This Wednesday at Primetime, we will be studying about the formation of the Nations. This study will conclude the first logical section of the book of Genesis, and is the last of the Four Foundations we have been studying.
A few quick questions to ponder about before the study on Wednesday:
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you are asked to tell the story of the Tower of Babel?
Who built the Tower of Babel?
What was the result of the Tower of Babel?
Why is this account of the Tower of Babel signficant?
Finally, what has your reading of Scripture taught you about the Tower of Babel? Is it different from what you knew before?
October 16, 2006 at 1:07 pm |
Going to church as a kid, i’ve heard this story *a lot*. I’m reading the New Living Translation (NLT), and one thing that jumped out to me for the first time was the fact that it wasn’t that the people were building the tower because they wanted to reach heaven that God got angry and made them speak different languages – it was the fact that they wanted to build this tower as a symbol of their own personal greatness. My translation (v 4) says, “let’s build a great city with a tower that reaches to the skies – a monument to our greatness!…” I’m not exactly sure what I”m trying to surmise from this, but one thing to remember is that nothing we do can surpass God’s own greatness and glory.
October 19, 2006 at 11:02 am |
When God scattered all the people, did everyone scattered out have knowledge about the true God?
October 23, 2006 at 3:56 pm |
Hey Simon, that’s a good question. The Bible doesn’t tell us, so there’s no way for us to know for sure. If they did have knowledge of God, though, they turned away from Him after being scattered, as we can see in nations such as Egypt and Babylon, which worshiped many different idols.