Nimrod was the first new world leader in the pristine earth left behind by the Flood and the tower of Babel probably took place within 150 years of the Flood; that’s how quickly God’s institution of nationalism was corrupted.

“The administration of human government God ordained in Genesis 9:1 with Noah, under the divine principles of establishment for the human race, continued until it was subverted by Nimrod, who established the kingdom of Babel and a new authority,” explains Jordan. “No longer was God Almighty—and the institution of human government He established—recognized. No longer was it the word God spoke to them.

“You have to understand that Noah and his boys were still there when all this stuff went on; this just didn’t happen in a vacuum. The Word of God was available and knowable to these people, but a new authority was established—the authority of, ‘We want to build us a name!’ and the whole earth became of one language and one speech.”

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In Genesis 10, we’re told, “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
[9] He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
[10] And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”

Again, in I Chronicles 1:10, it’s told, “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.”

As R. Dawson Barlow writes in his 2004 book, The Origin of the Races, “This exact same phrase occurs in I Chronicles 1:10 in a chronology and it reads like the dullest page of history anyone could imagine. In two thousand years of human history, the first comment on anybody is about Nimrod.

“There in that ‘dusty’ corner of the divine record is the comment that ‘Nimrod was a mighty hunter BEFORE the Lord.’ That comment has always puzzled me. Is that the only thing in two thousand years of human history worthy of significance? Was Nimrod a good ole boy who liked to go hunting every weekend with the guys? . . .

“Why was this mighty king designated (of all things) a HUNTER? What has that got to do with anything? It was only after I remembered the MYSTERY BABYLON of the future that it suddenly became clear to me.

“From the immediate context, and the light supplied from Revelation 17 and 18 shining on the ‘other’ Babylon, it finally made sense. Nimrod was not a hunter of animals, but he was a hunter of men and women.

“It was as though Nimrod assumed unto himself KGB, FBI, Gestapo policing authority to give chase to all those who would attempt to go beyond the reaches of his empire Babel. Here the militant stance against divine authority is demonstrated. . .

“To put this in a broader perspective, Nimrod is a type, an illustration, of the coming Antichrist, for he, too, in the days of his power, will give chase to all who seek to evade his powerful authority.”

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One of the root meanings of Nimrod’s name is “a leopard” and this ties directly to the verse in Revelation 13 about the Antichrist: “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”

Jordan says, “You don’t fully understand all the evil involved in Nimrod’s situation until you get to the issue of Babel—you find internationalism come on the scene and suddenly you have an international, ecumenical plot to take over the government of the world.

“When Nimrod is called a ‘mighty hunter before the Lord,’ some people say, ‘Well, isn’t that good?’ What it says in Genesis 6 is the earth was corrupt and God looked out and saw the violence and corruption of mankind and He beheld it.

“Well, that’s what you’ve got with Nimrod. He was a ‘mighty hunter,’ meaning he began to rule by force over the people. He was the world’s first monarch and he had this spirit of a conquering mighty hunter.

“Now, hunters use two things to win. First, they use force because they have to bind their prey. They either kill it or capture it. No. 2, they have to use great cunning. And they have to use the cunning first.

“If you’ve ever gone coon hunting, you know you got to do it at night. You put a lamp on your head and you go around and shine the light until you see that poor critter’s eyes.

“I’ve seen guys go deer hunting where you take this stuff called ‘deer scent’ and you put it on your shoes so that when you walk the deer doesn’t smell you; he smells another deer.

“Another thing you do is chew up an apple and spit it on the ground. You don’t swallow any of it; you spit it on the ground. You put a circle of apples around you so the deer knows your scent. You take another apple and rub it on your coat and all around like you’re using deodorant or something.

“The idea is you try to cover up who you are and trick the deer into not seeing. You use cunning to trick the animal and get him into your grasp, and then you use force to close the deal.

“Nimrod was a ‘mighty hunter’—a successful hunter. Someone who had great prowess before the Lord.

“God saw what he was doing and you know what Nimrod did? He’d see God seeing him and he’d just do it the more! You see, he knew God had His eye on him and was watching him, but Nimrod was just defiant. He was just showing off his prowess in defiance of what God wanted.

“That’s why he says in Genesis 11, ‘Lest we do what God wants, let’s build a city! Let’s build a tower! We’ll change the truth of God into a lie! We don’t want God to reign over us; we’ll do it our way!’ It was open rebellion against God.

“Oh, don’t misunderstand, these people (following) Nimrod were religious. They were politically minded. They had the good and best for all men. They were do-gooders, all right.

“We sing that song, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, and it talks about Satan in that song, and it says his ‘craft and power are great and armed with cruel hate; on earth there’s not his equal.’ Now that’s Nimrod!