There are many researchers who could do a far better job of this Babel passage than I. But I’ll have a go at a few comments. “All the people were of one language.” Why did this require divine intervention? In time, through natural dispersion, the people would have spread, and the languages would have evolved apart.
They built a
tower to “reach to heaven and to make a name for themselves.” This seems to be
an act to gain power over people, a dictatorship. Researchers relate this tower
to ancient pagan worship, associated with child sacrifice. This would take root
in the human cultures of the region until God showed Abraham that he didn’t
accept child sacrifice. This was one of the first major ways in which the Hebrew
people would transform pagan religious culture.
So it would seem
that divine intervention was necessary to break up a totalitarian “global
government” that was bent on the abuse of humanity. Many of the ancient creation myths would have
evolved from this time onwards, depicting humanity as slaves to the gods, and slaves
for the ruling elite of the empire. This is exactly the kind of globalism that
is being rebuilt today, as the elite move to take over all sectors, such as
health, our personal data, food and farming, finance, movement, and control
over where we live and work. This is all spelt out in detail in the Agenda 21
and Agenda 30 Davos programs. This is complete with early forms of satanism and
child abuse among elite sectors today.
The good news is
that God will act to stop such a form of globalism. Then it was easy: just
change their languages and the people will not be able to stay in a unified
group. Today, the propaganda and media keep us “speaking one language,” meaning
mind and speech control. This keeps us unified in an ungodly, fascist way. But
pagan empires always break up. Because of the abuse, people always end up
splintering, breaking into factions, overcoming the speech control, and
speaking their different languages. They push for freedom. The cohesion of such
empires cannot endure. Freedom is the language the people will end up speaking
and this will in the end prevail.
In recent
decades, a culture of fascism has been taking over our societies, restricting
us on what we are to believe and how we are to act. In recent years it has to do with the
definition of marriage, “climate emergency,” health care treatments and
vaccines, and now Black Lives Matter, all to serve the interests of the elite.
This is how Fascist (or Communist) governments take over societies. It’s
textbook. Love for the environment and neighbour is to come from the heart, not
from a dictatorship.
There is a kind
of globalism that will in the end succeed. This is the reign of Christ. His
empire is through service and self-giving, not through coercion, human abuse,
or any form of totalitarianism. “See, a king will reign in righteousness and
rulers will rule with justice. Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow
of a great rock in a thirsty land.” (Isaiah 32:1-2) Christ will reign from sea
to sea, and to the ends of the earth.
Abram and
Sarai
Abram was the 10th
generation from Noah. He married Sarai, his half-sister: same father, different
mother. In earlier years, marriages between closer relations weren’t frowned
upon. This also shows the nearness in years between Abraham and the original
humans, Adam and Eve. Genetic faults hadn’t yet accumulated within humanity to
make closer marriages dangerous, in passing on genetic defects to their
children. By the time of Moses, this was no longer the case, and such close
marriages were forbidden. On the basis of the growing number of mutations in the human gene
code, humanity would not last hundreds of thousands of years in the present
natural system, contradicting macro-evolutionary views about "millions of years." Other taboos arose in society because of the damage certain
behaviours brought to the community. This also deals with a question often
asked: “Who did Cain marry?” Adam and Eve “had many sons and daughters.” Cain
had plenty of sisters.
When Abram’s
father died, Abram took those in his care, including Lot (his nephew) and
journeyed into Canaan, because of the call of God. The scriptures now move into
the next stage of redemptive history: the selection of Abram, to nurture Israel
as God’s main witness of salvation to the world. When you look at the wide span
of history you see God isn’t in a hurry. Why did he wait 10 generations before
calling someone like Abram? Maybe it’s something to do with the timing involved
in positioning Israel in Canaan.
Even though
Abram lived in an idolatrous community, he seems to have had some faith in the
true God passed down through Noah. Maybe his marriage close to his family line
was due to Abram not wanting to pollute his family with idolatrous values, and
likewise for Sarai. Those who received faith through Noah would have known the
Messianic prophesies to some extent and would have been expecting God to act
redemptively in the world at some time.
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