The Imperial House

Theological Reflections on Nimrod's Empire (2)

Recall that Assyria is first mentioned as the name of a preflood region in the context of the river of life which “divided” in the garden of Eden and became “four rivers.” The number four is linked with cosmic totality- a house will have four corners, and as the cosmos is the house of God, the scriptures speak of the “four corners of the earth” and the …