FACTS: The Biblical Significance of Iraq as Heritage of the World

The country, Iraq. You may not lnow how significant this country is until you read this article.

Culturally, Iraq has a very long and rich heritage. The country is known for its poets and its painters and sculptors are among the best in the Arab world, some of them being world-class. Iraq is known for producing fine handicrafts, including rugs and carpets.

During ancient times, lands that now constitute Iraq were known as Mesopotamia meaning - Land Between the Rivers - a region whose extensive alluvial plains gave rise to some of the world's earliest civilizations, including those of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria.

So many people must especially Christian are worried why should Pope Francis visited Iraq and what for?

Also questions such as, are there Catholic churches in Iraq? Are allover the social media. Here are answers to your questions

First from the last question raised. Yes, there are over 300,000 Catholics living in Iraq, just 0.95% of the total population. The Catholics of Iraq follow several different rites, but most are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church. There are 17 currently active dioceses and eparchies in Iraq.

Pope Francis was seen in Mosul, Iraq visiting Church Square to pray for the victims of the war with the Islamic State group, which left thousands of civilians dead.

Surrounded by the tottering ruins of the square's four churches, he said the exodus of Christians from Iraq and the broader Middle East had done "incalculable harm not just to the individuals and communities concerned but also to the society they leave behind".

The Biblical Significance of Iraq:

1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.

2. Mesopotamia which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization!

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!

6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor which is in Iraq.

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh, which is in Iraq.

9. Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.

10. Amos cried out in Iraq!

11. Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem.

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!

13. The 3 Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq.

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.

15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.

17. The wise men were from Iraq.

18. Peter preached in Iraq.

19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon which was a city in Iraq!

AND, DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT?

Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq!

However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Chaldean, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible.

Here's why:

Eden was in Iraq - Genesis 2:10-14
Adam & Eve were created in Iraq -Genesis 2:7-8
Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq - Genesis 3:1- 6
Nimrod established Babylon & Tower of Babel was built in Iraq - Genesis 10:8-97; 11:1-4
The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq - Genesis 11:5-11
Abraham came from a city in Iraq - Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2-4
Isaac's bride came from Iraq - Genesis 24:3-4; 10
Jacob spent 20 years in Iraq - Genesis 27:42-45; 31:38
The first world Empire was in Iraq -Daniel 1:1-2; 2:36 - 38
The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq - Jonah 3
The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq - Esther
The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq - Nahum
The book or Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the old name for the nation of Iraq - Revelation 17 &18

No other nation, except Israel, as more history and prophecy associated to it than Iraq.