The Tower of Babel – The height of human arrogance. The height of disrespect toward God.
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come (Matthew 24:37-42).
Let’s look again. Pre-flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage….the were not aware of the evil that was overtaking them.
In Genesis 10 we learn of a post flood world. The sons of Noah have spread out across the globe. The very genealogies point to the time of the gentiles and the time of faith in Christ Jesus. (Genesis 10:8-14).
The rise of Nimrod, a violent man who forced submission, persecuted the innocent, and took everything for his own. His arrogant desire was to rule all of the world. Do you see this mystery at work in the world today? Do you see what I see?
So Nimrod built his tower, his tribute to the arrogance of man.
Josephus wrote of this time…
Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness.
He also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power…
Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God; and they built a tower, neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work: and, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than any one could expect; but the thickness of it was so great, and it was so strongly built, that thereby its great height seemed, upon the view, to be less than it really was.
It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with mortar, made of bitumen, that it might not be liable to admit water.
When God saw that they acted so madly, he did not resolve to destroy them utterly, since they were not grown wiser by the destruction of the former sinners; but he caused a tumult among them, by producing in them diverse languages, and causing that, through the multitude of those languages, they should not be able to understand one another.
The place wherein they built the tower is now called Babylon, because of the confusion of that language which they readily understood before; for the Hebrews mean by the word Babel, confusion…
Is that not what we are attempting today? Yes, I think so. All that we do apart from God is the very bitumen, brick and mortar in this great tower that is being built. The quasi religious theories and humanistic approaches that are embraced by man but not centered in God’s will for man. It is God who we must obey, that is what is healthy and beneficial for us. And that we are straying ONCE AGAIN….
This is the great mystery that must be revealed.
So add AI to the machines, allow them to learn, put all of our intelligence into the public domain, all music, art, thought, and teach it to the machines that we have built and presto Babel is built. Or so we think….for surely it will not last.
No testament to the arrogance of man has ever withstood the ire of God (thankfully so).
The “days of Noah” ended with a confrontation between good and evil, God being good and idolatry being evil. So continue to build this idol, this testament to man’s inability to be like God. Truly our days are like the days of Noah and the days of his sons too.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, Yahweh is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer. In that day, Yahweh will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea. In that day– "Sing about a fruitful vineyard: I, Yahweh, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it (Isaiah 26:20-27:3).
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So to all who hear the cry of the overcomers…the hour may be next, a year or five, ten or twenty away but His hour will come.
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions (Matthew 24:42-47).
"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. "At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ "Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out. "’No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ "But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. "Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’ "But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’ "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour (Matthew 25:1-13).
Those who do not have their oil…the door will be closed. The Lord will not know you, as He does not know you now. You fear, you mock, you hate, you think these words foolishness, you do not know Him. Are you buying into the lies of the postmodern “progressive” world who thinks that they can make concessions with “the world”. Those who mocked and hated Him when He was with us, that spirit, that arrogance is still alive in the world today….and they will hate us.
But we do not hate, but love in Truth, we have found and kept to the very narrow way?
"Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him" (Luke 12:35-40).
That servant who knows his master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows (Luke 12:47).
Are you watching?
Are you ready?
Are you afraid to be mocked and hated by many? Overcome that.
Be ready to enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. When He comes you can immediately open the door for Him.
What a glorious privilege it has been to be able to point to the Master who will come.
Stand firm, stand fast, and prepare the way, for our Master is truly coming.
Prepared Citizens 