There’s one place and one miracle in the Bible about which I’ve never heard an in-depth “what does that mean prophetically” discussion. It’s the tower of Babel. God scattered all the peeps and gave them different languages, which ended the dispensation of human government. It happened in Gen 11:1-9, and here’s the general thinking of the time: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. (Gen. 11:4)
Remember, after the flood, God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth (Gen 9:1). Like, spread out. Now, later, they decide they want to create and unite within a super city with a super tower reaching heaven. They focused on making a name for themselves.
Well, they kind of did. Hello Babylon. God’s goal was not a one-world government at this time in this way. How do we know that? Because He tells us. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech (Gen 11:6-7).
I’m pushing pause. Do you see that miracle? In a matter of seconds, God put all kinds of different languages in their mouths and moved them into language-centered people groups, each developing its own culture. We could say that in that instant, God ended a dispensation and began a new one. And we know why. They aimed to build a global empire. In Babylon.
Only that split-second miracle prevented the prominence of Babylon in that era. I’m cutting to the chase. Here’s a truth to wrap your mind around. All of Biblical history serves as a pattern for the future.
In the case of the tower of Babel and the city of Babylon, that was a stab at a one-world government. But we know the whole book, and a one-world government isn’t in God’s plan under any other leader than Jesus Christ at the right time and from the right place. (Remember, the government shall be upon His shoulder Isa. 9:6.)
In the end, Babylon is mentioned 6 times in the book of Revelation… and none of the references are flattering. They are all about the city falling and being thrown down. Kind of like at the tower of Babel.
If you’re reading the alternative news (because the mainstream news isn’t showing the whole picture), you see that another global one-world everything is in the making. Will it succeed? Did the tower of Babel? It was the pattern for what’s going to happen. God hated this concept back then, and He’s got His eye on it again this time.
What’s going to prevent it this time? Another phenomenal miracle that will happen in a moment. Back then, it was a confusion of languages in a single moment. This time, us believers will be taken up in the rapture, and the tribulation will commence. All this one-world stuff you see shaping up will continue to shape up while we’re in heaven getting geared up to return with Jesus at the end of the tribulation to finish off the devil’s schemes that he’s been working on since before the days of Adam and Eve.
Let the story of the Tower of Babel encourage you that the one-world governance you see developing now is under the watchful eye of God, and He will end it. And you will be part of His solution. We read the back of the book, and He wins!
Tell me what you think!
Jody
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