![]() ![]() When studying the origins of ancient languages, the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel must be considered. 32 (10).The Tower of Babel: Fact or Fiction? By Jeff A. What Happened at the Tower of Babel? Acts & Facts. With it the facts fall into place and our appreciation for Scripture increases.Ĭite this article: Morris, J. Without Babel and the dispersion, in our thinking, we would be hard pressed to devise a coherent view of human history. The Ice Age was occurring during the centuries following Babel, resulting in harsh climates in Europe, a well-watered Egypt, and a lower sea-level allowing global migration across land bridges such as between Siberia and Alaska. With the one language, all genetic traits were originally shared among humankind, but once the break-up occurred, ethnic traits began to be expressed, quickly leading to today's "races." Natural selection would match traits to an environment. They also carried Nimrod's great error of astrology and the misuse of the signs of the Zodiac, explaining why nearly all cultures have essentially the same baseless system. Each group carried with it memories of their common history-Creation, Fall and Flood, and Babel-which eventually deteriorated into vague legends. Others lived in caves with the meagerest of technology. Some of the language groups included individuals with special skills in mining, metallurgy, music, agriculture, and animal husbandry, and thus some groups quickly rose to prominence over the rest. Again, some have combined with others or faded into extinction, but the story has the ring of truth about it.Įver since then, human history has been marked by the conquest of uninhabited lands and by the wars between tribes who spoke different tongues. Similarly, linguists have discovered that the number of separate language groups is of the same order of magnitude as the 70 listed in the Bible. Archeology has confirmed these basic details, identifying major locations and people groups, although some have been obscured or lost in time. Genesis 10 has come to be known as the Table of Nations, for it documents 70 nations/language groups migrating to fill the earth, prodded on by their lack of ability to communicate with the others. He separated their languages into many, for as long as they all spoke the same language no endeavor was beyond their reach ( Genesis 11:6). But God wanted them to disperse throughout the earth. The tower became an astrological worship center to exalt the creation rather than the Creator. ![]() Unfortunately, soon they gathered at Babel, and under the leadership of rebellious Nimrod they built a tower "lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth" ( Genesis 11:4). ![]() When Noah and his family left the Ark, God instructed them to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth" ( Genesis 9:1). This was the break-up of the languages and the dispersion of families into all parts of the world. When it comes to human history and national origins, a similarly all-inclusive event happened in the past, which must be in our thinking if we are to get it right. By basing our historical thinking on these true events, we have a much better chance of properly reconstructing the past than if we adopt the untrue view of evolution and uniformity. Biblical history takes us through several world-changing, but non-repeatable episodes including Creation, the Curse, and the global Flood of Noah's day. ![]()
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