This for me is not a myth but is factual and is History ------God's word reveals that Noah's descendants did not adhear to what God instructed them to do ---they were to fill the earth and prosper but instead they went
eastward altogether so they disobeyed God and when you disobey God you are heading for disaster -----
So eastward is mentioned here ----has to have a spiritual meaning -------When Abraham was told to go alone to where God would send him --he disobeyed and took Lot with him ---Lot and Abraham had great disagreement and they quarrelled so Lot went out on his own eastward and got himself in a wack of trouble --Genesis 13 &14--he lost everything when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ---so eastward is sometimes used in the negative sense ---going away from God -------
God’s Covenant With Noah --Genesis 9 NIV
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “
Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
I say
So when they reached this plain in Babylon they went on a building spree ----defying God's orders to scatter ------Nimrod who was Noah's great Grandson was a builder as well as a great hunter -----So was Nimrod involved in the building of the tower ?????
In Chapter 10 we see Noah's descendants listed -----and it mentions Nimrod there -
Genesis 10:8-12 NIV
8 Cush was the father[
a] of
Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in[
b] Shinar.[
c] 11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,[
d] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
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So we see why they built these places ---the scripture says they wanted to make a name for themselves ---so definitely Pride was their motive but it would also show their power and might and it would also show their defiance in giving into what God wanted them to do which was to scatter -as seen in verse 3
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a
tower that reaches to the heavens,
so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Strong's says this about a tower -----Hebrew word
gadal: to grow up, become great
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, become, do, give,
A primitive root; properly, to twist (compare
gdil), i.e.
To be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride) -- advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass,
promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
I say my view here ------So by this tower reaching the heavens they would be exalting themselves to be like gods ------
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So do we see that this would make God very angry to be watching this happen knowing what is in their hearts for their motive in building this structure ------
They all went to this place together ---and they all spoke the same language ----
so they were all united by language and design -----they were all one in unison -----
Now -----God said this ------Let US go down and confuse them -------this is important as we see that the tribune actually appear to these people -------who were full of self worship --lust --greed and power and God in the Old Testament dealt directly with His Sinful people -----and rightly so --
Genesis 11:7 AMP
7 Come,
let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
go down and there confuse
and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
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I say ------So here God is going to cause Division and Confusion among them ------so their unity is cut off -------they brought this upon themselves for disobeying and mocking God -------
So we see in verse 6 that God says this
6 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.
I say ----- We see here that Satan was getting the upper hand with God's people and he was hardening their hearts against Him and if God did not intervene things could get very bad for His chosen race as Satan had God's OK to tempt His people and keep them from Him ------ an Evil seed was taking fast hold of His Chosen ------
The Hebrew word Babel means confusion ----
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Babel, Babylon
From
balal;
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon
So verses 8-9 tells us that God in the end scattered His chosen over the earth and their building stopped --as they were no longer united in language ----the Tower for God was a symbol of rebellion I believe -----
The way of the transgressor is a hard road ------Proverbs 13 is a great piece of scripture about this --
just posting verse 15 AKJV
Good understanding giveth favour:
but the way of transgressors
is hard.
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Interesting video here ------3 min 36 sec long ---to believe or not believe ????????
Smithsonian Channel
Biblical scholars have long debated whether the Tower of Babel really existed. Now, a remarkable stone tablet never before shown on film appears to settle that question.
Some Very Compelling Evidence the Tower of Babel Was Real
www.biblegateway.com
