Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
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Shinar is located here. In what is more or less Iraq in today’s world.
Everything happening in the Bible so far has basically been taking place in this area.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Foreshadowing.
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
“Let us.” God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit thwarted their silly plan together.
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
This, I believe, is where plate tectonics came into play. Much quicker than they move today. God used His creativity to split the one continent up into seven. You might say… How can you believe in Plate Tectonics? Isn’t that part of Evolution? Here’s the thing. Evolution has no creative element. It’s a separate theory all on its own. Plate Tectonics is God constantly being creative. Which seems more likely judging from what we know of God and how He enjoys being creative.
Scripture discussed: Genesis 11:1-9
IIWAC: Babel-ing Idiots
Keep scrolling. There’s more.
Shinar is located here. In what is more or less Iraq in today’s world.
Everything happening in the Bible so far has basically been taking place in this area.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Foreshadowing.
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
“Let us.” God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit thwarted their silly plan together.
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[c]—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
This, I believe, is where plate tectonics came into play. Much quicker than they move today. God used His creativity to split the one continent up into seven. You might say… How can you believe in Plate Tectonics? Isn’t that part of Evolution? Here’s the thing. Evolution has no creative element. It’s a separate theory all on its own. Plate Tectonics is God constantly being creative. Which seems more likely judging from what we know of God and how He enjoys being creative.
Scripture discussed: Genesis 11:1-9