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==Historical background==

==Historical background==

According to biblical book of Genesis  (Gen. 10:8-10), [[Nimrod]] was the great grandson of [[Noah]] and “''a mighty warrior on the earth'',” “''a mighty hunter before the LORD''.” Among the first centers of his kingdom was [[Babylon]], a city that later became a symbol of power rebellious against God. Therein, the descendants of the [[Great Flood]] survivors according to account in [[Genesis]] 11, decided to start building the [[Tower of Babel]], "''whose top may reach unto heaven''."  

According to biblical book of Genesis  (Gen. 10:8-10), [[Nimrod]] was the great grandson of [[Noah]] and “''a mighty warrior on the earth'',” “''a mighty hunter before the LORD''.” Among the first centers of his kingdom was [[Babylon]], a city that later became a [[symbol]] of ''power rebellious against God''. Therein, the descendants of the [[Great Flood]] survivors according to account in [[Genesis]] 11, decided to start building the [[Tower of Babel]], "''whose top may reach unto heaven''."  

== The Symbolic Significance==

== The Symbolic Significance==

Building the Tower of Babel had also a deeper meaning: [[Man]] living in a state of estrangement from God  feels anxious and insecure, and looks for security. By means of erecting huge tower he aims to secure his future, escape and prevent God’s judgement, and accomplish his own fame (cf. ''“so that we may make a name for ourselves”''). Because he fell off from his natural place in God’s presence and emancipated himself from God, he strives for some replacement, the new focus of his attention. And Babylonian managed to find it: It is the man himself. Symbolically, people of [[Babylonia]] get trapped by self-adoration, self-deification and idolatrous worship of [[creation]] instead of [[Creator]]. Egocentric “Babylonians” attempt to save themselves by own effort and to ensure their future with regard to their enemies by their own power, that’s why they constantly have to rely on their own weaponry and are condemned to engage in permanent arms race.     

Building the Tower of Babel had also a deeper meaning: [[Man]] living in a state of estrangement from God  feels anxious and insecure, and looks for security. By means of erecting huge tower he aims to secure his future, escape and prevent God’s judgement, and accomplish his own fame (cf. ''“so that we may make a name for ourselves”''). Because he fell off from his natural place in God’s presence and emancipated himself from God, he strives for some replacement, the new focus of his attention. And Babylonian managed to find it: It is the man himself. Symbolically, people of [[Babylonia]] get trapped by self-adoration, self-deification and [[idolatry|idolatrous]] [[worship]] of [[creation]] instead of [[Creator]]. Egocentric “Babylonians” attempt to save themselves by own effort and to ensure their future with regard to their enemies by their own power, that’s why they constantly have to rely on their own weaponry and are condemned to engage in permanent [[arms race]].     

In the last resort, their ultimate goal is the denial of God, getting rid of Him including His values and guidelines for created order, and the proclamation of self-sovereignty based on new set of values incompatible with creation thus necessarily leading over and over to catastrophic failures. In the history of humankind, the “Tower of Babel,” symbolically representing the utopians efforts to establish a permanent society without God, has never been completed.

In the last resort, their ultimate goal is the denial of God, getting rid of Him including His values and guidelines for [[created]] [[order]], and the proclamation of self-sovereignty based on new set of values incompatible with [[creation]] thus necessarily leading over and over to [[Gleichschaltung#The_consequences_of_applauding_falsehood|catastrophic failures]]. In the history of [[humankind]], the “Tower of Babel,” symbolically representing the [[utopian]] efforts to establish a permanent [[society]] without God, has never been completed.

    

    

==The basic characteristics of Nimrodian aspirations==

==The basic characteristics of Nimrodian aspirations==

*[[Camouflaged sacredness]]

*[[Camouflaged sacredness]]

*[[Cultural Marxism]]

*[[Cultural Marxism]]

 

== References ==

== References ==

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