Genesis 10:8-12; 11:1-9                                                                                 Jeremiah 1:10

Overcoming A Spirit of Nimrod!

“There is a mysterious spirit at work in the world today. This mystery is subtle and camouflaged. It is not easily understandable or in full view, often going unnoticed. It is as if common sense and common decency are being turned upside down. It is an overshadowing, seducing spirit of evil that creeps among us. It is a blurring of right and wrong that prevails in every avenue of society, even invading the assemblies of churches that purport to proclaim the truth. It is a symptom of the Laodicean Church Age in which we live. The great sin of Laodicea was not so much that she was lukewarm, but that her eyes were blurred so that she could not see her lukewarmness.”

This mysterious spirit operates in and through the prince of this world assisted by legions of demons that were once angels in the heavens just as he once was. Their strategy mirrors that of their master. It is to steal, kill, and destroy. But there is another area in which this spirit operates. Spirit beings can only operate on the celestial plain. In order for them to operate in our dimension they need a physical body. They found that body in history with someone uninformed teachers and preachers of the Bible have at times called a super hero. His name was Nimrod.

Nimrod founded Babylon (Genesis 10). Babylon has its roots in the book Genesis. It was one of the earliest human societies. Its path continues through the centuries and is found in the book of Revelation at the demise of human societies. But Babylon is more than just a city in the Bible. It is a spirit. It is the spirit of Nimrod. It is a spirit of rebellion. It is a spirit of rebellion against all that is good. Ultimately it is a spirit of rebellion against God Himself. It is self-glory, a narcissistic elevation of one’s own worth. It is a spirit of enslavement. The spirit of Babylon is a desire to afflict others with the same corrupt practices and thoughts that have afflicted them. Not content to be corrupt alone, this spirit seeks to entice and enslave others who willingly submit to its seduction.

If any human in man’s early history epitomized Lucifer’s desire, it was Nimrod. Note Genesis 10:9, “He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: therefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” Why did the Lord take special notice of this mighty hunter? Was it because Nimrod hunted and killed many animals? No. The word, “mighty,” in Genesis 10:8-9, can be translated from Hebrew as “tyrant.” Nimrod was blatantly obstinate against God Himself. He waged battle against God for the loyalty of humans. He impudently stood in the face of God. He rebelliously stood before the Lord with the same lust for power that Lucifer had during his attempted Heavenly coup. Nimrod not only hunted animals, but he hunted also the very souls of men! He hunted them and enslaved their souls to follow his pernicious ways.

His rebellion is immortalized over the course of history for us in that Nimrod wanted to build a tower to reach to heaven. Genesis 11:4 says, “They said, Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower whose will reach unto heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” Nimrod led a unified effort by the people of the world at that time for a single purpose. It is this purpose that is the problem. They desired to make a name for themselves and storm the gates of Heaven. Their intent was pushed by the same spirit Satan exhibited at devil’s expulsion from Heaven, and in the Garden of Eden with Eve. They desired to usurp the very authority of God. The city was named, Babel, which in Hebrew means, “to confuse.” The Babylonians preferred to use the meaning that was more acceptable to them, “gate of God.” “Babel,” is the Hebrew form, and “Babylon,” is the Greek form. Their plan, however, was thwarted when God, with apparent use of his angels, confounded their languages. But, Satan, through Nimrod, continued this insidious enslavement of humanity, to do battle against God. Just as Satan took angels, so Nimrod took men.

This spirit still cripples the church today because it pervades every aspect of our world. It has become so pervasive that every person that gives his or her life to the Lord is afflicted by it without even realizing it. We have become so thoroughly seduced by this spirit that we no longer attempt to be free of it but instead seek to find ways to live at one with it, rejoicing over our victories and rationalizing our defeats believing we cannot be completely free from it. But we can be free from it and we must be free from it. The problem with the church today is that it is captivated, entangled, ensnared by this spirit of Babylon, this spirit of Nimrod, this spirit of rebellion. We no longer care what God required as long as we can have our way. God is calling for His people to stand against this spirit and rise to our position ruling and reigning as we were created. The spirit of Nimrod can be defeated but it will take some effort on our part.

1. Fall out of love with the world.
2. Stop operating in shades of gray.
3. Reject secular humanism and live a holy lifestyle of faith.
4. Walk in our kingship and liberty in Christ.

The entire world is waiting for the manifestation of the children of God. This can’t happen until the children of God come out of their entanglement with the world’s mammon system of debt and leverage and walk in their God given liberty as free people. As children of God we are not slaves but ones set at liberty. God says to Jeremiah, “See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck out, and to break down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build, and to plant” (Jeremiah 1:10). The world has changed. The Holy Ghost will help us see it. The Kingdom of God is not coming; it is already here. Only the sons, the children of God walking in the Spirit can manifest the Kingdom.

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