“And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery” (Daniel 2: 43).
Nimrod the Rebel
In the Word of God in the Book of Genesis we read about Nimrod of whom we are told “grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth” and one who was “a mighty hunter before the LORD.” In the Hebrew text it reads “one who was a mighty hunter in the face of God.” (Genesis 10:8-9). In other words he was a rebel against God! We are also told that he was the founder of Babylon and Assyria (Genesis 10:10-12).
In the Bible Nimrod was the first major type of the Antichrist to come at the end of this present age. In fact in scripture all the kings of Assyria and Babylon were all types of the future Antichrist. The great city of Babylon appears in Genesis and in the Book of Revelation.
Historically, both Assyria and Babylon were literal cities that existed and both became empires that shook the Middle-Eastern world of their day. We see them mentioned in scripture in the context of how God used them to judge the Israelites when they turned away from Him and fell into idolatry and embraced the culture of these empires.
However, once these pagan nations had served His purposes God got rid of them while Israel remained even though they went into exile in 586BC and then in 70AD. After this for almost 2,000 years they remained in exile but were reborn as a nation in 1948, an event prophesied by the prophet Isaiah centuries before (Isaiah 66:7-9).
Prophetically, Babylon is described in the scriptures as “a city in the desert whose destruction is heard at the Red Sea” (Revelation 18:1) (Isaiah 49:21). The city today would have to be Mecca, the heart of the Muslim world. The cities of New York and Rome are not located in a desert by the Red Sea. However, Mecca is located in a desert by the Red Sea and a city that trades with the nation of the world by the Sea.
See; “Fallen, Fallen, is Babylon” on this website
Having said this, the opulence, hedonism, culture, multi-religious, sensual, immoral, sodomite and wicked way of life prevalent in Ancient Babylon was passed on down to every successive empire. The first century Body of Messiah associated Rome with “Babylon” because the culture of pagan Rome reflected the culture of ancient Babylon (1 Peter 5:31). Today when you look at the nations of the world the wickedness and ways of Ancient Babylon established by Nimrod are prevalent in the culture and way of life in every nation on earth.
What else do we know about Nimrod?
Josephus the Jewish historian who lived during the fall of Jerusalem in 70AD and recorded the events that occurred wrote about Nimrod. Josephus undoubtedly had access to historical sources, records and writings describing Nimrod’s exploits and character. He also attributed the building of the Tower of Babel to Nimrod.
Josephus wrote; “Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness.
He also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. He also said he would be revenged on God, if He should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to reach. And that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers.
Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God; and they built a tower, neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work: and, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than anyone could expect; but the thickness of it was so great, and it was so strongly built, that thereby its great height seemed, upon the view, to be less than it really was.”
After the flood in Noah’s time we are told in scripture that from the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent within their nations, that from these clans the nations spread out over the earth (Genesis 10:32).
When we read about the Tower of Babel being built by the people of all the nations that spoke a common language, we see a type or foreshadow of the beast empire of the Antichrist himself seeking to build a kingdom on earth that opposes God and, through the power of Satan dwelling in the Antichrist, seeks to build a rebellious and wicked empire in the face of God.
Historically and Biblically all of the ancient empires of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome were all steeped in the occult and their kings and emperors and despotic dictators were collectively types of the Antichrist to come and their empires foreshadowing the Antichrist’s empire.
An End-Time Empire
In God’s Word in Revelation Chapter 13 we are told that there will be an end-time empire like nothing that has ever existed in previous history and never to be equalled in power (Revelation 13:4b). It will be one of global proportions, a past empire which is called the first beast, which will be resurrected again at the end of this present age in the second beast.
It is the one and the same empire. The first beast empire comes up out of the sea which represents the nations (Revelation 17:1). The second beast empire comes up out of the earth is the first beast empire resurrected and under the authority of the first beast empire The two beasts are the one and the same empire (Revelation 13:11-14).
