So do Persia, Cush (Ethiopia), Put (Libya), Gomer and the house of Togarmah, whose hordes form part of Gog’s final assault forces in the disastrous expedition that they are duped into undertaking by the symbolic frog, the “inspired expression,” that leaps out of the Dragon’s mouth.

13. From what points of the compass are Gog’s visible forces drawn, and of what is this a warning to the New World society?

¹³ The troops of Cush (or Ethiopia) and of Put were Hamitic.

It tells us that Babel’s founder was a man named Nimrod, an offspring of Cush, the son of Ham.

Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. . . .

And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one encircling the entire land of Cush.

The regions Cush, Havilah and Assyria (Asshur) existed in the post-Flood period, evidently deriving their names from Noah’s descendants. (Gen. 10:7, 22, 29)

Bronzeware things will come out of Egypt; Cush itself will quickly stretch out its hands with gifts to God.

In this fashion, as it were, bronzeware gifts have come out of the old enemy nation of Egypt; and Cush or Ethiopia, another enemy, has been quick to hand over gifts to Jehovah God.

Ham had four sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

As for Ham’s son Cush, he is very evidently a principal progenitor (perhaps along with Put) of the Negroid or dark-complexioned branch of the human family (Jer. 13:23), as indicated by the areas of settlement of certain of his descendants. (Gen. 10:7)

It may be for this reason that Cush’s wife came to be called Semiramis, or Z’emir-amit.

Nimrod’s mother, being the wife of Cush, was a granddaughter of Noah’s wife, who survived the great flood, the same as the fishes.

26. (a) How did man’s rule again get started on a notable scale? (b) How was Nimrod like Cain, and was this a good thing for the people?

²⁶ The earliest effort to set up man’s rule again on a notable scale came in the days of Noah’s great-grandson named Nimrod the son of Cush.

Note how the Bible, in Genesis 10:8-12, describes it: “And Cush became father to Nimrod.

Nimrod, who descended from Noah through Ham and Ham’s son Cush.

13. With what facts of history does Genesis 10:8-12 reveal the spirit motivating Nimrod?

¹³ To reveal the bad, selfish, ambitious, bloodthirsty spirit motivating this builder of Babylon, the history written by Shem has this to say: “And Cush [son of Ham] became father to Nimrod.

And the sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

And Cush became father to Nimrod.

She was not a Cushite in the sense of being a descendant of Ham’s son Cush, the forefather of the Ethiopians.

So it seems that “Cushite” was not always limited to Negroes or descendants of Ham through Cush, but also was applied to some of the peoples of the land of Midian.

And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one encircling the entire land of Cush.

The black race descended not from Canaan but from Cush and possibly Put.

The black race descended not from Canaan but from Cush and possibly Put.

So it seems that “Cushite” was not limited to descendants of Ham through Cush but was also applied to some inhabitants of Midian.

“And Cush [Noah’s grandson] became father to Nimrod.

It appears that he was not a firstborn son, and so very likely he usurped authority and position properly belonging to older sons of Cush.

He was a great-grandson of Noah, and a son of Cush.

However, the facts show that the colored race sprang not from Ham’s son Canaan but from his son Cush.

[there are] horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords: Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with thee.”

Genesis 10:8-10 informs us: “Cush [the grandson of Noah] begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

“Cush [Noah’s grandson] was the father of Nimrod, who was the first person on the earth to be a despot. . . .

Careful students of ancient religions know that all of the basic doctrines stem from the Babylon founded by Cush and Nimrod, and that Baal can be traced to them, and that Nimrod is the one responsible for the present-day popular conception of the Devil as horned and tailed and cloven-hoofed.