But it wasn't just merely a monument to the great unified civilization that would soon disperse. It was a monument to a civilization which declared its independence from God. The tower was built as a token of hatred towards God. They actually thought they could build a tower to ascend to heaven and fight against God. According to the book of Jasher, the task was undertaken by the founders of Babylonian and Egyptian empires.
About , people were involved in the building of the tower and it's surrounding city. As they were building, whenever a man fell down and died, no one would pay any attention. Whenever a brick fell and broke, they wept bitterly. According to the book of Jubilees, the building was going on for 43 years. The height of the tower reached cubits almost 2 miles. This construction began only about years after the Flood. It did not take very long for people to forget God's judgement and become evil again.
The condition of their hearts may very well have been as bad as that of their ancestors who have been judged by the flood. For all it's worth, God could have just sent another flood and destroyed the human race for good. They have become as corrupt as before in only years. But since God promised to never destroy the human race like He did during the Flood, He goes another route. He confuses their toungues, so they wouldn't be able to understand each other. When that happened, the book of Jasher says, a third of them killed each other from anger.
When a man recieved a brick he did not order, he would get angry and throw that brick at his neighbor and kill him. Another third have become like animals mentally I am guessing. And the last third, saw that it was no use continuing with this enterprise, and dispersed throughout the earth, in groups bound by the same language. Then God destroyed the tower. According to the book of Jasher, a third of it got swallowed by the ground, a third was destroyed by fire from heaven, and a third remained for some period of time.
According to the book of Jubilees, it was overthrown by a great wind. Take your pick. So does God destroy people for not worshipping Him? In each case where we read about God's judgement in the Bible, it was because if God hadn't poured His judgement, people would have killed each other, more cruely.
Also, confusion of toungues essentially delayed judgement day by thousands of years. Great masses of people tend to run down the road of demoralization much quicker than when people are alone or in small groups. Evil is contagious. It's much easier for evil to spread when there are great masses, than to get great masses to do something good. The global community before the Flood, became corrupt in years.
The global community after the Flood, became corrupt in years. As we are moving closer and closer to a true global community in the 21st century, are we seeing the same trends?
Materials scientist from MIT, Dr. Lynn W. Hobbs, decided to recreate a brick similar to the ones used by ancients to build their towers, and did some stress tests on them, to determine the maximum weight such a brick could hold.
KJV - 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Community answers are sorted based on votes. The higher the vote, the further up an answer is. A good answer provides new insight and perspective. Here are guidelines to help facilitate a meaningful learning experience for everyone.
Follow Question. How tall was the Tower of Babel?
0コメント