See; “The Two Beasts on the Apocalypse” on this website
Now in Revelation Chapter 13 we are also told that this empire will be an empire of global proportions with an arsenal of weapons that will be so powerful that other nations will be hard-pressed to resist (Revelation 13:1-4).
This empire will persecute faithful New Covenant believers. Those whose names are not written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb (the Lord Jesus) will embrace the ideology of this empire and worship its leader (Revelation 13:1-10).
Three Conspicuous Features
Now when this empire is resurrected in the second beast there are three things that will be conspicuous marks of this resurrected empire. There will be deeds of supernatural power including fire from heaven in full view of men. Today you have missiles, nuclear weapons and even laser weapons in space that can target and destroy cities on earth.
Then there will be an image set up representing the empire of the Antichrist and men and women will embrace this empire, all who have not been sealed with the Spirit for the day of redemption. This empire will have all the characteristics of the ancient Babylonian empire founded by Nimrod.
The image that the second beast empire uses has “breath” and can “speak” which could well refer to the whole world of the media including television, videos, movies, and the internet. These mediums of communication already have power to affect the imagination and indoctrinate people into embracing the ideology of the beast empire. With AI rapidly developing images can be produced that resemble humans and situations that look genuine but are fabrications and the creation of very advanced AI technology.
Then the third thing will be the mark of this beast empire, a mark on the body that will be needed for one to buy and to sell and, that without it, no one will have access to the basic necessities of life and those who refuse to take it will be beheaded (Revelation 20:4). Who is beheading who today especially New Covenant believers? I am persuaded on the basis of scripture and history and the empire arising in almost every nation is Islam, the resurrected second beast empire. This whole situation will call for the “patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints” (Revelation 13:10b).
Now with these matters in view let’s look at the text from the Book of Genesis
Genesis 11:1-9
(Vs.1) “Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
Nimrod’s empire with the centre of its power at Babylon and Assyria was a unified empire because they all spoke the same language and were able to unite in their ambitions and their goals.
The whole world at that time would have been wherever humans had migrated to other places in the world. Obviously these peoples were still connected to a global system of communication and governing body centred in Babylon. Assyria was also a prominent power connected to Babylon.
We need to keep in mind that after the flood all humans alive had been swept away in the flood except Noah and seven of his family members. These people in the time of Nimrod would have been those born after the flood and were populating the earth.
Today in this age of global technology communication is possible with translation technology and even small hand held electronic devices that can very quickly translate any language. Tourists will use these when visiting foreign countries. In all of the global governmental meetings of the leaders of nations the delegates and political leaders can have instant access to a translation in their own language and more so now with the development of AI technology.
Through AI technology they can now reproduce artificially people and it is becoming so developed that one can virtually not differentiate between a living person with one whose exact likeness is AI generated. The facilities are in place today for a global system of governance via a global form of technology.
(Vs.2-4) “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 brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 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.”
At the time the people were populating the earth and moving eastwards they came to the plain of Shinar which was the region of Babylon and its city situated on the Euphrates River which today would be in modern day Iraq. Once Babylon had been established it became the centre of this united population spreading out in to the Middle-Eastern region. This empire was not a western one but a Middle-Eastern one.
Now the people in Babylon built the city of Babylon on the plain and clearly saw this as the centre of the expanding nations. This city was an affront to God and at its core was the same rebellious spirit that lived in Nimrod the rebel.
The people residing in Babylon wanted to build a tower as a monument to themselves and their global empire. So it would seem that an elite group spearheaded the building of the tower.
Today whether it is the elite in the European Union, the United Nations or the World Health Organization or the World Economic Forum all of them are linked together through very advanced technology with one goal namely to make a name for themselves and avoid the nations becoming self-governing which would not facilitate a form of centralised global control.
The fact that they wanted it to reach to the heavens tells us that they were attempting to confront God with a spirit of arrogance, pride and rebellion against the Kingdom of God. In this we see the hand of Satan who thought to assail the throne of God and was cast out of heaven (Ezekiel 28:11-19).
