Tag: Babel
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Scattered by Wisdom – Genesis 47:21
Genesis 47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Joseph now takes charge of the people themselves. First came their money. Then their possessions. Then their land. And now Joseph relocates the people throughout Egypt. That might sound…
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Blessed to Be a Blessing – Genesis 12:2-3
Genesis 12:2-3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. What a contrast…
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From Babel to Abraham – Genesis 11:9
Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Bab-El; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. What man called Bab El, the gateway to God, the Lord exposed as confusion. That is always…
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One Voice at the Cross – Genesis 11:8
Genesis 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. What man could not stop by reason, God stopped by scattering. They left off building the city. The project stalled. The speeches broke down. The plans fell apart. The momentum…
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Mercy in the Confusion – Genesis 11:7
Genesis 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. What looks severe at first is actually mercy. The Lord saw where this united rebellion was headed, and He stepped in before it ran farther. Men were not gathering to seek Him. They were…
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One Voice, One Direction – Genesis 11:5-6
Genesis 11:5, 6 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to…
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A Tower and a Name – Genesis 11:4
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Now the real heart of Babel comes into view. It was not just about…
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Brick and Slime – Genesis 11:1-3
Genesis 11:1-3 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.…
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From Gateway to Confusion – Genesis 10:10
Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Now we begin to see what Nimrod was building. It was not just influence. It was a kingdom. And the first city named is Babel. Originally, Babel carried the idea of Bab El, the…
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Tongues at Babel, Tongues in Babylon – Revelation 16:10
Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast and his kingdom was full of darknessand they gnawed their tongues for pain. Now the judgment falls directly on the throne of the beast, on the center of his power, on the very kingdom that promised light, wisdom, and…