Genesis 11: The Tower of Defiance

The Tower of Babel

self sufficiency- burned bricks

“You build the wall of Christian character by laying down bricks of obedience one at a time”.

Deny, Defy, Replace

build ourselves a city

tower to the heavens

make a name for ourselves

lest we be dispersed

God Graciously Intervenes

Re: Gen 3:22-24 “Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.”

God intervenes by saving man from himself

Confusion of language leads to separation, migration, diversification, preservation

e.g. flood narrative

Abraham alive during the lifetime of Noah and Shem

Babel and America

Erasing God-given definitions (Charlie Kirk)

God / Man

creator / creation

Humans / animals

God-centered / Man-centered worship

Male / Female

Within the ARK of safety / outside the ARK of safety

Call to Repentance and Prayer

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.