Today we look at the story of the Tower of Babel. If I were to use kids building blocks, placing them upon one another we can illustrate this great building that reached into the sky. The people foolishly thought that they could build it to reach into heaven, with no help from God.
How many different languages do you know? How many voices say HELLO? Check this out:
The great-great grandson was Nimrod and the people plotted to overthrow God’s plan and enter heaven by their own strength. Nimrod and the people plotted to overthrow heaven. God stop their progress because God separated the people by giving each one a different language. They were scattered as a representation of the confusion that was happening.
Why? Welk, the people did what was right in their own eyes and did not fall under submission to God’s authority. They sought to overthrow the things of God.
The story of its construction, given in Genesis 11:1–9, appears to be an attempt to explain the existence of diverse human languages. According to Genesis, the Babylonians wanted to make a name for themselves by building a mighty city and a tower “with its top in the heavens.” God disrupted the work by so confusing the language of the workers that they could no longer understand one another. The city was never completed, and the people were dispersed over the face of the earth. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tower-of-Babel)
The similarity in pronunciation of Babel and balal (“to confuse”) led to the play on words in Genesis 11:9: “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth.”
So, what is the lesson?
In Psalm 2 we find an interesting series of voices that speak to this even into our day today.
He will hear voices our entire life that will lead us astray if we let it. They will guide you or lead you astray!
The first voice is the voice of Rebellion. It is asking in the first few verses, a series of questions from God‘s perspective. God is asking, why are the nations so angry?
The second voice is the voice of God himself The Righteousness of God who seems to tell us his attitude toward the worlds rebellion. It is the voice of judgment. Because God says what he does, we could trust that he will do what he says he will do.
The third voice is the Voice of God - The Redeemer, Jesus. This is a messianic passage that talks about how Jesus, the anointed one provides grace! You will hear many voices in your life. Issues of injustice, poverty, equality, fairness, pleasure, & wealth are topics that are debated today. Yet, we have opportunities to join causes and join groups that give us purpose. Voices are not always looking out for our well-being.
God gives us a path for building a firm foundation in Christ, not a tower of confusion, but a plan that rescues us. To follow any other design is to find ourselves confused. Just like people at the Tower of Babel, they find themselves with limited understanding, because God diversified their language.
Here are a few of those blocks that we can build upon in order to have a blessed life in Christ.
The Bible (read it & memorize it).
Prayer.
Going to church.
Obeying your parents/honoring them.
Honesty.
The boundaries of a Christian life – the 10 Commandments.
The fruit of the spirit.
You remember the story of the wiseman and the foolish man?
“Then he went on to say everyone who hears his words and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand…” (Matthew 7:24-26).
We must encourage clarity of the voices you will hear!!
Closing - Saying thank you video :: https://youtu.be/w3RnrfVaYAs
