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I explore the connection between theology, humanity, history and culture. I do this in the hopes of creating meaningful dialogue with others. I am creating dialogues with Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Russel Brand and other powerful voices in culture.
Outline:
Vs1-4
They want a home but they don't want God, they build a home that is pointed toward heaven but begins with the self.
This is the kingdom of man, that stands in rebellious defiance to the kingdom of God
Bebel is connected to paganism (nature based, polytheistic religion that rejects God but serves the lesser gods because they are more easily manageable (at least we think they are)) And this is not far from our modern secularism which attempts to do away with the gods altogether by focusing on the natural world only. But you can't get rid of God by ignoring him
As GK Chesterton said, “For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.”
Vs 5-6 as a warning for our modern innovations
It is not the tower only that God is concerned with, it is not the pride of the people only, but the potential creation of humanity which is united in their rebellion to the Lord God
“What else might they build”
For thousands of years after Babel pagan humanity in rebellion to God has been practicing the building of idols.
Primitive versions were wood and clay and stone, and spirits were invited into those idols in a transactional relationship between rebellious humanity and rebellious spirits.
Today's idolatry may look different but, more than we would like to admit, is closely connected to the primitive versions.
And what are we building today in our modern secular/pagan world?
Vs 7-9
The lord disperses them into smaller tribal groups.
The result of rebellion is that you are displaced from your sense of home, or place, of belonging
The horror of having no home, and all that was once familiar turned into an alien landscape.
But see what God does in Acts 2:
Here you see a group of people from all over the world (scattered just like Babel) But they have navigated to this one place, because they seek God (so they can navigate properly because they are not using themselves as a way point) and what do they hear?
The gospel, the story of the mighty works of God through the person of Christ, in the language of their homeland.
They are not at home, and yet they are (this is why Luke uses the word diaporeo “perplexed”)
This is not like the confusion of Babel, it is the amazement of finding yourself at home in a foreign land because the Spirit of God has met you there.
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I explore the connection between theology, humanity, history and culture. I do this in the hopes of creating meaningful dialogue with others. I am creating dialogues with Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Russel Brand and other powerful voices in culture.
Outline:
Vs1-4
They want a home but they don't want God, they build a home that is pointed toward heaven but begins with the self.
This is the kingdom of man, that stands in rebellious defiance to the kingdom of God
Bebel is connected to paganism (nature based, polytheistic religion that rejects God but serves the lesser gods because they are more easily manageable (at least we think they are)) And this is not far from our modern secularism which attempts to do away with the gods altogether by focusing on the natural world only. But you can't get rid of God by ignoring him
As GK Chesterton said, “For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.”
Vs 5-6 as a warning for our modern innovations
It is not the tower only that God is concerned with, it is not the pride of the people only, but the potential creation of humanity which is united in their rebellion to the Lord God
“What else might they build”
For thousands of years after Babel pagan humanity in rebellion to God has been practicing the building of idols.
Primitive versions were wood and clay and stone, and spirits were invited into those idols in a transactional relationship between rebellious humanity and rebellious spirits.
Today's idolatry may look different but, more than we would like to admit, is closely connected to the primitive versions.
And what are we building today in our modern secular/pagan world?
Vs 7-9
The lord disperses them into smaller tribal groups.
The result of rebellion is that you are displaced from your sense of home, or place, of belonging
The horror of having no home, and all that was once familiar turned into an alien landscape.
But see what God does in Acts 2:
Here you see a group of people from all over the world (scattered just like Babel) But they have navigated to this one place, because they seek God (so they can navigate properly because they are not using themselves as a way point) and what do they hear?
The gospel, the story of the mighty works of God through the person of Christ, in the language of their homeland.
They are not at home, and yet they are (this is why Luke uses the word diaporeo “perplexed”)
This is not like the confusion of Babel, it is the amazement of finding yourself at home in a foreign land because the Spirit of God has met you there.
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#jesus #Bible #mystery #history #spirituality #awakening #supernatural #apologetics #christianapologetics
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