The Tower of Babel Genesis 11 1 9

The Tower of Babel Genesis 11: 1 -9

The Tower of Babel • Story of Origins – Origin of Languages (Genesis 10: 25) – Origin of Babylon (Genesis 10: 8 -10)

The Tower of Babel • “From the East” (vs. 2; Genesis 3: 24, 4: 16) • “Come, let us…” (vs. 3, 4; Genesis 1: 28) • “The Lord came down…” (vs. 5) • “…they left off building…” (vs. 8)

The Transgression • God’s Desire for Mankind (Gen. 1: 28, 9: 1, 9: 7) – “And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth…’” (Gen. 1: 28) – “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. ’” (Gen. 9: 1) – “And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it. ” (Gen. 9: 7) • “Settled” in Shinar (vs. 2)

The Motives • Pride – Babylon Throughout Bible (Daniel 1 -6; Isaiah 13 -14) – “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. ” (Gen. 12: 2) • Desire for Security

The Judgment • “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. ” (Revelation 18: 2) • Their Fear Became Reality (vs. 4, 9) • “ 4 Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; 5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. ” (Revelation 18: 4 -5)