Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. Genesis 11:1
The story of man is very young. Human culture is very primitive. By flooding the earth, God granted man a new beginning and the planet was repopulating in a land called Babylonia. This infant civilization shared one common language.
God said to multiply and fill the earth but these people were afraid. They preferred to stay together and make a name for themselves as a strong and ingenious people, building a city of bricks and tar and engineering magnificent temple towers or ziggurats. There also developed a false sense of security.
This display of arrogance, self reliance and rebellion brought God’s judgement. The result: God confused the language forcing men to sort themselves into common groups, creating ethnic and cultural division and separation, thus fulfilling His design for creation.
The diversity of earth is God’s glory and majesty. He separated humanity to affirm who was God and who was not. This same God draws man back together unto one Salvation, again, displaying who is God and who is not. It all fits together in obedience to the One true God and love toward one another.
Love,
Gretchen