“...The people are united and speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them.”
-Genesis 11:6 NLT
When God Confused the Languages
How is it that we all speak different languages and fail to understand each other, even though the vocal cords and the sound reception and interpretation organs i.e our ears and our brains are basically the same in design and function? This question has never ceased puzzling me.
Yesterday we had a brief insight into the legend of Nimrod. One of Nimrod’s most ambitious projects was building the Tower of Babel, for in this he tried to teach the people to trust in their own strengths and wisdom and not rely on God? He also alo intended that should God ever have the mind to drown the whole world again in a flood, the tower would be too high for the waters to reach. The walls of the tower were very thick and It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with mortar, made of bitumen, that it might not be liable to admit water. The Tower of Babel therefore was Nimrod's version of the the Ark.
When God saw that they acted so madly, he did not resolve to destroy them utterly, since they had not grown wiser by the destruction of the former sinners in the flood; but he caused a tumult among them, by producing in them diverse languages, such that, through the multitude of those languages, they should not be able to understand one another.
Since then it has become impossible for the whole earth to ever be united in purpose again. There are over 7000 languages in spoken worldwide today. Really, it never ceases to amaze me what God did at the Tower of Babel when he confused the languages.
Quick Read: Genesis 11; Memory Verse: Genesis 11:6; Further Study: 1 Corinthians 14: 1-25; Through the Bible in 1 year: Genesis 15-17; Matthew 5:27-48;
Prayer: LORD help me to be an effective communicator
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