Part 3 – Nimrod, Semiramis, and the Queen of Heaven

The Rise of the Mighty One

After Cush came Nimrod, and the Scripture says plainly,

“And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Yehovah.” — Genesis 10:8-9 (MKJV)

To hunt before Yehovah does not mean to serve Him but to stand in His face. Nimrod organized cities—Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh—places built on defiance. Where his father had tried to interpret the heavens, Nimrod tried to control the earth. He was the first to join government and religion into one rule. From that union every later empire has borrowed its pattern.

The Birth of the Queen

Tradition remembers a woman who ruled beside Nimrod, known by many names—Semiramis, Ishtar, Astarte, Isis, Cybele, Rhea, Venus, Devi. She is called the Queen of Heaven in Jeremiah 7 and 44, and the Mother of the gods in later tongues. She is the voice that says, “I sit as a queen and am no widow.” (Revelation 18:7) Her spirit is the opposite of submission; it crowns itself with light.

“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.” — Jeremiah 7:18 (MKJV)

That verse describes not only ancient Judah but the entire world system that worships the creature instead of the Creator. Every culture has honored her under new names, but the symbols remain—crescent, star, dove, child in arms, flame, and crown.

The Pattern Repeated

• Babylon called her Ishtar, the morning star.
• Egypt called her Isis, the mother of Horus.
• Greece called her Rhea or Aphrodite.
• Rome called her Venus or Cybele.
• Asia called her Shing-moo or Kwan-Yin.
• India called her Devi or Parvati.

Each name hides the same system: a mother elevated, a son glorified, and a father forgotten. Hislop traced the titles—Bel, Molech, Osiris, Ra, Zeus, Jupiter, Bacchus, Krishna—showing that the world carried one memory of rebellion through different languages. [1] It is the story of light stolen from Heaven and set up on earth as its own god.

Genesis 4:1 – Eve’s Statement and the “Manchild” Interpretation

Genesis 4:1 (MKJV): “And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Jehovah.”

In Hebrew, Eve says: “קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת־יְהוָה” (qaniti ish et-YHWH), literally “I have acquired/produced a man with Yehovah” or “I have gotten a man – Yehovah.” Some translations render it as “I have gotten a man from the LORD,” but the phrasing “et-Yehovah” (with Yehovah) has led to ancient and modern interpretations that Eve believed she had given birth to the promised seed — the “manchild” who would crush the serpent (Genesis 3:15).

Connection to Virgo and the “Manchild” in Prophecy

This verse is linked by some (e.g., E.W. Bullinger in The Witness of the Stars, 1893, and Sightedmoon.com) to the constellation Virgo (the Virgin), which was seen in ancient star lore as a woman holding a branch (representing seed/child). The “manchild” idea ties to:

• Revelation 12:1-5 — A woman (Virgo) clothed with the sun, moon under her feet, crowned with 12 stars, giving birth to a manchild who rules nations — interpreted as the Messiah.
• Eve’s statement is viewed as her believing Cain was the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15 (“he shall bruise thy head”), but he became the first murderer instead.
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Noah’s Wife and the Stars

There is no direct biblical verse stating Noah’s wife thought she was the mother of the Messiah or looked at the stars. This is a speculative interpretation from extra-biblical or prophetic teachings, suggesting post-Flood humanity (including Noah’s family) preserved pre-Flood star knowledge (the Gospel in the Stars). Virgo’s annual “birth” (sun in Virgo, Spica as the branch) was seen as a promise of redemption, and some claim that Noah’s wife (or Semiramis in Babylonian corruption) misapplied it to her child (Ham, Cush, and Nimrod as a false messiah). 

Noah’s wife would have thought she was the one spoken of in the story of Virgo after the flood. She was the mother of all her sons, and no others were born until after the flood. She believed she was the mother of god spoken of in the Virgo constellation.

• Closest Biblical Parallel: Genesis 5:29 — Lamech names Noah, saying “This one shall comfort us… out of the ground which Jehovah has cursed,” hinting at a deliverer, but not his wife or stars.

Summary

• Verse: Genesis 4:1 — Eve: “I have gotten a man from Yehovah” (thought to be the promised seed/manchild).
• Virgo Link: Symbolic in ancient astronomy (Bullinger, Dumond), not explicit in Scripture.
• Noah’s Wife: No verse; interpretive tradition only.
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This ties into end-time warnings (Revelation 12, Jubilee cycles) — the true “manchild” is Yeshua, not a false one.