(Vs.5-8) “But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have 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.”
This tower was to be centre stage in the city of Babylon and represented a global system of centralised control that embraced all who did not want God to reign over them. Global communication was paramount to the success of this satanic enterprise. Their language united them in this endeavour. However our Triune God saw their intent and saw that if they continued in this satanic enterprise that there would be no end to what they might achieve.
They were planning a rebellion on a global scale and inciting the nations to “gang up on God!” So the LORD God (the Father) speaking to the other two members of the Godhead (God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) in perfect unity as the One and only eternal sovereign God, decided together to stop it from happening. No matter what man proposes our Triune God always has the final say! (Psalm Chapter 2). He broke the circuit of communication and confusion and disarray followed and Hi enemies were scattered at His rebuke! (Psalm 18:13-15).
Prophetically speaking what happened in Genesis concerning the Tower of Babel foreshadows what will happen at the end of this present age when Satan will raise up and indwell the Antichrist with an empire of global proportions to be reckoned with that will only be terminated by the Second Coming of the Messiah our Lord Jesus after which the Messianic Kingdom on earth will commence (Revelation 20:1-6) See also (Isaiah 2:1-5; 65:17-25) (Micah 4:1-5) (Ezekiel 36:24-38; 37:15-28) (Joel 3:17-21).
(Vs.9) “That is why it was called 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.”
For many years now Bible prophecy teachers have for the most part seen a resurrection and reconfiguration of the ancient Roman Empire centred in the European Union as the first beast empire in Revelation. Others see the second beast empire centred within the United Nations. However, most prophecy teachers see a western empire with a western Antichrist who controls the whole earth.
The main problem with this is that they interpret Bible prophecy with a western mindset. However, the Bible is a Middle-Eastern book and must be viewed in light of what is happening in the Middle-East and that what started in the Middle-East ends in the Middle –East.
Nebuchadnezzars statue
In the Book of Daniel we see the vision given to Daniel of Nebuchadnezzars statue the Babylonian King had seen in a dream which prophetically revealed four successive empires, the fourth being the empire of the Antichrist.
The head was made of pure Gold which represented Babylon. Its chest and arms were made of silver which represented the Medo-Persian Empire of which the two arms also represented the Medes and the Persians. Then the belly and thighs were made of bronze which historically would not represent Greece by itself but represented the Greco-Roman world combined. The two legs of iron did not represent a divided Roman empire, but an Islamic empire divided into the Sunni and Shite factions, while the feet and toes were partly of iron mixed with baked clay represented Islam intermingling in the western nations.
See; “An Indestructible Kingdom” on this website
The Iron and the Clay
“…Its (Nebuchadnezzar’s statue) legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay…Just as you saw that the feet and the toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw… “In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. “As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. “And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. (Daniel 2:33, 41-43).
Today we have a group of nations that are seeking to control the economy of the whole world. It is not a western conglomerate of nations as such centred in Europe. Half of this global elitist group consist of Muslim Nations. It is called BRICS being an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South America.
At present there are ten member nations and ten partner nations. The ten member nations consist of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, the UAE (United Arab Emirates). The partner nations include Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan with Vietnam seeking to be assimilated into the group. This group of nations consists of about half of the world’s population. It is at this stage primarily a group wanting to control the world’s economy overseeing the currency of nations but their respective currencies subject to the control of a centralised banking system.
In passing it is interesting to note that the Bible tells us that there will be ten kings that will for one hour (a very short period time) co-reign with the beast empire and that three of them will be deposed. These ten kings supporting the beast empire, will wage war against the Lord Jesus and His faithful followers but the Messiah and His faithful followers will overcome these kings and the beast empire they serve (Revelation 17:12-14). Time will tell of course concerning these ten BRICS member nations. It is at this stage just an observation of these ten BRICS key members. Other nations want to join BRICS so we will wait and see what transpires.
