The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9)



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01/21/24 – David B. Curtis – Berean Bible Church – http://www.bereanbiblechurch.org – Message 1202

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19 thoughts on “The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9)”

  1. It's amazing that one of the new language learning apps is called Babel. Now, I believe that this was God's plan and it was fulfilled in Acts chapter when the all the Jews were gathered in Jerusalem and they heard the disciples preach about this Jesus whom they crucified in their own language has now been raised from the tomb. Acts 2:5-12 5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,[b] 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

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  2. I'm not sure I believe people like Ronald Bernard. How could he survive if he was truly a whistle-blower? It is not like those he is whistle-blowing on, would pity him if he was telling the truth, I would have thought. Still, man is evil continually. Look inside yourself critically and it should be obvious. It's hard to know what to believe in this world.

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  3. It makes sense that at Pentecost the nation were brought together. They hear each in their own language…also, the number that were saved is the same as those who died in Exodus 32:28.

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  4. I found your channel last month ,absolutely fantastic material , i became a preterist a couple years ago,looking back i dont know how i ever believed the tribulation was future ,you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the fall of Jerusalem in 70 ad was it ,thank you for all your work God bless you much !!!!

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  5. I am a full preterist and completely on board with the 40 year wilderness covenant transition, but Full preterism will be hindered in Christendom until we can explain we live in the Millennium reign of Christ. Blessings unto a 1000 generation (Deut 7:9) is equivalent to the 1000 yr reign of an indestructible life (Heb 7:16) where Jesus perfectly occupies the covenant offices of prophet priest and king, pleasing God and never generationally changing and allowing inconsistent evil men to occupy those offices that brought destruction upon the nation during the 1500 yr mosaic covenant time period. Ezekiel 7:24-27 Lamentations 4:11-13 Zephaniah 3:3-5. It’s easily expalined In the timeline of revelation regarding resurrection and Saints reigning during that period in contrast to only the 12 apostles reigning alongside Christ during Christs commission of Covenant transition and the 40 yr specific reign over Israel. That’s why Jesus hands the Kingdom back to the Father so all things could be one again in 1 Cor 15:24.

    Satan is explicitly roaming around and devouring and deceiving during that 40 yr time period. Rev 20:1-3 is Romans 16:20 being carried out.
    Rev 19:20 and Rev 20:4-6 is Matt 25 which is the first resurrection unto life and also seeing the first resurrection unto judgment for apostates being thrown into Lake of Fire. That sets the precedent or case law per se for what we hope to obtain or avoid. Resurrecting unto life to reign until the end(Rev 20:7) and not partaking in the resurrection unto judgment before the great white throne. As long as full Preterists continue squeeze that time period into the transitional time period we will never be taken seriously. It’s untenable and just doesn’t make sense at all. And any time I’ve heard a debate and that subject is brought up, no matter how strong the FPs position has always been in other subject matter, they get destroyed on the 1000 yr reign time period.

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  6. I think that the rebel gods/demons were not necessarily all killed; it's like WW2. The allies "destroyed" the Axis Powers, but German, Japanese, abd Italian people still exist. But the Nazi regime, Mussolini, Hirohito…all killed/out of power.

    As for the "lake of fire": it doesn't say it destroyed him it says he "shall be tormented day and night for an age of ages" . What this torment is we can only guess. Probably that he can not keep any man separate from God that God wants to unite to Him. The rest end up with Satan in the "lake of fire".

    As for post flood nephilim: there's no second incursion. A strain of genetically modified DNA (not angelic) survived through the wives of Noah's sons, principally Ham.

    Being "not quite human"– the "nephesh" not precisely being in the likeness of YHVH — leaves one open to entity attachment/possession.

    By, for example, the revenant spirits of dead nephilim/gibborim.

    That's why the giants of Canaan were referred to as "Rephaim", the dead. And why their northern stronghold was viewed as the mouth of hell or gateway to the underworld.

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  7. I think Babylon was along the Nile in modern Sudan. If Satan is released for a little time to deceive the nations, then you'd put 1948 counterfeit right where it's at today and ditto for all the other Biblical Locations. Can't be finding the relics to prove the Bible correct.

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  8. Book of Jasher account of Babel is eye-opening. They actually built that tower to attack God in heaven. They obviously knew the world was flat and heaven was straight above them. They ran into problrms being able to build it higher because people kept fallling off off and supplies became impossible to get to the very top. And Nimrod is considered the first freemason/gnostic. Abraham was the one that defeated Nimrod in battle.

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  9. I would consider that prior to Jesus victory things were really bad in that the nations were demon princes and Satan.
    However while we are set free people may still be able to make a choice to allow evil spirits access. But man is set free.

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  10. Your interpretation of sons of God from Genesis is completely wrong. The sons of God are just men walking with faith in God. They are not celestial beings. You only get what you believe from the book of Enoch which isnt canon. The sons of God everywhere else in the Bible refer to children of God (humans).

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  11. Ha satan has always referred to an accuser or adversary. It never is used for a specific celestial being. Bad teaching has led people to adopt the idea of a being who has a pitchfork and was some fallen entity with wings. You just cant find that in the Bible.

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  12. Speaking in tongues is definitely a learned behavior. A great book on this is called Spirit-Filled Language by Aaron Florent. It goes over the various views and then logically breaks down each verse that talks about tongues. It also covers other common arguments people try to use to say its the gibberish we see in the charismatic church.

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