefully the implications of this as we follow thehistory but I will mention atthis point that the Christian church was founded on these Abrahamicprinciples. Notice thefollowing passages regarding organisation and structure:Eph 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man isChrist; and the head of thewoman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.4 / 7



1Ti 3:2-5 A bishop [Elder] then must be blameless, the husband of one


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wife, vigilant, sober, ofgood behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine,no striker, not greedy offilthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that rulethwell his own house, having

his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know nothow to rule his own house,how shall he take care of the church of God? )1Ti 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and theyounger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.Tit 2:2-5 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith,in charity, in patience.The aged womenlikewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false

accusers, not given to muchwine, teachers of good things; That they mayteach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, tolove their children, To bediscreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their ownhusbands, that the wordof God be not blasphemed.There is very clear instruction given that the Christian Church is basedon the family. Leadersare to be entreated like fathers and elder women like mothers. Theyare to be respected. There

is a clear headship and submission structure based on the Father andSon relationship inheaven as expressed in 1 Cor 11:3.The blessing of Abraham which was lost by Israel over the centuriesand the captivity inBabylon was restored by Christ and given to the Christian Churchthrough this event.Mat 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is mybeloved Son, in whom I amwell pleased.That wonderful sense of love and acceptance from the Father was

given to His Son Jesus whobecame of the seed of Abraham, because in reality He is and alwayswas the seed of Abraham.5 / 7



Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. Hesaith not, And to seeds,


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as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.Heb 2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but hetook on him the seed ofAbraham.The Blessing of the Father was then passed to the Apostles

Joh 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saithunto them, Receive yethe Holy Ghost:And this blessing was then passed through every salutation andblessing of the apostles and tothose they appointed.Eph 1:1-3 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to thesaints which are atEphesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, andpeace, from God ourFather, and from the Lord Jesus Christ . Blessed

be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed uswith all spiritual blessingsin heavenly places in Christ:Now that we have shown the blessing structure we will continue to lookat how this structureoperates and what happens when members of the structure fail andblock the blessing. How we

resolve these issues is vitally important to understand.

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