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.”

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.”

juncheng:

I am christian and i just need some clarifications. God said in verse 6 above "because these people speak one language nothing they plan will be impossible" which suggests that the tower they were planning to build to reach the heavens would be achieved eventually, so God confused their language. Does this mean God thought anyone could build any structure that would reach the heavens ? Even with all the advancement in building technology in the world right now, such structure is impossible to build.
Winner01and KingEbukanaija your inputs are needed please

dblackninja:
Hahaha see analice107 reply...lmao...anyway am observing to still lmfao

juncheng:

I am christian and i just need some clarifications. God said in verse 6 above "because these people speak one language nothing they plan will be impossible" which suggests that the tower they were planning to build to reach the heavens would be achieved eventually, so God confused their language. Does this mean God thought anyone could build any structure that would reach the heavens ? Even with all the advancement in building technology in the world right now, such structure is impossible to build.
Winner01 and KingEbukanaija your inputs are needed please

KingEbukaNaija:


Thanks bro for the mention .

Here are two explanations for it

1. Babel means gate to Heaven or gate of God , you know like a portal - this esoteric knowledge could have been revealed to the men of the earth by the fallen angels . The only way to reach this portal was to build a tower , there were no aircraft then .

2. It is an allegory - the construction of the tower whose top reaches heaven is a symbol of the rebellion of man against God . Man aims to be as Yahweh and even attempts to reach his heavenly abode. The story is seen as a morality tale that denounces the supposed arrogance of man and berates the pursuit of godhood. As it is always the case, man is portrayed as a haughty evildoer who seeks to claim for himself the title of divinity .

The pic shows a portal . Look at those towers below it . That was the builders made onerous efforts to get to -that's if you choose to take the story as a literal narrative . A portal is like a shortcut - a magical or technological doorway that connects two locations, dimensions, or points in time

KingEbukaNaija:


Thanks bro for the mention .

Here are two explanations for it

1. Babel means gate to Heaven or gate of God , you know like a portal - this esoteric knowledge could have been revealed to the men of the earth by the fallen angels . The only way to reach this portal was to build a tower , there were no aircraft then .

2. It is an allegory - the construction of the tower whose top reaches heaven is a symbol of the rebellion of man against God . Man aims to be as Yahweh and even attempts to reach his heavenly abode. The story is seen as a morality tale that denounces the supposed arrogance of man and berates the pursuit of godhood. As it is always the case, man is portrayed as a haughty evildoer who seeks to claim for himself the title of divinity .

The pic shows a portal . Look at those towers below it . That was the builders made onerous efforts to get to -that's if you choose to take the story as a literal narrative . A portal is like a shortcut - a magical or technological doorway that connects two locations, dimensions, or points in time

KingEbukaNaija:


Thanks bro for the mention .

Here are two explanations for it

1. Babel means gate to Heaven or gate of God , you know like a portal - this esoteric knowledge could have been revealed to the men of the earth by the fallen angels . The only way to reach this portal was to build a tower , there were no aircraft then .

2. It is an allegory - the construction of the tower whose top reaches heaven is a symbol of the rebellion of man against God . Man aims to be as Yahweh and even attempts to reach his heavenly abode. The story is seen as a morality tale that denounces the supposed arrogance of man and berates the pursuit of godhood. As it is always the case, man is portrayed as a haughty evildoer who seeks to claim for himself the title of divinity .

The pic shows a portal . Look at those towers below it . That was what the builders made onerous efforts to get to -that's if you choose to take the story as a literal narrative . A portal is like a shortcut - a magical or technological doorway that connects two locations, dimensions, or points in time

analice107:

And as a Christian, if an unbeliever asks you this question, try venturing an answer. let's start from there. What will you say?

Ranchhoddas:
I was expecting you to say something divinely inspired. You are just regurgitating things from apologist websites like a mindless robot. Use you spiritual understanding and stop insulting our intelligence. How can there even be two explanations for one event. You well so?

juncheng:
Thanks for the explanation.

juncheng:

I am christian and i just need some clarifications. God said in verse 6 above "because these people speak one language nothing they plan will be impossible" which suggests that the tower they were planning to build to reach the heavens would be achieved eventually, so God confused their language. Does this mean God thought anyone could build any structure that would reach the heavens ? Even with all the advancement in building technology in the world right now, such structure is impossible to build.
Winner01and KingEbukanaija your inputs are needed please

juncheng:

If i knew i wont be asking, so if you have an explanation please go ahead and give it.

Ranchhoddas:
How can there even be two explanations for one event. You well so?

promise10:


Please, whenever you hear heaven(where God lives) you should note that it is SPIRITUAL!!!

To understand that you have to understand the greek meaning of "HEAVEN".

Original Word: οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: ouranos
Phonetic Spelling: (oo-ran-os')
Short Definition: the sky, the heaven
Definition: heaven, (a) the VISIBLE heavens: the
ATMOSPHERE, the SKY, the starry heavens, (b) the SPIRITUAL heavens.


So, God was NOT talking about where he resides(heaven) as in; SPIRITUAL heaven, but the VISIBLE HEAVENS.

Spiritual heaven, where God lives, are for spirit beings!

KingEbukaNaija:


People with low IQs are not meant to understand this . Stay away from this thread .

Ive explained this to someone before , I just added a few things to make it clearer -> https://www.nairaland.com/3178086/paul-kalanithi-why-gave-up/2#46908895

analice107:

No sir, I have not replied you yet. Don't worry, I will go with you to any extent in this thread, just answer me.

KingEbukaNaija:


Anything that I should clarify or whatever ?

Ranchhoddas:
I agree that my IQ is not nearly as high as yours. But PLEASE explain to me how one biblical event can have two explanations. I am seriously at a loss.

dblackninja:

No am not the op. Just observing to see funny replies..

analice107:

So, on what premise are you standing to call yourself a Christian?
*progressing*

KingEbukaNaija:


This statement you made was why I asked you to stay away from this thread . When recondite explanations are made , only the perspicacious ones are expected to understand . Low IQ atheists should stay away .

Ranchhoddas:
I know it's easy to confuse the ability to memorize big words for intelligence. I don't blame you at all as you are not the first to think that.

But please I beg you to come to my level and explain to me how a FACTUAL EVENT from an INFALLIBLE book will possess multiple narratives.

KingEbukaNaija:


There are fundamentalist Christians - these are Christians who take everything in the bible as literal - and there are Christians that take the bible as allegorical . The point is that however you choose to take the bible as , literal or allegorical , it still makes perfect sense.

There are other allegorical explanations to different stories in the bible . Eg

1. The creation story

2. Noah and the Ark

3. The Book of Job

rawgame:
But the act of erecting a tall structure was not the problem. The Bible does not tell us that the people who built it thought they were going to reach God. It uses the phrase “ let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ” (Gen 11:4 ) but when we look elsewhere in Scripture we find that this simply means the city and its tower was built very high:

Deuteronomy 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven ; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
So why did God stop them? So what, exactly, was the sin?

Like so many things, the Tower of Babel was an act of disobedience. It starts in Genesis chapter 9 just after the flood:

Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Note the end of the command: replenish the earth. Genesis 10 gives us genealogy, which ends with an explanation of God’s will for Noah’s progeny:

Genesis 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

In chapter 11, we see man’s rebellion and disobedience: Genesis 11:1-2 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Notice that it starts with defiance to God's commandment to replenish the earth and to emigrate and form different nations. Instead of travelling to separate lands, they stopped in one place together.

Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

rawgame:
But the act of erecting a tall structure was not the problem. The Bible does not tell us that the people who built it thought they were going to reach God. It uses the phrase “ let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ” (Gen 11:4 ) but when we look elsewhere in Scripture we find that this simply means the city and its tower was built very high:

Deuteronomy 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven ; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
So why did God stop them? So what, exactly, was the sin?

Like so many things, the Tower of Babel was an act of disobedience. It starts in Genesis chapter 9 just after the flood:

Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Note the end of the command: replenish the earth. Genesis 10 gives us genealogy, which ends with an explanation of God’s will for Noah’s progeny:

Genesis 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

In chapter 11, we see man’s rebellion and disobedience: Genesis 11:1-2 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Notice that it starts with defiance to God's commandment to replenish the earth and to emigrate and form different nations. Instead of travelling to separate lands, they stopped in one place together.

Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

rawgame:
But the act of erecting a tall structure was not the problem. The Bible does not tell us that the people who built it thought they were going to reach God. It uses the phrase “ let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ” (Gen 11:4 ) but when we look elsewhere in Scripture we find that this simply means the city and its tower was built very high:

Deuteronomy 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven ; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
So why did God stop them? So what, exactly, was the sin?

Like so many things, the Tower of Babel was an act of disobedience. It starts in Genesis chapter 9 just after the flood:

Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Note the end of the command: replenish the earth. Genesis 10 gives us genealogy, which ends with an explanation of God’s will for Noah’s progeny:

Genesis 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

In chapter 11, we see man’s rebellion and disobedience: Genesis 11:1-2 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Notice that it starts with defiance to God's commandment to replenish the earth and to emigrate and form different nations. Instead of travelling to separate lands, they stopped in one place together.

Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

juncheng:
The question was did God think building a tower that will reach d sky possible for them and so had to stop them?

Ranchhoddas:
Was this revealed to you or did you just copy and paste it here.