TOWER OF BABEL
CHRISTIANITY OASIS HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS TOWER OF BABEL STORY STUDY. THE TOWER OF BABEL ... MOST HAVE HEARD OF THE TOWER OF BABEL STORY BUT DO NOT COMPREHEND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TOWER OF BABEL AND WHY. MANY DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE TOWER OF BABEL STORY LET US SEEK AND FIND THE TRUTH OF THE TOWER OF BABEL TOGETHER, SHALL WE?

BOOK OF GENESIS

CHAPTERS 10 AND 11

            Hello again,  Daily Bread thumpers!  Well, we’re probably getting to the point about now where a lot of people get bored with reading their Bibles. They suffer through a chapter or two and then figure they made a valiant effort to read it through, but maybe they’ll try again next year. 

            Well, congratulations ...Give yourself a big pat on the back because you know this time is different. 

            Let’s retrace our steps a little bit before we go on with this story.  After the great flood and Noah's Ark saving 8 souls. We have the earth being populated by the descendants of Noah’s three sons.  They all speak the same language and they’re starting to spread out on the earth. 

            Last time, we talked a little bit about the trouble that Ham started.  Well, it looks like trouble is running in the family, because Ham had a grandson named Nimrod.  Nimrod was a hunter.  He was strong so people followed him, and he started a kingdom called Babel.

            Being the King of Babel, Nimrod and the people decided to build a city and a tower that could reach up to Heaven.  They wanted to make a name for themselves, so they wouldn't be all scattered out and a bunch of nobodies.

             There are many sources that suggest that Nimrod and these rebellious people would shoot arrows from the tower into the clouds. They claimed the arrows would return to earth dripping with the blood of angels. Jewish Encyclopedia

          God came down to see the tower. And God said, If the people do things like this because they all speak one language, what will stop them from doing more bad things?  There goes God, talking to His Holy Spirit again.  Well, it didn’t take long for Him to figure out the answer.  He made them speak different languages so they couldn’t understand each other, that way they couldn’t finish the tower or gain their fame that they wanted.  You’ve got to admit, God has a fantastic sense of humor.  Can you imagine them all, one minute, just chattering away and the next minute not being able to understand a word their friends and families were saying.  No wonder it was called the tower of Babel, which was in Babylon, also known today as Iraq.

            Then God scattered those people around the earth, just like He planned in the first place.  And that’s why people in different countries speak different languages.

            Now sometimes you just want to relate Bible stories with things that happen in today’s day and age.  Well, all you have to do is think about how the world can make a tremendous fuss about sending a teacher on a trip to the moon, and POW, there’s your analogy.  The lesson wasn’t learned the first time, that the heavens belong to God.  The commandment He gave to man was to take care of the earth, not to go nosing around where he doesn’t belong.

            There’s a lot more interesting stories ahead, come back and enjoy the fun! 

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