Adam and Eve rebelled against God and ate the fruit from the one tree they were told not to eat from. Cain rebelled against God and killed his brother Abel. Everyone in the world rebelled against God and did what was right in their own eyes. The only one who still worshiped God was Noah. After God destroyed the world, He gave instructions to the descendants of Noah to multiply and fill the earth.
They too rebelled.
They built a large, strong city and a tower, reaching toward heaven. It was built using the the same waterproof material Noah used to build the ark. Did they think it would protect them if the waters rose again?
Adam and Eve tried to hide from God. Cain struck back. Now man builds a city to keep God out.
And it's still happening today.
Genesis 10:1-9 NLT
The Tower of Babel
1 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. 2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
5 But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
8 In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
Blessings, Cecilia
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