Brian E. R. Limmer
2026
The Greatest Question of All Time What is one question humans have been asking since the dawn of civilisation? Without a doubt, it must be, ‘Who is in charge around here?’ Mankind asked the weather, and the weather replied, ‘I Am’! The parent asked the crying baby, and the baby bawled louder, ‘I Am’! The citizen asked the leader, and the leader raised his sword and said, ‘I Am!’ World leaders strut their mightiest armies on the parade ground, asking the world, ‘Who is in charge?’ And the world answers back with an earthquake or a tsunami, saying ‘I am’! The race for the greatest world army began when the ark was opened and the people came out. God reminded them, ‘Spread out and replenish the whole earth’. Nimrod moved eastward into the vale of Babel and said to the people, ‘We will camp here, keep together now, and we will build a name for ourselves.’ Out of Nimrod came a pattern for world leaders that still exists today. Notice how the techniques of Nimrod are still the basic techniques of dictators today. Nimrod (semantic: “to rebel”) was the first person after the flood to be called ‘a mighty man’. He was a mighty hunter ‘before the Lord’. But something changed because he decided later to oppose God by setting about to Page 14 Daniel and the Boys in the Band establish a kingdom called Babylon. Later, the famous hanging gardens made it the world’s first ‘must visit’ site for the rest of the world. Nimrod expanded his kingdom base by spreading from there to build new cities including: Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, into these cities, only his closest followers were allowed to live. Nimrod was a despot with an enormous ego, brilliant communication skills, and subtle negotiating skills. He started out well, as many dictators do, but turned his popularity into a power base later. His power turned into idolatry and greed. He kept his power by military might and unspeakable cruelty. He first stood up to God when God said “Be fruitful and multiply and f
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