Noah's sons and their descendents formed nations, which spread out over the earth after the flood. Then, after men settled in Shinar, they set out to make a tower, a skyscraper.
"But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. 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. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.'"
Here God put a stop to technology. Perhaps our technological advances now will usher in His return? We have pretty much created a "global village" in that scientists and medical experts are conversing in the same language. In the past 70 years or so we have seen incredible technological advances. Some of which are almost hard to imagine. We are experimenting with cloning and outer space. It almost seems like we are living in an aged where nothing is impossible for us.
It's also interesting how God is speaking in the first person plural. He says, "Let us..." I wonder how Jewish scholars, who state that "the Lord is one" view this theological implication of the trinity.
I saw an amazing concert last Friday -- Woven Hand. I hope to have a review up on the website later today. Then hopefully later this week I'll eradicate a bunch of those stupid spam comments.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at October 2, 2006 10:50 AM