The Candle for the Dead

Among the rites of this Queen was the burning of lights for the departed. Shem executed Nimrod (Tammuz). Ezekiel saw women in the Temple “weeping for Tammuz”

Ezekiel 8:14 MKJV). Tammuz, the dying son, was said to descend to the underworld each year and rise again with the spring. The people lit lamps to guide his spirit and to honour the dead. Those same flames survive today in candles for the dead, vigils, and festivals of remembrance. Just look at what people do when someone dies today. At the large rally they all light candles in their honor.

The prophet saw it and cried out because Yehovah had not commanded such fire. He commanded repentance, not ritual light.

“Then He said unto me, ‘Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.’” — Ezekiel 8:15 (MKJV)

Every time a candle is lit to comfort the dead instead of turning hearts to obedience, the same old story repeats—the light of man replacing the life of Yehovah.

The Spread of False Light

When Babel fell, the nations carried its religion with them. Assyria carved winged bulls; Egypt built pyramids; Greece sculpted marble gods; Rome crowned them with laurel; India painted them blue; Asia gilded them in gold. Yet all of them shared one creed: enlightenment through nature and the cycle of death and rebirth.

Hislop recorded that even the Druids of Britain kept the fires of Baal, calling them Beltane; in the East, the same fires honoured Surya, the sun-lord. [2] Whether bonfire, lamp, or candle, every spark proclaimed the same message: the sun-god dies and rises; man will ascend by light of his own making.

Judah’s Lesson

Stephen reminded the Sanhedrin of this history when he said:

“Then Elohim turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O house of Israel, have you offered to Me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, you took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.” — Acts 7:42-43 (MKJV)

The House of Israel and the House of Judah both adopted the star and the image of Molech—the very same light-symbols of Ham’s line. They carried the torch of rebellion into their worship, thinking they honored Yehovah while following the Queen of Heaven. Solomon, too, the wisest of all men, also built shrines to these same gods on the mountain across from the City of David, along its southern ridge.

The Queen’s Modern Garments

Today the world keeps her feasts without knowing her name. The lights of winter festivals, the candles of the dead, the ribbons and wreaths, even the imagery of mother and child crowned with stars—all trace back to that ancient triad. The forms have changed, but the message is unchanged: celebrate the light that is not commanded.

Yehovah warned,

“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto Yehovah thy Elohim: for every abomination to Yehovah, which He hateth, have they done unto their gods.” — Deuteronomy 12:30-31 (MKJV)

When I see candles flicker for the dead or lights twinkle in a festival of lights not found in Leviticus 23, I remember that warning. They may look beautiful, but they are still tests of obedience. We have just finished the Festival of Lights for Divali. Next up is Chanukah, and it is followed by the Festival of Lights known as Christmas. All of them are done when the days are darkest.

The True Light

Yehovah’s light is not a flame kindled by human hands. It is His word. The psalmist said; “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” — Psalm 119:105 (MKJV)

If His word is our light, then we have no need to borrow from the Queen of Heaven or from Nimrod’s tower. The menorah in the Tabernacle was commanded; every other lamp is an invention. The true worshipper walks in the light of obedience, not the glow of imitation.

The Call

Brethren, the story of Nimrod and the Queen of Heaven is not remote history—it is prophecy fulfilled again and again. Every empire that exalts human wisdom, every religion that crowns its own light, every believer who adds to the Torah repeats their rebellion. Yet Yehovah still calls His people out of Babylon. He still says, “Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins.” (Revelation 18:4 MKJV)

Let us come out—out of the false lights, the candles for the dead, the feasts not commanded—and return to the Sabbaths and Feasts of Yehovah. There is our safety; there is our joy. All other lights fade.

Footnotes – Part 3

1. Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, chapters II–III, on the triple deity and the titles of the Mother and Child.
2. Ibid., section “Fires of Baal,” connecting ancient Babel rites to European Beltane and Eastern Sun festivals.
3. Jeremiah 7:18; Ezekiel 8:14-15; Acts 7:42-43; Deuteronomy 12:30-31; Psalm 119:105 (MKJV).