Ultimately BRICS plan to introduce and implement a global currency and banking system. With the rapid advance in AI technology we may well see sooner rather than later the elimination of cash altogether which is already happening. Possibly BRICS may well be the world economic system that will bring this about?
Recently this year in 2025 the ten member nations met in Brazil for a Summit. The Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated; “BRICS is a set of countries that wants to find another way of organizing the world from the economic perspective.” He went on to say; “The world needs to find a way that our trade relations don’t have to pass through the dollar. Our central banks have to discuss it with central banks from other countries, something that happens gradually until it is consolidated.”
He also mentioned the need for “a new trade currency” is so important. This would be a global currency that would replace the American dollar. Mexico, the largest business partner with the United States also participated in the Summit as did other nations.
BRICS may well be the rise of a new Global economic order that eventually may control the finances of the world. Dilma Rousseff President of the New Development Bank connecting to banks in BRIC countries to de-dollarize said the following; “Local currency operations not requiring the US Dollar will remain an absolute priority as a means of building a more diverse, balanced international financial system.” The economic power shift would see America lose its economic stronghold on the world’s economy and the de-dollarization of its currency.
It is interesting to note that five of the ten member nations of BRICS are Islamic and five of the nine member partners are also Islamic. This “mixture” of Islamic with non-Islamic nations may well be the meaning of the iron mixed with the clay on Nebuchadnezzar’s statue?
However, just as iron and clay do not adhere to each other so the mixture in the end will not be able to unite as one. In the end it would be Islam that would dominate this economic system. Muslim nations are not backwards when it comes to handling banking and finances as well as top of the range technology.
As for “the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another” is already happening with the invasion of Muslims immigrating to the western democracies with no intention of assimilating with western culture especially with Christians and Jews.
Muslims have lots of children and Jihad is not always through armed conflict but through infiltration by stealth into the western democracies where they can avail themselves of social services and intermarry with western women and have lots of children groomed to be Muslims with a Jihadist mindset.
In a democratic country where the people vote for their leaders if you have enough Muslims as permanent residents and even citizens, then they can vote and if there is enough of them they can elect Muslim leaders as politicians and those with authority to mandate legislation. Today in every level of society and government in the western democracies you have Muslims involved. There is no ‘moderate’ Islam, there is just Islam!
Behind all of this Satan is seeking to establish another Tower of Babel that will see an Islamic empire “on the same page” in their mandate to subjugate the nations of the world to Islam and Sharia Law.
The war Israel is currently fighting with Islam is not primarily about Israel or the status of Jerusalem, although these are paramount to their Jihad, but their overall agenda is to have every nation dominated by Islam, especially the democracies historically associated with Biblical Judeo-Christianity. Waiting in the wings it is highly feasible that the Islamic Antichrist in the character of Nimrod is planning his global Jihad against western democracy and values and establishing an empire that is an affront to our Triune God and in rebellion against Him.
However, just as God put an end to the Tower of Babel and scattered the rebellious people so through the Messiah our Lord Jesus when He returns in great power and glory He will bring to an end this Islamic army of the Antichrist and establish the Messianic Kingdom on earth, and in that day the saints will inherit the Kingdom!
As the prophet Daniel related his dream and its interpretation to Nebuchadnezzar…
“You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth (Daniel 2:34-35).
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. “Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy” (Daniel 2:44-45).
BRICS may well be the future builders of another Tower of Babel (time will tell of course) that will control the economy and the finances of the nations, and at its head have a despotic tyrant with the character traits of Nimrod, the first type of the Antichrist to come mentioned in the Bible, one at the end of this present age controlling the Islamic empire of global proportions.
Even though another Tower of Babel is being built as an affront to God, He will once again say to God the Son and to God the Holy Spirit “Let us go down and destroy their tower!” Once this “tower” of a global empire and its leader has been completely destroyed, then the Messianic Kingdom of God on earth will commence! In that day the redeemed saints of God will inherit the Kingdom (Daniel 7:11-14, 17-18, 21-22, 26-27). Selah.
