Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-8

I was given the opportunity to compare these two passages for a class I'm taking on Second Language Acquisition. I was amazed. I think I made a post earlier about the Tower of Babel and why God chose to scatter the people and confuse their speech. It seems even more interesting that He gave His Holy Spirit to make the people one again.

The Holy Spirit is important in the sense that He brings unity and common understanding of who Jesus is to the body of Christ.

I cannot explain the feeling of awe that overcame me when I was presented with the two passages side by side. God is amazing.

I have meditated on that passage a lot about the Tower of Babel. I have to say, I thought that the diversity of language could only be punishment for the evil thoughts of man. I have often thought of how although we are one people in reality, we can still think of others as “other” or “not a part of us” because of language or appearance. These thoughts create disunity. I think of the statement Jesus made in Mark 3:24, “A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand.” As long as all humanity continues warring because of differences we cannot build a better world together.

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Genesis 11: 6 The Tower of Babel

I was thinking about the tower of Babel that the Lord destroyed and then I remembered this gift that all men have - imagination. The scripture says, "And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and now nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them." (Genesis 11:6)

This just made me think because I been hearing a lot of business mentors saying things like begin with the end in mind and focus only on what you want. But, from reading this verse I know now that it is true. "Imagination circles the world." - Albert Einstein

So each day I will focus on what I want to accomplish and what it will look like for me to have accomplished it.

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