![]() ![]() God told humanity to spread throughout the earth, but they stayed put and in defiance, built a tower to reach the heavens (more on this in a moment). First, when mankind rebels against God right after the Flood. No wonder the Bible talks so badly about Babylon when we get to Revelation.īabylon consistently appears in the Bible narrative. ![]() But even then, it was a city of depravity and ruin. Nimrod ( Genesis 10:8), Noah’s great-grandson and a mighty-man or giant, who ordered the construction of the tower, likely didn’t have the best of intents.īabylon was slightly different during the time of this construction as opposed to the Babylon we'll get to know centuries later. Ziggurat structures undoubtedly had pagan roots, as they were built for the patron deity of that land. Although Marduk didn’t really get his claim to fame until the 1800s BC (and Answers In Genesis places the construction of the Tower of Babel in 2200s BC), ziggurat structures started around 3,000 BC, well before the Tower of Babel construction. Most likely, the Tower of Babel was something known as a ziggurat structure built by the people of Shinar (historians have not come to a conclusion as to the exact location of Shinar).Ī ziggurat, a pyramid-like structure made of mudbrick ( Genesis 11:3), often had ties with pagan religions such as those of the Babylonians and Marduk. In this article, we’ll endeavor to discuss what was the Tower of Babel physically, spiritually, and why it matters to us today. Therefore, the people of earth disperse, based on common language, and continue to fill the earth, just as the Lord commanded ( Genesis 1:28). By “confuses their language” we mean, creates multiple languages. God, seeing this, confuses their language so they can’t communicate with one another and finish the tower. Essentially, they wanted to become like God. In essence, a group of people gathered together (in a disputed location, some say Babylon, others have other conjectures), to create a tower that would reach the heavens. Situated in Genesis 11:1-9, we encounter an odd story that seems to explain why so many languages have formed on earth. ![]()
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