Did This Place or Event Happen?

The Garden of Eden !

•It was in Iraq !• Gen 2:10-14 Now a river went out of Eden to

water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Mesopotamia

• A Bride not from Iraq but he was• Abraham was looking for a wife for

his Son Isaac• Sarah had died • Abraham was old but before he

died, he wanted to find this wife• Gen 24:1-12

Noah’s Ark Built

• He was a “just man”• Perfect in his generation• The Earth was corrupt• The Son of Lamech which lived 777

years• Noah had 3 sons at age 500• Gen 10:11 From that land he went to

Assyria and built Nineveh,

The Tower of Babel

• Yes it was in Iraq!• A world gone crazy• They had come from the East• All spoke the same language• Wanted to build a tower to the

heavens

Abraham was from Ur

• Yes this is southern Iraq• Situated near the town of Nasiriya

365 km below Bagdad• Referred to as Ur of the Chaldeans• It was on the banks of the

Euphrates River until it changed it’s course

Issac found Rebecca

• Nahor which is in Iraq• Looking for Isaac a wife• The servant brought 10 Camels• He had the Camels kneal by a well

and he prayed for success• And success is what happened

Jacob meets Rachel

• Yes, also in Iraq• Jacob seeks God• Jacob seeks a wife• He finds the love of his life• He gets two instead• Has to work additional years• Comes home with Leah and Rachel

Jonah preaches to Nineveh

• Yes it is also in Iraq• A very great & wicked city• They worshipped Ishtar• God tells Jonah to go preach• He refuses and tries to hide• He finally does go and they repent

• Upper Tigris River in Iraq• King Pul, Tiglath-Pilesar,

Shalmanesar, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar

• Nebuchadnezzar after defeating God’s people was brought down by God to the point he ate grass like a beast of the field

Assyria conquers Ten Tribes

Three Hebrew ChildrenIn the Furnace

• In the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon in Iraq

• 3 Young men unwilling to bow• Place in the furnace of fire• Not 3 but 4 appeared• No one hair was burned

Prophet Ezekiel Speaks from God

• From the UR of the Chaldeans, the former home of Abraham in Iraq

• God explains through Ezekiel the dreadful future because of his peoples sins

The Wise Men Cometo see the Messiah

• They were from the East, which is Iraq

• They came a long distance to see the Messiah

The nation most mentioned in the Bible is Israel but

which is second?

Iraq, but not called that but

Babylon, Land of Shinar, Mesopotamia

Koran 9:11

• For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt thoroughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced, for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace.