The name Iraq means country with deep roots and the word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Iraq is a country with deep roots and is also a very significant country in the Bible.
Here are some facts:-
1. The Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve were created in Iraq. (Gen.2:10-14)
2. Nimrod established Babylon and the Tower of Babel was built in Iraq. (Gen. 10 and 11)
3. Abraham came from a city (Ur) in Iraq. (Gen. 11:31 and Acts7:2-4)
4. The first revival in history was in Nineveh—Iraq. (Jonah 3)
5. The events in the book of Esther took place in Iraq
6. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon carried the Jews captive into Iraq.
7. The 3 wise men were from Iraq
8. Ezekiel and Peter preached in Iraq
9. The “Empire of Man” described in Revelation is called Babylon which was a city in Iraq.
10. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the “writing on thewall” in Iraq.
11. The 3 Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq.
12. Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
13. Amos cried out in Iraq
14. Daniel was in the lion’s den in Iraq.
15. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.
16. Noah built the ark in Iraq.
17. Isaac’s wife Rebekah is from Nahor which is in Iraq.
18. Jacob spent 20 years in Iraq (Gen. 27:42-45 and 31:38)
19. The first world Empire was in Iraq.
20. The book of Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which is the old name for the Nation of Iraq.
21. The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq.
22. Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem.
23. Mesopotamia which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization.
24. Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq(Gen. 3:1-6)