tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post250108836273399291..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Sunday, January 4th: Genesis 10-12, Romans 4 ~ TammyTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-2036674678232332492015-01-04T21:56:33.408-06:002015-01-04T21:56:33.408-06:00Thank you for the additional insight into today...Thank you for the additional insight into today's reading. It is interesting how we have the advantage of having the Bible to reference numerous examples of people not trusting God, and when I read these stories I see how God always works it out for the benefit of the person He is leading. I find myself wondering why didn't they just trust God, they should know it's going to work out! But then I find myself doing the same thing, not always trusting God with the bigger and harder things, and trying to find a way to do it on my own. A great reminder to allow God to provide the means because if He brought you there, He will see you through it!Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378594821836169485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-52073490788752710352015-01-04T21:42:01.099-06:002015-01-04T21:42:01.099-06:00The Tower of Babel story stood out for me today be...The Tower of Babel story stood out for me today because it made me wonder why the people didn't want to scatter in favour of building a super high tower? And why did God want them to scatter?<br /><br />I found this to chew on:<br />The Tower of Babel was built to prevent the people from scattering across the earth. Because the people would not scatter themselves, God scattered them. <br /><br />Various Dialects<br /><br />In the account of the Tower of Babel the text seems to indicate that the various dialects had not appeared yet and that everyone on earth had one language and vocabulary. The Lord understood the motive and ambition of the people. Because the people had built a tower in defiance of Him, God then caused the one language on the earth to be confused. Once the languages were confounded the people scattered. Many questions arise concerning this account. <br /><br />One Language?<br /><br />Did they all speak the same language? There are some people who feel the biblical text does not demand that there was only one language at the time. They point to the preceding chapter, Genesis ten, which divides the table of nations based upon the various languages.<br /><br /><br />Babel And Pentecost<br /><br />There is an obvious contrast between Babel and Pentecost. At the tower of Babel the languages were confused and the people were scattered. At Pentecost God supernaturally allowed the people to speak languages and dialects they had not previously learned to testify to the glory of God. Pentecost was the reversal of Babel. <br /> (from https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_753.cfm)<br /><br />and also this:<br /><br />Why did the LORD scatter the people? Many seem to think it was some sort of punishment, but I've come to believe that it was primarily to produce diversity in the human race. He used the people as seeds, scattering them across the whole earth. Another reason might be found in the adage: don't keep all your eggs in one basket. But why did he confound their language? I believe this was to prevent the tribes of the earth from mixing back together before their time. With their original language destroyed, each tribe must have developed their own distinct language.<br /><br />Had the LORD not intervened at Babel, the human race may not have survived, and surely would not have attained the rich diversity we have today. So, far from being some kind of punishment for building the tower, it seems to me this was a strategic move made by someone who knew what he was doing.<br /><br /><br />If, back in days of Babel, the plan was to separate the people, today we're seeing the opposite: a great reintegration. We are today approaching a "new world order" which, when fully realized, will bring us back under one government and one language. The book of Revelation foretells of this coming state of affairs, and describes how the whole world will fall under the spell of the "beast" governing them, and then the end will come. It would appear that everything is going according to plan. The seeds were scattered, the tribes have flourished and matured, and now they're coming back together, for one last grand play on the stage we call earth, one last lesson, if you will, before finally moving on, together as one richly diverse family of man, to our next phase of existence: life in the heavens; and we won't need to build a tower to get there.<br />(http://www.emergingtruths.com/tower_of_babel/tower_of_babel.html)Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770898936799604859noreply@blogger.com