|
Author
|
Topic: Let us confuse their language?
|
Carol Swenson
Admin
Member # 6929
|
posted
The name Nimrod means "The Rebel". Some Bible scholars believe his real name was Gilgamesh.
Posts: 6787 | From: Colorado | Registered: Dec 2007
| IP: Logged | 
|
|
Caretaker
Advanced Member
Member # 36
|
posted
quote:
Originally posted by Protective Angel:
Gen 10:8
Cush (grandson of Noah) was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord." The FIRST centers of his kingdom were BABYLON, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in SHINAR.
So are you making some kind of point?
--------------------
A Servant of Christ,
Drew
1 Tim. 3:
16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh..
Posts: 3978 | From: Council Grove, KS USA | Registered: Jun 2002
| IP: Logged |
|
|
Protective Angel
Advanced Member
Member # 9108
|
posted
Gen 10:8
Cush (grandson of Noah) was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord." The FIRST centers of his kingdom were BABYLON, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in SHINAR.
Posts: 46 | From: IL | Registered: Oct 2011
| IP: Logged |
|
|
Carol Swenson
Admin
Member # 6929
|
posted
So true Caretaker. They thought that gathering together under mighty Nimrod they would be safe and could challenge God.
God had commanded the peoples to be fruitful and multiply and to scatter across the earth, but they decided to move to Nimrod’s city of Babylon and settle there. This move was blatant rebellion against God’s command that the people scatter. Apparently Nimrod wanted them in his cities and under his control.
The structure and the city were called “Babel,” which means “the gate of the gods.” This infamous project was an arrogant declaration of war against the Lord, not unlike the revolt described in Psalm 2:1-3. To begin with, the people were resisting God’s edict to scatter and repopulate the earth. Motivated perhaps by fear as well as pride, they decided to build a city and a great ziggurat and stay together. Their purpose statement was the devil’s lie in Eden: “You will be like God” (Gen. 3:4, NIV).
From Babel to Belshazzar (Dan. 5), and from Herod (Acts 12:20-25) to Hitler, God has demonstrated repeatedly that it doesn’t pay to rebel against His will. “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Prov. 16:18, NKJV), and Jesus warned that those who exalt themselves will be abased (Matt. 23:12).
As with Adam and Eve in the Garden (Gen. 3:22-24), God’s judgment at Babel not only dealt with the immediate sins but also helped to prevent future problems. The unity of mankind would only give people a false sense of power that would lead them into even greater rebellion against God. By confusing their language and scattering them over all the earth, God graciously spared their lives and gave them opportunity to return to Him. He could have destroyed the builders, their city, and their tower; but He chose to let them live.
Posts: 6787 | From: Colorado | Registered: Dec 2007
| IP: Logged |
|
|
Caretaker
Advanced Member
Member # 36
|
posted
quote:
Originally posted by Protective Angel:
Genesis 11:6-8
The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let US go down and CONFUSE their language so they will NOT UNDERSTAND each other." So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
This is really confusing. Why would God not want the human race to reach more knowledge?
Settling in the valley of Shinar was an act of disobedience. They had been commanded to spread out not collect in cities. They would be blessed as they scattered. Babel would become Babylon. They thought collected life together was safest, life on their own terms. It was a settlement of disobedience.
--------------------
A Servant of Christ,
Drew
1 Tim. 3:
16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh..
Posts: 3978 | From: Council Grove, KS USA | Registered: Jun 2002
| IP: Logged |
|
|
Protective Angel
Advanced Member
Member # 9108
|
posted
Genesis 11:6-8
The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let US go down and CONFUSE their language so they will NOT UNDERSTAND each other." So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
This is really confusing. Why would God not want the human race to reach more knowledge?
Posts: 46 | From: IL | Registered: Oct 2011
| IP: Logged |
|
|
|
Printer-friendly view of this topic
